The Coroner Page #2

JANE:

There's no way to tell whether that happened post mortem.

DAVEY:

Or prior to death. I tell you, the longer I do this job, the more I realise some

people shouldn't be allowed to have kids.

[CLINT IS AWKWARD. AWARE OF THE SUBTEXT

(DAVEY'S CHILDLESSNESS), JANE INDICATES A

SHRED OF (EVIDENCE-BAGGED) NEWSPAPER]

JANE:

At least we have a date: 1976.

DAVEY:

Yeah, decades back, so DNA's doubtful.

JANE:

(RE PATHOLOGISTS) Full nuclear DNA they said, but we might get

something from bone marrow, and the baby had hair...

[THEY BOTH PAUSE, TOUCHED BY THAT]

JANE:

(TO CLINT) Actually, can you get the lab to put a rush on that?

CLINT:

On it.

[CLINT TACTFULLY EXITS]

JANE:

(TO DAVEY, CAJOLING) So there's a chance we'll get mitochondrial

DNA to check against potential mothers.

DAVEY:

(EYEING REPORT) Good. It's the mother we're after.

[JANE EYES HIM, CONCERNED]

CUT TO:

EP2/SC10. INT. KAREN'S HOUSE. KITCHEN. DAY 1. 12.10

KAREN:

NSE FOSTER CHILDREN, TV REPORTER (OOV)

[(BACKGROUND TV AND) CHILDISH SHRIEKS AS

RED DRIPS SPLAT ON THE COUNTER. FINGER-

SWIPING THEM INTO HER MOUTH, STRESSED

KAREN HURRIEDLY SPREADS JAM INTO

SANDWICHES AS 4 (VARIOUS ETHNICITIES) KIDS

TUSSLE AROUND HER]

KAREN:

(ABOVE DIN) We won't be going

at all at this rate!

TV REPORTER (OOV):

... may have been there for up to 40

years, hidden in a cottage which has

been derelict since the 1960's.

[HER ATTENTION ABRUPTLY CAUGHT BY:]

TV REPORTER (OOV):

Police say that although the condition of the baby's remains makes

determining cause of death difficult...

KAREN:

(OVER NOISE) Steven! Now!

TV REPORTER (OOV):

... they have reason to suspect foul play...

[KAREN CONTINUES MAKING SANDWICHES,

EYEING THE TV, COVERING ANXIETY]

CUT TO:

EP2/SC11. INT. SARAH'S BUNGALOW. LIVING ROOM. DAY 1.

12.15

LEE, SARAH

NSE RADIO REPORTER (OOV)

[ON A STEREO AS:
]

RADIO REPORTER (OOV):

... and are appealing for information. The information line number is...

[THE STEREO POWERS DOWN. HIDING THE

REMOTE, LEE EYES:

SARAH, REFILLING A BIRD-FEEDER IN THE

GARDEN. SEEING LEE, SHE SMILES (FRAGILE).

LEE SMILES BACK, PRIVATELY SHAKEN]

CUT TO:

EP2/SC12. INT. BLACK DOG. DAY 1. 12.45

JANE, DAVEY, JUDITH, MICK, BETH

NSE PATRONS:

[GETTING BUSY, BETH CLEARING PLATES AND

GLASSES , WIPING THE BAR. SETTLING AT THE

BAR, DAVEY (WITH LUNCHBOX) AND JANE ARE IN

MID-FLOW]

JANE:

I just don't see why it's always the woman’s fault?

[DAVEY WOULD ANSWER]

BETH:

(GROUCHY) Me neither.

JANE:

(MUM MODE) In your case, because you got caught. And you’ve missed

a bit.

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