ADAM ALISON_CAREY ANDREW_CURTIS ANGRY_BOYFRIEND BOB CATHY CHIPMUNK_VOICE COLIN_ADAMSON CONNIE DAN_FEENEY DEERING DERING DINAH DRIVER DR_PEEP ELDERLY_MOTHER ELIZABETH FRANNY GIRLFRIEND HOTEL_MANAGER JONAH JOURNO_JIM JOY LAURIE MILLER NEWS_REPORTER NOEL OLIVIA PATRICK POLISH_WORKING_GIRL RADIO_DJ RADIO_SIDEKICK ROLAND_STUBBS SPIKE STUART SUSAN_ADAMSON TAZ TEGAN TEREAS_DAD TESSA ADAM It’s Patrick. He did it! DERING I’m having him. SPIKE His alibi holds up. PATRICK I want to help catch him. TEGAN …but we need you all t be scared of this guy. DR PEEP The cat is probably something her imagination has manufactured to soften the journey. DEERING We’ve all put our neck in the noose for this kid so there noose going back. CONNIE You alright Sir? TEREAS DAD She’s missing. RADIO DJ It’s Wednesday 17th September and you’re here with Andy Eden and the All New Zoo Crew brought to you in association with Readies – CHIPMUNK VOICE Come Get Some Readies! RADIO DJ And it’s a bit cold out there with a chance of rain - so if you’re smart - and you must be cos you’re listening to us - go ahead - take a sickie - RADIO DJ - stay tucked up in bed and let us take care of you for the next two hours – RADIO SIDEKICK alright - here’s a classic from the Eighties to get us started - you’re with Andy Eden and the All New Zoo Crew - ! RADIO DJ I’m crushed - absolutely crushed, mate - DINAH Stand back please, I’m a police officer. DRIVER I didn’t get a chance to stop – he just stepped out and - DINAH I need an ambulance - Bridge Street- pedestrian hit by a car - dead on impact. DRIVER bloody hell - bloody hell – DINAH - just move back to your car- DRIVER The bloody nerve of it - ! he had no right to do this to me! DINAH Whoa, whoa - easy – DRIVER Five bloody times this has happened to me before - ! DINAH You’ve run over five people - ? DRIVER No on the trains, love. Driver for twenty years, got post- bleedin’-trauma because of folk like him, walking onto the tracks - the big goodbye – DINAH You’re saying he deliberately stepped in front of your car? DRIVER Split second before I hit him, all I see is him mouthing “sorry” then - wham! “Sorry”. Like that makes it all better. DEERING Look - I know a lot of you have pulled all nighters, are running on fumes - but there’s that window between when he grabs them and when he kills them. It’s not much. Getting smaller. We’re running out of time. And God knows, I don’t want to be thinking about what Teresa Adam is going through right now. At his hands. DEERING I’ve looked through my big book of inspirational speeches - from Winston Churchill to Glenn Hoddle - but it comes down to this. We can do this, we can find her, we can bring her home. We have to. Cos we’re her only hope. Go make her proud, yeah? DEERING Dinah I’m going to need Joy and you to head over to the parents – DINAH Hey, need a doorknocker. Suicide. Jeffrey Braysher. Stepped in front of a car. JONAH Cheers. DEERING Please tell me you’re not tramping his remains through the station. JOY Can we put out a disclaimer with the next news broadcast – no psychics required. Three already this morning, and the only common thread is that they’re all clearly talking out of their arses - what’s wrong with your shoes - ? CONNIE Er Ma’am, here’s a nice cuppa for yer.Because of what’s happened… Because of what happened with Laurie. DEERING Good night was it? LAURIE Viv - DEERING Got pissed up. Rolling round the streets. Relieved yourself against a car - oh no,- LAURIE Had a few drinks at band practice - few too many. Way, way too many. I’m sorry - I’m an embarrassment. Total disgrace. DEERING I’ve seen you drunk - properly drunk - bones of rubber, drooling like a Scouser - you’re the happiest guy in the room, never snap, never snarl - let alone get gobby with a policeman of all people – LAURIE Jesus Christ Viv, can I not just be an arsehole for once? There doesn’t need to be a hidden meaning with everything. DEERING I don’t believe you. I’ve got a missing girl, a hundred things to juggle - can’t be dealing with a hundred and one. I’ll come back when you’re not spinning me a line. LAURIE Viv. C’mon. Did you even notice I was gone last night? JOY Bit gentler yeah… SUSAN ADAMSON please be careful..! COLIN ADAMSON Sorry - it’s just – our Teresa’s very tidy - place for everything, everything in it’s place - JOY It might be easier if you wait downstairs. JOY Right, face the opposite wall. Go on. That’s a direct order. JOY Eyes front..! SUSAN ADAMSON ...went on and on about this. I told her it was too expensive and then, y’know... DINAH Thought you’d surprise her. SUSAN ADAMSON ...what... what did he do to the other girls? DINAH Susan... SUSAN ADAMSON I need to know. DINAH You don’t. Really. SUSAN ADAMSON He’s got her right now, and I’m standing here and she’s... she’s so sweet and silly... you just wouldn’t want to hurt her, you couldn’t, I just don’t understand... DINAH We’re doing everything we can to get her back. I promise. SUSAN ADAMSON I told her to get out there... enjoy herself... that she was a person, not something to be pitied. Just go out and be stupid and normal like everyone else and... JOY Tucked away at the back - hidden. JOY Must mean something. JONAH Hate being a door-knocker. Feels like I should have a cloak n’ scythe – ELDERLY MOTHER I’ve just put the kettle on. JONAH ...We’re sorry to inform you that your son David was killed in a road accident today. TAZ He didn’t suffer. It was instant. ELDERLY MOTHER Biscuits? JONAH Sorry can you - turn it on ELDERLY MOTHER I always forget. World of my own. JONAH So you didn’t hear anything we said before then..? ELDERLY MOTHER No. But I know why you’re here. We’re behind on the leccy. I said to my David and his missus, you don’t pay, they’ll send the boys in blue round. TAZ ...is Mrs. Braysher home? Your David’s wife..? Maybe better we speak to her first. ELDERLY MOTHER She’s still in her bed. She’s been poorly. JONAH Hello Mrs Braysher, are you decent? It’s the police, Mrs Braysher… TAZ Ah fuck - Cold as ice, mate. SUSAN ADAMSON No, I didn’t... I didn’t even know she had a diary. JOY Do you have any idea what these letters mean? DINAH Does Teresa have a friend who might know, might be able to help us understand the diary..? COLIN ADAMSON Maybe Olivia... Olivia Bacon. They’re pretty close. We’ve got her number somewhere. DINAH Don’t worry, we’ll treat it with respect. COLIN ADAMSON She’s going to be so unhappy we went through her room. Won’t she, Suze? MILLER From a recent kidney operation. Very recent. Infection. Onset of shock, low blood pressure, hidden heart condition or any other wonderful variables... I’m ruling out this hideous wallpaper being responsible but that’s about it. TAZ How about the husband then? Did her in and ran off..? MILLER Ooh. Such a morbid imagination. No. Might have woken up next to the body. Or gone downstairs, come back... MILLER Definitely one for us lads to look into though. MILLER Something rotten in the state of Primark, as the good bard said. JONAH Sorry, got away from me. Mrs Braysher, we can’t be here - come on – JOY Olivia..? OLIVIA It’s a code, I showed her how to do it. JOY How does it work? OLIVIA It’s easy, one letter forward. JOY And what did Teresa need a code for Olivia? OLIVIA She didn’t want her parents to know. DINAH “I have found a prince...” SPIKE Did Teresa mention having a boyfriend? OLIVIA No, but someone was very keen. SPIKE And how did they meet? OLIVIA They haven’t. But they were going to. DINAH It says that ‘I’m a clever girl...’ DINAH ‘...and that we’ll be together forever...’ DEERING Did er, she say anything else about him? OLIVIA She was just happy. She wanted a boyfriend. DINAH Handyman and... Prinzess Tesa forever... does that mean anything? OLIVIA Prinzess Tesa is her nickname. DEERING Connie, could you take Olivia here for a cup of tea or something? OLIVIA You gonna find her? SPIKE We’re going to try, ok… DINAH PrinzessTesa - with a zed – and Handyman together bring up one search result - both got profiles on the same dating website. DEERING That Special Someone. “Where barriers mean nothing.” DEERING Find out who owns that website. We need full access. Keys to their dirty little kingdom. DEERING Check and see if there are any similar sites out there. Might have multiple profiles. Like you in your internet dating phase – DINAH Which we said we weren’t ever going to speak about again - TAZ Ma’am, Ma’am, Laurie’s been asking DEERING Unless he’s hung himself by laces, I’m not interested - - he’s not, has he? TAZ He just wants a word – DEERING And so does the rest of the right now. Just brutally honest, ten, how I am looking? TAZ Um... seven and a half..? DEERING We’re appealing for the public to be vigilant. To report anything suspicious. Someone out there knows this person. They may not realise it but they do. And their phone call could be the key to successfully finding Teresa Adamson. DEERING Sorry, Jim - boring you am I - ? JOURNO JIM No, just breaking news, Viv – DEERING That’s Inspector to you. And this is breaking news, you div. what did your paper lead with this morning..? A splash of some Corrie tart falling out a nightclub with her golden globes hanging out – JOURNO JIM They’ve found the girl. JOURNO JIM Sorry, inspector. MILLER Right so the husband saw something floating in the canal - dived on it not realising, well, that it’d always be too late. And then felt the need to tweet about it. Hashtag dead body. That’s not sarcasm by the way. That actually happened. DEERING House to house for a two mile radius – TAZ Comb back garden hedges, hit up the council to have drains checked, see if bins have been picked up – DEERING Evidence, evidence, evidence - - did he tweet about it before or after he called the police? MILLER While he was waiting for them to arrive. Brother -in -law’s a journo - word spread like dysentery in a bed - sit. JOY I can help break it to Cathy if you like...? In case she takes it [badly] – DINAH No, better it comes from me – DEERING Might not be a bad idea for her to hear it officially, from a sergeant, officially. I mean, clinical. Professional. She’s our star witness, we don’t want her falling apart at the seams. DINAH She’s handling this better than any of us would, trust me. JOY When I was nineteen my ma was still buying my bras and knickers for me. DINAH You okay? CATHY Dunno, do I? I Feel like I wanna smash something... someone... DINAH It’s okay to feel angry. Shouldn’t hold back. CATHY This session with Peep, I’m gonna get her to rip my skull open. Cos it’s like... it’s down to me, isn’t it? To remember his face and all that. I’m sitting here, thinking what I’d do to this guy if I had the chance... What about you? Five minutes alone. What would you do..? CATHY Guess I’ll just go and play then. TESSA Cathy! HOTEL MANAGER There’s been noise complaints, abuse, STUART We’ll take it from here. HOTEL MANAGER Thank you. POLISH WORKING GIRL Cheap fucking bastard..! FRANNY What ae yer doing? STUART Whoa - whoa – what’s going on here? POLISH WORKING GIRL He not pay us - say the money run out – FRANNY I paid you yesterday - ! POLISH WORKING GIRL And then we stay another day - ! STUART Don’t. TEGAN What’s all that about..? FRANNY Should see the other fella. TEGAN Why? Has he got a micro-penis as well? FRANNY It’s not mine. It’s theirs. POLISH WORKING GIRL Tak. It is ours. STUART Seriously..? POLISH WORKING GIRL I demand to see top lawyer - ! You are bullshit people - ! DINAH Do you want to go to jail? POLISH WORKING GIRL You are very super at your job. DINAH So what did you pull the kid in for? Says here he’d paid the hotel bill in advance - and we’re not gonna throw the book at him for calling up a couple of pros – STUART It’s Franny Lowry. Of the Cinderblock Lowrys.Honours degree in fucking up from the university of life – currently sleeping off the mother of all come downs. DINAH So where did nineteen year old Franny get the money to pay for a week in luxury hotel? Said he’d been in a fight..? TEGAN Well, yeah - he said. Had a scar around here - recent – DINAH Anyone seen Jonah or Taz? JONAH Um, pretty sure you’re not allowed in here – DINAH That body this morning - wife of the suicide - it had a scar, right? Operation. Across the kidney. JONAH Yeah. She’s in the autopsy queue - behind the poor Down’s girl, obviously. JONAH The water’s on the fritz at home – DINAH You’ve got photos of it, right? JONAH The plumbing..? DINAH The scar. JONAH Oh. That. Yes. On file. I’ll - I’ll show you. DINAH So we’ve got the hotel. The room service. Two ladies of the night. Comes to about two grand, which you paid, cash in hand. Lot of coins to have jangling in your pocket, Franny. FRANNY I won it. At the bookies. TEGAN at the bookies. TEGAN See the thing about a win like that, we’d have heard about it. Everybody would’ve heard about it. DINAH You know what this is? DINAH Nah, not yours. Someone else’s. But that look just told me volumes. DINAH Why don’t you try talking. Bring those years down. MILLER Unfortunately Teresa’s autopsy didn’t throw up anything unexpected. She died the same way as the other girls - sexually assaulted then drowned - no DNA, no traces – MILLER They looking into this website then? JOY Still trying to find the owner. MILLER Er, d’you mind..? Would you mind? MILLER S’alright, know what I’m doing. MILLER Hacking into a website is basically the same principle as cutting into bodies - you try and be precise, not cause too much damage on your way – JOY Makes sense. MILLER Nah, I’m just saying that – thought it’d sound good - totally different really – DEERING They think the website is run from Eastern Europe – MILLER Yeah, reckon that’s a smokescreen. JOY What makes you say that? MILLER Because below the terms and conditions - which nobody ever reads - they’ve also written “Come on the Dale”. Rochdale AFC, right? 36 consecutive seasons in the bottom division, but we’re on the rise now. Definitely sounds local to me. Course you’d want to check with the cyber lads that it’s okay for me to proceed and dig deeper... DEERING Fuck ‘em. That’s my motto. Name and address, soon as you can. FRANNY I took a loan out. With... with Readies, y’know? They’ve got that talking chipmunk... FRANNY They kept sending me warning letters - “pay up ya dick”. I’m on me fourth and then this guy calls us up. Offers to help. FRANNY He says that if I... y’know. Cash in hand. No questions. FRANNY That’s all. FRANNY For fuck’s sake, oh for fuck’s sake - that’s not fair – I don’t know anything else – DINAH Name and number. DINAH Dunno what’s making me more nervous. The fact that if we screw this up we don’t have a case, don’t have evidence... or that it feels like the start of the worst blind date ever. SPIKE How is old Bob doing by the way? SPIKE How many times this week you blown him off? DINAH Beg your bloody pardon – you nosey bastard… SPIKE I mean cancelled on him... SPIKE Dinah - back on the clock. Incoming to your left. ANDREW CURTIS Sarah Ward? DINAH Hiya. Yes. ANDREW CURTIS So Franny Lowry gave you my number. He shouldn’t have. Not the way I do things. How d’you know him? DINAH My cousin used to go out with him. ANDREW CURTIS My condolences. Just wondering how we get from that to this here. Gesturing - you and us. DINAH Cause he’s got a big mouth. Cause I’m desperate. ANDREW CURTIS Get a payday loan then. Tide you over. SPIKE Ok reel him in - bit more vulnerability. . DINAH Like I’m ever gonna be able to pay that back... Jesus - the roof’s leaking - got a kid and taken on another and - every morning I wake up and it’s like someone’s choking me... ANDREW CURTIS You live round Cinderblock way? DINAH Born and bred, for my sins. Buy me a couple of voddies and coke and that side’ll come out, believe me. DINAH Look, Franny just said if I needed cash... you were the guy to see – ANGRY BOYFRIEND ...no, no, no, fuckin’ twisting my words again...shit yer fucking mouth. SPIKE Shit Dinah I think he’s clocked me. DINAH I’m screwed here. Please. I’m... I’m fucking drowning. That’s it. ANDREW CURTIS How much would you be looking for? ANGRY BOYFRIEND Just one fuckin’ time, go out without you nippin’ my head - but you can’t do that, can you? Eh? Eh? ANDREW CURTIS Sarah. GIRLFRIEND Leave ma man alone..! ANDREW CURTIS You were good. Pretty convincing. If someone was doing what I think you were suggesting... what’s the crime? Really. Nobody’s forced into anything. DINAH We’re talking about people who are so desperate they’d sell their own kidneys – ANDREW CURTIS Little bit cramped in here for a high horse – DINAH Miriam Braysher, remember her? Found dead in her bed after botched aftercare. ANDREW CURTIS You’ve got nothing. DINAH You’ve got my wire. DR PEEP And it’s raining. CATHY Yeah. And it’s cold and I’m pissed off and CATHY ... and there’s a van and... And he’s stopping and he’s... he’s saying something... CATHY And there’s that cat... that bloody cat... dressed up... bow tie... DR PEEP Try to look up. Try to see his face. CATHY I am trying – CATHY - he’s there - I can see him - he’s – CATHY Fuck. What’s wrong with me?! A hand, a mouth, a cat, that fucking cat - it’s nothing – Peep crossing over as a disorientated Cathy sits up. DR PEEP You’re getting closer. Filling in blanks – CATHY Closer’s nothing - he’s gonna rape and kill another girl and it’s my fault, see, my fucking slow brain - my head – DEERING We always knock - ! CONNIE Sorry –Ma’am, just - Laurie’s been asking for you again – DEERING He picked the wrong bloody day – CONNIE And Dinah and Spike are back. Sting was a bust. DEERING Course it was. That kind of day. DEERING Here’s what worrying me. I think this Andrew is doing a hit and run. Two kidney incidents in a week. Sweeps in, secures operations, sweeps out - he’s gone, vapour, dust. And now he knows we’ve rumbled him. SPIKE Cause I’ve blown the cover. DEERING Nah, you’re not. You know you did the right thing, steaming on in, Charlie Bronson. But he’ll be pulling out a-s-a--p. DINAH Mobile was a burner, pay as you go. address. And now out DEERING Shutting up shop. pay-as-you-go. No address and now out of service. SPIKE Hey, you’ve still got that Readies connection. DINAH Franny Lowry and Miriam Braysher both live in Cinderblock. Both also had payday loans with Readies. SPIKE And both were on their fourth warning letter. Which locals call “the angry chipmunk” – DINAH The thing is that Andrew got in touch with Franny not the other way round so…how did Andrew know that Franny was in debt? DEERING Let’s get a warrant to look at Readies client list. Cross reference final warnings with Cinderblock residents - see if we can find someone else who Andrew has tried to contact – SPIKE Mind if I do it? Something about that fucking chipmunk brings out the rage in me. Come Get Some Readies..! DEERING I need you for a taxi run. SPIKE Who’s the pick-up? DEERING That self-pitying little shit Patrick Llewellyn. Miller’s grabbed some of the profile pics from the website. None of them seem to match the e-fit but you never know – maybe one of them will ring a bell for Patrick. SPIKE On it. DEERING “On it.” Do like me a bit of macho talk. DINAH Viv – Viv… DEERING No, no, not interested – DINAH Don’t even know what I’m going to say – DEERING “Even if you don’t realise it you need Laurie’s support. By keeping him in the cells you’re not just punishing him, you’re punishing yourself.” DINAH ...probably wouldn’t have made it so mushy though – DEERING Oh, you would - might’ve worked but we’re jugglers and the circus is gonna get busier - cos Stuart and Tegan are en route to bring in the website owner. Roland Stubbs. DINAH Want me to have a crack at him for you? DEERING See? She reads my mind, anticipates my moves. We’re like Torville and Dean doing the bloody Boléro. DINAH ...bit before my time that one... TEGAN You look like a dog trying to do long division. Mimics his face. STUART ...I saw the photo my dad sent you. TEGAN Ah. STUART I dunno what he was thinking - TEGAN ...he was only responding in kind. Stuart reacting as they park up. Exiting to walk to ROLAND’s – STUART You sent my dad... photos of yourself..? Why? TEGAN Cos he asked. STUART You’ve not... TEGAN No. Not yet anyway. TEGAN Can we just focus here? For all we know, this website guy might be the one who killed the girls. And if he comes lunging out with his cock tucked between his legs - - and a meat cleaver in his hands, I’d rather have back-up who wasn’t obsessing over his dad’s sex life. ROLAND STUBBS ...what? DINAH Why did you start the website, Roland? ROLAND STUBBS Dunno if it’s other people, or maybe it’s my attitude... just struggling to meet... y’know... to meet girls.Turned out it was a total sausage fest anyway and most of the guys who were signing up were kinda oddballs... DINAH Do you know a user called Handyman? ROLAND STUBBS That’s... that’s what you want to see me about. He’s the one who... you think... with the girl..? ROLAND STUBBS ...fucking hell… DINAH Roland. What did you do? DINAH Roland had clocked Handyman straight away because he was very specific - Down’s only. Keeps trying to get Handyman to upgrade to Platinum membership - Handyman won’t - So Roland - annoyed - thinks about banning him. But then, decides to mess with him instead. Creates a fake Down’s girl - Patty. Who agrees to meet Handyman for a date. September the 6th. JOY The night Cathy was taken. DINAH Right, here. The Laughing Dog pub where “Patty” arranged to meet Handyman. DINAH And just a few streets away... Belvedere Road where Cathy was abducted. DINAH So say, Handyman goes there. Waited for Patty. Who never arrives. Obviously. Well, he’s frustrated. All dressed up, nowhere to go. Takes a drive. Was raining, visibility was low – DEERING He mistakes Cathy for one of his type. We take control of Patty’s profile. Send Handyman a message. Apologise. Ask him for another chance... see if we can’t coax the bastard out of whatever rabbit hole he’s hiding in – JONAH Sorry, ma’am - there’s been a hiccup with the Readies warrants – DEERING I’ll pretend I didn’t hear that Joy. JONAH So um... you know filled in the paperwork for the warrant... and handed it off to me to get it to the magistrate... JOY Yes..? JONAH Sort of forgot about it. JOY You forgot about it - ?! JONAH It’s been sent off now – I’m sorry – just - just had a lot on my plate – I’m really sorry – JOY Then clear your bloody plate. Without that warrant, the whole organ case is grinding to a halt - Jesus, Viv is gonna skin me –we’re never gonna get it in time now – JONAH I’m sleeping in my car. JOY ...what? Has something happened with you and Rosie - ? JONAH No. Sorry. I made that up. - up there with dog ate my homework and a big boy did it and ran away – JOY Jonah - JONAH - and you won’t need a warrant because they won’t want bad publicity - they’ll hand over the list if the other option’s getting their name splashed all over the papers - and honestly, what I said about sleeping in my car - dunno where it came from - you shouldn’t apologise either - you’re the sergeant - I screwed up - that’s all – JOY Right call Readies main office then. Say what you just said. Get them to agree access. Because we need their client list. And,er, Jonah, if you do need to talk – JONAH Nothing to talk about, ma’am. DINAH You wanna shut that thing - ? DINAH Got that stupid chipmunk’s voice in my head. JOY It’s technically a squirrel, not a chipmunk. They’ve got him dancing around in a tree. Squirrels are the ones who build their homes in the branches - chipmunks live underground. JOY Roger. Fingers crossed for that. JOY What’s the story with this one? DINAH Alison Carey.36. Still got outstanding debts with Readies, got her fourth warning three weeks back. DINAH Fifth warning is when they send a guy in a chipmunk costume round to break your legs. ALISON CAREY Ser no, I’ve not – nobody’s been in touch or nothing. JOY Is your husband around? ALISON CAREY The building trade. DINAH Away being..? ALISON CAREY ...Germany. DINAH Yeah, I heard a lot of lads were going over recently - they’re helping do that new Ausgaben Bank head office. ALISON CAREY That’s right. Yeah. JOY Let me tell you about this guy. He finds someone in debt on the estate, an easy target, desperate, ready to crumble - ALISON CAREY Told you –it’s not me. DINAH Ausgaben Bank head office. Pulled that one out my arse. JOY A womans died, a few streets over, Miriam Braysher. Sold her kidney. Then bled to death, internally, in her own bed. That could so easily be your husband. DINAH Husband walks in front of a car because of it. Guilt. Left his poor mother there, all alone, empty house. JOY It might have happened to others. You see where we’re going with this - ? JOY No money’s gonna be worth that – is it? Because that’s what it comes to. How much are you willing to gamble his life for? DINAH Look, I know how you feel – ALISON CAREY Really? You know do yer - ‘Cos, I have dreams - proper real dreams – about smothering my own kids... myself - just that I can be free of all this – ALISON CAREY - to have one fucking day when I am not - scared shitless and... Ryan’s tried to get work... you’re not here to help. You never are. JOY No yer right, were not. Were here to warn you, that this man doesn’t give a shit about you or your family. Your numbers in a margin to him, your profit. JOY I thought that photo thingy would work. Or the speech - DINAH Ah maybe – one or the other - Well, we blew that one. DINAH Or we follow her instead. Maybe she’s worried enough to go and see her husband or - JOY ...or something else. ALISON CAREY You laid it on a bit thick, you know. Fuckin’ hell. Today, alright? The operation. It’s happening today. PATRICK She hates me, doesn’t she? Your boss. I can tell. SPIKE Just her way - short, sharp, to the point – PATRICK S’alright. I don’t like her much either. SPIKE Anything..? PATRICK If there’s someone in particular here you want me to point out... just say the word. SPIKE No, no - Jesus - just tell us if you think any of them are the guy you saw... PATRICK Honestly, I’m trying but... DEERING The arresting officer’s been shagging someone else behind his missus’ back. LAURIE You blackmailed him to let me go? DEERING I persuaded him to save on paperwork. People lie to me every day, Laurie. You get into a kind of mindset – LAURIE Don’t need to apologise, love – DEERING Who says I’m apologising - I’m saying I don’t believe you. DEERING I think there’s other reasons why you got out of your tree and went off like that – LAURIE Look, I pissed against a police car because I don’t like the police. They’ve taken my wife away and I don’t know how to talk to her about it. DEERING How have they taken me away? LAURIE It’s like you’re not here anymore Viv. DEERING Maybe that’s because here, we let a defenceless girl down, where the best we could do was have her dragged out of the cold water, I’m not taking that home - sorry - no. LAURIE Tell you what, name ten people whose cars you want pissing on, and I’ll do it. DEERING Make it twenty five and you’ve got a deal. SPIKE Our guy is gonna take you home. SPIKE Hey listen. Don’t beat yourself up about it. You did your best ok. SPIKE Alright, you big fanny. Hope you’ve got the hangover to end all. LAURIE Yeah and then some for my sins… DEERING You’re live on air, caller. DINAH Location of operation confirmed. Kicking off now - we’re heading over – DEERING We got a big one. I’ll see you at home, okay? I’ll be there. DINAH Wait in the car, okay? ALISON CAREY With the money, there’s no way I still get it no? DEERING Alright - sweep in - cover the exits - nowhere to run, nowhere to hide – DEERING Find out who these lovely people are – SPIKE Will do. DEERING Shut it down - ! DEERING Hold up - hold up – a moment – DINAH Think we got a runner – JOY I’ll go round the back – SPIKE It’s not just a removal- DEERING We thought it was a harvest festival but it’s not it’s a recycling bank. SPIKE That was the recipient’s family waiting out there. Women says it’s her son, thirty-eight - been on severe dialysis for years. NHS won’t even list him for a transplant. Low chance of success, waste of resources... DEERING If we put a stop to this the kidney goes for nothing. SPIKE Unless the transplant was in progress when we arrived. DEERING Yeah, yeah, yeah, we both know you’re in trouble, that’s why I’d focus if I were you, I’d really bloody focus. JOY Anything? DINAH Nothing. Wait, first floor. DINAH Andrew. ANDREW CURTIS You look nice, like a proper copper, suits yer. DINAH And there was me about to arrest you, but seeing as you’ve got such a sweet mouth… ANDREW CURTIS Look, no matter what you think about me, I did those people a favour. DINAH Why don’t you just let me bring you in Andrew. ANDREW CURTIS You’ve seen the state of places in the block, yer, if you’re born there your life expectancy takes a ten year hit, right off the bat. DINAH And that’s before someone like you sweeps in to exploit the situation right? ANDREW CURTIS There are places in India where half the village have sold organs. Half the village. For what - three hundred quid a pop? I pay two thousand. DINAH And how much did you sell them on for? JOY Andrew. What’s your plan here? Hoping to lecture us to death..? ANDREW CURTIS See she understands, she pretends she doesn’t but – When she’s telling me the whole spiel about the kids, about how she eels like she’s drowning... she meant every word, didn’t you. You’re as desperate as they come. DINAH Joy - ! Joy! JOY Get down! TEGAN All I did was ask for a phot of your dad and you’re in a sulk like a twelve year old. STUART A naked photo of my dad Tegan. Who by the way, uses women like Kleenex. Does his business, crumples ‘em up and tosses them aside - seen it all my life – TEGAN Ah ok, so this is real concern for me, not your screwed up daddy issues – STUART Not concern. Pity. You did the son, now you’re gonna do the father. TEGAN D’you know what you can fuck off and all. STUART Fine by me. DINAH You sure you’re alright - was some hit - look I’m sorry I froze back there – JOY No, it was great. See - that’s my job, isn’t it? If any of you lot freeze... I knew that before but it suddenly all just clicked - At least until we went through that glass and I was just like, that was stupid. MILLER That’s Patty ready for reactivation – JOY Go for it. Miller nods, tapping away. MILLER And Joy said let there be light... and there was light. JOY Friend of mine from school owns a bed and breakfast. Also owes me a favour. She slips a bit of paper to him. JOY It’s just for a week. And it’s hardly luxury living but – JONAH Sarge. Really. I’m not sleeping in my car. I’m just a bad liar. She holds his look for a moment. JOY Sure. I know. Joy leaves. Jonah hesitates. Then pockets the paper. DINAH ...what happened..? DR PEEP I got overconfident. Tried to pet a wounded animal. DEERING Might want to sit down. CATHY ...and it’s my fault, see, my fucking slow brain - my head - Peep puts a hand on her shoulder – BOB Surprise. BOB Drink that while you’re getting ready - I’m taking you somewhere special tonight and no arguments. DINAH Um, is, is Cathy home? BOB Yes – she’s upstairs I think – BOB Dinah. DINAH I saw the video. You and Dr. Peep. CATHY She okay? DINAH What do you think..? DINAH You’re going to have look at me sometime, Cathy. You can’t pretend this didn’t happen. DINAH Look, I know you’re frustrated – CATHY No - you don’t know - about me, how I feel – you treat me like I’m some fucking puzzle to be solved - DINAH I don’t – CATHY I enjoyed it. Hitting her, slapping her, knowing she wasn’t going to fight back and... CATHY I’m gonna go and stay at Alpha’s – DINAH I’m upset but I’m not throwing you out – CATHY I have to anyway. DINAH Why, why do you have to go..? CATHY A few months now. DINAH Oh Cathy. CATHY Don’t worry. It’s Alpha’s over the moon. He’s gonna be a great dad. The enthusiastic twat. Bet you’re kinda relieved, right? Not gonna be your responsibility no more. BOB Is she leaving..? DINAH Yeah. BOB Oh. You want me to give her a lift? DINAH I’ve been called into work. Sorry. DINAH I know. I’m a nightmare. BOB Same time tomorrow then. DEERING When you say you’ve cooked me dinner - - yeah - takeaway’s not the same thing –listen I’ve gotta dash - something big happening here – well I’ll tell you later. Now say you love me and piss off, eh? DEERING Should have had him arrested months ago. Perfect husband. JOY Right. So here’s the news. We got a hit a twenty minutes ago. Handyman sent a message to ‘Patty’. DINAH What’s he been saying? MILLER “Hey sexy.” Pause of thirty-four seconds. “Where you been?” Pause of one minute, forty seconds. “Usually don’t give girls who stand me up a second chance... might make an exception for you if you’re lucky.” DINAH Did we reply back? MILLER Just a smiley. One of them that’s winking and blowing a kiss at the same time. Thought it best to start slow. Make him do a bit of work for my attention. Keep him interested. MILLER And apparently he is. DR PEEP Handy man’s trying to make contact with Miller. MILLER He’s agreed to a date. NOEL They know where we live, they gone after my wife. A bunch of women have gone after Elizabeth. NEWS REPORTER This is not justice, he should never have been released. STUART Woah get off me you mad bitch. ELIZABETH Why wasn’t I told what he’d done! DAN FEENEY Are you threatening me? DEERING I think so.