From Darkness Page #2

8 INT. JOHN’S HOUSE, HALLWAY - DAY 1 (18:12) 8

JULIE (45, professionally glamorous) greets female guests

at a Breast Cancer Awareness charity sale that she’s

organised:
it’s a girls’ night - pink, glamorous, giggly -

in aid of a good cause.

JULIE:

Hi. Don’t you look gorgeous. Wow!

Go through, grab yourselves a seat.

As her guests mill through to the lounge, she passes each one

a glass of fizz then glances up at JOHN who is trying to

sneak across the stairs to the kitchen without having to

become part of things - not a fan of his wife’s charity

nights...

JULIE:

(whispered/ mouthed)

More wine.

FROM DARKNESS EPISODE ONE 3A

JOHN:

Seriously.

She gives him a swift look then heads through to the lounge

to join her guests.

JULIE B.G.

(to guests)

There’s some gorgeous stuff for you

to bid on. Remember it’s all in a

good cause, so don’t be shy...

As JULIE continues to speak in the b.g. JOHN looks down at a

tray of glasses he’s meant to be manning. He picks up one of

the several bottles of PINK CAVA, stacked to the side, pops

the cork and begins to fill the glasses. As he does he hears

a peal of raucous female laughter from the lounge.

JULIE B.G./ CONT’D

...imagine the look on his face

tonight if you go home wearing

this.

He stops pouring, looks at the bottle and rather than fill

the next glass, just knocks back what’s left in it. As he

does, his mobile beeps. John looks at his phone, scowling at

the taste of the sweet pink fizz as he reads the new message.

He puts the bottle down, picks up his keys and heads to the

front door.

In the B.G. we see JULIE, through the lounge door, still

playing the professional hostess, (holding a silky nighty

against herself, just one item piece from a selection of

luxurious night/ lounge wear, candles on offer as part of the

charity auction) but clocking John leaving without saying a

thing.

FROM DARKNESS EPISODE ONE

9 EXT. JOHN’S HOUSE - DAY 1 (18:14) 9

JOHN heads out to see DS ANTHONY BOYCE waiting on the

drive. JOHN walks past him towards the car, parked at the

bottom of the drive.

BOYCE:

Good do?

JOHN:

Worthy.

ON BOYCE as he sheepishly clocks another couple of

glamorously dressed women heading in to the house, then joins

JOHN as he gets into the car relieved to be escaping to work

rather than working the room with his wife.

10 EXT. RED-LIGHT DISTRICT, BUILDING SITE - DAY 1 (18:45) 10

JOHN emerges from a crime scene tent. He signs out of the

scene log, removes his shoe protectors and hands them in to

an attending Constable. As he does, he looks over to see

another car pulling up, out of which gets SUPERINTENDENT LOLA

KEIR (43, BLACK). We see the slightest sigh from JOHN as she

walks towards him, wrapping her coat around herself.

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