Line of Duty Page #3

Season #3 Episode #1
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
441 Views


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The van continues to travel at speed.|

Rod, Jackie and Hari get tenser. Hari is |

starting to lose it a bit. |

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MCANDREW (OUT OF RADIO)|

(Out of radio.)|

Order is Fahrenheit. Repeat, order |

is Fahrenheit. |

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Hari looks sick. |

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DANNY |

(To Driver.)|

Go. |

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The blue lights and siren go on and the driver |

speeds up. |

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10:
03:06

CUT TO BLACK:
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10:
03:07

SUPER CAPTION:
DIRECTED BY MICHAEL KEILLOR |

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CUT TO:
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10:
03:08 EXT. ESTATE ROADS. MOMENTS LATER. |

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The suspect’s vehicle accelerates and makes a |

hard turn into a side road. |

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The Driver makes a hard turn in pursuit. |

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The race down the street. |

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CUT TO:
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10:
03:17 INT. BACK-UP VAN. CONTINUOUS. |

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Danny sees the suspect’s vehicle make the turn. |

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DANNY |

Left. Left. |

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The Driver makes a hard turn in pursuit. |

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MCANDREW (OUT OF RADIO)|

Four Zero, our ETA is 2 minutes, |

repeat 2 minutes, Five Zero. |

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DANNY |

(Into radio.)|

Five Zero, received. |

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Danny thinks hard, contemplating his options. |

Ahead he sees a row of parked cars. He makes a |

snap decision. |

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03:30

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03:32

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03:36

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DANNY (CONT’D) |

Hard stop. |

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HARI |

Come off it, skipper! |

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JACKIE |

Danny! |

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DANNY |

(Off the Driver’s hesitation)|

Hard stop. |

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ROD |

Danny! |

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CUT TO:
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EXT. PRINCE’S ROAD. CONTINUOUS. |

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The Driver accelerates rapidly, overtaking the |

suspect’s car and then matching its speed. |

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CUT TO:
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INT. BACK-UP VAN. CONTINUOUS. |

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Hari puts his helmet on. Rod puts his helmet on. |

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ROD |

Sh*t. |

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Jackie and Danny put their helmets on. Danny’s |

POV. They’re right on The tail of the suspect’s |

vehicle about to overtake. |

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CUT TO:
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EXT. PRINCE’S ROAD. CONTINUOUS. |

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The Van is riding alongside the suspect’s |

vehicle. |

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The row of parked cars approaches fast and |

there’s no way out for the suspect’s vehicle The |

suspect slams on the brakes. |

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The back-up van slams on the brakes hard enough |

to be able to block the suspect’s vehicle |

between itself and the hindmost of the row of |

parked cars. He tries to reverse but the Van |

reverses so that the suspect’s vehicle can’t go |

forwards or reverse. |

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The suspect makes a run for it. Danny is first |

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03:52

out by some margin as he goes out of the |

passenger side door while the others have to |

open a sliding door. |

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DANNY |

Go, go! |

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By the time Danny lands, the suspect has already |

leapt out of his vehicle and is making a run |

across a small area of rough ground towards an |

alley. |

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Danny sets off hard after him. |

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DANNY (CONT’D)|

Armed Police! |

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Hari is the first out of the sliding door. |

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HARI |

Skipper. Slow down! |

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Danny sprints down the alley. |

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DANNY |

Armed Police! |

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Rod, Jackie and Hari grab their weapons from the |

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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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