Line of Duty Page #2

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INT. BACK-UP VAN. |

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Danny takes deep breaths. Hari looks very edgy. |

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DANNY (INTO RADIO)|

Victor Charlie Five Zero, received. |

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S/ CAPTION:
WRITTEN AND CREATED BY JED MERCURIO |

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REYNOLDS (OUT OF RADIO)|

Blue Toyota Celica registration... |

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EXT. CITY ROADS. CONTINUOUS. |

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A beat later they see the suspect’s vehicle come |

out of a turning |

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REYNOLDS (OUT OF RADIO CONT’D)|

...Lima Delta Zero Four Whisky Echo |

Whisky. |

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DANNY |

(To driver.)|

Go, go. |

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The back-up van sets off in pursuit. |

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SUPER CAPTION:
PRODUCED BY PETER NORRIS

MCANDREW (OUT OF RADIO)

Five Zero, report.

INT. BACK-UP VAN. CONTINUOUS.

Danny radios again.

DANNY (INTO RADIO)

Visual with target, maintaining

obs.

MCANDREW (OUT OF RADIO)

Victor Charlie Five Zero, we’re en

route to join.

DANNY (INTO RADIO)

Four Zero, what’s our order, Five

Zero?

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The van continues to travel at speed.|

Rod, Jackie and Hari get tenser. Hari is |

starting to lose it a bit. |

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MCANDREW (OUT OF RADIO)|

(Out of radio.)|

Order is Fahrenheit. Repeat, order |

is Fahrenheit. |

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Hari looks sick. |

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DANNY |

(To Driver.)|

Go. |

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The blue lights and siren go on and the driver |

speeds up. |

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SUPER CAPTION:
DIRECTED BY MICHAEL KEILLOR |

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03:08 EXT. ESTATE ROADS. MOMENTS LATER. |

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The suspect’s vehicle accelerates and makes a |

hard turn into a side road. |

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The Driver makes a hard turn in pursuit. |

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The race down the street. |

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03:17 INT. BACK-UP VAN. CONTINUOUS. |

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Danny sees the suspect’s vehicle make the turn. |

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DANNY |

Left. Left. |

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The Driver makes a hard turn in pursuit. |

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MCANDREW (OUT OF RADIO)|

Four Zero, our ETA is 2 minutes, |

repeat 2 minutes, Five Zero. |

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DANNY |

(Into radio.)|

Five Zero, received. |

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Danny thinks hard, contemplating his options. |

Ahead he sees a row of parked cars. He makes a |

snap decision. |

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DANNY (CONT’D) |

Hard stop. |

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HARI |

Come off it, skipper! |

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JACKIE |

Danny! |

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DANNY |

(Off the Driver’s hesitation)|

Hard stop. |

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ROD |

Danny! |

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EXT. PRINCE’S ROAD. CONTINUOUS. |

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The Driver accelerates rapidly, overtaking the |

suspect’s car and then matching its speed. |

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INT. BACK-UP VAN. CONTINUOUS. |

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Hari puts his helmet on. Rod puts his helmet on. |

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ROD |

Sh*t. |

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Jackie and Danny put their helmets on. Danny’s |

POV. They’re right on The tail of the suspect’s |

vehicle about to overtake. |

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EXT. PRINCE’S ROAD. CONTINUOUS. |

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The Van is riding alongside the suspect’s |

vehicle. |

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The row of parked cars approaches fast and |

there’s no way out for the suspect’s vehicle The |

suspect slams on the brakes. |

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The back-up van slams on the brakes hard enough |

to be able to block the suspect’s vehicle |

between itself and the hindmost of the row of |

parked cars. He tries to reverse but the Van |

reverses so that the suspect’s vehicle can’t go |

forwards or reverse. |

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The suspect makes a run for it. Danny is first |

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out by some margin as he goes out of the |

passenger side door while the others have to |

open a sliding door. |

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DANNY |

Go, go! |

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By the time Danny lands, the suspect has already |

leapt out of his vehicle and is making a run |

across a small area of rough ground towards an |

alley. |

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Danny sets off hard after him. |

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DANNY (CONT’D)|

Armed Police! |

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Hari is the first out of the sliding door. |

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HARI |

Skipper. Slow down! |

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Danny sprints down the alley. |

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DANNY |

Armed Police! |

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Rod, Jackie and Hari grab their weapons from the |

firearms box in the back of the van.

HARI (O.S)

Slowdown skipper!

ROD:

Police

Their POV of Danny pursuing the suspect.

INT. PRINCE’S COURT. CONTINUOUS.

The suspect reaches the end of the alley and |

darts round a corner out of sight, with Danny a |

short distance behind. |

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DANNY |

Armed Police. |

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The suspect runs between buildings and then into |

a small courtyard, straight into a dead end, |

with Danny only a short distance behind. They’re |

both out of sight of the rest of Danny’s team. |

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Danny’s team running down the alleyway towards |

Danny and the suspect. |

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With his back to Danny, the suspect (Ronan

Murphy) stops dead and throws his hands in the

air, tossing away his gun, then spins round to

face Danny.

Briefly see Danny’s team running down alleyway.

Just seconds away now.

Danny points his gun straight at Ronan from a

distance of about 10-20 metres. Ronan looks

different from his mug-shot, he’s gained a

beard. Danny has a flash of indecision.

Ronan drops to his knees and throws his hands

behind his head.

Danny stares at Ronan with grim intensity.

In a burst of raw emotion, Danny shoots once

walking forward and then another and another

leaving Ronan dead with head-shots that drop him

back to the ground, his legs bent under him.

The shots echo around the block.

JACKIE (O.S)

Skipper!

HARI (O.S)

Shot’s fired

ROD (O.S)

Where is he? Danny? Danny?

In emotional turmoil, Danny needs a few breaths

to get control, then the first thing he does is

straighten out Ronan’s legs so it appears he

wasn’t kneeling when he got killed.

JACKIE (O.S)

Armed police!

Rod, Jackie and Hari arrive at speed, guns

drawn, to be confronted by the scene.

ROD:

Oh, Sh*t.

Hari hurries to the suspect’s body and places

his hand the suspect’s mouth to hear/feel

breathing.

ROD (CONT’D)

(Of Hari’s futility.)

Hari. Hari, mate, he’s down.

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Music Ends

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Hari ignores him and feels for a carotid pulse.

DANNY:

He refused to surrender his

firearm.

HARI:

(Off gun)

Jesus Christ, look where the gun

is!

Rod and Jackie take in the position of Ronan’s

gun and look very worried too.

ROD:

How’d it get all the way over

there, Danny?

DANNY:

Brain injury, muscle spasm, he

chucked it.

JACKIE:

Look at what it looks like, though,

Danny.

DANNY (O.S)

Good point.

Danny strolls to the gun, pulling on a glove.

ROD:

(Alarmed by Danny’s actions.)

Hey, hey. Danny, Danny.

DANNY:

It was self defence but we all know

the sh*t I’ll get for it.

HARI:

Skipper, wait –

ROD (O.S)

For Christ sake!

Danny goes ahead and picks up the gun.

JACKIE:

You’re making it worse.

Danny carries the gun back towards Ronan.

DANNY:

I’m the last person wants to see

you lot in the sh*t.

HARI:

Us?

ROD:

We didn’t do nothing.

DANNY:

That’s the problem. So I’ll cover

for you and say we got here

together, shouted “Armed Police”,

but the mad bastard pulled a gun.

ROD:

What are you talking about?

DANNY:

He would have surrendered if you’d

got here in time. That’s my report

unless the lot of you man up right

now.

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