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courts granting immunity for --in

your words -- “repugnant

offenders”. Was the victim one such

offender?

DRYDEN:

No further details will be

disclosed at this time. The

charging of the 36-year-old woman

is a highly significant

breakthrough, and I’m confident

more arrests will follow. Thank you

all.

Dryden receives a volley of questions but stands, looks

commanding and exits, followed by New Jo and Hargreaves.

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310 INT. CORRIDOR OFF BRIEFING ROOM. CONTINUOUS.

Dryden leaves with New Jo; Hargreaves trails.

HARGREAVES:

Well handled, sir.

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DRYDEN:

Cheers, Les.

Hargreaves hangs back, dismissed, but with no immediate idea

of where to go, and resentful of being a fifth wheel again.

HARGREAVES:

(To himself.)

Champion.

Dryden continues quickly with New Jo.

DRYDEN:

You’re the new Media Manager?

NEW JO:

Jo Wright.

DRYDEN:

“New Jo.”

New Jo smiles awkwardly.

DRYDEN:

Got five minutes?

NEW JO:

Sure.

They turn down a corridor, walking and talking.

DRYDEN:

There’s a false speeding story

about me ... ?

NEW JO:

With this arrest, sir, it’s dead.

DRYDEN:

Good. A stupid, pointless

distraction.

Dryden looks vindicated.

DRYDEN:

Oh, and civilians don’t have to

call me “sir”.

NEW JO:

I was in the Job for ten years. I’d

feel uncomfortable not respecting

your rank.

DRYDEN:

Okay. Great.

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He’s already warmed to her.

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311 INT. AC-12. CORRIDOR/BRIEFING ROOM. NEXT DAY.

A group of AC-12 officers troop into the briefing room. Steve

banters with a colleague.

STEVE:

They’ve got no one who’ll hold the

ball. Hoof it up front. No wonder

it comes straight back at ‘em.

Steve sees someone in the room that makes him halt. He lets

the colleague go ahead of him.

STEVE:

See you in there.

Steve hangs back, trying to figure out what’s going on. He

takes another look. This time we see, glimpsed between the

figures of various AC-12 officers taking seats, a seated

figure idling with his smart phone -- DET. INSP. MATTHEW

“DOT” COTTAN.

Steve sees Kate filing towards the entrance with colleagues.

STEVE:

Kate.

She joins him, curious, and with a subtle movement of his

head he indicates Cottan. Kate looks equally shocked.

KATE:

What’s that tosser doing here?

STEVE:

Buggered if I know.

Bringing up the rear of the officers heading for the entrance

is Hastings.

HASTINGS:

Morning, you two.

STEVE:

(Nodding into room.)

Sir ... ?

Hastings looks in to the room. This time Cottan makes eye

contact. He sees the tension on Steve and Kate’s faces but

still acknowledges them affably.

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