Line of Duty Page #3

Season #2 Episode #3
Synopsis: After a mistaken shooting during a counter-terrorist operation, Detective Sergeant Steve Arnott is transferred to AC-12, a police anti-corruption unit. Alongside Detective Constable Kate Fleming ,they are assigned to lead an investigation into the alleged corruption by a popular and successful officer, Detective Chief Inspector Tony Gates. While Gates cleverly manipulates his unit's figures, DS Arnott questions whether Gates is being made a scapegoat for a culture of institutionalized spin, or is guilty of darker corruption.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
  5 wins & 23 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.5
NOT RATED
Year:
2012
60 min
443 Views


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302 INT./EXT. TRANSPORT VEHICLE/HMP BRENTISS. LATER THAT DAY.

The vehicle’s back doors snap open revealing Lindsay in the

back and the prison courtyard outside.

HMP Brentiss is a privately run facility, covered in

corporate logos for the security contractor. It’s more like a

new office building than a traditional Victorian-style

prison.

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303 EXT. HMP BRENTISS. CONTINUOUS.

Lindsay is led towards the front entrance by two female

prison officers. They are OFFENDER MANAGEMENT OFFICER ALISON

MERCHANT (40s)and O.M.O. JENNY LELAND (30s), both armed with

a mini-iPad.

MERCHANT:

(To Lindsay.)

Answering only “Yes” or “No”, do

you understand spoken English?

LINDSAY:

Yes.

MERCHANT:

(Taps mini-iPad.)

Answering only “Yes” or “No”, are

you Lindsay Elizabeth Denton?

LINDSAY:

Yes.

MERCHANT:

(Taps mini-iPad.)

I’m Offender Management Officer

Alison Merchant. This is Offender

Management Officer Jenny Leland.

(CONTINUED)

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303 CONTINUED:

LELAND:

This way please. Please avoid the

trip hazard of the step and the

headroom hazard of the entry door.

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304 INT. PRISON ENTRY SUITE. MOMENTS LATER.

An automated digital camera flashes in Lindsay’s face.

Merchant and Leland study the image as it appears on a

computer screen. Behind them is a flow-chart poster: top is

PHOTOGRAPH, next is FINGERPRINTS.

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305 INT. PRISON ENTRY SUITE. MOMENTS LATER.

Lindsay rolls her fingers over an electronic pad; Merchant

and Leland see the prints appear on a computer screen.

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306 INT. PRISON ENTRY SUITE. MOMENTS LATER.

Merchant and Leland bombard Lindsay with questions and note

the answers on their mini-iPads.

MERCHANT:

Answering only “Yes” or “No”, are

you currently suffering from an

infectious disease?

LINDSAY:

No.

LELAND:

Answering only “Yes” or “No”, are

you currently suffering from a

sexually transmitted disease?

LINDSAY:

No.

MERCHANT:

Answering only “Yes” or “No”, are

you or could you be pregnant?

LINDSAY:

No.

(CONTINUED)

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306 CONTINUED:

LELAND:

Answering only “Yes” or “No”, do

you currently harbour any thoughts

of deliberately harming yourself?

LINDSAY:

No.

MERCHANT:

Answering only “Yes” or “No”, do

you currently harbour any thoughts

of committing suicide?

LINDSAY:

No.

MERCHANT:

Your current items of clothing

contravene our health and safety

standards. You will kindly undress.

LINDSAY:

What’s wrong with my clothes?

MERCHANT:

Answering only “Yes” or “No”, do

you understand the instruction?

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Jed Mercurio

Jed Mercurio (born 1966) is a British television writer, producer, director and novelist. He is reported to be one of the few British script-writers to work as a U.S.-style showrunner. A former hospital physician and RAF officer, Mercurio has been ranked among UK television's leading writers by TV-industry magazine Broadcast. more…

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