Line of Duty Page #11

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INT. AC-12. OPEN-PLAN OFFICE. MOMENTS LATER.

Steve enters

Steve approaches Hastings’ office then sees that

it’s empty.

Steve notices Dot isn’t at his desk. Looks

towards the meeting room.

Dot closes the blinds.

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Steve looks towards the interview room. The

blinds are down so he can’t see who’s in there.

He moves to Kate’s desk. She keeps her focus on

her computer.

STEVE:

Where’s Hastings?

KATE:

Briefing. Inspectors and above

only.

Steve knows he must act.

STEVE:

Kate.

Steve moves to a quiet area. Kate hesitates but

then decides she’ll join him.

STEVE (CONT’D)

What the hell was going on, with

Hastings showing up at Fairbank’s

house?

KATE:

You heard Fairbank. He called him,

put the gaffer on the spot.

STEVE:

Yeah, well I saw the handshake at

the door. It was Masonic.

Kate is surprised and troubled.

STEVE (CONT’D)

And that file on Ronan Murphy.

Murphy’s connection to Hunter must

have been concealed by police

officers. And who gave us that

file? Hastings.

Steve leaves that with her, slips away, leaving

Kate to reflect pensively.

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INT. AC-12. INTERVIEW ROOM. CONTINUOUS.

With the blinds down, Hastings plus five

officers --a DCI, a CI, two Inspectors and one

DI --listen to a briefing given by Dot.

Dot calls up a slide with the title: “THE

CADDY”.

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DOT:

“The Caddy” is the code-name for a

serving police officer with

lifelong links to organised crime

working as a fixer within the

police service for certain criminal

interests. No officer has ever been

irrefutably identified as the Caddy

hence his existence is putative.

Dot continues with an image of Tommy Hunter.

DOT (CONT’D)

The term was first heard in a video

statement made by John Thomas

Hunter.

Dot follows with an image of Jeremy Cole.

DOT (CONT’D)

DC Jeremy Cole, deceased. Now Cole

was originally presumed on the

balance of probabilities to be the

Caddy but that conclusion is no

longer supportable.

Dot brings up an image of Hari Bains.

DOT (CONT’D)

PC Harinderpal Bains, a corrupt

AFO. His statements of evidence

have led to the most accurate

profile yet of this individual.

Dot now switches to slides of text, with each

one adding more to the profile. He starts with a

title slide, THE CADDY: CRIMINAL PROFILE, and

then with each line of dialogue he brings up a

slide displaying the relevant information. And

slide by slide it builds into a profile list.

DOT (CONT’D)

(Next slide.)

The Caddy is male.

(Next slide).

Given his lifelong links to

organised crime, the Caddy is

almost certainly from a working-

class background and grew up in an

urban environment.

(Next slide.)

Given the history of his activities

starting from some time between

2005 to 2010 according to the video

statement by Tommy Hunter, the

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Caddy is probably under 35.|

(Next slide.)|

Given his access to confidential |

information regarding on-going|

operations, the Caddy is almost |

certainly a detective.|

(Next slide.)|

His ability to manage |

communications without ever |

betraying his own identity implies |

a highly trained, highly |

sophisticated approach to covert |

operations that is associated with |

Counter-Terrorism. |

(Next slide.)|

And lastly, Bains described the |

Caddy’s voice as having a London or |

southeast accent. |

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Dot brings up the last slide which contains all |

the bullet points in the profile: |

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DOT (CONT’D)|

There’s your bullet points |

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THE CADDY:
CRIMINAL PROFILE |

MALE |

WORKING-CLASS URBAN |

UNDER 35 |

DETECTIVE |

COUNTER-TERROR |

LONDON/SE ACCENT |

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STEVE. |

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HASTINGS |

All right everybody. Let’s leave it |

there. |

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Exit all the other officers bar Dot. |

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Thank you. |

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Steve and Kate watch the exodus. Kate sees |

Hastings enter the meeting room. |

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HASTINGS (CONT’D)|

Of course this is only a profile. |

There’s lots of people this|

description could fit. |

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Dot strikes the final blow with calm |

professionalism. |

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DOT:

But only the Caddy could have got

his hands on Lindsay Denton’s bribe

money from the right forensic

source.

Hastings looks deeply shocked, struggling to

deal with what he’s hearing.

DOT (CONT’D)

I’m sorry gaffer but the finger's

pointing at one of our own

Dot looks coolly triumphant. They look at the

slide.

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INT. AC-12. OPEN-PLAN OFFICE/INTERVIEW ROOM.

CONTINUOUS.

Kate observes Hastings in the interview room

with Dot (through the open door or parted

slats). Kate makes a decision. She picks up her

coat and slips out.

Steve’s POV as Dot exits the meeting room.

Hastings stares out at Steve. Steve looks for

Kate. She’s slipped out.

Hasting eyes on Steve. Hastings suspicious.

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INT. SUBWAY. THAT NIGHT.

Dot waits. He’s very very tense. He checks his

pistol and puts it in his pocket. It’s ready and

loaded.

A figure approaches through the gloom.

Dot’s hand touches the pistol tremulously. He

fights to control his breathing.

The limp and walking stick appear --Morton.

DOT:

All right.

MORTON:

All right.

Morton hands Dot a mobile phone in an evidence

bag.

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DOT:

SIM card?

MORTON:

It’s all in there.

Dot looks in the bag --the sim card is out and

visible.

DOT:

I don’t know what to say.

Dot gives Morton an awkward hug. Morton finds it

all a bit weird.

MORTON:

That it, then?

DOT:

Yeah.

Exit Morton. Dot watches him go with his hand on

the pistol. Morton keeps going and Dot can

finally take his hand off the gun.

Dot retrieves the SIM card. His hand is shaking

as he does it, with emotion. He melts the SIM

card with his lighter, and breathes an enormous

sigh of relief, a weight lifted.

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INT. MORTON’S CAR. CONTINUOUS.

Morton returns to his car. On the passenger seat

is an evidence bag containing an identical phone

and sim. He stows them in the glove compartment.

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INT. SUBWAY. THAT NIGHT.

The Sim is consumed by fire and Dot drops it as

it onto the ground.

He steps on it extinguishing the fire. He steps

out of frame.

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(credits – single cards)

CAST IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE

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