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into the cannula.

DOCTOR:

Stand by everyone.

INT. SOUTH FERRY POLICE STATION. DOWNSTAIRS |

CORRIDOR 3. MOMENTS LATER. |

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Reynolds and a couple of uniforms escort Kate, |

Hari, Rod and Jackie along a narrow corridor. |

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REYNOLDS |

You need to fill in your pocket |

books. Then there’ll be a debrief. |

Before you do anything, you’ll be |

walked through it all by Legal.

HARI:

Any news yet on Danny yet?

EXT./INT. SECOND DRUG HOUSE/AMBULANCE.

CONTINUOUS.

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Danny on a gurney wheeled to the ambulance. |

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DOCTOR |

Sinus Bradia. He’s gone Asystolic. |

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The Paramedics and Doctor load Danny into the |

back of an ambulance via the scoop and trolley. |

Steve, McAndrew and other officers watch with |

concern. |

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DOCTOR (CONT’D)|

Let’s get him in. |

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The Paramedics and Doctor are strapping Danny |

into place when suddenly his heart monitor |

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starts alarming due to sinus bradycardia and |

this quickly deteriorates into a flat line. The |

Doctor feels for Danny’s carotid pulse. |

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DOCTOR (CONT’D)|

Okay. We’re losing him. |

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The doctor opens up the valve for max flow of |

fluids. |

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DOCTOR (CONT’D)|

I’ve got asystole on the monitor |

and no output. |

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Steve approaches the back of the ambulance. |

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DOCTOR (O.S) (CONT’D)|

Fluids wide open. |

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Paramedic 1 starts giving chest compressions. |

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PARAMEDIC 1 |

Off vent and bag him. |

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Paramedic 2 disconnects the portable ventilator |

and converts to using an Ambu-bag. The Doctor |

looks at his watch to note the time. |

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DOCTOR |

Start CPR. Adrenaline 1 milligram. |

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The Doctor gets the adrenaline shot ready while |

chest compressions and bagging continue. |

Steve’s eyes are fixed on the monitor that shows |

a flat-line. |

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INT. SOUTH FERRY POLICE STATION. DOWNSTAIRS |

CORRIDOR 1. MOMENTS LATER. |

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Hari, Jackie, Kate and Rod seated. Silence. |

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EXT./INT. SECOND DRUG HOUSE/AMBULANCE. |

CONTINUOUS. |

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Paramedics continue with chest compressions. |

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DOCTOR |

Four cycles of CPR given. We’ve had|

no output with chest compressions. |

No carotid pulse. Asystole on the |

monitor. Pronounced life extinct |

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04:44

Reactions Steve and McAndrew.

DOCTOR (CONT’D)

Thanks everybody. Sorry about that.

(We need to leave everything as is

for the coroner. Disconnect

monitoring, oxygen and fluids but

please leave all cannulas in place

and the ET tube in place, thank

you. Don't touch anything else in

case we contaminate the forensics).

Steve wanders back to his car.

Out on Danny’s body.

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INT. SOUTH FERRY POLICE STATION. BRIEFING ROOM.

CONTINUOUS.

Shut inside, Rod, Jackie and Hari remain

anguished and silent, migrating to corners of

the room, each struggling in his/her own way to

come to terms with the news of Danny’s

condition.

Tension racks up. Kate studies them all.

KATE:

So is anyone going to tell me what

actually happened?

HARI:

Jesus Christ, Kate.

Kate looks at Hari. Hari leans back in the

chair, devastated, shutting her out. She looks

to Rod who can’t meet her eyes. She looks to

Jackie.

JACKIE:

There was a struggle.

KATE:

Who with?

ROD:

We were all involved.

HARI:

Danny had his firearm out and it

just went off.

All obviously on edge about it and possibly

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hiding something.

KATE:

I didn’t hear a struggle.

JACKIE:

You were downstairs, Jesus.

KATE:

And from downstairs I didn’t hear a

struggle. By the time I got

upstairs not one of you was giving

Danny first aid.

ROD:

What did Danny say to you?

(Off Kate’s silence.)

He whispered something to you. What

did he say?

KATE:

I’m not sure what he meant.

ROD:

No. No. What did he... What did he

actually say?

Kate makes a point of holding out on them.

Jackie tries to reassure Kate, in a flat, quiet

(and unconvincing) way.

JACKIE:

Just ‘cause you didn’t hear a

struggle, doesn’t mean there wasn’t

one.

Jackie and Kate exchange glares.

KATE:

Why didn’t one of you help Danny?

He was lying on the floor. He’d

been shot and there was blood

everywhere.

JACKIE:

We were in shock.

KATE:

What? You couldn’t lift a finger?

Couldn’t call for help?

HARI:

Do we have to talk about this right

now? All I can see in my head is

Danny just lying there. Bleeding

out, man.

Hari trails off, clearly traumatised, and goes

into his shell.

KATE:

What was your RT about?

HARI:

What RT?

KATE:

You radioed Danny, telling him to

come up.

HARI:

Did I?

KATE:

Yeah. You sent, “Better come up

here, Skipper.”

HARI:

I’d have to hear the recording.

KATE:

We were back-to-back on 2. So there

is no recording.

ROD:

Can you just stop! Doing my head

in.

Kate glares at Jackie. Jackie looks away

tensely. Kate looks at Hari --strung out, edgy

--and Rod --head in hands, anguished beyond

words.

No one’s telling her what she wants to know.

KATE:

You know. If I’m going along with

this, I need to know what I’m

covering for.

Silence from the others.

KATE (CONT’D)

Fine. The ballistics will say what

really happened in that bedroom.

HARI:

(Ironic.)

Yeah. You’d think.

Kate looks to Rod and to Jackie and they look as

unforthcoming as Hari. Kate hasn’t a clue what

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10:
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DUR:
0’44”.

Specially

composed by

Carly

Paradis.

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could’ve happened.

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INT. AC-12. INTERVIEW ROOM. ONE WEEK LATER.

Hastings, Steve and Dot organise their folders.

Steve labels a tape and puts it in the machine.

Dot looks at his watch --it has a distinctive

black leather strap.

DOT:

Time, gaffer?

HASTINGS:

I say they’ve had plenty.

Exit Dot.

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INT. AC-12. WAITING AREA. CONTINUOUS.

Kate, Hari, Jackie and Rod wait tensely, in

smart uniform, each accompanied by their rep and

solicitor. Enter Dot.

DOT:

PC Francis.

KATE:

Sir.

Kate stands, and she, her solicitor and her rep

follow Dot out. Hari, Jackie and Rod watch Kate

intently and mistrustfully as she heads towards

the interview room.

HASTINGS (V.O)

Right. Let’s get straight down to

brass tacks. How did Sergeant

Daniel Waldron meet his death?

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INT. AC-12. INTERVIEW ROOM. INTERCUT.

In smart uniform alongside her rep (a male PC)

and solicitor, Kate faces Steve, Dot and

Hastings. The tape turns in the machine.

KATE:

He died in the ambulance, Sir.

HASTINGS:

You know exactly what I mean.

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INT. AC-12. INTERVIEW ROOM. INTERCUT.

Hari being interviewed.

HARI:

Danny Waldron shot himself, sir.

INT. AC-12. INTERVIEW ROOM. INTERCUT.

Jackie being interviewed.

JACKIE:

Danny put the gun to his own head.

We were trying to help him.

INT. AC-12. INTERVIEW ROOM. INTERCUT.

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