LONDON SPY Page #11

Episode #5

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Silence. Danny is bewildered.

DETECTIVE TAYLOR

Is it possible that you enjoyed

extreme sexual encounters with

someone who didn’t want you to

know their name? With someone who

wanted that side of themselves a

secret?

Danny bewildered as this alternate history of their love

story is mapped out, with evidence and facts.

She puts down photographs of the extreme and

provocative sex instruments found in the attic.

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DETECTIVE TAYLOR

It is possible?

Photographs of the drugs. Of the video footage.

DETECTIVE TAYLOR

Is it possible?

More and more photographs. A layer of them over the image

of Alex/Alistair until he can’t be seen.

Danny is utterly defeated. Sure of nothing.

Suddenly the door opens.

An officer walks in and whispers something in Taylor’s

ear. She seems surprised.

She leaves the room.

Danny gently sweeps away the crime scene photos,

revealing the photo of Alex/Alistair.

He stares at him.

Detective Taylor re-enters. She seems concerned.

DETECTIVE TAYLOR

Would you agree to being searched?

INT. POLICE STATION. SEARCH ROOM. NIGHT

The room is similarly bizarre. Abattoir white.

Danny stripping down. Clothes in a tray.

The officer carrying out the search leans close and

whispers in Danny’s ear.

OFFICER:

If I reckon you’re enjoying it

I’ll break your f***ing jaw.

The officer’s eyes are full of hate. Danny too baffled

to make a response.

The door opens.

A well dressed lawyer enters. With Taylor just behind.

EXPENSIVE LAWYER

This will stop. Right now.

Danny stares at this unknown man.

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INT/EXT. BLACK CAB / LONDON. DAWN

Danny and Scottie are on the back seat.

DANNY:

He lied. About everything.

SCOTTIE:

When we met -

DANNY:

You knew?

SCOTTIE:

Not exactly. Our paths had never

crossed. But I recognized the

type of person he was. I see

them in the corridors of

Whitehall. People with power.

And secrets. Their importance

emanates from them. I felt it

strongly in his presence.

Danny doesn’t follow. He doesn’t understand.

Scottie looks at him with affection. He’s an innocent.

SCOTTIE:

Danny, he was a spy.

The age of innocence comes to an end.

EXT. DANNY’S APARTMENT BUILDING. DAWN

The taxi has parked. Waiting. Door open. Danny is on the

street. Scottie beside him.

DANNY:

I’m not sure how I’ll ever be

able to repay you.

They embrace.

Scottie moves to the cab but as if struck by an

afterthought, he stops and turns.

SCOTTIE:

Danny, the police are concerned

you might have taken something

from the crime scene. Some

personal item. Something of

sentimental value. But you

wouldn’t have done that, would

you?

Danny looks at his brilliant friend. And for the first

time doesn’t quite trust him.

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DANNY:

Of course not.

Scottie holds the look, wondering.

SCOTTIE:

No. Of course not.

Scottie gets into the cab and shuts the door.

Danny waits, watching him go. Scottie looks at him

through the window at the cab pulls off.

Once the cab is gone Danny turns to look at the street.

At the cars parked. At the windows overlooking him. At

the strangers passing. At the traffic.

And then, in the distance, over the railway - MI6

headquarters. Looming in the skyline.

Danny stares, as if seeing it for the first time.

INT. DANNY’S APARTMENT. FRONT DOOR. DAWN

Danny stands in front of the door to his apartment. His

finger on the scars from the break-in.

INT. DANNY’S APARTMENT. BEDROOM. DAWN

Danny looks at the room with new eyes. The smashed

drawers. The ripped mattress.

INT. DANNY’S APARTMENT. BATHROOM. DAWN

Danny sits on the window ledge - looking out.

We see the view --

EXT. DANNY’S APARTMENT BUILDING. COURTYARD. DAWN

The window of the apartment where the old man used to

live. The shutters are down.

INT. DANNY’S APARTMENT. BATHROOM. DAWN

Danny begins checking the bathroom. Every inch. For

recording devices. Meticulous & thorough.

He takes the mirror off. Checks the floor.

He runs a bath.

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INT. DANNY’S APARTMENT. KITCHEN. DAWN

Danny unplugs the radio and takes it with him.

INT. DANNY’S APARTMENT. BATHROOM. DAWN

Danny plugs the radio in. Turns it to the news.

INT. DANNY’S APARTMENT. BATHROOM. MORNING

The radio continues to sound out loudly.

Danny is standing over the toilet. He’s wearing a

rubber glove on his right hand.

He gets onto his knees and inserts his hand into the

toilet, fishing something out.

INT. DANNY’S APARTMENT. BATHROOM. MORNING

Danny is scrubbing the small metallic cylinder.

There’s a knock on the door. He jumps. He’s jittery.

SARA (V.O.)

Danny?

DANNY:

I’m almost done.

Danny raises the wrapped cylinder to eye level.

He cuts the edge of the plastic with nail scissors and

begins to unwind it. Slowly revealing -

END OF EPISODE:

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