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Kate picks up her mobile and makes a call.

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INT. AC-12. HASTINGS’ OFFICE. MOMENTS LATER.

Hastings’ internal phone rings. He answers it.

HASTINGS:

(Into phone)

Superintendent Hastings.

KATE (O.S)

(Into handset)

Hi. Sorry to bother you, sir.

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INT. KATE’S CAR. CONTINUOUS.

As before.

KATE:

(Into handset)

I just followed Jackie Brickford to

a meeting. With Hari Bains.

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INT. AC-12. HASTINGS’ OFFICE. MOMENTS LATER.

Hastings ponders.

KATE (O.S)

(via handset)

He seems pretty bloody shifty to

me.

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INT. AC-12. OPEN-PLAN OFFICE. MOMENTS LATER.

Hastings wanders out of his office and walks

past Dot’s desk.

HASTINGS:

Dot. Just so you know, I’ve

authorised Kate to adopt direct

surveillance on Hari Bains.

DOT:

Nice one, gaffer.

HASTINGS:

Yeah. And I want Steve in on it

too.

DOT:

Absolutely.

Hastings moves on to Steve’s desk, observed by

Dot.

HASTINGS:

Steve... Get yourself over to South

Ferry when Hari Bains comes on

shift. Be visible.

STEVE:

Sir.

Dot looks ashen.

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INT. SOUTH FERRY STATION. SQUAD ROOM.

CONTINUOUS.

Hari’s phone beeps for the text. Nervously he

glances at the message:

Sit tight. Act normal.

Music

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0’30”.

Specially

composed by

Carly

Paradis.

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Hari looks deeply concerned

Hari sees Steve enter and immediately tension

racks up. He watches Steve tap on the door of

McAndrew’s office.

MCANDREW:

Come in.

Steve steps in to McAndrew’s office.

STEVE:

Inspector McAndrew. DS Arnott, AC

12.

MCANDREW:

What do you want?

Steve shuts the door. In doing so, he makes a

point of looking out towards Hari’s desk. Steve

turns back to McAndrew, opening his pocket-book.

STEVE:

In an interview you gave at AC-12,

you informed us that Hari Bains had

a good working relationship with

Danny Waldron...

MCANDREW:

Uh. Yeah. So?

STEVE:

Hari never made any complaints

about Danny?

MCANDREW:

If anything, the opposite.

STEVE:

How so, ma’am?

MCANDREW:

I was due to rotate Hari from

Danny’s squad but Hari said that he

respected Danny’s professionalism

and wanted to ride on more jobs

with him.

STEVE:

Really. When did he say this?

Steve looks out towards Hari. Who looks away.

MCANDREW:

A couple of days before the

Abbott’s Lane op.

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STEVE:

You mean a couple of days before

the op that got Danny killed?

MCANDREW:

I was all set to disband Danny’s

team after the shooting of Ronan

Murphy. And there is no way you’re

gonna pin some blame on me just

because you’re struggling to find a

scapegoat.

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