The Coroner Page #2
Season #1 Episode #2- Year:
- 2015
- 45 min
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JANE:
Then how about you arrange the undertaker?
CLINT:
Which one?
JANE:
(THE FIRST THAT SPRINGS TO MIND) Try Prince’s; they’re reliable.
CLINT:
Sure.
JANE:
And do me a favour – don’t talk to the press guy on the way up. I don’t want
our office passing comment. I’ve got a nine AM with the Devonshire
Undertaker’s Association so hopefully this’ll be the last but the papers’ll be
all over it.
CLINT:
Think this is another botched sea-burial?
JANE:
Lightning doesn’t strike thrice.
[JANE HEADS INTO THE TENT. CLINT SPOTS A
CAMERA FLASH FROM THE BLUFFS. HE TUCKS HIS
SHORTBOARD UNDER HIS ARM, LIFTS HIS CHIN
AND CUTS A BLUE STEEL FOR THE LONG-LENS
BEFORE WALKING OFF]
CUT TO:
EP2/SC7. INT. POLICE STATION. DAY 1. 08:56
DORA HORTON:
NSE DUTY OFFICER
[A TWITCHY DORA HORTON (27) WALKS INTO THE
POLICE STATION. SHE FIDDLES WITH HER BANGS
OUT OF NERVES. SHE HEADS UP TO THE NSE DUTY
OFFICER’S WINDOW]
DORA:
I’d like to report a missing person.
CUT TO:
EP2/SC8. INT. LIGHTHAVEN COUNCIL OFFICES. HALLWAY.
DAY 1. 09:
04JANE:
[JANE HURRIES DOWN MARBLE FLOORS TOWARDS
MEETING ROOMS. SHE HAS IN HER HAND A
PRINTED OUT PAGE FROM THE STAR ONLINE.
SHE REACHES A SET OF DOORS UPON WHICH
HANGS THE SIGN “DEVONSHIRE UNDERTAKERS
ASSOCIATION EGM”. SHE PUSHES IN]
CUT TO:
EP2/SC9. INT. LIGHTHAVEN COUNCIL OFFICES.
CONFERENCE ROOM. DAY 1. 09:06
BILL, JANE, MRS BLACKSTONE, MR GRAVELLE, MR PRINCE
NSE UNDERTAKERS:
[IT IRRITATES JANE THAT BILL’S STARTED THE
MEETING WITHOUT HER. AMONGST THE
UNDERTAKERS ARE GRAVELLE, NOLAN PRINCE
(43) A DICKENSIAN FELLOW WITH A WHIFF OF THE
SHABBY, AND ETHEL BLACKSTONE (53) A DOUR
JANE:
Thanks for waiting.
BILL:
Punctuality is the politeness of kings. For those of you who don’t know her,
this is our Coroner, Jane Kennedy –
JANE:
I know everyone here, Bill. This is a problem –
[SHE PLACES THE PRINTOUT ON THE TABLE. THE
HEADLINE READS ANOTHER BODY WASHES UP ON
GREYROCK POINT]
JANE (CONT’D):
Three in a month. We need to talk about reforming the rules for sea-burials.
BILL:
I hope that you are not suggesting those present are lacking in their jobs?
JANE:
It’s possible.
PRINCE:
Sorry but everyone here takes a great deal of professional pride in their
work.
[MRS BLACKSTONE CLEARS HER THROAT]
GRAVELLE:
These botched sea-burials could easily come from undertakers outside of
your jurisdiction –
PRINCE:
On strong currents.
BLACKSTONE:
Why aren’t they being hauled to an emergency general meeting?
JANE:
It is a subject I’ve raised with the Coroner’s Society and it’s not just here
but we can’t ignore that it is here and something needs to be done about it.
Look, it’s not my job to tell people how they’re disposed of; if you want to
have a traditional sea-burial, I’m all for it. But what I won’t support is a
situation where unidentified bodies keep floating up on my patch as a
consequence of botched sea-burials. I can’t have it.
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