
The Coroner Season #1 Episode #1
- Year:
- 2015
- 45 min
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STEVE:
I’ll get us somewhere better soon. I know it’s a bit skanky.
SOPHIE:
(SMILES) I quite like the idea of living in a caravan. It’s romantic.
[SHE HANDS HIM SOME JEWELLERY. STEVE
HESITATES]
SOPHIE:
It’s mine. Might as well use it.
[HE STUFFS THEM IN HIS POCKET]
STEVE:
(GRINS) Should check out the rest of the house. Ready?
[SOPHIE NODS, GRABS HER BAG. THEY HEAD OUT
STEVE IMMEDIATELY BLINDSIDED, KNOCKED TO
THE GROUND BY PHILLIP (LATE 40’S, BURLY,
TUXEDO’ED). HE GRABS SOPHIE, SHOVES HER IN
HER ROOM. SLAMS THE DOOR, LOCKS IT]
SOPHIE:
Let me out! (BANGS) Dad… Dad!
[PHILLIP SEES THE JEWELLERY SPILL FROM
STEVE’S POCKET. DRAGS HIM VIOLENTLY BY THE
SCRUFF OF THE NECK DOWNSTAIRS]
STEVE:
Get off me! Get off!
PHILLIP:
I’m calling the police. Breaking and entering. Theft. Abduction.
STEVE:
You can’t stop us.
[HE STRUGGLES. PHILLIP PUNCHES HIM HARD IN
THE RIBS. STEVE GASPS. PHILLIP PULLS HIM UP,
PHILLIP:
(LOW) I’ll get you sent away. Three years. Four. You think a girl like
Sophie’s going to wait for you?
STEVE:
Course. (SMILES) She loves me.
[PHILLIP PUNCHES HIM AGAIN. HARDER. HIS
KNUCKLE CATCHES THE WALL. STEVE FALLS TO
THE FLOOR]
PHILLIP:
She’s a child.
[HE DRAGS STEVE TOWARDS THE FRONT DOOR]
CUT TO:
EP. 1/SC.2 EXT. SOPHIE’S HOUSE. EVENING 1. 20.47
PHILLIP, STEVE
[PHILLIP THROWS STEVE TO THE GROUND.
PHILLIP:
One minute ‘til I call the police. (BEAT) And then I’ll call the ambulance.
[PHILLIP TAKES OFF HIS JACKET, ROLLS UP HIS
SLEEVES]
PHILLIP:
They can scrape up what’s left.
[SOPHIE WATCHES FROM A WINDOW ABOVE.
BANGS ON IT]
SOPHIE:
Leave him alone! Please… please!
[STEVE TAKES IN SOPHIE. TAKES IN PHILLIP –
THERE’S NO WAY HE CAN TAKE HIM ON. HE RUNS
CUT TO:
EP. 1/SC.3 EXT. BEACH. NIGHT 1. 04.30
BETH, MATT, TEENAGERS
[WE SEE IN THE DISTANCE A PARTY OF TEENAGERS
HUDDLED ROUND A CAMPFIRE ON THE BEACH,
DRINKING. THE DISTANT SOUND OF CHATTING,
LAUGHING AND MUSIC PLAYING. HAVING A
BRILLIANT TIME. A FIGURE (BETH) JOINS THE
GROUP]
CUT TO:
EP. 1/SC.4 EXT. SOUTH DEVON COASTLINE. DAY 2. 07.05
STEVE KERNAN:
[A PANORAMIC SWOOP OF THE STUNNING
DEVONSHIRE COAST. PICTURESQUE BEACHES. THE
EARTH WAKING UP.
A DOG WALKER IS WALKING ACROSS THE
HEADLAND TOWARDS GORA POINT LOOKOUT. ITS
BRICK GLOWS IN THE EARLY MORNING SUN.
BEAUTIFUL. PERFECT.
AT ITS BASE, STEVE’S CRUMPLED, BROKEN BODY
LIES IN A POOL OF BLOOD. HIS EYES OPEN. DEAD]
CUT TO:
CREDIT SEQUENCE:
EP. 1/SC.5 INT. JUDITH’S HOUSE. JANE’S BEDROOM. DAY 2
07.25
JANE:
[JANE ASLEEP. HER MOBILE RINGS. JANE FUMBLES
FOR IT, KNOCKS A GLASS OF WATER OVER,
ANSWERS]
JANE:
Damn! (INTO PHONE) Sorry, Clint, not you. What’s happened?
[SHE SOAKS UP THE WATER WITH A SHIRT,
JANE (INTO PHONE):
Where? (LISTENS) Gora Point Lookout. On my way. See you there.
[SHE HANGS UP. REACHES FOR HER TROUSERS,
THEY’RE SOAKING WET]
JANE:
Perfect.
JUMP CUT TO:
EP. 1/SC.6 INT. JUDITH’S HOUSE. DAY 2. 07.40
JANE:
[JANE KNOCKS ON BETH’S DOOR. ENTERS. THE
ROOM LOOKS LIKE A BOMB’S HIT IT. JANE TUTS.
SEES BETH SNUGGLED UNDER THE DUVET]
JANE:
Beth? Clint’s just called.
[JANE SHAKES HER, PULLS BACK THE DUVET…
TO REVEAL PILLOWS UNDERNEATH. JANE
FURIOUS]
JANE:
Mum!!!
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