Line of Duty Page #4

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JOE:

Is Danny the one?

STEVE:

The one?

JOE:

Yes. He’s got people listening to

us at last.

STEVE:

(Beat)

Yes. Yes. He is.

Steve looks emotional, conflicted and daunted by

moral responsibility.

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EXT./INT. HARI BAINS’S HOUSE/KATE’S CAR. SAME

TIME.

Kate watches Hari arrive home. Kate holding

binoculars.

She presses her Bluetooth.

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INT. AC-12. OPEN-PLAN OFFICE. LATER THAT DAY.

Steve’s phone rings. He answers it.

STEVE:

(Into phone)

Arnott.

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EXT./INT. HARI BAINS’S HOUSE/KATE’S CAR. SAME

TIME.

Kate is watching from a distance as Hari pulls

up in his car. Intercut with Steve at AC-12.

She watches him go about exiting his vehicle and

entering his home as she talks to Steve via

Bluetooth.

KATE:

(Into Bluetooth)

Any report yet on the second PM?

STEVE:

(Into phone)

What second PM?

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1’23”.

Specially

composed by

Carly

Paradis.

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KATE |

(Into Bluetooth)|

Dot said he was organising a second |

post-mortem on Rod Kennedy. |

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STEVE |

(Into phone.)|

First I’ve heard of it. Leave it |

with me. |

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KATE |

(Into Bluetooth)|

Okay. I’ll head back to South |

Ferry. |

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Kate hangs up. She looks a little puzzled. So |

does Steve. He looks at Dot’s empty desk. |

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INT. DOT’S CAR. MOMENTS LATER. |

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Dot is sat in the car looking at his wallet. |

He’s parked opposite a bookmaker.

He’s hands are shaking.

INT. SOUTH FERRY POLICE STATION. SQUAD ROOM. |

NEXT DAY. |

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McAndrew's office phone rings. She answers it. |

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MCANDREW (O.S)|

(Into phone)|

Right. I’ll tell her. |

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McAndrew hangs up, looks concerned. She heads |

towards Kate, who’s at her desk. |

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MCANDREW (CONT’D)|

Francis. That was your rep. AC-12 |

want you in for interview Straight |

away. |

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Kate feigns surprise. She gathers her things.|

Hari and Jackie watch this whole thing with |

mounting concern. |

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When Kate exits, they exchange a worried look. |

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INT. SOUTH FERRY POLICE STATION. GARAGE. MOMENTS

LATER.

We find Hari and Jackie arriving in a quiet nook

away from passersby, talking in low whispers.

HARI:

She doesn’t know anything.

JACKIE:

She’s never believed us, not for a

minute.

HARI:

Jackie. She wasn’t in the room when

Danny was shot.

JACKIE:

But he whispered something to her,

as he was dying.

HARI:

Yeah. And if he’d managed to tell

her the truth, do you think she

would have kept quiet this whole

time?

Hari gives Jackie an imploring look.

HARI (CONT’D)

No. Trust me. She don’t know

anything. Yes.

(Jackie nods)

All right, mate.

Exit Hari. But Jackie continues to look very

worried, on the verge of cracking.

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INT. AC-12. OPEN-PLAN OFFICE. NEXT DAY.

Maneet with Steve. Steve follows Maneet back to

her desk.

MANEET:

I’ve continued to search records

relating to Sands View. Our

witness, Joseph Nash claims a

number of his abusers were VIPs.

All of who used the same alias,

“Mr. Smith.”

STEVE:

Hence Nash wasn’t able to give us

any names.

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Maneet takes a seat and opens a computer file.

MANEET:

But he did claim one of these

abusers was extremely obese.

She calls up a picture, an old newspaper

cutting, of a man in late middle age, extremely

overweight presenting ribbons/badges to boys

wearing PE kit.

MANEET (CONT’D)

Sports Day at Sands View.

STEVE:

Who is he?

Maneet brings up another local newspaper picture

of the same man at some civic function, a big

grin and triple chins. The headline is cheesy

Dale says, “Give Big”.

MANEET:

Dale Roach. He was leader of the

city council during the period

Danny Waldron and Joe Nash were

residents at Sands View.

Steve gazes at the picture, a horrible grin from

the past.

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INT. JOE NASH’S HOUSE. LATER THAT DAY.

Steve shows the photo of Dale Roach to Joe Nash.

It has a horrible emotional effect on Joe,

releasing a surge of terrible memories.

STEVE:

Is this the man, Joe?

JOE:

Yes. That’s him.

STEVE:

Thank you. Now it would help if you

could come to my department and

look through images of other

individuals associated...

Joe shakes he’s head.

Steve is sympathetic to Joe’s emotions.

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STEVE (CONT’D)

Joe, I came from a loving family. I

had a nice childhood and I can’t

begin to imagine what yours must

have been like.

JOE:

Twenty years! It’s took you to

come.

STEVE:

I want to help.

JOE:

Twenty years I’ve had that monster

in my head. The sounds he made. The

smell of him. And the things they

did to us at Sands View --no

copper ever gave a toss.

STEVE:

Are you saying offences committed

at Sands View were reported to

police and no action was taken?

JOE:

We told teachers. We told social

workers and yeah, we told

coppers... And then we learned not

to.

Steve gives Joe space.

STEVE:

Danny Waldron’s dead, Joe. He was

killed because he was going after

the people who did this to you.

Danny’s mission is now my mission.

And I promise you. I will get these

bastards.

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EXT. JOE NASH’S HOUSE. MOMENTS LATER.

Steve returns to his car, emotionally burnt out.

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INT. JOE NASH’S HOUSE. CONTINUOUS.

From inside the house, we see Steve return to

his car. Joe watches. His face haunted by

reliving his past.

His child runs into the room eagerly to show him

Music

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DUR:
1’23”.

Specially

composed by

Carly

Paradis.

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a picture she’s drawn. |

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LITTLE GIRL (O.S)|

Daddy, daddy. |

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Joe hugs his child and holds him/her close, |

tears rolling down his cheeks. |

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JOE |

Hey. Hello you. Is that for me? |

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His daughter nods. |

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LITTLE GIRL |

Aha. |

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He takes the picture. |

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JOE |

Thank you very much. |

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He holds his daughter lovingly. |

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JOE (CONT’D)|

And I will always, always love you, |

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