unforgotten - series 4

UNFORGOTTEN - SERIES 4

Written by

Chris Lang

EPISODE FIVE

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EXT. ALLOTMENTS - EVENING 81 1 *

Close on a yellow crime board on the road flanking the allotment being put up.

And on the board we will read -

‘WE ARE APPEALING FOR WITNESSES - CAN YOU HELP US.

HISTORICAL SUSPICIOUS DEATH ENQUIRY’

On 30th March 1990, between 22.45 and 23.15 a 24 year old man was chased and subsequently died a few yards from here.

In strictest confidence please call 020 3882 2224. Or call Crimestoppers.

And as we pull back, we will see an officer start to also *attach blown up photos of MATTHEW WALSH to lamp posts.

EXT. BISHOP STREET - NIGHT 82 2

Evening, rush hour, people going home.

INT. BISHOP STREET. CASSIE’S OFFICE - NIGHT 83 3

CASSIE putting her coat on, as SUNNY sticks his head round the door (she looks beyond tired).

SUNNYMurray’s found our landlady.

CASSIEMonty?

SUNNYLovely Monty.

CASSIEAnd she’s alive?

SUNNYVery much so apparently. He’s seeing her in the morning.

CASSIENice one.

SUNNYYou look knackered, boss.

(CONTINUED)

© And she’s alive?© And she’s alive?

Chris


Chris


INT. BISHOP STREET. CASSIE’S OFFICE - NIGHT 8

Chris INT. BISHOP STREET. CASSIE’S OFFICE - NIGHT 8

CASSIE putting her coat on, as SUNNY sticks his head round

Chris CASSIE putting her coat on, as SUNNY sticks his head round

the door (she looks beyond tired).

Chris

the door (she looks beyond tired).

SUNNY

Chris

SUNNYMurray’s found our landlady.

Chris

Murray’s found our landlady.

CASSIEChris

CASSIEMonty?Chri

s Monty?

Lovely Monty.Chris

Lovely Monty.

Lang

On 30th March 1990, between 22.45 and 23.15 a 24 year old man

Lang

On 30th March 1990, between 22.45 and 23.15 a 24 year old man was chased and subsequently died a few yards from here.

Lang

was chased and subsequently died a few yards from here.

In strictest confidence please call 020 3882 2224. Or call

LangIn strictest confidence please call 020 3882 2224. Or call

And as we pull back, we will see an officer start to also

LangAnd as we pull back, we will see an officer start to also

attach blown up photos of MATTHEW WALSH to lamp posts.

Langattach blown up photos of MATTHEW WALSH to lamp posts.

Evening, rush hour, people going home.Lang


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CASSIEThank you.

SUNNYI meant ‘go home’.

CASSIEI’m trying to.

And she is walking out.

CASSIE (CONT'D)‘Night all.

And WILLETS, looks up.

WILLETSOh, Guv, sorry...

(as Cass stops)...the documents thing with Dean Barton? Turns out he changed his surname.

CASSIE(frowns)

Wow. When and why?

WILLETSAbout three months before he applied to Hendon.

CASSIEOk.

WILLETSDid it by deed poll, his real name is Dean Quinn. I’m gonna run that through PNC and maybe that’ll tell us ‘why’.

CASSIEGood stuff, call me if you get anything.

And she is finally walking out.

INT. RAM & ANNA’S HOUSE - NIGHT 84 4

And here is RAM. Sat in his sitting room, with ANNA (who was about to go out). He has obviously just told her about the investigation.

CONTINUED:3 3

(CONTINUED)


© Chri

s Wow. When and why?

Chris Wow. When and why?

WILLETS

Chris WILLETS

About three months before he

Chris About three months before he

applied to Hendon.

Chris

applied to Hendon.

CASSIE

Chris

CASSIEOk.

Chris

Ok.

WILLETSChris

WILLETSDid it by deed poll, his real name Chri

s Did it by deed poll, his real name is Dean Chri

s is Dean Quinn. Chri

s Quinn.

through PNC and maybe that’ll tell Chris

through PNC and maybe that’ll tell us ‘why’.Chri

s

us ‘why’.

Lang...the documents thing with Dean

Lang...the documents thing with Dean

Barton? Turns out he changed his Lang

Barton? Turns out he changed his

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(CONTINUED)


ANNAThis is why you changed your mind? Because you think you might be in jail on a murder charge????

RAM(’yes’)

Listen, first of all, I didn’t doanything....

ANNA...if you ‘didn’t do anything’ why do you look so scared?

RAMOh why am I ever scared when I get investigated, Anna?

ANNAWhat murder, who, where?

RAMIt’s from three decades ago. They have no evidence, and like I said, I didn’t do anything.

ANNAWho?

RAMSome ...small time drug dealer, they found his preserved body a week or so ago...

ANNA...I saw that story.

RAMOkay, so there’s some weird connection between the victim and a car I was in the night he went missing.

ANNAA real connection?

RAMYes but....

ANNA...what connection?

And he knows this sounds bad.

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(CONTINUED)


© connection between the victim and a © connection between the victim and a car I was in the night he went © car I was in the night he went missing. © missing.

Chris

It’s from three decades ago. They

Chris

It’s from three decades ago. They have no evidence, and like I said,

Chris

have no evidence, and like I said, anything.

Chris anything.

ANNA

Chris ANNA

RAM

Chris

RAMSome ...small time drug dealer,

Chris

Some ...small time drug dealer, they found his preserved body a

Chris

they found his preserved body a week or so ago...

Chris

week or so ago...

ANNAChris

ANNA...I Chri

s ...I sawChri

s saw that story.Chri

s that story.saw that story.sawChri

s saw that story.saw

Okay, so there’s some weird Chris

Okay, so there’s some weird

Lang scared when I get

Lang scared when I get

?

Lang?

It’s from three decades ago. They Lang

It’s from three decades ago. They have no evidence, and like I said, La

nghave no evidence, and like I said,

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(MORE)

(CONTINUED)


RAMThey think the body was in the back of the car.

ANNAOh my god...

RAM...but if it was, I had no idea, and I swear, Anna, I had nothing to do with any murder.

And he is moving over and sitting next to her, and taking her hands, and looking right in to her eyes.

RAM (CONT'D)But yes, I am scared, as always, because I am a problem for them, I always have been, and I genuinely believe they could use this to get rid of me for good.

And she nods. Eyes down.

ANNAYou know every single little thing you have ever been accused of, Ram, has always been racially motivated according to you.

And now she looks up at him.

ANNA (CONT'D)Every single thing. And yet thousands of other black and Asian officers serve thirty years without a problem.

RAMWell they’re not like me.

ANNANo. Clearly.

And he turns to her, deeply weary, thirty years of weary.

RAMSo d’you think I make it all up? D’you think I do just ‘play the race card’?

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(MORE)

(CONTINUED)


© Well they’re not like me.© Well they’re not like me.Chris You know every single little thing

Chris You know every single little thing

you have ever been accused of, Ram,

Chris you have ever been accused of, Ram,

has always been racially motivated

Chris has always been racially motivated

according to you.

Chris according to you.


Chris


ANNA

Chris

ANNAEvery Chri

s Every singleChri

s single thing. And yet Chri

s thing. And yet single thing. And yet singleChri

s single thing. And yet singleChri

s thousands of other black and Asian Chri

s thousands of other black and Asian officers serve thirty years without Chri

s officers serve thirty years without a problem.Chri

s a problem.

Lang

And he is moving over and sitting next to her, and taking her

Lang

And he is moving over and sitting next to her, and taking her

scared, as always,

Lang scared, as always,

because I am a problem for them, I

Langbecause I am a problem for them, I

been, and I genuinely

Lang been, and I genuinely

believe they could use this to get

Langbelieve they could use this to get

You know every single little thing La

ngYou know every single little thing

CONTINUED: (3)4 4RAM (CONT'D)


D’you think I haven’t actually had thirty years of subconscious bias and people telling me I couldn’t take a corner at five a side in case I put a fucking shop on it??

On her.

RAM (CONT'D)Or d’you think it might be possible I’ve suffered discrimination my entire life....and that sometimes, yes, I am also an arsehole?

Which almost gets a smile from her. And then -

ANNAI don’t know, Ram. I just know this is one more thing to cope with at the hardest moment of my entire life.

(and she looks at her watch)

I need to go.(standing)

RAMCan’t you just miss it?

ANNAIt’s work, no, I can’t.

(and actually, maybe doesn’t feel inclined to)

RAMCan we talk more later then?

ANNA(a beat, then)

Of course.

And she turns to go, when -

RAMI love you.

A beat, and then she nods.

ANNAAnd I love you too.

And she walks out, and the front door shuts. And we stay on him. Worried as hell.

CONTINUED: (3)4 4RAM (CONT'D)


© Of course.© Of course.© And she turns to go, when -© And she turns to go, when -

Chris RAM

Chris RAM

Can’t you just miss it?

Chris Can’t you just miss it?

ANNA

Chris

ANNAIt’s work, no, I can’t.

Chris

It’s work, no, I can’t.(and actually, maybe

Chris

(and actually, maybe doesn’t feel inclined to)

Chris

doesn’t feel inclined to)

RAMChris

RAMCan we talk more later then?Chri

s Can we talk more later then?

(a beat, then)Chris

(a beat, then)

LangWhich almost gets a smile from her. And then -

LangWhich almost gets a smile from her. And then -

I don’t know, Ram. I just know this

LangI don’t know, Ram. I just know this

is one more thing to cope with at

Langis one more thing to cope with at

the hardest moment of my entire

Langthe hardest moment of my entire

(and she looks at her Lang

(and she looks at her


INT. CASSIE’S CAR. NIGHT 85 5

CASSIE in her car, outside JENNY’s house talking to WILLETS.

WILLETS ...so I’ve found nothing for a Dean Quinn, but lots for a Peter Quinn, d.o.b 1949, with his birth certificate detailing him having four sons, one of them called Dean.

CASSIEAnd when you say ‘lots’?

WILLETSDrugs, prostitution, extortion, lots of violence, spent half his life inside.

CASSIEJesus. How was the father’s record not spotted?

WILLETSWell the name change obviously helped, but Dean’s application wasn’t sent from the family home address either so, he was obviously trying to avoid just that but.....bottom line, vetting was fairly cursory back then.

CASSIEOkay.

WILLETSAnd it wasn’t just the father at it either, two of Dean’s brothers have long records as well, so this was clearly a family business.

CASSIE(digesting)

Okay, good work, Caz. Now go home. G‘night.

WILLETS‘Night, boss.

And CASSIE signs off.

And then looks over at the front door, knows, really knows she should not do this. But also knows that she is going to.


© clearly a © clearly a Chris

WILLETS

Chris

WILLETSWell the name change obviously

Chris Well the name change obviously

helped, but Dean’s application

Chris helped, but Dean’s application

wasn’t sent from the family home

Chris wasn’t sent from the family home

address either so, he was obviously

Chris address either so, he was obviously

trying to avoid just that

Chris trying to avoid just that

but.....bottom line, vetting was

Chris

but.....bottom line, vetting was fairly cursory back then.

Chris

fairly cursory back then.

CASSIE

Chris

CASSIEOkay.Chri

s Okay.

And it wasn’t just the father at it Chris

And it wasn’t just the father at it Chris

either, two of Dean’s brothers have Chris

either, two of Dean’s brothers have long records as well, so this was Chri

s

long records as well, so this was

LangDrugs, prostitution, extortion,

LangDrugs, prostitution, extortion,

lots of violence, spent half his

Langlots of violence, spent half his

Jesus. How was the father’s record Lang

Jesus. How was the father’s record

Well the name change obviously Lang

Well the name change obviously helped, but Dean’s application

Lang

helped, but Dean’s application

(CONTINUED)


EXT. JENNY’S HOUSE - NIGHT 86 6

JENNY standing at the door, CASSIE standing in front of her.

CASSIEWhat do you mean you’re not going to let me in?

JENNYI don’t want you to talk to him in this mood.

CASSIEWhat mood, I’m not in any mood.

JENNYYou’re angry. Again.

CASSIENo I’m not. But if I was, it would be because a woman I hardly know is stopping me from seeing my own father...

JENNYNo..

CASSIE...I mean I‘m sure you’d prefer I never saw him again so you can...

JENNY...so I can what?

CASSIEOh seriously just let me in you absolute....

MARTIN...go home, Cass.

And there is MARTIN appearing in the hall now from the sitting room.

MARTIN (CONT'D)Jenn is simply trying to protect me, because she knows I do find this all incredibly upspending...

JENNY...upsetting...

(CONTINUED)


© ...go home, Cass. © ...go home, Cass. And there is MARTIN appearing in the hall now from the © And there is MARTIN appearing in the hall now from the © sitting room.© sitting room.

Chris JENNY

Chris JENNY

CASSIE

Chris CASSIE

...I mean I‘m sure you’d prefer I

Chris ...I mean I‘m sure you’d prefer I

never saw him again so you can...

Chris

never saw him again so you can...

JENNY

Chris

JENNY...so I can what?

Chris

...so I can what?

CASSIEChris

CASSIEOh seriously just let me in you Chri

s Oh seriously just let me in you absolute....Chri

s absolute....

Langwas

Langwas, it would

Lang, it would

be because a woman I hardly know is Lang

be because a woman I hardly know is stopping me from seeing my own La

ngstopping me from seeing my own

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(MORE)

(CONTINUED)


MARTIN...upsetting! I mean Jesus, Cass, it’s bad enough losing me, without feeling I am losing my daughter too. Because really, what’s happened to you?

CASSIENothing’s happened to me.

MARTINWell maybe ask John if he thinks that. Or Adam. Or your work colleagues. Maybe ask them if they think you’ve turned in to an arsehole. Because I do.

And he slams the door on his daughter.

CASSIEOr maybe I’ll ask my lawyer!

And we stay on her. And she winces. Why did she say that?

And then she turns and walks away.

And as she does, we go to a P.O.V. in a car watching her.

CASSIE STUART is being watched.

EXT. CASSIE’S HOUSE - NIGHT 87 7

Establisher.

JOHN (O.S.)Of course you’re not an arsehole.

INT. CASSIE’S HOUSE. KITCHEN/INT. JOHN’S FLAT - NIGHT 88 8

JOHN and CASS speaking on the phone. Her in the kitchen, a glass of wine on the go.

CASSIEI’m sensing a very big ‘but’ coming.

JOHNNo, just....obviously you areangry. About work, completely understandably. With Adam?

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(MORE)

(CONTINUED)


© INT. CASSIE’S HOUSE. KITCHEN/INT. JOHN’S FLAT - NIGHT 8© INT. CASSIE’S HOUSE. KITCHEN/INT. JOHN’S FLAT - NIGHT 8

JOHN and CASS speaking on the phone. Her in the kitchen, a © JOHN and CASS speaking on the phone. Her in the kitchen, a © glass of wine on the go.© glass of wine on the go.

Chris


Chris


And then she turns and walks away.

Chris And then she turns and walks away.

And as she does, we go to a P.O.V. in a car

Chris And as she does, we go to a P.O.V. in a car

CASSIE STUART is being watched.

Chris CASSIE STUART is being watched.

Chris

EXT. CASSIE’S HOUSE - NIGHT 8

Chris

EXT. CASSIE’S HOUSE - NIGHT 8

Establisher. Chris

Establisher.

Of course you’re not an arsehole.Chris

Of course you’re not an arsehole.

Lang

if they

Lang

if they

And he slams the door on his daughter.

LangAnd he slams the door on his daughter.

lawyer!Lang

lawyer!

And we stay on her. And she winces. Why did she say that?Lang


CONTINUED:8 8JOHN (CONT'D)

(CONTINUED)


Well, the guy got superb As, didn’t take a gap year, then gets a first. I mean he is a grafter, Cass, maybe cut him a little slack?

A beat.

JOHN (CONT'D)And then your dad.

The big one.

JOHN (CONT'D)And I sort of think everything else is getting lumped in with that. Because actually, I don’t even think you are angry about his will. Or Jenn. You’re angry because you’re losing him. And who wouldn’tbe.

A beat.

JOHN (CONT'D)And if that anger’s ...helping you, fine, whatever gets you through the night. Except I don’t think it is. I think it’s making things worse. And it’s definitely not helping him.

And we are on her, absorbing this pretty trenchant analysis.

JOHN (CONT'D)And I’ll say this once more, and then you can tell me to piss off...

A beat.

JOHN (CONT'D)...we don’t need your pension money, Cass, we can buy a lovely place down here, mortgage free, with what we have. You could leave tomorrow if you wanted.

A beat. And then -

CASSIEYou’re right of course. I know you are, about it all. And I’ll call my dad in the morning...

CONTINUED:8 8JOHN (CONT'D)

(CONTINUED)


© A beat.

© A beat.

...we don’t need your pension ©

...we don’t need your pension

Chris

(CONT'D)

Chris

(CONT'D)And if that anger’s ...

Chris And if that anger’s ...

fine, whatever gets you through the

Chris fine, whatever gets you through the

night. Except I don’t think it is.

Chris night. Except I don’t think it is.

I think it’s making things worse.

Chris I think it’s making things worse.

And it’s definitely not helping

Chris And it’s definitely not helping


Chris


JOHNChris

JOHNChris

And I’ll say this once more, and Chris

And I’ll say this once more, and then you can tell me to piss off...Chri

s then you can tell me to piss off...

Lang

And I sort of think everything else

Lang

And I sort of think everything else

angry about his will.

Langangry about his will.

Or Jenn. You’re angry because

LangOr Jenn. You’re angry because

you’re losing him. And who

Langyou’re losing him. And who wouldn’t

Langwouldn’t

helping Lang

helping you, Lang

you, fine, whatever gets you through the

Lang

fine, whatever gets you through the

CONTINUED: (2)8 8

(CONTINUED)


A beat.

CASSIE (CONT'D)....but the job.....I have to stay now, John. There’s stuff I’ll tell you one day but...I have to see this case through now. I’m sorry.

And out on her.

New day

EXT. CASSIE’S HOUSE - DAY 99 9

The door opening, and CASSIE walking out of her house, her phone clamped to her ear.

CASSIEHey, Dad, it’s me.....listen I don’t want to do this on a message...

INT. JENNY’S HOUSE. KITCHEN - DAY 910 10

MARTIN (a discarded messed up Times crossword on the kitchen table) listening to a voice mail on his mobile as he eats cornflakes.

CASSIE (O.S.)...but can you give me a call please, I really want to speak to you.

On him. Still cross. But at her? Or the crossword? Or his life?

INT. RETIREMENT HOME - DAY 911 11

BOULTING with SUZIE MONTGOMERY (actually only late seventies and sharp as a tack) in her sheltered housing home.

MONTGOMERYOh how could you forget Ram. So handsome, we all fancied Ram.

BOULTINGAnd you remember this incident?

CONTINUED: (2)8 8

(CONTINUED)


© life?

© life?

INT. RETIREMENT HOME - DAY 9© INT. RETIREMENT HOME - DAY 9

BOULTING with SUZIE MONTGOMERY (actually only late seventies © BOULTING with SUZIE MONTGOMERY (actually only late seventies and sharp as a tack) in her sheltered housing home.© and sharp as a tack) in her sheltered housing home.

Chris INT. JENNY’S HOUSE. KITCHEN - DAY 9

Chris INT. JENNY’S HOUSE. KITCHEN - DAY 9

MARTIN (a discarded messed up Times crossword on the kitchen

Chris MARTIN (a discarded messed up Times crossword on the kitchen

table) listening to a voice mail on his mobile as he eats

Chris table) listening to a voice mail on his mobile as he eats

CASSIE (O.S.)

Chris

CASSIE (O.S.)...but can you give me a call

Chris

...but can you give me a call please, I really want to speak to

Chris

please, I really want to speak to you.Chri

s you.

On him. Still cross. But at her? Or the crossword? Or his Chris

On him. Still cross. But at her? Or the crossword? Or his

LangThe door opening, and CASSIE walking out of her house, her

LangThe door opening, and CASSIE walking out of her house, her

Hey, Dad, it’s me.....listen I

LangHey, Dad, it’s me.....listen I

don’t want to do this on a Lang

don’t want to do this on a

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MONTGOMERY(nods)

It was me that called the police - that thug made such a mess of his face.

BOULTINGAnd the girl, the one the fight was about, d’you remember her name?

MONTGOMERY(think, then shakes her head)

Don’t remember her name, but she was the one I had to keep barring because she was drinking too much.

BOULTING(nice)

Oh okay, but also a probie?

MONTGOMERYYes.

BOULTINGAnd she was there with just Ram?

MONTGOMERYNo, she was there with another girl, ‘busy Lizzie’...

(off Boulting’s frown)...always moving at a hundred miles an hour.

BOULTING(silent punch of victory)

So the arresting officer suggested he’d made a pass at her, the suspect, at the girl?

MONTGOMERYOh it was much more than ‘a pass’ I think. There was an alley to the ladies outside and he’d grabbed her there. These days you’d call it a sexual assault, Ram had interrupted it and just went for him. But bit off more than he could chew unfortunately.

Out on BOULTING scribbling down notes.


© Chri

s BOULTING

Chris BOULTING

And she was there with just Ram?

Chris And she was there with just Ram?

MONTGOMERY

Chris MONTGOMERY

No, she was there with another

Chris No, she was there with another

girl, ‘busy Lizzie’...

Chris

girl, ‘busy Lizzie’...(off Boulting’s frown)

Chris

(off Boulting’s frown)...always moving at a hundred miles

Chris

...always moving at a hundred miles an hour.

Chris

an hour.

BOULTINGChris

BOULTING(silent punch of victory)Chri

s (silent punch of victory)

So the arresting officer suggested Chris

So the arresting officer suggested he’d made a pass at her, the Chri

s he’d made a pass at her, the suspect, at the girl?Chri

s

suspect, at the girl?

Langwas the one I had to keep barring

Langwas the one I had to keep barring

because she was drinking too much.

Langbecause she was drinking too much.

Oh okay, but also a probie?

LangOh okay, but also a probie?

And she was there with just Ram?La

ngAnd she was there with just Ram?

(CONTINUED)


INT. FIONA AND GEOFF’S HOUSE. KITCHEN - DAY 912 12

GEOFF in the kitchen, on his own, and then a thought, and he walks quickly out in to the garden.

EXT. FIONA AND GEOFF’S HOUSE. GARDEN - DAY 913 13

FIONA, slightly obsessively weeding, as GEOFF approaches.

GEOFFWhat year was your conviction?

And she turns.

GEOFF (CONT'D)The dangerous driving thing.

A beat. And she will already know now where this is heading.

FIONA1993.

GEOFFAnd what year did you become a therapist?

FIONA(a beat, then)

2004.

And he nods. Cogs have obviously been whirring.

GEOFFAnd they had no problem with that? Your regulatory body? They had no problem giving you a license?

A beat. On her. And then -

FIONAWell they would have done, yes.

GEOFFWhat do you mean ‘they would have done?

A beat, and then.

FIONAI don’t have a license.

He’s hearing it, but he’s not ‘hearing it’.

(CONTINUED)


© A beat. On her. And then -

© A beat. On her. And then -Chris And what year did you become a

Chris And what year did you become a

FIONA

Chris FIONA

(a beat, then)

Chris (a beat, then)


Chris


GEOFFChris

GEOFFAnd they had no problem with that? Chri

s And they had no problem with that? Chri

s Your regulatory body? They had no Chri

s Your regulatory body? They had no problem giving you a license?Chri

s problem giving you a license?

A beat. On her. And then -Chris

A beat. On her. And then -

LangA beat. And she will already know now where this is heading.

LangA beat. And she will already know now where this is heading.

And what year did you become a Lang

And what year did you become a

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(CONTINUED)


GEOFFYes you have a license - it’s on your letterhead, Fi. I mean how else would you practise if you didn’t have a fucking license?

A beat. Then -

FIONAIt’s a fake one. I bought it online for a hundred quid.

On him. Kind of knew it was heading this way.

FIONA (CONT'D)My degree is real, my PHD is real, all my psychotherapy training is real, but I never applied for my actual license because....

(and her eyes are pooling)...I didn’t think I’d get one.

And now she looks up to him.

GEOFFSo you’ve been practising fraudulently. For sixteen years.

A beat. Then -

FIONAYes.

A beat.

GEOFFHow have you never been...

FIONA....I don’t know, I’ve always expected to be found out but...it’s just never happened.

A beat.

GEOFFDoes Mark know about this?

FIONANo.

CONTINUED:13 13

(CONTINUED)


© ....I don’t know, I’ve always © ....I don’t know, I’ve always expected to be found out but...it’s © expected to be found out but...it’s ©

A beat.© A beat.

Chris GEOFF

Chris GEOFF

So you’ve been practising

Chris So you’ve been practising

fraudulently. For sixteen years.

Chris fraudulently. For sixteen years.

FIONA

Chris

FIONAYes.

Chris

Yes.

How have you never been...Chris

How have you never been...

LangMy degree is real, my PHD is real,

LangMy degree is real, my PHD is real,

all my psychotherapy training is

Langall my psychotherapy training is

real, but I never applied for my

Langreal, but I never applied for my

actual license because....

Langactual license because....

(and her eyes are pooling)

Lang(and her eyes are pooling)

...I didn’t think I’d get one. Lang

...I didn’t think I’d get one.

CONTINUED: (2)13 13

(CONTINUED)


GEOFFThat we have a commercial loan, which we have agreed to pay back with the income from a job you are not legally qualified to practise?

No answer to that particular doozy.

And stunned in to silence, he turns and walks back to the house. And we stay on her.

EXT. STREET NEAR ALLOTMENT - DAY 914 14

A man, 60, (WILLIAM) with a Jack Russell, standing looking at *the board, and then he turns and walks over to an officer.

WILLIAMThat’s my birthday, that date, and *that year... *

(the date on the board)...was my 30th, so I remember that *night well.

And out on the copper getting his notebook out.

End of Part one.

Part two

EXT. BISHOP STREET - DAY 915 15

Establisher.

INT. BISHOP STREET. CANTEEN - DAY 916 16

CASSIE and SUNNY at a table, a book of notes in front of her, they are ‘spitballing’.

SUNNY...so phone mast data’s just given us Ram Sidhu and Dean Barton within a few hundred yards of one another, forty miles outside London, three days after we announced the discovery of Walsh’s body.

CASSIEWhere?

CONTINUED: (2)13 13

(CONTINUED)


© INT. BISHOP STREET. CANTEEN - DAY 9

© INT. BISHOP STREET. CANTEEN - DAY 9

CASSIE and SUNNY at a table, a book of notes in front of her,

© CASSIE and SUNNY at a table, a book of notes in front of her, they are ‘spitballing’. © they are ‘spitballing’.

Chris And out on the copper getting his notebook out.

Chris And out on the copper getting his notebook out.

EXT. BISHOP STREET - DAY 9

Chris

EXT. BISHOP STREET - DAY 9

Chris

Establisher. Chris

Establisher.

INT. BISHOP STREET. CANTEEN - DAY 9Chris

INT. BISHOP STREET. CANTEEN - DAY 9

CASSIE and SUNNY at a table, a book of notes in front of her, Chris

CASSIE and SUNNY at a table, a book of notes in front of her,

LangA man, 60, (WILLIAM) with a Jack Russell, standing looking at

LangA man, 60, (WILLIAM) with a Jack Russell, standing looking at

the board, and then he turns and walks over to an officer.

Langthe board, and then he turns and walks over to an officer.

That’s my birthday, that date, and

LangThat’s my birthday, that date, and

(the date on the board)Lang

(the date on the board)...was my 30th, so I remember that La

ng...was my 30th, so I remember that

And out on the copper getting his notebook out.Lang

And out on the copper getting his notebook out.

CONTINUED:16 16

(CONTINUED)


SUNNYA wood near Guildford.

CASSIEOkay, very good, we can use that.

SUNNYThen one of the boards down by the allotment has given us a guy who thinks he may have seen something that night, they’re bringing him in now.

CASSIERight.

SUNNYAnd then Monty? She came up trumps.

CASSIE(smiles)

Tell me.

INT. EILEEN’S HOUSE. SITTING ROOM - DAY 917 17

EUGENIA and LIZ in the sitting room, EUGENIA has an envelope LIZ has handed her in her hand.

LIZIt’s actually more than you asked for.

EUGENIAI don’t want more.

LIZJust think of it as a back dated pay rise. I should have listened sooner, and I’m truly sorry about that.

And then a banging on the ceiling. Which they both ignore.

EUGENIAI would never have actually said anything, because I know she just...

(’makes shit up’)

And she looks up at LIZ. And it should feel like all the balances have shifted. That EUGENIA has so much more than LIZ does.

CONTINUED:16 16

(CONTINUED)


© sooner, and I’m truly sorry about © sooner, and I’m truly sorry about that.© that.©

And then a banging on the ceiling. Which they both ignore. © And then a banging on the ceiling. Which they both ignore.

Chris INT. EILEEN’S HOUSE. SITTING ROOM - DAY 9

Chris INT. EILEEN’S HOUSE. SITTING ROOM - DAY 9

EUGENIA and LIZ in the sitting room, EUGENIA has an envelope

Chris EUGENIA and LIZ in the sitting room, EUGENIA has an envelope

LIZ has handed her in her hand.

Chris LIZ has handed her in her hand.

LIZ

Chris

LIZIt’s actually more than you asked

Chris

It’s actually more than you asked for.

Chris

for.

Chris

EUGENIAChris

EUGENIAI don’t want more.Chri

s I don’t want more.

Just think of it as a back dated Chris

Just think of it as a back dated pay rise. I should have listened Chri

s

pay rise. I should have listened

LangAnd then Monty? She came up trumps.

LangAnd then Monty? She came up trumps.

INT. EILEEN’S HOUSE. SITTING ROOM - DAY 9Lang

INT. EILEEN’S HOUSE. SITTING ROOM - DAY 9

CONTINUED:17 17

(CONTINUED)


EUGENIA (CONT'D)...I don’t think you’re a bad person, Liz, and I shouldn’t have said what I did. You deserved better.

From her? From her mum? Maybe both. And then she walks out. Out on LIZ as the ceiling bangs again and her gaze turns upwards.

INT. BISHOP STREET. CANTEEN - DAY 918 18

SUNNY and CASSIE still talking.

CASSIESo this has never felt like a mobattack to me.

SUNNYNor to me.

CASSIENo wounds on his body, kick marks, punch marks...

SUNNY...we also know three of them got out of the car separately, only the women getting out together.

CASSIEAnd they’re five coppers, unless the vetting team had a particularlybad day....

SUNNYIndeed.

CASSIE...so to me, if this wasn’t an accident, if this was deliberate... it feels like it was more likely to have been just one of them, and then the others came across the scene?

SUNNYAgreed, and then for whatever reason - and this needs work ‘cos I struggle to understand why the fuck anyone would - agreed to cover it up?

CONTINUED:17 17

(CONTINUED)


© ...so to me, if this © ...so to me, if this

Chris

No wounds on his body, kick marks,

Chris


SUNNY

Chris SUNNY

...we also know three of them got

Chris ...we also know three of them got

out of the car separately, only the

Chris out of the car separately, only the

women getting out together.

Chris

women getting out together.

Chris

CASSIE

Chris

CASSIEAnd they’re five coppers, unless

Chris

And they’re five coppers, unless the vetting team had a Chri

s the vetting team had a bad day....Chri

s bad day....Chri

s Indeed.Chri

s Indeed.

LangSo this has never felt like a

LangSo this has never felt like a mob

Langmob

No wounds on his body, kick marks, Lang


CONTINUED:18 18

(CONTINUED)


CASSIE(nods)

But which one?

Both think, then -

CASSIE (CONT'D)So Ram Sidhu has to be the most obvious candidate.

SUNNYYes.

CASSIEHe had the most obvious grievance, he’s clearly a loose canon, he got out of the car first. But let’s game the others. Fiona we now know was sexually assaulted by this man?

SUNNYYes....

(thinks, then)...but would a woman stab a man in the head?

CASSIEIf they made easy sexist assumptions very possibly.

SUNNY(grins)

And actually, we don’t know what a sexual assault might have triggered in her - from her own past I mean.

CASSIEYes, good thought.

SUNNYWhat about Baildon?

CASSIESo the woman she maybe loved, had been sexually assaulted by Walsh? Would a woman stab a man in the head though?

SUNNY(smiles)

And then we have Barton and Fogerty.

CONTINUED:18 18

(CONTINUED)


© What about Baildon?© What about Baildon?

Chris

...but would a woman stab a man in

Chris


CASSIE

Chris CASSIE

If they made easy sexist

Chris If they made easy sexist

assumptions very possibly.

Chris assumptions very possibly.

SUNNY

Chris

SUNNY(grins)

Chris

(grins)And actually, we don’t know what a

Chris

And actually, we don’t know what a sexual assault might have Chri

s sexual assault might have in her - from her own past I mean.Chri

s in her - from her own past I mean.

Yes, good thought.Chris

Yes, good thought.

LangHe had the most obvious grievance,

LangHe had the most obvious grievance,

he’s clearly a loose canon, he got

Langhe’s clearly a loose canon, he got

out of the car first. But let’s

Langout of the car first. But let’s

game the others. Fiona we now know

Langgame the others. Fiona we now know

was sexually assaulted by this man?

Langwas sexually assaulted by this man?

...but would a woman stab a man in Lang


CONTINUED: (2)18 18

(CONTINUED)


CASSIEWell we have zero on Fogerty, which we really need to address. And then we have Barton with his criminal family history.

SUNNYWith associated violence.

CASSIEBut no connection to Walsh - no evidence he was even in the pub.

SUNNYNo.

CASSIESo.

Both thinking. Then -

SUNNYWe pull Sidhu back in?

CASSIEExcept he’ll just deny it, not a chance we’ll get a confession out of him, and we don’t have enough to charge him. No, no arrest necessity at the moment, so I think our best bet is to divide and rule. Scare the shit out of all them with what we do know, maybe use the promise of cooperation deals, and basically make them all, individually, think we have more than we have, to then get them to turn against each other.

SUNNYI like.

CASSIESo we already have some nice stuff to use with Baildon and Grayson but let’s get more - I’d love to nail Baildon with the blood test stuff? And then we need more on Sidhu and Barton. Stuff like the phone masts that suggests collusion, that proves they’re lying to us, and allows us to ask why.

CONTINUED: (2)18 18

(CONTINUED)


© I like.© I like.

Chris

We pull Sidhu back in?

Chris

We pull Sidhu back in?

CASSIE

Chris CASSIE

Except he’ll just deny it, not a

Chris Except he’ll just deny it, not a

chance we’ll get a confession out

Chris chance we’ll get a confession out

of him, and we don’t have enough to

Chris of him, and we don’t have enough to

charge him. No, no arrest necessity

Chris charge him. No, no arrest necessity

at the moment, so I think our best

Chris

at the moment, so I think our best bet is to divide and rule. Scare

Chris

bet is to divide and rule. Scare the shit out of all them with what

Chris

the shit out of all them with what we

Chris

we do

Chris

do know, maybe use the promise

Chris

know, maybe use the promise do know, maybe use the promise do

Chris

do know, maybe use the promise doof cooperation deals, and basically Chri

s of cooperation deals, and basically make them all, individually, think Chri

s make them all, individually, think we have more than we have, to then Chri

s we have more than we have, to then Chri

s get them to turn against each Chri

s get them to turn against each other.Chri

s other.

Lang

Except he’ll just deny it, not a La

ngExcept he’ll just deny it, not a

CONTINUED: (3)18 18

(CONTINUED)


As she checks her own thought processes. And then -

CASSIE (CONT'D)So let’s get authority to view Sidhu’s disciplinary record and go over it with a fine tooth comb to see if he has a capacity for violence? Similarly Barton, I mean a lad from a family of career crims decides to join the police, what’s the story there - lets try to speak to his family.

SUNNYWe might want to go after bank accounts as well, maybe Fiona wasn’t the only one to ask for a favour from an old academy friend.

CASSIE(nods)

And lets dig more on Fogerty, cos unless there’s something ....fabulously incriminating about the murder weapon, if I were them, and I was forced by weight of evidence to finally admit that yes, I was there that night....who are you then going to blame for the actual murder.

SUNNYThe dead guy with the body in his house?

CASSIEThe dead guy with the body in his house.

INT. MORTUARY - DAY 919 19

And here is BALCOMBE finishing sawing the top of the head off, and then she pulls the skull cap off.

And now looks in to the cavity, to see the mummified brain. *

INT. BISHOP STREET. INTERVIEW ROOM - DAY 920 20

CASSIE and SUNNY with WILLIAM. His eyes resolutely down.

CONTINUED: (3)18 18

(CONTINUED)


© INT. MORTUARY - DAY 9© INT. MORTUARY - DAY 9© And here is BALCOMBE finishing sawing the top of the head © And here is BALCOMBE finishing sawing the top of the head off, and then she pulls the skull cap off.© off, and then she pulls the skull cap off.

Chris

unless there’s something

Chris

unless there’s something ....fabulously incriminating about

Chris

....fabulously incriminating about the murder weapon, if

Chris the murder weapon, if

and I was forced by weight of

Chris and I was forced by weight of

evidence to finally admit that yes,

Chris evidence to finally admit that yes,

I was there that night....who are

Chris I was there that night....who are

you then going to blame for the

Chris you then going to blame for the

actual murder.

Chris

actual murder.

SUNNY

Chris

SUNNYThe dead guy with the body in his

Chris

The dead guy with the body in his house?Chri

s house?Chri

s The dead guy with the body in his Chri

s The dead guy with the body in his house.Chri

s house.

Langwasn’t the only one to ask for a

Langwasn’t the only one to ask for a

favour from an old academy friend.

Langfavour from an old academy friend.

And lets dig more on Fogerty, cos Lang

And lets dig more on Fogerty, cos unless there’s something La

ngunless there’s something ....fabulously incriminating about La

ng....fabulously incriminating about

were them, Lang

were them, and I was forced by weight of

Lang

and I was forced by weight of


WILLIAM...I’d had a few with my wife, to celebrate, and then I took the dog out. And it was next to the allotments that I saw them, this was by the entrance, before they stuck the gates up?

CASSIEHow many of them, d’you remember?

WILLIAMWell, two carrying it, whatever it was, wrapped up in tarp...

(thinks, then)...maybe one opening the boot? Couldn’t swear to that though, but then definitely, two arguing.

SUNNYArguing?

WILLIAMA woman and a man, she was crying.

SUNNYRight. And so...did they say anything, any of them, did you say anything?

And then finally looks up. Looks kind of appalled.

WILLIAMI said ‘what you got there, a dead body?’

And out.

Montage sequence

OMITTED21 21 *

OMITTED22 22 *


© And out.

© And out.

ontage sequence

© ontage sequence

OMITTED© OMITTED

Chris

A woman and a man, she was crying.

Chris


SUNNY

Chris SUNNY

Right. And so...did they say

Chris Right. And so...did they say

anything, any of them, did

Chris anything, any of them, did

anything?

Chris anything?

Chris


Chris


WILLIAM

Chris

WILLIAMI said ‘what you got there, a dead Chri

s I said ‘what you got there, a dead body?’Chri

s body?’

ontage sequenceChris

ontage sequence

LangCouldn’t swear to that though, but

LangCouldn’t swear to that though, but

then definitely, two arguing.

Langthen definitely, two arguing.

A woman and a man, she was crying.Lang


(CONTINUED)


EXT. STREET - DAY 923 23

LINGLEY knocking on a neighbour’s door, next to the house we will recognise as ROB FOGERTY’s.

EXT. KINGSTON POLICE STATION - DAY 924 24

JAKE COLLIER walking in to Kingston Police station.

EXT. MARY QUINN’S HOUSE. POPLAR - DAY 925 25

SUNNY and CASSIE waiting outside a terraced house in a back street of Poplar.

(A neighbour will come out of his door at some point in this scene, and clock CASSIE’s police badge).

And then the door is opened by MARY QUINN, late 70s. She is wheeling an oxygen cylinder connected to a mask, which, right now, is around her neck. She looks tired and ill, and is not breathing that easily.

CASSIE(badging her)

Mrs Quinn?

And she sags slightly.

MARYLiam and Sean don’t live here, haven’t for years, you’re wasting your time I’m afraid.

CASSIEIt was actually Dean we came about?

And she frowns, a wave of deep pain passes momentarily across her face.

MARYWhat on earth could I tell you about Dean, I haven’t seen him for thirty years.

Oh. And out.

INT. EILEEN’S HOUSE. BEDROOM - DAY 926 26

LIZ walking in with a cup of tea. EILEEN in bed reading The Guardian, looks up.

(CONTINUED)


© And she frowns, a wave of deep pain passes momentarily across

© And she frowns, a wave of deep pain passes momentarily across her face.© her face.

Chris CASSIE

Chris CASSIE

(badging her)

Chris (badging her)

And she sags slightly.

Chris And she sags slightly.

MARY

Chris

MARYLiam and Sean don’t live here,

Chris

Liam and Sean don’t live here, haven’t for years, you’re wasting

Chris

haven’t for years, you’re wasting your time I’m afraid.Chri

s your time I’m afraid.

It was actually Chris

It was actually

And she frowns, a wave of deep pain passes momentarily across Chris

And she frowns, a wave of deep pain passes momentarily across

Lang

SUNNY and CASSIE waiting outside a terraced house in a back

Lang

SUNNY and CASSIE waiting outside a terraced house in a back

(A neighbour will come out of his door at some point in this

Lang(A neighbour will come out of his door at some point in this

scene, and clock CASSIE’s police badge).

Langscene, and clock CASSIE’s police badge).

And then the door is opened by MARY QUINN, late 70s. She is

LangAnd then the door is opened by MARY QUINN, late 70s. She is

wheeling an oxygen cylinder connected to a mask, which, right Lang

wheeling an oxygen cylinder connected to a mask, which, right now, is around her neck. She looks tired and ill, and is not La

ngnow, is around her neck. She looks tired and ill, and is not

CONTINUED:26 26

(CONTINUED)


EILEENThere you are.

And LIZ places the tea on her mum’s bedside table. And then just stands there, lost in thought.

EILEEN (CONT'D)Why are you just standing there Elizabeth? You look slightly simple.

And she stares at her mother. Then -

LIZHow long have you known?

EILEENKnown what?

LIZWhat I told dad?

Ah. She smiles.

EILEENHe mentioned it just before he died. I mean he was babbling allsorts of nonsense at that point to be honest, so I never took it remotely seriously....

And she turns to her now.

EILEEN (CONT'D)...but clearly I was wrong. And I have to say, Elizabeth, my estimation of you’s gone up enormously - you’re in danger of almost being interesting. Who knew.

A beat.

LIZI am who I am, mum. And if you’d ever wondered, though I’m pretty certain someone as utterly self obsessed as you, hasn’t, I’ve always been happy with that. I’ve made mistakes...

And we are close on her.

CONTINUED:26 26

(CONTINUED)


© A beat.© A beat.

Chris EILEEN

Chris EILEEN

He mentioned it just before he

Chris He mentioned it just before he

died. I mean he was babbling

Chris died. I mean he was babbling

sorts of nonsense at that point to

Chris sorts of nonsense at that point to

be honest, so I never took it

Chris be honest, so I never took it

remotely seriously....

Chris

remotely seriously....


Chris


Chris

EILEENChris

EILEEN...but clearly I was wrong. And I Chri

s ...but clearly I was wrong. And I have to say, Elizabeth, my Chri

s have to say, Elizabeth, my estimation of you’s gone up Chri

s estimation of you’s gone up Chri

s enormously - you’re in danger of Chri

s enormously - you’re in danger of almost being interesting. Who knew.Chri

s

almost being interesting. Who knew.

Lang

He mentioned it just before he La

ngHe mentioned it just before he

CONTINUED: (2)26 26

(MORE)

(CONTINUED)


LIZ (CONT'D)...one dreadful one, but my god, I’d have loathed to have lived a life like yours. To have been a person who never even contemplated helping others, who never even considered trying to make the world a better place...

EILEEN...you’re beginning to sound like a Michael Jackson song, Elizabeth, not a good...

(’look’)

LIZ...oh shut the fuck up.

And she is standing over her mother, looking down at her, and suddenly looking pretty scary.

LIZ (CONT'D)I don’t expect love from you, you’ve only ever loved yourself. But you will speak to me with respect from now on or I swear.....

And she leans in close, right in her face.

LIZ (CONT'D)(whispered)

...I swear I will come in here one night while you’re sleeping, and I will stick a pillow over your smug, self-satisfied fucking face, till you are quiet.

And she turns and walks out. Out on EILEEN. Rather understandably terrified by that.

INT. MARY QUINN’S HOUSE - DAY 927 27

CASSIE and SUNNY talking with MARY in her sitting room. CASS/SUNNY should clock a Catholic shrine to a young man (not Dean) in one corner.

MARY....my husband’s dead now, but in his world, the notion of crossing that line, of becoming a copper, that was as bad as it got. So when he found out....

CONTINUED: (2)26 26

(MORE)

(CONTINUED)


© And she turns and walks out. Out on EILEEN. Rather

© And she turns and walks out. Out on EILEEN. Rather

© understandably terrified by that.

© understandably terrified by that.

INT. MARY QUINN’S HOUSE - DAY 9© INT. MARY QUINN’S HOUSE - DAY 9

CASSIE and SUNNY talking with MARY in her sitting room. © CASSIE and SUNNY talking with MARY in her sitting room.

Chris

I don’t expect love from you,

Chris

I don’t expect love from you, you’ve only ever loved yourself.

Chris

you’ve only ever loved yourself. speak to me with

Chris speak to me with

respect from now on or I

Chris respect from now on or I

And she leans in close, right in her face.

Chris And she leans in close, right in her face.

LIZ

Chris

LIZ (CONT'D)

Chris

(CONT'D)(whispered)

Chris

(whispered)...I swear I will come in here one

Chris

...I swear I will come in here one night while you’re sleeping, and I

Chris

night while you’re sleeping, and I will stick a pillow over your smug, Chri

s will stick a pillow over your smug, self-satisfied fucking face, till Chri

s self-satisfied fucking face, till Chri

s you Chri

s you areChri

s are quiet.Chri

s quiet.are quiet.areChri

s are quiet.are

And she turns and walks out. Out on EILEEN. Rather Chris

And she turns and walks out. Out on EILEEN. Rather understandably terrified by that.Chri

s

understandably terrified by that.

LangAnd she is standing over her mother, looking down at her, and

LangAnd she is standing over her mother, looking down at her, and

(CONT'D) Lang

(CONT'D)I don’t expect love from you, La

ngI don’t expect love from you, you’ve only ever loved yourself. La

ngyou’ve only ever loved yourself.

speak to me with Lang

speak to me with swear.....La

ngswear.....

CONTINUED:27 27MARY (CONT'D)

(CONTINUED)


...it was awful - worse even than Dean expected I think.

As she remembers, and it is clearly deeply painful.

MARY (CONT'D)That same night, Dean went to our local, where they’d known him since he was a baby....and they wouldn’t let him in, and then as he walked away, he was attacked, and beaten to pulp, by two of his brothers, as his father watched.

And then she is stopped by the sound of a front door opening and we hear -

SEAN (O.S.)Mum?

And in to the tiny sitting room, comes SEAN QUINN, 45, a brute of a man. And he looks at CASSIE and SUNNY.

SEAN (CONT'D)Out, now.

MARYThey’re going, Sean, just wait outside.

SEANYou shouldn’t be fucking talking to them at all for...

MARY...outside!

And she is struggling to breathe and so very reluctantly he stops.

SEAN(to Cass)

I’ll give you one minute.

And he walks out, and MARY turns back to them.

MARYHas he been happy?

CASSIEI think so, yes.

CONTINUED:27 27MARY (CONT'D)

(CONTINUED)


© And she is struggling to breathe and so very reluctantly he

© And she is struggling to breathe and so very reluctantly he stops.

© stops. Chris

(CONT'D)

Chris

(CONT'D)

MARY

Chris MARY

They’re going, Sean, just wait

Chris They’re going, Sean, just wait

SEAN

Chris

SEANYou shouldn’t be fucking talking to

Chris

You shouldn’t be fucking talking to them at all for...

Chris

them at all for...

MARYChris

MARY...outChri

s ...outsideChri

s side

And she is struggling to breathe and so very reluctantly he Chris

And she is struggling to breathe and so very reluctantly he

LangAnd then she is stopped by the sound of a front door opening

LangAnd then she is stopped by the sound of a front door opening

And in to the tiny sitting room, comes SEAN QUINN, 45, a Lang

And in to the tiny sitting room, comes SEAN QUINN, 45, a brute of a man. And he looks at CASSIE and SUNNY.La

ngbrute of a man. And he looks at CASSIE and SUNNY.

CONTINUED: (2)27 27

(CONTINUED)


MARYIs he still old bill?

CASSIENo, he left straight after training?

MARY(oh)

Is he married?

CASSIEYes. With two children.

And her whole face brightens.

MARYAre they lovely?

CASSIEI’ve only met one of them, but yes, delightful.

MARYAnd is he in trouble now?

And CASSIE will not lie.

CASSIEMaybe.

A beat.

MARYCan you tell me where he lives?

On CASS.

CASSIEI’m not sure we can I’m afraid.

MARYPlease. I don’t have long.

On CASSIE, resonances here. And then she starts to get out her notebook.

INT. DEAN & MARNIE’S HOUSE - DAY 928 28

And here is DEAN, with MARNIE, having their talk now.

CONTINUED: (2)27 27

(CONTINUED)


© On CASS.

© On CASS.

I’m not sure we can I’m afraid.© I’m not sure we can I’m afraid.Chris And is he in trouble now?

Chris And is he in trouble now?

And CASSIE will not lie.

Chris And CASSIE will not lie.

CASSIE

Chris CASSIE

MARYChris

MARYCan you tell me where he lives?Chri

s Can you tell me where he lives?

Lang

I’ve only met one of them, but yes, Lang

I’ve only met one of them, but yes,


DEANThere’s not a lot to say, Marne. There are no great secrets. Calais was a one off, a favour repaid and it’ll never happen again, I promise.

A beat.

DEAN (CONT'D)And my family? I don’t actually know if my mum is alive. Or my dad. Or my brothers.

A beat.

DEAN (CONT'D)I don’t even know why I write to them. Some reflex instinct I suppose.

A beat.

DEAN (CONT'D)But they’re not people I’d want to bring in to your life. Or in to the kids’. I can’t tell you how much I hated them and the values they held, the values they tried to instill in me. The person they verynearly made me become in fact. Even until eleven years ago.

A beat.

DEAN (CONT'D)So I have spent thirty long hard years trying to....distance myself from them. Please ....please ....don’t make me go back there.

And he is crying. And she wraps her arms around him. And we go out on them holding each other, neither remotely mollified by that conversation.

End of part two

Part three


© ....© ....And he is crying. And she wraps her arms around him. And we © And he is crying. And she wraps her arms around him. And we © go out on them holding each other, neither remotely mollified © go out on them holding each other, neither remotely mollified

that © that

Chris

(CONT'D)

Chris

(CONT'D)But they’re not people I’d want to

Chris But they’re not people I’d want to

bring in to your life. Or in to the

Chris bring in to your life. Or in to the

kids’. I can’t tell you how much I

Chris kids’. I can’t tell you how much I

hated them and the values they

Chris hated them and the values they

held, the values they tried to

Chris held, the values they tried to

instill in

Chris

instill in me

Chris

me. The person they very

Chris

. The person they verynearly made me become in fact. Even

Chris

nearly made me become in fact. Even until eleven years ago.

Chris

until eleven years ago.

So I have spent thirty long hard Chris

So I have spent thirty long hard Chris

years trying to....distance myself Chris

years trying to....distance myself from them. Please ....Chri

s

from them. Please ....

LangI don’t even know why I write to

LangI don’t even know why I write to

them. Some reflex instinct I

Langthem. Some reflex instinct I

But they’re not people I’d want to Lang

But they’re not people I’d want to bring in to your life. Or in to the

Lang

bring in to your life. Or in to the

(CONTINUED)


INT. BISHOP STREET. C.I.D - DAY 929 29

The whole team assembled in the office. CASSIE, SUNNY, WILLETS, BOULTING, COLLIER, LINGLEY.

BOULTINGSo Ram Sidhu has twice been accused of using excessive force. Once, eighteen years ago, in a row in a shopping centre, with a member of the public who allegedly racially abused him. And then the second time, just six years ago, with a fellow officer, who also, he claimed, used a racial slur against him. On both occasions he was cleared, but on both occasions, witnesses describe the violence as ‘coming out of nowhere’. One described him as going from nought to sixty in under a second.

CASSIEOkay, very interesting. Fran, Rob Fogerty?

LINGLEYWas a rather sad man. Worked in a variety of fairly dead end jobs after leaving the force. Did these until about ten years ago when his drinking stopped him being able to hold a job down, and then he lived on benefits and inherited money from his dad. I managed to track down a teacher at his old secondary school, who described him as a sweet boy, but one who struggled academically and one who was also ‘very easily led’.

CASSIEOkay, thank you, good stuff, and Jake.

COLLIERSo I can’t conclusively prove Baildon deliberately lost the bloods, but I can prove she was on custody duty the night the vials went missing from the fridge. I can also prove that she’d volunteered for overtime that night.

(CONTINUED)


© ‘very easily led’.© ‘very easily led’.Chris

Okay, very interesting. Fran, Rob

Chris


LINGLEY

Chris LINGLEY

Was a rather sad man. Worked in a

Chris Was a rather sad man. Worked in a

variety of fairly dead end jobs

Chris variety of fairly dead end jobs

after leaving the force. Did these

Chris

after leaving the force. Did these until about ten years ago when his

Chris

until about ten years ago when his drinking stopped him being able to

Chris

drinking stopped him being able to hold a job down, and then he lived

Chris

hold a job down, and then he lived on benefits and inherited money Chri

s on benefits and inherited money Chri

s from his dad. I managed to track Chri

s from his dad. I managed to track down a teacher at his old secondary Chri

s down a teacher at his old secondary school, who described him as a Chri

s school, who described him as a sweet boy, but one who struggled Chri

s sweet boy, but one who struggled academically and one who was also Chri

s

academically and one who was also

Langclaimed, used a racial slur against

Langclaimed, used a racial slur against

cleared, but on both occasions,

Langcleared, but on both occasions,

witnesses describe the violence as

Langwitnesses describe the violence as

where’. One

Langwhere’. One

described him as going from nought

Langdescribed him as going from nought

to sixty in under a second.Lang

to sixty in under a second.

Okay, very interesting. Fran, Rob Lang



CASSIEOkay, this is all really good detail, so I think we have enough on Grayson and Baildon right now, let’s give ‘em a tug and put them under some pressure....

(standing)...one last thing - Fran, the fourth Quinn brother is dead, I’d like to know how and when please. Might be nothing, but have a dig. Thanks guys.

And she walks back in to her office.

OMITTED30 30 *

INT. FIONA & GEOFF’S HOUSE. UPSTAIRS - DAY 931 31 *

And here is a slightly breathless FIONA opening the door to her daughter’s bedroom.

FIONANeed you downstairs please, house talk.

And before MOLLY can react FIONA is moving on to SAM’s room, door already open, SAM playing ReCore.

FIONA (CONT'D)Downstairs please, Sam.

And GEOFF coming out of the bathroom to see FIONA walking past.

FIONA (CONT'D)House talk please.

And she is walking down the stairs, and he is frowning, cos she looks slightly mad.


© And she is walking down the stairs, and he is frowning, cos © And she is walking down the stairs, and he is frowning, cos she looks slightly mad. © she looks slightly mad.

Chris FIONA

Chris FIONA

Need you downstairs please, house

Chris Need you downstairs please, house

And before MOLLY can react FIONA is moving on to SAM’s room,

Chris And before MOLLY can react FIONA is moving on to SAM’s room,

door already open, SAM playing ReCore.

Chris

door already open, SAM playing ReCore.

FIONA

Chris

FIONA

Chris

(CONT'D)

Chris

(CONT'D)Downstairs please, Sam.

Chris

Downstairs please, Sam.

And GEOFF coming out of the bathroom to see FIONA walking Chris

And GEOFF coming out of the bathroom to see FIONA walking

House talk please.Chris

House talk please.

LangINT. FIONA & GEOFF’S HOUSE. UPSTAIRS - DAY 9

LangINT. FIONA & GEOFF’S HOUSE. UPSTAIRS - DAY 9

And here is a slightly breathless FIONA opening the door to Lang

And here is a slightly breathless FIONA opening the door to

Need you downstairs please, house La

ngNeed you downstairs please, house


INT. EAST ANGLIA CONSTABULARY. ROBIN’S OFFICE - DAY 932 32

LIZ in ROBIN’s office, in a meeting with her boss, the chief constable, ROBIN. And he is talking.

ROBIN...so the question is, looking ahead to year end 21, what impact that overspend will have on rural services. If you could turn to page 14 please....

But his voice has faded down, and she has stopped listening, because through the glass of the office, she has seen BOULTING and COLLIER talking to ROBIN’s EA at her desk.

And she knows she has about twenty seconds before either they or the EA walks in.

LIZSir, one thing...

And he looks up.

LIZ (CONT'D)...I’m afraid I’m going to need to withdraw my candidacy.

ROBIN(frowns, he misheard)

I’m sorry?

LIZAnd I just want to say how deeply sorry I am if I have caused you any embarrassment.

ROBIN(wtf?)

Sorry, Liz I have absolutely no idea what you’re...

And then there is a knock on the door and it opens without anyone waiting for a ‘come in’. And it is the EA.

EASo sorry to interrupt, Sir, but there are two officers here who need to speak to D.C.C. Baildon? They’ve said it’s fairly urgent.

And ROBIN turns to LIZ. Whose head is down.


© Sorry, Liz I have absolutely no © Sorry, Liz I have absolutely no idea what you’re...© idea what you’re...

And then there is a knock on the door and it opens without © And then there is a knock on the door and it opens without anyone waiting for a ‘come in’. And it is the EA.© anyone waiting for a ‘come in’. And it is the EA.

Chris (CONT'D)

Chris (CONT'D)

...I’m afraid I’m going to need to

Chris ...I’m afraid I’m going to need to

withdraw my candidacy.

Chris withdraw my candidacy.

ROBIN

Chris ROBIN

(frowns, he misheard)

Chris

(frowns, he misheard)I’m sorry?

Chris

I’m sorry?

LIZ

Chris

LIZAnd I just want to say how Chri

s And I just want to say how sorry I am if I have caused you any Chri

s sorry I am if I have caused you any embarrassment.Chri

s embarrassment.

(wtf?)Chris

(wtf?)

Lang

But his voice has faded down, and she has stopped listening,

Lang

But his voice has faded down, and she has stopped listening, because through the glass of the office, she has seen

Lang

because through the glass of the office, she has seen BOULTING and COLLIER talking to ROBIN’s EA at her desk.

LangBOULTING and COLLIER talking to ROBIN’s EA at her desk.

And she knows she has about twenty seconds before either they

LangAnd she knows she has about twenty seconds before either they

...I’m afraid I’m going to need to La

ng...I’m afraid I’m going to need to

(CONTINUED)


INT. FIONA AND GEOFF’S HOUSE. SITTING ROOM - DAY 933 33

FIONA in the sitting room with the kids and GEOFF. FIONA not in a good place, speaking very fast, and hyper.

FIONA...and so your dad and I were talking about something last night, something really really really important, and what we were talking about was the fact that I have not actually been honest with you about who I really am. And so...

GEOFFFiona...

FIONA...no no it’s fine, Geoff, this is good, it’s going to be good for us all I promise....

Except the kids look petrified as we hear a doorbell ring.

FIONA (CONT'D)...and so I want to tell you some things, about me, and my past. Okay, so....first up, my dad didn’t die when I was a baby and I wasn’t brought up by foster parents, he died when I was twenty.

On GEOFF’s face.

FIONA (CONT'D)And one of the reason I lied about him was because on his gravestone it says ‘A copper’s copper’, which I didn’t want anyone to know, that he was a copper, as was his father before him, and here’s the thing, for a brief period of time, as was I...

On GEOFF again.

FIONA (CONT'D)...which I tell you because it starts to explain a part of my life about which I am deeply ashamed and which I have also lied about....

(CONTINUED)


© he was a copper, as was his father © he was a copper, as was his father before him, and here’s the thing, © before him, and here’s the thing,

Chris


Chris


FIONA

Chris FIONA (CONT'D)

Chris (CONT'D)

...and so I want to tell you some

Chris ...and so I want to tell you some

things, about me, and my past.

Chris things, about me, and my past.

Okay, so....first up, my dad didn’t

Chris Okay, so....first up, my dad didn’t

die when I was a baby and I wasn’t

Chris die when I was a baby and I wasn’t

brought up by foster parents, he

Chris

brought up by foster parents, he died when I was twenty.

Chris

died when I was twenty.

On GEOFF’s face.

Chris

On GEOFF’s face.

FIONAChris

FIONAAnd Chri

s And one Chri

s one Chri

s of the reason I Chri

s of the reason I

him was because on his gravestone Chris

him was because on his gravestone it says ‘A copper’s copper’, which Chri

s it says ‘A copper’s copper’, which I didn’t want anyone to know, that Chri

s

I didn’t want anyone to know, that

Lang...no no it’s fine, Geoff, this is

Lang...no no it’s fine, Geoff, this is

good, it’s going to be good for us

Langgood, it’s going to be good for us

Except the kids look petrified as we hear a doorbell ring.Lang


...and so I want to tell you some La

ng...and so I want to tell you some

CONTINUED:33 33

(CONTINUED)


SAM...shall I get the door, dad?

FIONA...leave the door. So kids I did not want to be a policewoman, it had always seemed a limiting and backward world to me, but to say that to my dad felt like it would ridicule the path he and my grandad had followed so I lied, to myself, and to him, which was a stupid thing to do and then this is funny, cos my dad actually died eighteen months after I qualified and I found out from his diaries that he hadn’t wanted to be a copper either, he’d done it for his dad, so there’s an irony there isn’t there.......

GEOFF(standing as the door bangs loud now)

...Fiona can you stop please, just....

(she doesn’t, he walks out)

FIONA...anyway, in order to bury my unhappiness at where I found myself, I started drinking, a lot, and was in fact an alcoholic for many, many years kids, I also became very depressed, and on two occasions, I tried to kill myself, how about that? I also, during this time, made many mistakes, one of which I told your father about last night, and which I need to tell youabout too. So in 1993 I killed a child in a car crash, which is just dreadful and worse than that...

And then she stops.

Because there at the kitchen door (with a dazed looking GEOFF) is FRAN LINGLEY, KAZ WILLETS and two uniformed officers.

CONTINUED:33 33

(CONTINUED)


© which I told your father about last © which I told your father about last night, and which I need to tell © night, and which I need to tell

Chris

(standing as the door

Chris

(standing as the door bangs loud now)

Chris

bangs loud now)...Fiona can you stop please,

Chris ...Fiona can you stop please,

(she doesn’t, he walks

Chris (she doesn’t, he walks

FIONA

Chris

FIONA...anyway, in order to bury my

Chris

...anyway, in order to bury my unhappiness at where I found

Chris

unhappiness at where I found myself, I started drinking, a lot,

Chris

myself, I started drinking, a lot, and was in fact an alcoholic for Chri

s and was in fact an alcoholic for many, many years kids, I also Chri

s many, many years kids, I also Chri

s became very depressed, and on two Chri

s became very depressed, and on two occasions, I tried to kill myself, Chri

s occasions, I tried to kill myself, how about that? I also, during this Chri

s how about that? I also, during this time, made many mistakes, one of Chri

s

time, made many mistakes, one of

Langfound out from his diaries that

Langfound out from his diaries that he

Langhe

his

Langhis dad,

Lang dad,

so there’s an irony there isn’t

Langso there’s an irony there isn’t

(standing as the door Lang

(standing as the door

...Fiona can you stop please, Lang

...Fiona can you stop please,

CONTINUED: (2)33 33Unforgotten 4 - Episode 5 - Covid Amendments (24.08.20) 32

And LINGLEY is now looking in to a room in which a young girl sits quietly crying, a young boy looks like he has seen a ghost, and a woman, with dilated pupils and spittle flecked lips, is staring at her slightly breathless.

LINGLEYFiona Grayson?

FIONAYes.

And LINGLEY has to call this one.

LINGLEYI need you to come with me please, Fiona.

FIONAI’m talking with my kids.

LINGLEYI can see that, but... I don’t think you want me to do this here.

FIONADo what?

LINGLEY(to GEOFF)

Dad, do you want to take the kids in to another room?

FIONAYou’ve come about the body haven’t you....

(and she turns to the kids)

...sorry that’s something else I need to tell you.

And MOLLY starts to cry as SAM looks utterly horrified.

GEOFFWhat the fuck...

OMITTED34 34 *


© And MOLLY starts to cry as SAM looks utterly horrified.© And MOLLY starts to cry as SAM looks utterly horrified.

Chris

think you want me to do this here.

Chris

think you want me to do this here.

FIONA

Chris FIONA

LINGLEY

Chris LINGLEY

(to GEOFF)

Chris (to GEOFF)

Dad, do you want to take the kids

Chris

Dad, do you want to take the kids in to another room?

Chris

in to another room?

FIONA

Chris

FIONAYou’ve come about the body haven’t Chri

s You’ve come about the body haven’t you....Chri

s you....

(and she turns to the Chris

(and she turns to the kids)Chri

s kids)

...sorry that’s something else I Chris

...sorry that’s something else I need to tell you.Chri

s

need to tell you.

LangI need you to come with me please,

LangI need you to come with me please,

I can see that, but... I don’t Lang

I can see that, but... I don’t think you want me to do this here.La

ngthink you want me to do this here.


OMITTED35 35 *


© Chri

s Lan

g

(CONTINUED)


INT. BISHOP STREET. INTERVIEW ROOM - DAY 936 36 *

CASSIE and SUNNY and LIZ. LIZ looks like she is perhaps *having to work a little harder to maintain her sang froid.

SUNNYSo our witness says he saw a car pull over on the B245, by Napley Green. This is the same road that you were driving on when the police stopped you, about forty minutes later. And indeed like the traffic cop, our witness detailed fivepeople being in the car. Two women, three men, one of those Asian, one unusually tall.

LIZNo description of the car, no properly detailed description of the occupants.

SUNNYSo you’re saying the car didn’tstop?

LIZNo, why would it have?

SUNNYOh because various people in the car knew Walsh.

LIZ(a flicker of something)

I didn’t.

(CONTINUED)


© Chri

s So you’re saying the car

Chris

So you’re saying the car

LIZ

Chris LIZ

No, why would it have?

Chris No, why would it have?

SUNNY

Chris

SUNNYOh because various people in the

Chris

Oh because various people in the knew

Chris

knew Walsh.

Chris

Walsh.knew Walsh.knew

Chris

knew Walsh.knew

LIZChris

LIZ(a flicker of something)Chri

s (a flicker of something)

I Chris

I didn’t.Chris

didn’t.I didn’t.I Chris

I didn’t.I

Lang

people being in the car. Two women,

Lang

people being in the car. Two women, three men, one of those Asian, one

Langthree men, one of those Asian, one

No description of the car, no

LangNo description of the car, no

properly detailed description of

Langproperly detailed description of

didn’tLang

didn’t

CONTINUED:36 36

(CONTINUED)


SUNNYWe think you did.

On LIZ, clearly trying to calculate what they might know.

LIZHow?

CASSIEFrom the pub?

LIZWhat pub?

CASSIEThree weeks prior to March 30th, Matthew Walsh had sexually assaulted Fiona Grayson in the Ifield pub in Hendon. Ram Sidhu had then got in to a fight with him and we believe you were there.

LIZWhat evidence do you have for that?

CASSIEWell let’s maybe come back to that, for now I want to stick with the events of that night, because I think you did get out of the car, following Ram spotting Walsh, and him then deciding maybe ‘a bit of a chat’ was in order?

LIZNope.

CASSIEI think a few minutes later, you found yourself in Marshfield Lane, by the allotments...

LIZ....no....

CASSIE...where I think Matthew Walsh died.

LIZAgain, what evidence do you have for that?

CONTINUED:36 36

(CONTINUED)


© found yourself in Marshfield Lane, © found yourself in Marshfield Lane, by the allotments...© by the allotments...

Chris

What evidence do you have for that?

Chris


CASSIE

Chris CASSIE

Well let’s maybe come back to that,

Chris Well let’s maybe come back to that,

for now I want to stick with the

Chris for now I want to stick with the

events of that night, because I

Chris events of that night, because I

think you

Chris

think you did

Chris

did get out of the car,

Chris

get out of the car, did get out of the car, did

Chris

did get out of the car, did

Chris

following Ram spotting Walsh, and

Chris

following Ram spotting Walsh, and him then deciding maybe ‘a bit of a

Chris

him then deciding maybe ‘a bit of a chat’ was in order?

Chris

chat’ was in order?

LIZChris

LIZNope.Chri

s Nope.

I think a few minutes later, you Chris

I think a few minutes later, you

LangThree weeks prior to March 30th,

LangThree weeks prior to March 30th,

assaulted Fiona Grayson in the

Langassaulted Fiona Grayson in the

Ifield pub in Hendon. Ram Sidhu had

LangIfield pub in Hendon. Ram Sidhu had

then got in to a fight with him and

Langthen got in to a fight with him and

we believe you were there. Lang

we believe you were there.

What evidence do you have for that?Lang


CONTINUED: (2)36 36

(CONTINUED)


CASSIEWell, actually, we’ve just found a witness who saw a number of people loading something in to a car down by the allotments at about the right time.

LIZAgain, that sort of testimony is not going to be taken very seriously I’m afraid - I would have expected better of you than this D.C.I Stuart.

On CASSIE. Oh dear, did not like that. She looks down, checks *her notes, then looks up. *

CASSIEFiona Grayson.... *

(off Liz’s almost *imperceptible tightening) *

...when was the last time you saw *her? *

LIZFiona? *

(thinks, frowns ‘trying to *remember’) *

When we left Hendon I guess. *

CASSIERight. *

(nice) *What about when you lived together in Thames Ditton, when you were stationed at Kingston nick?

On LIZ. A silent ‘FUUUUUUUK’.

LIZ(a beat)

Sorry. I meant since then.

CASSIESo you just lied to me.

LIZ(a beat)

I‘m actually finding this quite stressful and I’m not thinking very..... to be clear, I haven’t seen her since we shared that flat twenty six or seven years ago.

CONTINUED: (2)36 36

(CONTINUED)


© On LIZ. A silent ‘FUUUUUUUK’.

© On LIZ. A silent ‘FUUUUUUUK’.Chris (thinks, frowns ‘trying to

Chris (thinks, frowns ‘trying to

remember’)

Chris remember’)

When we left Hendon I guess.

Chris When we left Hendon I guess.

CASSIE

Chris

CASSIE

Chris

Right.

Chris

Right. (nice)

Chris

(nice)What about when you lived together Chri

s What about when you lived together in Thames Ditton, when you were Chri

s in Thames Ditton, when you were Chri

s stationed at Kingston nick?Chri

s stationed at Kingston nick?

On LIZ. A silent ‘FUUUUUUUK’.Chris

On LIZ. A silent ‘FUUUUUUUK’.

LangOn CASSIE. Oh dear, did not like that. She looks down, checks

LangOn CASSIE. Oh dear, did not like that. She looks down, checks

imperceptible tightening)Lang

imperceptible tightening)...when was the last time you saw La

ng...when was the last time you saw

CONTINUED: (3)36 36

(CONTINUED)

Unforgotten 4 - Episode 5 - Covid Amendments (24.08.20) 36A

CASSIESo were you in a relationship with her?

CONTINUED: (3)36 36

(CONTINUED)

Unforgotten 4 - Episode 5 - Covid Amendments (24.08.20) 36A

© Chri

s Lan

g

CONTINUED: (4)36 36

(CONTINUED)


LIZ(hesitates a nano second, then)

On/off, yes.

CASSIEBut you never mentioned any of this the first time we met. On that occasion too, you said you’d not seen any of them, bar Ram Sidhu, since you left Hendon.

LIZApologies, that was an error.

CASS holding her eye. Nods then -

CASSIEWould have expected better of you, Deputy Chief Constable Baildon.

SUNNYSo I want, if I may, to ask you about an incident on the 17th July 1993. Does that date ring any bells?

Oh yes it fucking does.

LIZ(thinks, then)

Nope.

SUNNYIt was the day your girlfriend was involved in an RTC in which a young child died.

On LIZ.

CASSIEI presume you remember that?

LIZWe’d actually separated a year or so before that.

CASSIEOh okay, well I’m glad you’ve told me that, because that really doesmake me wonder why you did it.

CONTINUED: (4)36 36

(CONTINUED)


© On LIZ.

© On LIZ. Chris

So I want, if I may, to ask you

Chris

So I want, if I may, to ask you about an incident on the 17th July

Chris

about an incident on the 17th July 1993. Does that date ring any

Chris 1993. Does that date ring any

Oh yes it fucking does.

Chris Oh yes it fucking does.

LIZ

Chris

LIZ

Chris

(thinks, then)

Chris

(thinks, then)Nope.

Chris

Nope.

SUNNYChris

SUNNYIt was the day your girlfriend was Chri

s It was the day your girlfriend was Chri

s involved in an RTC in which a young Chri

s involved in an RTC in which a young child died. Chri

s child died.

LangWould have expected better of you,

LangWould have expected better of you,

Deputy Chief Constable Baildon.

LangDeputy Chief Constable Baildon.

So I want, if I may, to ask you Lang

So I want, if I may, to ask you about an incident on the 17th July La

ngabout an incident on the 17th July 1993. Does that date ring any La

ng1993. Does that date ring any

CONTINUED: (5)36 36

(CONTINUED)


LIZDid what?

CASSIEDeliberately lose the blood samples taken from her.

LIZ(a beat, she’s sweating)

I don’t know what you’re talking about.

CASSIEThe blood samples that would have confirmed what the arresting officer suspected - that she was over the limit.

LIZSorry, didn’t happen.

CASSIEOkay, let me tell you where I’m going with this Deputy Chief Constable.

Puts her pen down, looks up, holds her eye.

CASSIE (CONT'D)There’s lots we don’t know about what happened that night. We don’t know yet for instance, if Walsh’s death was an accident or a more deliberate act. And if it wasdeliberate, if it was committed by just one of you. Or more.

Close on LIZ. CASS looking for clues. Nothing there.

CASSIE (CONT'D)But one thing we are completely sure about, is that Matthew Walsh died that night, as a result of some sort of engagement with the five people in that car. And that you then all colluded, to hide that fact. And indeed his body.

A beat.

CONTINUED: (5)36 36

(CONTINUED)


© Close on LIZ. CASS looking for clues. Nothing there.

© Close on LIZ. CASS looking for clues. Nothing there.

But one thing we are © But one thing we are

Chris

Okay, let me tell you where I’m

Chris

Okay, let me tell you where I’m going with this Deputy Chief

Chris

going with this Deputy Chief

Puts her pen down, looks up, holds her eye.

Chris Puts her pen down, looks up, holds her eye.

CASSIE

Chris CASSIE (CONT'D)

Chris (CONT'D)

There’s lots we don’t know about

Chris

There’s lots we don’t know about what happened that night. We don’t

Chris

what happened that night. We don’t know yet for instance, if Walsh’s

Chris

know yet for instance, if Walsh’s death was an

Chris

death was an accident

Chris

accident deliberate act. And if it Chri

s deliberate act. And if it deliberate, if it was committed by Chri

s deliberate, if it was committed by just Chri

s just one Chri

s one Chri

s of you. Or more. Chri

s of you. Or more.

Close on LIZ. CASS looking for clues. Nothing there.Chris

Close on LIZ. CASS looking for clues. Nothing there.

Langofficer suspected - that she was

Langofficer suspected - that she was

Okay, let me tell you where I’m Lang

Okay, let me tell you where I’m going with this Deputy Chief La

nggoing with this Deputy Chief

CONTINUED: (6)36 36

(CONTINUED)


CASSIE (CONT'D)So the real question now, is who’s going to be the first to admit that and gain advantage from their cooperation when they’re sentenced.

A beat.

CASSIE *(CONT'D)So bearing that in mind, is there *anything you would like to tell us D.C.C. Baildon?

A long beat and then she looks up.

LIZNo comment.

And they are done.

INT. TAXI - DAY 937 37

An Uber driving through the outskirts of Rochester. Inside, MARY QUINN, DEAN’s mother.

INT. BISHOP STREET. CUSTODY AREA/INT. MORTUARY - DAY 938 38

CASS sitting, waiting for FIONA, talking to BALCOMBE on the phone.

BALCOMBE at a desk, looking down at a rusted tube of metal, the object removed from inside the skull cavity.

CONTINUED: (6)36 36

(CONTINUED)


© Chri

s An Uber driving through the outskirts of Rochester. Inside,

Chris

An Uber driving through the outskirts of Rochester. Inside, MARY QUINN, DEAN’s mother.

Chris MARY QUINN, DEAN’s mother.

INT. BISHOP STREET. CUSTODY AREA/INT. MORTUARY - DAY 9

Chris INT. BISHOP STREET. CUSTODY AREA/INT. MORTUARY - DAY 9

Chris

CASS sitting, waiting for FIONA, talking to BALCOMBE on the

Chris

CASS sitting, waiting for FIONA, talking to BALCOMBE on the

BALCOMBE at a desk, looking down at a rusted tube of metal,

Chris

BALCOMBE at a desk, looking down at a rusted tube of metal,

Chris

the object removed from inside the skull cavity.Chris

the object removed from inside the skull cavity.

Lang

An Uber driving through the outskirts of Rochester. Inside, Lang

An Uber driving through the outskirts of Rochester. Inside,

CONTINUED:38 38

(MORE)

(CONTINUED)


BALCOMBE...so I had it X-rayed, our object, and it’s not a spike or a rod from the wall, it’s actually what I suspected it was after I first cleaned it up. I think it’s a pen.

CASSIE(frowns)

A what?

BALCOMBEA fountain pen, gold tipped nib, quite a lethal weapon if you wanted it to be. You’d need to get it scanned to get a clearer idea, but yeah, I think it’s a pen.

CASSIE(looks at her watch)

Okay I need to see this. I have one more interview to do, and then I can come straight over - but this means he was definitely stabbed yes?

BALCOMBEI guess it could have been inserted post mortem, but why?

Indeed. And here comes FIONA being brought out by the Custody Sergeant.

CASSIEI’ll call you back.


SUNNY, CASS, and FIONA. FIONA in febrile mood. Extremely distressed.

CASSIEOkay. So, first up, Fiona, how about I tell you what we know. So we know about the pub.

On FIONA. Eyes down. Her greatest fear, because it ties in everything.

CASSIE (CONT'D)We know that Matthew Walsh sexually assaulted you.

CONTINUED:38 38

(MORE)

(CONTINUED)


© INT. BISHOP STREET. INTERVIEW ROOM - DAY 9

© INT. BISHOP STREET. INTERVIEW ROOM - DAY 9

SUNNY, CASS, and FIONA. FIONA in febrile mood. Extremely © SUNNY, CASS, and FIONA. FIONA in febrile mood. Extremely distressed.© distressed.

Chris

can come straight over - but this

Chris

can come straight over - but this means he was definitely stabbed

Chris

means he was definitely stabbed

BALCOMBE

Chris BALCOMBE

I guess it

Chris I guess it could

Chris could have been inserted

Chris have been inserted

post mortem, but why?

Chris post mortem, but why?

Indeed. And here comes FIONA being brought out by the Custody

Chris

Indeed. And here comes FIONA being brought out by the Custody

CASSIEChris

CASSIEI’ll call you back. Chri

s I’ll call you back. Chri

s INT. BISHOP STREET. INTERVIEW ROOM - DAY 9Chri

s INT. BISHOP STREET. INTERVIEW ROOM - DAY 9

Lang

quite a lethal weapon if you wanted

Lang

quite a lethal weapon if you wanted

scanned to get a clearer idea, but

Langscanned to get a clearer idea, but

(looks at her watch)

Lang(looks at her watch)

Okay I need to see this. I have one Lang

Okay I need to see this. I have one more interview to do, and then I La

ngmore interview to do, and then I can come straight over - but this La

ngcan come straight over - but this means he was definitely stabbed La

ngmeans he was definitely stabbed

CONTINUED:39 39CASSIE (CONT'D)

(CONTINUED)


And we know that Ram Sidhu then got in to a fight with Matthew as a result of that. And we know Liz Baildon was there too.

A beat.

CASSIE (CONT'D)We also know about your RTC three years later.

Oh fuck fuck fuck.

CASSIE (CONT'D)And we suspect, that Liz then contrived to lose your blood samples. Given you two were not in a relationship at that point, we then have to ask why she’d do such a thing. And we have to conclude that you used the events of March 30th, 1990, as leverage.

A beat.

CASSIE (CONT'D)So that’s what we know. I don’t think any of this is a surprise to you. But I’m guessing what I’m going to tell you next, might be. Matthew Walsh, we now suspect, died as a result of a stab wound.

And she looks up instantly, horrified.

FIONANo.

Bingo, too easy, this is going to be like shooting fish.

CASSIE(nods)

To the head.

FIONA(appalled)

No!

CASSIEUnless you know different?

Close on her, as she seems to replay a million memories. And then -

CONTINUED:39 39CASSIE (CONT'D)

(CONTINUED)


© Bingo, too easy, this is going to be like shooting fish.

© Bingo, too easy, this is going to be like shooting fish.Chris CASSIE

Chris CASSIE (CONT'D)

Chris (CONT'D)

So that’s what

Chris So that’s what we

Chris we know

Chris know. I don’t

Chris . I don’t

think any of this is a surprise to

Chris think any of this is a surprise to

But I’m guessing what I’m

Chris But I’m guessing what I’m

going to tell you next,

Chris

going to tell you next,

Chris

Matthew Walsh, we now suspect, died

Chris

Matthew Walsh, we now suspect, died as a result of a stab wound.

Chris

as a result of a stab wound.

And she looks up instantly, horrified.Chris

And she looks up instantly, horrified.

No. Chris

No.

Bingo, too easy, this is going to be like shooting fish.Chris

Bingo, too easy, this is going to be like shooting fish.

Langsamples. Given you two were not in

Langsamples. Given you two were not in

a relationship at that point, we

Langa relationship at that point, we

she’d do such

Lang she’d do such

a thing. And we have to conclude

Langa thing. And we have to conclude

that you used the events of March Lang

that you used the events of March 30th, 1990, as leverage. La

ng30th, 1990, as leverage.

CONTINUED: (2)39 39

(CONTINUED)


FIONAHe was never stabbed, I promise you, it was an accident - he told us, it was an accident.

CASSIEWho told you?

FIONARam.

Bingo.

FIONA (CONT'D)He said Walsh had tripped and hit his head....

And she looks absolutely bereft.

FIONA (CONT'D)...he said it was an accident.

End of part three

Part four

EXT. DEAN & MARNIE’S HOUSE. BACK GARDEN - DAY 940 40

DEAN playing football in the back garden with CASPER. Is there a sense here that he is making up for lost time whilst he still can? DEAN in goal, CASPER about to take a free kick.

DEAN...surely then this is the last kick of the match, everything on the young lad, Barton. Can he rescue England’s hope of...

CASPER(giggling)

...oh shut up dad!

And then he takes it, and it goes in the top right hand corner, and CASPER ‘wheels away’ kissing his shirt badge etc.

DEAN...oh and Barton scores!!! England through to the world cup final!!!

And then he sees MARNIE walking towards them, her face ashen.

CONTINUED: (2)39 39

(CONTINUED)


© And then he takes it, and it goes in the top right hand © And then he takes it, and it goes in the top right hand

Chris EXT. DEAN & MARNIE’S HOUSE. BACK GARDEN - DAY 9

Chris EXT. DEAN & MARNIE’S HOUSE. BACK GARDEN - DAY 9

DEAN playing football in the back garden with CASPER. Is

Chris

DEAN playing football in the back garden with CASPER. Is there a sense here that he is making up for lost time whilst

Chris

there a sense here that he is making up for lost time whilst he still can? DEAN in goal, CASPER about to take a free kick.

Chris

he still can? DEAN in goal, CASPER about to take a free kick.

Chris

DEANChris

DEAN...surely then this is the last Chri

s ...surely then this is the last kick of the match, everything on Chri

s kick of the match, everything on the young lad, Barton. Can he Chri

s the young lad, Barton. Can he Chri

s rescue England’s hope of...Chri

s rescue England’s hope of...

LangHe said Walsh had tripped and hit

LangHe said Walsh had tripped and hit

(CONT'D)

Lang(CONT'D)

accident.Lang

accident.

CONTINUED:40 40

(MORE)

(CONTINUED)


MARNIEThere’s a woman at the door. She says she’s your mum.


FIONA, CASS and SUNNY. FIONA in pieces as CASSIE draws the story out of her. *

FIONA...everyone was drunk, except Liz and Rob, and the lads were feeling all...puffed up after the ceremony... talking about when they’d get their first collar, their first arrest....

A beat.

FIONA (CONT'D)...and we were driving through some shitty suburb south of Hendon...when Ram saw him. Just standing there, on a patch of grass on the other side of the road, and he yelled at Rob to pull over.

A beat.

FIONA (CONT'D)And we all looked over.

Flashback.

WALSH on a patch of grass sixty yards away.

End of flashback.

FIONA (CONT'D)And it was him. The lad who’d put his hand up my skirt. Who’d given Ram a pasting. No doubt. It was him.

A beat.

FIONA (CONT'D)And Ram was saying we should go and search him, because he was bound to have gear on him.

CONTINUED:40 40

(MORE)

(CONTINUED)


© End of flashback.

© End of flashback.

And it © And it

Chris

shitty suburb south of

Chris

shitty suburb south of Hendon...when Ram saw him. Just

Chris

Hendon...when Ram saw him. Just standing there, on a patch of grass

Chris standing there, on a patch of grass

on the other side of the road, and

Chris on the other side of the road, and

he yelled at Rob to pull over.

Chris he yelled at Rob to pull over.

FIONA

Chris

FIONA (CONT'D)

Chris

(CONT'D)And we all looked over.

Chris

And we all looked over.

WALSH on a patch of grass sixty yards away.Chris

WALSH on a patch of grass sixty yards away.

End of flashback.Chris

End of flashback.

Lang

(CONT'D) Lang

(CONT'D)...and we were driving through some La

ng...and we were driving through some

Hendon...when Ram saw him. Just Lang

Hendon...when Ram saw him. Just standing there, on a patch of grass La

ngstanding there, on a patch of grass on the other side of the road, and

Lang

on the other side of the road, and

CONTINUED:41 41FIONA (CONT'D)

(CONTINUED)


And Liz said we weren’t really meant to make arrests without our tutors and Ram said we could search him though, or just have a bit of fun with him, give him a bit of a scare. And me and Liz kept saying no, telling Ram he was drunk, and behaving like an idiot. And then Ram looks at Rob, and they both grin and then suddenly Ram’s out the car before we can stop him and shouting over at Walsh, who sees who it is, and then just pegs it...

Flashback.

RAM chasing WALSH from P.O.V of car.

End of flashback.

FIONA (CONT'D)...and Rob’s pissing himself laughing, and we’re saying stay in the fucking car stay in the car. But then he’s getting out and running after them both. And so then it was just me and Lizzie and Dean. And Dean is really, really quiet, he was a quiet lad anyway but... I think he’s totally freaked out by this. And then he says something like... he’d better go and stop them doing anything stupid and he gets out. And he walks, doesn’t run, in the direction they’d headed.

A beat.

FIONA (CONT'D)And me and Liz stayed where we were. Waiting for them to come back, fairly terrified, for ages. And then eventually Liz said we’d better go and try and find them as well.

And tears now. Deep deep regret she did this.

CONTINUED:41 41FIONA (CONT'D)

(CONTINUED)


© A beat.

© A beat.

And me and Liz stayed where we © And me and Liz stayed where we were. Waiting for them to come © were. Waiting for them to come

Chris

laughing, and we’re saying stay in

Chris

laughing, and we’re saying stay in the fucking car stay in the car.

Chris

the fucking car stay in the car. getting out and

Chris getting out and

running after them both. And so

Chris running after them both. And so

then it was just me and Lizzie and

Chris then it was just me and Lizzie and

Dean. And Dean is really, really

Chris Dean. And Dean is really, really

quiet, he was a quiet lad anyway

Chris quiet, he was a quiet lad anyway

but... I think he’s totally freaked

Chris

but... I think he’s totally freaked out by this. And then he says

Chris

out by this. And then he says something like... he’d better go

Chris

something like... he’d better go and stop them doing anything stupid

Chris

and stop them doing anything stupid and Chri

s and heChri

s heChri

s gets out. And he Chri

s gets out. And he he gets out. And he heChri

s he gets out. And he he

doesn’t run, in the direction Chris

doesn’t run, in the direction they’d headed.Chri

s they’d headed.

Lang

(CONT'D) Lang

(CONT'D)...and Rob’s pissing himself La

ng...and Rob’s pissing himself laughing, and we’re saying stay in La

nglaughing, and we’re saying stay in the fucking car stay in the car. La

ngthe fucking car stay in the car.

getting out and Lang

getting out and running after them both. And so

Lang

running after them both. And so

CONTINUED: (2)41 41

(CONTINUED)


FIONA (CONT'D)So we did. We got out and walked for about fifteen minutes, eventually splitting up to try to find them. And then I just turned a corner and saw Ram and Rob....

And she is shaking her head in horror at the memory.

Flashback.

A figure over another.

End of flashback.

FIONA (CONT'D)...and they were in this allotment behind this low wall...

A beat.

FIONA (CONT'D)...and it was dark so I couldn’t really see what was happening at first, but as I got closer, I saw the lad was on his back, with a wound on his head...

(touching her temple)...and Ram’s next to him....and *giving him CPR...oh god...

She almost gags at the memory.

FIONA (CONT'D)...and as he’s doing it, he just keeps saying over and over that he found him like that, that he didn’t do anything....and someone said to go knock on a door and call for an ambulance and someone else said no because....

Close on her.

FIONA (CONT'D)...he’d already gone, he was already dead.....

The words still palpably horrific even now, all these years later.

CONTINUED: (2)41 41

(CONTINUED)


© ambulance and someone else said no © ambulance and someone else said no © because....© because....

Close on her.© Close on her.

Chris

really see what was happening at

Chris

really see what was happening at first, but as I got closer, I saw

Chris first, but as I got closer, I saw

the lad was on his back, with a

Chris the lad was on his back, with a

wound on his head...

Chris wound on his head...

(touching her temple)

Chris (touching her temple)

...and Ram’s next to him....and

Chris ...and Ram’s next to him....and

giving him CPR...oh god...

Chris

giving him CPR...oh god...


Chris


FIONAChris

FIONA...and as he’s doing it, he just Chri

s ...and as he’s doing it, he just keeps saying over and over that he Chri

s keeps saying over and over that he found Chri

s found Chri

s him like that, that he didn’t Chri

s him like that, that he didn’t

anything....and someone said to Chris

anything....and someone said to go knock on a door and call for an Chri

s

go knock on a door and call for an

Lang...and they were in this allotment

Lang...and they were in this allotment

(CONT'D) Lang

(CONT'D)...and it was dark so I couldn’t La

ng...and it was dark so I couldn’t really see what was happening at La

ngreally see what was happening at first, but as I got closer, I saw La

ngfirst, but as I got closer, I saw the lad was on his back, with a

Lang

the lad was on his back, with a

CONTINUED: (3)41 41

(MORE)

(CONTINUED)


FIONA (CONT'D)...and that was the moment I suppose, when I should have just said that that didn’t matter, it was just the right thing to do, to call an ambulance I mean...

A beat.

FIONA (CONT'D)...and I’ve gone over it.....a hundred thousand times since, and there was a logic to it, of course. He was dead, there was nothing anyone could have done to help him, it was just an accident...

A beat.

FIONA (CONT'D)....but in here...

(her heart)...I know we should have called for help. I’ve always known. *

A beat.

CASSIEAnd so who then suggested you take him?

And she nods. A long beat, then -

FIONARam. He knew they might trace it all back to him because of the fight in the Ifield. And he thought he might have left clothing fibres on the lad’s body so....

A beat.

FIONA (CONT'D)...so this thing that...changed my entire life this ...horrific decision I went along with.....it happened....in a moment. One minute life was normal.

CONTINUED: (3)41 41

(MORE)

(CONTINUED)


© A beat.© A beat.

Chris

help. I’ve always known.

Chris

help. I’ve always known.

CASSIE

Chris CASSIE

And so who then suggested you take

Chris And so who then suggested you take


Chris


Chris

FIONAChris

FIONARam. He knew they might trace it Chri

s Ram. He knew they might trace it all back to him because of the Chri

s all back to him because of the fight in the Ifield. And he thought Chri

s fight in the Ifield. And he thought Chri

s he might have left clothing fibres Chri

s he might have left clothing fibres on the lad’s body so....Chri

s

on the lad’s body so....

Langanyone could have done to help him,

Langanyone could have done to help him,

(CONT'D)

Lang(CONT'D)

...I know we should have called for Lang

...I know we should have called for

CONTINUED: (4)41 41FIONA (CONT'D)

(CONTINUED)


And then it was...what it became. The life I ended up living.

A beat.

CASSIESo once you’d decided, Rob went and got the car?

FIONAYes.

CASSIEAnd then you all helped put him in?

Flashback.

An open boot. Something being carried by two people. Crying eyes.

End of flashback.

FIONAI didn’t. I was in too much of a state, but the others did, yes. And then Rob’s hands were shaking so much Ram gave him a couple of swigs from a bottle of whiskey he had with him. Which was why he was over the limit.

SUNNYAnd Rob was meant to get rid of the body?

FIONA(nods)

He kind of hero worshipped Ram, and Ram convinced him he was the best placed. And of course we all thought he had got rid of it.

A beat. And then she looks up. Frowns.

FIONA (CONT'D)I thought it was an accident. I swear, otherwise I’d never have covered it up.

A beat.

FIONA (CONT'D)We all thought it was an accident.

CONTINUED: (4)41 41FIONA (CONT'D)

(CONTINUED)


© placed. And of course we all © placed. And of course we all thought he © thought he

A beat. And then she looks up. Frowns.© A beat. And then she looks up. Frowns.

Chris

didn’t. I was in too much of a

Chris

didn’t. I was in too much of a state, but the others did, yes. And

Chris state, but the others did, yes. And

then Rob’s hands were shaking so

Chris then Rob’s hands were shaking so

much Ram gave him a couple of swigs

Chris much Ram gave him a couple of swigs

from a bottle of whiskey he had

Chris from a bottle of whiskey he had

with him. Which was why he was over

Chris with him. Which was why he was over

the limit.

Chris

the limit.

SUNNY

Chris

SUNNYAnd Rob was meant to get rid of the

Chris

And Rob was meant to get rid of the body?Chri

s body?

(nods)Chris

(nods)He kind of hero worshipped Ram, and Chri

s He kind of hero worshipped Ram, and Ram convinced him he was the best Chri

s

Ram convinced him he was the best

Lang

And then you all helped put him in?

Lang

And then you all helped put him in?

An open boot. Something being carried by two people. Crying

LangAn open boot. Something being carried by two people. Crying

didn’t. I was in too much of a Lang

didn’t. I was in too much of a state, but the others did, yes. And La

ngstate, but the others did, yes. And then Rob’s hands were shaking so

Lang

then Rob’s hands were shaking so


And then she start to cry, almost uncontrollably.

INT. RAM’S PARENT’S HOUSE - DAY 942 42 *

RAM in the kitchen area, pots and pans on the stove, he is *serving some food (dall and some bread) on to plates that he *has cooked *

And now he grabs the plates and takes them in to the sitting *room, where his old mum and dad are watching TV and sets them *down on the coffee table. *

RAM *There you go. *

MUM *(Punjabi) *

Thank you, beautiful boy. *

And then setting a plate down for his father. *

RAM *And one for you. *

But his father’s eyes remain resolutely down, does not say *‘thank you’ or acknowledge his boy in any way. *

And RAM stands there. Almost smiles as his dad starts to eat.

RAM (CONT'D)Just look at me, dad.

And his dad’s fork hesitates briefly, telling us he has heard him.

RAM (CONT'D)Just once. That’s all I want. And then maybe I can stop all this shit.

And still the fork hovers. Is he going to look at him?

RAM (CONT'D)The money, the job, the lot. *

A beat.

RAM (CONT'D)Just look at me.

A beat. But his father doesn’t, just resumes eating. And we *stay on RAM. Who looks utterly exhausted. And then he walks *back out in to the kitchen. *


© shit. © shit. And still the fork hovers. Is he going to look at him?© And still the fork hovers. Is he going to look at him?

Chris But his father’s eyes remain resolutely down, does not say

Chris But his father’s eyes remain resolutely down, does not say

‘thank you’ or acknowledge his boy in any way.

Chris ‘thank you’ or acknowledge his boy in any way.

And RAM stands there. Almost smiles as his dad starts to eat.

Chris And RAM stands there. Almost smiles as his dad starts to eat.

RAM

Chris

RAM (CONT'D)

Chris

(CONT'D)

Chris

Just look at me, dad.

Chris

Just look at me, dad.

And his dad’s fork hesitates briefly, telling us he Chris

And his dad’s fork hesitates briefly, telling us he

Just once. That’s all I want. And Chris

Just once. That’s all I want. And then maybe I can stop all this Chri

s

then maybe I can stop all this

Lang

room, where his old mum and dad are watching TV and sets them

Lang

room, where his old mum and dad are watching TV and sets them

And then setting a plate down for his father. Lang

And then setting a plate down for his father.

But his father’s eyes remain resolutely down, does not say La

ngBut his father’s eyes remain resolutely down, does not say

(CONTINUED)


INT. DEAN & MARNIE’S HOUSE. DEAN’S OFFICE - DAY 943 43

DEAN’s mother, sitting opposite him, breath coming hard.

MARYI’m not making any excuses, I’m just trying to explain.

A beat.

MARY (CONT'D)That I was scared for my life, and more importantly yours, if I didn’t go along with him. And you’ll remember what he was like, Dean, you’ll know I had good reason to be scared.

A beat.

MARY (CONT'D)But I don’t expect forgiveness, I don’t expect love, or a relationship, I haven’t come here expecting anything. I just wanted you, my son, to know, before I die, that I love you. I always have. And that I’m sorry.

And we are on him. A long, long beat, and then finally, without looking up, he asks a single question.

DEANHow long do you have?

INT. BISHOP STREET. CUSTODY AREA - NIGHT 944 44

SUNNY and CASSIE sitting in the custody are

CASSIESo she’s telling the truth, hertruth, she thought that was what happened?

SUNNY(nods, then)

Or she knew he was stabbed, and this is a ...carefully calculated lie. To minimise her culpability?

CASSIEOr she did it.

(CONTINUED)


© INT. BISHOP STREET. CUSTODY AREA - NIGHT 9

© INT. BISHOP STREET. CUSTODY AREA - NIGHT 9

© SUNNY and CASSIE sitting in the custody are

© SUNNY and CASSIE sitting in the custody areChris

don’t expect love, or a

Chris

don’t expect love, or a relationship, I haven’t come here

Chris

relationship, I haven’t come here thing. I just wanted

Chris thing. I just wanted

you, my son, to know, before I die,

Chris you, my son, to know, before I die,

that I love you. I always have. And

Chris that I love you. I always have. And

that I’m sorry.

Chris that I’m sorry.

And we are on him. A long, long beat, and then finally,

Chris

And we are on him. A long, long beat, and then finally, without looking up, he asks a single question.

Chris

without looking up, he asks a single question.

DEAN

Chris

DEANHow long do you have?Chri

s How long do you have?

INT. BISHOP STREET. CUSTODY AREA - NIGHT 9Chris

INT. BISHOP STREET. CUSTODY AREA - NIGHT 9

SUNNY and CASSIE sitting in the custody areChris

SUNNY and CASSIE sitting in the custody are

Langyou’ll know I had good reason to be

Langyou’ll know I had good reason to be

(CONT'D) Lang

(CONT'D)But I don’t expect forgiveness, I La

ngBut I don’t expect forgiveness, I

relationship, I haven’t come here Lang

relationship, I haven’t come here thing. I just wanted La

ngthing. I just wanted

you, my son, to know, before I die, La

ngyou, my son, to know, before I die,


SUNNYShe didn’t do it.

CASSIE(nods)

And she didn’t know he was stabbed either - unless she’s the best liar in the world.

SUNNYWhich I don’t buy.

CASSIESo who did do it?

(she looks at her watch)Okay it’s late, I’m gonna nip over to the mortuary, let’s discuss further in the morning?

SUNNYYou want to charge either of them with anything?

CASSIENo, RUI them both for now, let’ssee where we get to tomorrow.

And he looks at her, she looks exhausted.

SUNNYGetting there, boss.

And she smiles weakly, stands and walks away, him watching her. Worried. And then we are with her, digging out her mobile. Finding a number. Dialing it.

EXT. CARPARK - NIGHT 945 45

CASSIE walking out, on the phone.

CASSIEHey dad, me again, listen, maybe I’m not going to get to speak to you today so...

And we cut as she gets in her car.

Montage


© EXT. CARPARK - NIGHT 9

© EXT. CARPARK - NIGHT 9

CASSIE walking out, on the phone.© CASSIE walking out, on the phone.Chri

s No, RUI them both for now, let’s

Chris No, RUI them both for now, let’s

see where we get to tomorrow.

Chris see where we get to tomorrow.

And he looks at her, she looks exhausted.

Chris And he looks at her, she looks exhausted.

SUNNY

Chris

SUNNY

Chris

Getting there, boss.

Chris

Getting there, boss.

And she smiles weakly, stands and walks away, him watching

Chris

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s her. Worried. And then we are with her, digging out her mobile. Finding a number. Dialing it.Chri

s mobile. Finding a number. Dialing it.Chri

s EXT. CARPARK - NIGHT 9Chri

s EXT. CARPARK - NIGHT 9

LangOkay it’s late, I’m gonna nip over

LangOkay it’s late, I’m gonna nip over

to the mortuary, let’s discuss

Langto the mortuary, let’s discuss

You want to charge either of them Lang

You want to charge either of them

No, RUI them both for now, let’sLang

No, RUI them both for now, let’ssee where we get to tomorrow.

Lang

see where we get to tomorrow.

(CONTINUED)


INT. RAM & ANNA’S HOUSE - NIGHT 946 46

Dark. A door opening, ANNA walking in.

ANNARam?

But no-one here, to have their talk. Once again, he is absent. So where is he?

INT. RAM’S CAR - NIGHT 947 47

In a car, parked up, alone, on a side street, close on RAM, dark dark thoughts swirling around in his head.

INT. MORTUARY - NIGHT 948 48

And here is a very tired CASS with BALCOMBE.

BALCOMBE...and then after I called you, I went online and checked a few details of pens this shape and design...

And she is showing her a premium fountain pen website.

BALCOMBE (CONT'D)...and I think this is a ‘Cigne’. And if it is, they have serial numbers on the nib body, which might be visible under the right light, and which might give you a purchaser name.

CASSIEWow, brilliant....

(fades a little)...I will sort that tomorrow.

BALCOMBEGo home, you look knackered.

CASSIE(smiles)

You are a stone cold genius, Leanne.

BALCOMBEThis much is true.

(CONTINUED)


© ...I will sort that tomorrow.© ...I will sort that tomorrow.

Chris

...and then after I called you, I

Chris

...and then after I called you, I went online and checked a few

Chris

went online and checked a few details of pens this shape and

Chris details of pens this shape and

And she is showing her a premium fountain pen website.

Chris And she is showing her a premium fountain pen website.

BALCOMBE

Chris

BALCOMBE (CONT'D)

Chris

(CONT'D)...and I think this is a ‘Cigne’.

Chris

...and I think this is a ‘Cigne’. And if it is, they have serial

Chris

And if it is, they have serial numbers on the nib body, which

Chris

numbers on the nib body, which might be visible under the right Chri

s might be visible under the right light, and which might give you a Chri

s light, and which might give you a purchaser name.Chri

s purchaser name.

Wow, brilliant....Chris

Wow, brilliant....

Lang

In a car, parked up, alone, on a side street, close on RAM,

Lang

In a car, parked up, alone, on a side street, close on RAM, dark dark thoughts swirling around in his head.

Langdark dark thoughts swirling around in his head.

And here is a very tired CASS with BALCOMBE.

LangAnd here is a very tired CASS with BALCOMBE.

...and then after I called you, I Lang

...and then after I called you, I went online and checked a few La

ngwent online and checked a few details of pens this shape and La

ngdetails of pens this shape and

CONTINUED:48 48

(CONTINUED)


CASSIEI’ll get that picked up first thing. Thank you again.

BALCOMBE‘Night Cass.

CASSIE‘Night.

And she is walking out.

INT. DEAN’S CAR - NIGHT 949 49

DEAN driving somewhere, fast, contemplating his own imminent arrest, surely.

EXT. STREET - NIGHT 950 50

CASSIE walking slowly along the road. Looks at her phone, no messages from her dad.

Fuck. She bleeps her car door open twenty yards ahead. She looks tired and depressed.

INT. LIZ’S CAR - NIGHT 951 51

And here is LIZ in her car, contemplating the end of her career and everything she has worked towards for thirty years.

INT. CASSIE’S CAR. NIGHT 952 52

CASS flicking on the ignition and pulling away quickly.

INT. FIONA’S CAR - NIGHT 953 53

FIONA driving, GEOFF (who has come to pick her up) in the passenger seat. FIONA clearly contemplating what lies ahead. GEOFF too. Not good.

INT. CASSIE’S CAR - NIGHT 954 54

CASS at lights, deep in thought, she flicks a look at her phone on the passenger seat, no new message, and then pulls away from the lights.

CONTINUED:48 48

(CONTINUED)


© CASS flicking on the ignition and pulling away quickly.

© CASS flicking on the ignition and pulling away quickly.

INT. FIONA’S CAR - NIGHT 9© INT. FIONA’S CAR - NIGHT 9

FIONA driving, GEOFF (who has come to pick her up) in the © FIONA driving, GEOFF (who has come to pick her up) in the passenger seat. FIONA clearly contemplating what lies ahead. © passenger seat. FIONA clearly contemplating what lies ahead.

Chris Fuck. She bleeps her car door open twenty yards ahead. She

Chris Fuck. She bleeps her car door open twenty yards ahead. She

looks tired and depressed.

Chris looks tired and depressed.

INT. LIZ’S CAR - NIGHT 9

Chris INT. LIZ’S CAR - NIGHT 9

And here is LIZ in her car, contemplating the end of her

Chris

And here is LIZ in her car, contemplating the end of her career and everything she has worked towards for thirty

Chris

career and everything she has worked towards for thirty

Chris

INT. CASSIE’S CAR. NIGHT 9Chris

INT. CASSIE’S CAR. NIGHT 9

CASS flicking on the ignition and pulling away quickly.Chris

CASS flicking on the ignition and pulling away quickly.

LangDEAN driving somewhere, fast, contemplating his own imminent

LangDEAN driving somewhere, fast, contemplating his own imminent

CASSIE walking slowly along the road. Looks at her phone, no Lang

CASSIE walking slowly along the road. Looks at her phone, no

Fuck. She bleeps her car door open twenty yards ahead. She Lang

Fuck. She bleeps her car door open twenty yards ahead. She


Which is when it hits her. A vehicle, at speed, smashing in to the driver’s side.

And we have time to hear only the sickening crunch of metal on metal and then cut instantly to black.

End of ep.


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