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[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]
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[BEEPING]
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[GARGLES]
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ELHAM
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I want Lowe, and I want him in one piece.
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DINGLE
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Sixth floor.
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ELHAM
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Good luck.
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ELHAM
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Have you got a number for Craven?
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JONES
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Yeah.
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ELHAM
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Call him.
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JEDBURGH
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 It's 7:00, Craven.
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CRAVEN
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I brought your file back.
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JEDBURGH
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It was never meant to leave the goddamned apartment!
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JEDBURGH
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Did you photocopy it?
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CRAVEN
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No, sir.
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JEDBURGH
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Want some breakfast?
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CRAVEN
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Yes, please.
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JEDBURGH
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Merryweather won't be up till noon and Kelly got called out.
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CRAVEN
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Out?
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JEDBURGH
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Yeah, Athens. Somebody shot the station chief. Bad business, that.
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JEDBURGH
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Boiled eggs?
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RECEPTIONIST
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Morning, Hilton International, can I help you?
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JONES
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Detective Inspector Craven, please. Room 7016.
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[THUDS]
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[PANTING]
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JONES
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Did he leave a number where he could be reached?
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RECEPTIONIST
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One moment, sir, I'll just check.
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CRAVEN
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"To go into the shadows," what does that mean?
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JEDBURGH
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It's an Italian expression, much used by the Red Brigade. Means to abjure the world, to become a terrorist.
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JEDBURGH
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Your daughter was a terrorist, Craven. You might as well get used to it.
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CRAVEN
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It says here she went into Northmoor with half a dozen friends, looking for plutonium. It doesn't say anything about being armed.
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JEDBURGH
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Well, plutonium is the key word here, Craven. People who mess with plutonium are terrorists.
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CRAVEN
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What do you know about Northmoor?
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JEDBURGH
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Only what I read in the report. Northmoor's a low-grade waste facility run by a company with a very long name. There is no evidence of plutonium in Northmoor.
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JEDBURGH
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Only what I read in the report. Northmoor's a low-grade waste facility run by a company with a very long name. There is no evidence of plutonium in Northmoor.
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JEDBURGH
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Craven, why are you trying to convince me about your daughter? I was only asked to give you sight of the report.
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CRAVEN
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She was not a terrorist.
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JEDBURGH
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She sure believed in direct action!
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CRAVEN
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Cutting corners.
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JEDBURGH
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Breaking into offices, stealing files.
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CRAVEN
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The sort of thing we do every week!
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JEDBURGH
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But we have a licence to do it, Craven. She did not. Unless you gave her one.
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[PHONE RINGS]
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JEDBURGH
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Excuse me.
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JEDBURGH
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Jedburgh. Yeah, he's here.
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[DOOR OPENS]
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WOMAN
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Come on, Rachel.
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[WOMAN SCREAMS]
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[ALL YELLING]
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JEDBURGH
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You know, I like this city, even in the rush hour.
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CRAVEN
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I could have taken a cab.
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JEDBURGH
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Listen, Craven, I'm your magic helper. Gave Pendleton my word I'd guide you through these difficult times.
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CRAVEN
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Okay, tell me what you know about GAIA.
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CRAVEN
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Okay, tell me what you know about GAIA.
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JEDBURGH
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It's an organisation of scientists who believe it is their duty to save the planet from the human race, which they are convinced they're doing the best they can to destroy it. They're very dangerous people, Craven. People who put trees and flowers before people are beyond reasoning with. You can never appeal to their humanity cause they don't believe in humanity. Except as a form of moral pollution.
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CRAVEN
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My daughter never expressed such a view.
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JEDBURGH
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She probably did, Craven, a dozen times a day, but you never noticed it.
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CRAVEN
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What happened?
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JONES
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The bastard jumped.
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JEDBURGH
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How far did he fall?
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JONES
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Six floors.
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JEDBURGH
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Whereabouts from?
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ROSS
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He's still alive. Just.
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REPORTER 1
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How many police officers were involved in the arrest of Mr Lowe?
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REPORTER 2
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Were you there when he fell, Inspector? How is Lowe?
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DINGLE
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Not too well. He fell off a tower block
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REPORTER 2
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Why?
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DINGLE
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Because he didn't want to be taken alive, that's why.
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REPORTER 2
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Nobody's going to believe that!
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DINGLE
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You arsehole, that's what happened! Now get in touch with the press bureau, you know the business.
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JONES
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We followed procedure. We got to the door... With the two DC's, yes. ...I was standing at the door.
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ELHAM
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What happened at the door?
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JONES
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Nothing happened at the door. It all happened inside. All bloody hell broke loose.
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ROSS
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I want you to talk to him.
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CRAVEN
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How is he?
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ROSS
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Not well. Not well at all.
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ELHAM
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We can go in now.
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ROSS
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I want Craven to talk to him. Alone.
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ELHAM
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One of our men has to be present. That's the law...
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ROSS
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We need the name of the other man. We're not gonna get it unless he sees him alone.
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DOCTOR
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If you wish to see him, you should go in straight away.
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ELHAM
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Wait here.
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[INDISTINCT SPORTS COMMENTARY ON TV]
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[NURSES CHATTERING]
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NURSE 1
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Last Wednesday, I took it at 4:15.
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NURSE 2
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Fantastic!
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NURSE 1
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He didn't keep me out for long.
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NURSE 2
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So, was that your first time?
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NURSE 1
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Certainly was! I got it the first time round.
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NURSE 2
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You must have bribed the instructor, I reckon.
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NURSE 2
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You must have bribed the instructor, I reckon.
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CRAVEN
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[V.O.] I was driving Ann to the hospital at the time. Twice a week for radium treatment. There was something in her manner that told me not to talk about her illness. Every time I tried to discuss it, she warned me off.
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CRAVEN
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[V.O.] The doctor, of course, told me nothing. I realised it was serious when I found she'd being buying clothes for Emma, but they were much too big. I volunteered to take them back but she said, "No, let it be."
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CRAVEN
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[V.O.] It was only later it occurred to me her choice had been deliberate. She knew she was dying, and she wanted to stock up on things like clothes for Emma before she went. I remember it clearly. Dropping Ann off. Seeing the pain in her face. And then confronting Lowe a few minutes later.
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CRAVEN
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[V.O.] It was only later it occurred to me her choice had been deliberate. She knew she was dying, and she wanted to stock up on things like clothes for Emma before she went. I remember it clearly. Dropping Ann off. Seeing the pain in her face. And then confronting Lowe a few minutes later.
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ELHAM
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Craven.
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ELHAM
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You can come in now.
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ELHAM
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Take it easy.
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CRAVEN
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Lowe... This is Mr Craven. Can you hear me? You've been hurt, but you're safe now. No one can reach you here.
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CRAVEN
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[V.O.] He had committed a brutal killing in pursuance of a theft, and there was a sexual element. There was no evidence to speak of, and nothing of a forensic nature, so we needed a statement. An admission of guilt.
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CRAVEN
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[V.O.] He had committed a brutal killing in pursuance of a theft, and there was a sexual element. There was no evidence to speak of, and nothing of a forensic nature, so we needed a statement. An admission of guilt.
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CRAVEN
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Lowe, this is Mr Craven, remember? Ronnie Craven. I'm here to help you.
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CRAVEN
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Lowe, this is Mr Craven, remember? Ronnie Craven. I'm here to help you.
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CRAVEN
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[V.O.] I developed a soft approach in interrogation, which with certain prisoners meant spending long periods of time alone with them. It would involve holding hands and being physically close. Sometimes, I even kissed Lowe.
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CRAVEN
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[V.O.] I developed a soft approach in interrogation, which with certain prisoners meant spending long periods of time alone with them. It would involve holding hands and being physically close. Sometimes, I even kissed Lowe.
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CRAVEN
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Lowe, can you hear me?
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CRAVEN
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[V.O.] And it worked.
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CRAVEN
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This is Ronnie Craven.
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CRAVEN
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[V.O.] He was a brutal man, though not without resources. He knew what I was doing, and the kind of pressure I was putting on him.
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CRAVEN
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Now, you're hurt. You're hurt badly. Who is it you're afraid of?
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CRAVEN
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[V.O.] But driving Ann to the clinic each morning made it easy to share his torment.
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CRAVEN
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I want you to tell me...
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CRAVEN
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[V.O.] Soon, we were like lovers, and lovers have no secrets.
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CRAVEN
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[V.O] Eventually, he signed a statement, and when it was produced in the High Court, he was convicted...
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CRAVEN
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I've lost my daughter.
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CRAVEN
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[V.O.] ...by which time, Ann was dead.
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CRAVEN
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I want to know who killed her.
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JEDBURGH
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Okay. Thank you.
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JEDBURGH
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Morning.
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WAITER
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Good morning, sir.
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JEDBURGH
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Mr Harcourt's table, please.
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WAITER
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Yes, of course.
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JEDBURGH
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Thank you.
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PENDLETON
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Breakfast?
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JEDBURGH
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Yes, a large malt on the rocks, black coffee with honey.
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WAITER
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Yes, sir.
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HARCOURT
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There's no need to play the Texan, Jedburgh we can take it as read.
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JEDBURGH
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You're history, Harcourt. Heseltine is cutting Intelligence by 15%.
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HARCOURT
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We're not funded by the MOD, but by the Prime Minister's office.
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PENDLETON
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And the Arts Council.
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HARCOURT
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Mr Pendleton has us down as a band of strolling players.
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PENDLETON
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And the Commonwealth.
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HARCOURT
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As professional historians.
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PENDLETON
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And the GLC.
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HARCOURT
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A lesbian cooperative.
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JEDBURGH
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Frick and Frack.
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HARCOURT
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Well, what about Lowe?
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JEDBURGH
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The Met picked him up, then they dropped him again, from the sixth floor!
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PENDLETON
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Oh, dear.
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JEDBURGH
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Well, boys, I gave the report to Craven like you asked me to. He read it.
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HARCOURT
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How did he react?
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JEDBURGH
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Well, stout defence of daughter. He doesn't see much beyond her death. He's under pressure but he's hanging in there.
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PENDLETON
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He knows a damn sight more than he pretends to, in my opinion.
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JEDBURGH
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Well, so do you, Pendleton.
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JEDBURGH
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Now, why don't you two just fess up and tell me what the hell's going on, huh?
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HARCOURT
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If we knew, you'd be the last to be told.
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JEDBURGH
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Grogan?
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HARCOURT
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He's flying in for the enquiry. He's going to buy IIF.
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JEDBURGH
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So he's gonna own Northmoor?
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HARCOURT
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And what's in it.
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JEDBURGH
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Trouble. Right here in River City.
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[JET ENGINE ROARS]
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GROGAN
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Thanks a lot.
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BENNETT
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Jerry, how are you? I hope you had a pleasant flight.
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GROGAN
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We had an 80-knot tailwind which helped us along!
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BENNETT
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You piloted the plane yourself?
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GROGAN
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Yes. On the long hops, I like to take over. Flying exercises the right side of the brain. It can be very stimulating, particularly since most of our days are spent in left-side activity.
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BENNETT
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I'm afraid you've lost me, Jerry. Never got beyond the cortex at school!
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GROGAN
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Well, what's the situation?
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BENNETT
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The cave's down to 500 rads but the chamber's still too hot.
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GROGAN
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So, in a few more days, we can get in.
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BENNETT
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Yes.
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GROGAN
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That's okay.
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GROGAN
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What about the sale?
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BENNETT
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That's making a few waves.
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GROGAN
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That's only to be expected.
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BENNETT
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Hmm.
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CRAVEN
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Lowe.
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[LOWE MUMBLES]
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CRAVEN
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Lowe, who was the other man?
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[LOWE MUMBLES]
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ROSS
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...surprised him while he was at breakfast. There was a struggle, and still struggling, he was brought out
of the flat into the corridor. An attempt was made to take him down the emergency stairs.
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ROSS
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[V.O.] At this point, he broke free and reached the window.
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REPORTER
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[V.O.] From where he jumped?
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ROSS
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[V.O.] Yes.
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REPORTER
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[V.O.] He wasn't handcuffed?
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[V.O.] No. It appears that none of the officers making the arrest was carrying handcuffs
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REPORTER
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[V.O.] How did that happen?
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ROSS
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[V.O.] An oversight, I presume.
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CRAVEN
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I've got a name.
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ELHAM
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McCroon. Who is McCroon?
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CRAVEN
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He was a gunman. Ex Provo. Part of the fall-out from Belfast.
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ELHAM
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You put him away?
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CRAVEN
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Eight years ago, but he had nothing to complain about.
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ROSS
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He must have had something on you to turn up on your doorstep.
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CRAVEN
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If he did, he was paid to. Someone gave him a gun, a car, my address, details of my movements.
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ROSS
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There's not one ounce of evidence to support that notion, Ronnie, and you know that!
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CRAVEN
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Do you really think two misfits like Lowe and McCroon can turn up out of the blue?
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ROSS
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What else? They came looking for you, they shot her. It's just one of those things, Ronnie.
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CRAVEN
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Let me off here. I'll walk.
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ELHAM
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Give us a chance!
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CRAVEN
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You just killed the chief witness.
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CRAVEN
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[TO ROSS] I'll call you later.
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ELHAM
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[O.S.] He's got a point.
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ROSS
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[O.S.] I think he's cracking up.
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ELHAM
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Let's go.
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EMMA
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[O.S.] Are you angry?
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CRAVEN
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Yes, I am! I'm angry!
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EMMA
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[O.S.] Well, don't be angry at me!
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CRAVEN
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What the hell were you up to? What the hell do you think you were doing?
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EMMA
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[O.S.] I knew what I was doing.
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CRAVEN
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Did you? Like hell you did!
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EMMA
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[O.S.] Yes, I did!
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CRAVEN
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You took on some of the toughest men in the most dangerous business on this earth. God knows what they had down there.
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EMMA
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We nearly made it.
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CRAVEN
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They were just waiting for you! You didn't stand a chance.
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EMMA
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Come on, Daddy. Get up! This is no time to break down. You've got to be strong like a tree. Don't break.
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[BREATHING HEAVILY]
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EMMA
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Please, Dad, don't break. Please!
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CRAVEN
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What I want to know is, who the hell let you in there? Who let you do it? Emma?
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CRAVEN
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[SHOUTING] Emma!
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SHIELDS
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Craven!
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SHIELDS
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I want to talk.
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SHIELDS
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You know I'm under surveillance? Ever since the break-in, they think I'm connected.
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CRAVEN
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Who is it?
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SHIELDS
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I don't know who it is, but whoever it is, they think I'm connected.
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CRAVEN
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And are you?
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SHIELDS
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Don't be stupid. I'm a political agitator, not a bloody environmentalist.
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CRAVEN
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You're also a police informer.
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SHIELDS
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That's the trade-off you have to make to keep them off your back. You ought to know. You've worked in Northern Ireland. When I think of the dozens of dangerous cases...
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CRAVEN
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What did you tell them about Emma?
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SHIELDS
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I told them what I knew. Sometime it's better.
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CRAVEN
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What did you tell them?
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SHIELDS
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Emma thought there was a hot cell down there.
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CRAVEN
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Where?
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SHIELDS
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In Northmoor.
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CRAVEN
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What the hell is a hot cell?
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SHIELDS
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I don't know, but whatever it is, it turned her on.
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JONES
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N, not M, N for Nora.
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[PHONE RINGS]
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DINGLE
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Yeah?
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CRAVEN
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[V.O.] Craven speaking. Superintendent Ross, please.
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DINGLE
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Chief Superintendent, it's Mr Craven.
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ROSS
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Ronnie.
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CRAVEN
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I'm sorry I lost my temper like that, but I really think we should sort out the alternatives.
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ROSS
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We just matched McCroon's thumbprint with the gun in the car. It fits.
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ROSS
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[V.O.] The feeling here is, he's still in the north.
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ROSS
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I want you to come back with me, Ronnie. You can stay at my place till we've got this sorted.
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CRAVEN
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[V.O.] When are you leaving?
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ROSS
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The 7.15.
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CRAVEN
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Thanks, but I'll come on later.
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ROSS
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Ronnie, now that Lowe's dead, I want you back.
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CRAVEN
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Look, I'll see you at the funeral. I need a couple more days down here.
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ROSS
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Okay, but no more.
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CRAVEN
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[V.O.] Lesson number one when fighting terrorism is be ordinary. Show no distinctive features, either of dress or behaviour. Wear nothing that attracts attention.
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NURSE
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Mr Craven, you can go up.
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CRAVEN
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[V.O.] That put Mac at a disadvantage. He had red hair. From Portadown to Ballymena, he was known as Carrot Top.
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CRAVEN
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It was only a matter of time before they got him.
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NURSE
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I have an old friend to see you. Ronnie Craven. Do you remember him?
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CRAVEN
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Hello, Mac. How are you?
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MAC
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A bit like doing time. Worse really. No remission for good behaviour. I don't feel forgotten.
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CRAVEN
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How are the grafts doing?
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MAC
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The worst are over and the flesh is healing.
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CRAVEN
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Any of the boys been to see you?
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MAC
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Yes. Lots of visitors. To tell the truth, I don't need them. You get so involved in what's going on here. It's a whole world.
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MAC
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You know, there are people here from the Somme, from the Falklands. I'm the only one from Northern Ireland at the moment.
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CRAVEN
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You should have got out, Mac. You were pushing your luck.
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MAC
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I know.
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[IN NORTHERN IRISH ACCENT]
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MAC
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But you know what it's like.
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MAC
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Anyway, I had nobody to come home to. How's Emma?
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CRAVEN
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She's dead. She was killed. Gunned down last week.
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CRAVEN
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They say he was looking for me.
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MAC
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Do I know him?
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CRAVEN
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McCroon.
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MAC
|
What's in it for McCroon? Why would he do it?
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CRAVEN
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Revenge?
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MAC
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Life's too short, even for a nutter like McCroon.
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CRAVEN
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There's another dimension to this. I want to get into the MI5 computer in Curzon Street.
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MAC
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They wouldn't let you through the front door.
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CRAVEN
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I wasn't thinking of using the front door. I need an unguarded terminal and tap straight into the Registry, but I need help.
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MAC
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Have you gone funny in the last 5 years? Become a vegan or something?
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CRAVEN
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I'm serious, Mac. Emma's dead. Both barrels of a shotgun straight in the chest. I was there, Mac. She died in my arms. I can't just sit back and watch them making all the wrong moves!
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MAC
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Leave it with me. I'll see what I can do.
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FIRST CLERGYMAN
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[V.O. ON TV] ...and we get back to the Christian concept of sharing, which is also a fundamental of trade unionism?
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GODBOLT
|
[V.O. ON TV] Yes.
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Three: Burden Of Proof
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FIRST CLERGYMAN
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[V.O. ON TV] Can we get back to the gentleman who so tragically lost his daughter?
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Three: Burden Of Proof
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GODBOLT
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[V.O. ON TV] Yes.
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Three: Burden Of Proof
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FIRST CLERGYMAN
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[V.O. ON TV] What stopped you from reaching out to him?
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Three: Burden Of Proof
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JEDBURGH
|
Well, come on in! Watch this. Do you want a drink?
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JEDBURGH
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[O.S.] Sit down! Come on!
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Three: Burden Of Proof
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[CHATTER CONTINUES ON TV]
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JEDBURGH
|
Make yourself at home!
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GODBOLT
|
[V.O. ON TV] Must be some evil purpose behind it. It's not that such things are motiveless of course, there were a motive, it's just that mistakes sometimes happen.
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GODBOLT
|
[V.O. ON TV] Must be some evil purpose behind it. It's not that such things are motiveless of course, there were a motive, it's just that mistakes sometimes happen.
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FIRST CLERGYMAN
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[V.O. ON TV] And you're saying that your friend's daughter's death was accidental?
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JEDBURGH
|
Second time that guy's made a reference to you.
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CRAVEN
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It's Godbolt.
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JEDBURGH
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I know who he is. It's what he's saying I find so damned interesting.
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SECOND CLERGYMAN
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[V.O. ON TV] Isn't an accident the result of divine providence, a mistake the result of human error?
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Three: Burden Of Proof
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SECOND CLERGYMAN
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[V.O. ON TV] Isn't an accident the result of divine providence, a mistake the result of human error?
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GOLDBOLT
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[V.O. ON TV] Yes, but my friend prefers to think that some malevolent force took a hand in his daughter's death, whereas in reality, it was simply a mistake.
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GOLDBOLT
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[V.O. ON TV] But you can't explain that to someone who's overcome with grief.
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Three: Burden Of Proof
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GOLDBOLT
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You have to escalate the rhetoric the way you two do, and talk about God and faith and destiny.
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Three: Burden Of Proof
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SECOND CLERGYMAN
|
So men make mistakes...
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GOLDBOLT
|
Oh, yes.
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SECOND CLERGYMAN
|
...but God can't?
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GOLDBOLT
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In your terms, God, in mine, history. As far as history is concerned, history cannot make mistakes.
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GOLDBOLT
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In your terms, God, in mine, history. As far as history is concerned, history cannot make mistakes.
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FIRST CLERGYMAN
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I think at that point, we'll leave It. James Godbolt, thank you, John Parker, thank you. Next week, the Creation, accident or...
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JEDBURGH
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Yeah, yeah.
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[TURNS TV OFF]
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JEDBURGH
|
What the hell was that all about?
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CRAVEN
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I don't know.
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Three: Burden Of Proof
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JEDBURGH
|
That man had an irresistible urge to tell 5 million people that your daughter was murdered by mistake.
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JEDBURGH
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[O.S.] The man's trying to tell you something, Craven.
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JEDBURGH
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Unfortunately, you weren't here so you missed it.
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CRAVEN
|
What's a hot cell? Shields came by, told me there was something called a hot cell in Northmoor which is why Emma went down there.
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JEDBURGH
|
Shields told you that?
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CRAVEN
|
Yeah.
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JEDBURGH
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Get some sleep, Craven, you need it. By the way, Harcourt asked me to give you this. You're to meet him tomorrow, 10:00 at the Commons, details inside and don't be late.
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JEDBURGH
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About Godbolt? If I was you, I'd get to him before the other side does.
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PENDLETON
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Good of you to keep us informed. If Shields knows about a hot cell, he could come in useful. [V.O.] We're going to be quite busy, you know. The Parliamentary enquiry into the Northmoor takeover starts today.
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PENDLETON
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I'll just check the van.
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[RINGS BELL]
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[CHRISTIAN MILITIA PLAYING ON STEREO]
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# There's a witch hunt coming screaming out on its rebirth
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JEDBURGH
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Shields!
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[THUDS]
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# See the light in their eyes shine
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# Listen to their words like swords
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Three: Burden Of Proof
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# The Christian militia is marching now
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Three: Burden Of Proof
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# There's a witch hunt coming
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# Born out of all the American fears
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# There's a witch hunt coming
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# Hell fire for all of us here
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# Hold on to your sanity as best you can
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Three: Burden Of Proof
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# While some Hitler claims to be the Son of Man
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Three: Burden Of Proof
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# The Christian militia is marching now... #
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[MUSIC STOPS]
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Three: Burden Of Proof
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[WATER RUNNING]
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Three: Burden Of Proof
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[FRONT DOOR SLAMS]
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Three: Burden Of Proof
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[WATER CONTINUES RUNNING]
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Three: Burden Of Proof
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[PENDLETON CLIMBS STAIRS]
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JEDBURGH
|
We got a problem.
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Three: Burden Of Proof
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REPORTER 1
|
Mr Grogan, are you here for the enquiry?
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Three: Burden Of Proof
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GROGAN
|
I'm in London to talk to Mr Bennett.
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Three: Burden Of Proof
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REPORTER 2
|
Are you going to buy IIF?
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Three: Burden Of Proof
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GROGAN
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We've discussed it, yes.
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Three: Burden Of Proof
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REPORTER 3
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Do you anticipate any problems in the Government, Mr Bennett?
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Three: Burden Of Proof
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BENNETT
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No, I don't.
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Three: Burden Of Proof
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REPORTER 2
|
Is your bid an attempt to head off this enquiry into IIF by the British Government?
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Three: Burden Of Proof
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GROGAN
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I don't subscribe to the conspiracy theory of history.
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Three: Burden Of Proof
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REPORTER 1
|
Then what is your interest in II?
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Three: Burden Of Proof
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GROGAN
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Emerging technologies, nuclear wastes. The management of nuclear waste is going to be big business. II is well ahead of the game.
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Three: Burden Of Proof
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REPORTER 3
|
What will be Mr Bennett's position if you succeed in acquiring the company?
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Three: Burden Of Proof
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GROGAN
|
I'm sorry?
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Three: Burden Of Proof
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REPORTER 3
|
What will be Mr Bennett's position if you succeed in acquiring the company?
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Three: Burden Of Proof
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GROGAN
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I'm not planning on making any changes in the management structure of the company. Thank you, gentlemen.
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Three: Burden Of Proof
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[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]
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Three: Burden Of Proof
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CLEMENTINE
|
Mr Craven?
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Three: Burden Of Proof
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CLEMENTINE
|
Jedburgh sent me. He thought you might need some help.
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Three: Burden Of Proof
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CRAVEN
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Do you work for him? -No, I'm just a friend, but we do have interests in common, like GAIA.
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CLEMENTINE
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No, I'm just a friend, but we do have interests in common, like GAIA.
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PENDLETON
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Hello, Clemmy.
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CLEMENTINE
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Hello, Guy.
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PENDLETON
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And how's my favourite tart?
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CLEMENTINE
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He won't be needed, today. I've seen the list.
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PENDLETON
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The fact that he's not on the list does not mean he's not needed.
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CLEMENTINE
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I stand corrected. When you're finished, I'll be by the door.
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CRAVEN
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Who was that?
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PENDLETON
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She's just a friend of Jedburgh's. Polly!
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PELHAM
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Hello, my darling, how are you?
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PENDLETON
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Come and meet a friend of mine. This is Polly Pelham, Honourable Member for Plowhill, and Shadow energy spokesman...
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PELHAM
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Person. Mr Craven. Not, I trust, in the Intelligence Service?
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CRAVEN
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No, a policeman.
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PELHAM
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A proper job! Guy, I'm afraid, has rather gone to seed, and is keeping bad company.
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PENDLETON
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She's referring to the Intelligence Services.
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PELHAM
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He's being set up, you know. Aren't you, Guy? You and Harcourt... You're such babes in arms. My father, who was after all a Cabinet Minister, told me never to have anything to do with Intelligence. Said they were either falling out of windows or pushing people under trains, and they were always short of cash.
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PENDLETON
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Can't you understand it's because they're so grubby that we've been invited here.
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PELHAM
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Your very naive if you believe that!
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PENDLETON
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I do!
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PELHAM
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The fact is, you couldn't put a dent in the SIS. You're just a pimple on their bum.
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[CUT TO BENNETT HAVING SEPERATE CONVERSATION]
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BENNETT
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And, Bob Charles, I think you already know.
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PENDLETON
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So why have we been brought in?
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PELHAM
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To muddy the water. There's obviously something very subterranean going on.
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PENDLETON
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Look, Pol, if you've got information, I'd very much like to have it.
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PELHAM
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You're the spy, find out for yourself! I must go.
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PELHAM
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Goodbye, Mr Craven. Keep an eye on him.
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PENDLETON
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Do you know that man?
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CRAVEN
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I know his face.
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PENDLETON
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He's the man we think had your daughter killed.
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BENNETT
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What's he doing here?
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CHILDS
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I'll find out.
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GROGAN
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Will it be necessary to go up to the plant?
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MABERLEY
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[O.S.] Oh, I don't think so. It's a political battle. It'll be fought down here.
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CHILDS
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Rumour is he's here to give evidence.
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BENNETT
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What the hell does he know?
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MABERLEY
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It's time to go in.
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GROGAN
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What's going on, Bobby?
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BENNETT
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Oh.
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MABERLEY
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Come on, let's get in there. Time's pressing.
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BENNETT
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See you at the hotel.
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HARCOURT
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Well, you certainly upset Mr Bennett.
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CRAVEN
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Is that why I was brought here? To upset Bennett?
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HARCOURT
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I want him to know that you're on to him.
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CRAVEN
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On to him?
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HARCOURT
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Well, aren't you?
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PENDLETON
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Cup of tea?
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CRAVEN
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Is there anything else I can do for you?
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HARCOURT
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Yes, I'm looking for a witness. Well-spoken, of good character, a police officer if possible, and well-motivated. A daughter having recently been murdered would be useful.
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CRAVEN
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You want me to be a witness?
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HARCOURT
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We'll provide you with all the information necessary to blast Bennett out of the water.
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CRAVEN
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Why me?
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HARCOURT
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Our intel...
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HARCOURT
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Our intelligence is coming from people whose cover we can't afford to blow. But anything coming from you will look as though you picked it up in the course of investigating your daughter's death.
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CRAVEN
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No, thanks. Sorry.
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CHILWELL
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The purpose of this particular session is to examine, at somewhat short notice, the consequences, if any, of the takeover of International Irradiated Fuels Limited, by the Fusion Corporation of Kansas. For obvious reasons, this will be a closed session.
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CHILWELL
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The purpose of this particular session is to examine, at somewhat short notice, the consequences, if any, of the takeover of International Irradiated Fuels Limited, by the Fusion Corporation of Kansas. For obvious reasons, this will be a closed session.
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CHILWELL
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So, we will begin with our first witness Mr Robert Bennett. The managing director of International Irradiated Fuels Limited.
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JEDBURGH
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Hi, Jerry! You look tired. You still on Houston time?
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GROGAN
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What are you doing here, Darius?
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JEDBURGH
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I'm an energy attaché at the Embassy. See? A regular diplomat! Corps Diplomatique!
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GROGAN
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You're wasted in England, Darius. You should be back in the Third World killing Communists! That's what made you a star, isn't it?
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JEDBURGH
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This is the Third World, and the Communists are not the problem.
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GROGAN
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So what is?
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JEDBURGH
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You are, and I'm here to warn you. You're stirring up the natives. You're making them restless. We have our own interests on this island. Quite apart from the airbases, there's the golf courses.
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GROGAN
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The golf courses?
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JEDBURGH
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Don't forget, Grogan, I'm a golfer, and when you and your friends are busy in the stadiums, who will look after the golf courses?
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JEDBURGH
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That's a question I ask myself every time I address the ball.
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GROGAN
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Keep talking that way, you're not gonna pass your next medical. Do you know that?
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JEDBURGH
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To know is to die. Remember that, Jerry!
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JEDBURGH
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Craven! Yo!
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JEDBURGH
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Did you see Bennett? She'll fix up a meeting with GAIA. Look after him, Clemmy, we may need him!
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CRAVEN
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A man of few words.
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CLEMENTINE
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When he's sober.
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CHILWELL
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Mr Bennett, you're the Operations Director of International Irradiated Fuels. Perhaps you can give us some idea of the philosophy behind the company?
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BENNETT
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Yes. The company was formed in response to the growing demand for permanent and semi-permanent storage facilities in the nuclear field. In particular, the need to store the low-grade wastes emanating from our nuclear installations without contaminating the oceans, and also to find the answer to the question, of the disposal of the high-grade wastes which emanate from our reprocessing plants.
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BENNETT
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Now, this high-grade waste must be stored in such a way that it is impervious to accident, earthquake, flood and theft.
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BEWES
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Your charter calls for the storage of low-grade waste.
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BENNETT
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As a first objective, but of course, we are aiming at the long-term solution to the disposal of high-grade waste.
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PELHAM
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Mr Bennett, to what extent did you have Government backing for your venture?
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BENNETT
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We had the full support of all the agencies, and very generous grants, particularly for our research facilities.
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BENNETT
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For example, we're designing a vitrification plant, which is not cheap and we have had a generous measure of support for this project from the Government.
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CRAVEN
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Where did you meet Darius?
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CLEMENTINE
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Nicaragua, during the revolution. He was photographing a Sandinista hide-out in the mountains and his plane ran out of gas.
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CLEMENTINE
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Nicaragua, during the revolution. He was photographing a Sandinista hide-out in the mountains and his plane ran out of gas.
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CLEMENTINE
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We found him in the village trying to persuade a garage to let him pay for a tankful of fuel with a Diners Card. His Spanish is appalling.
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CRAVEN
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You rescued him.
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CLEMENTINE
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Not quite. I was a liaison officer with the Sandinistas at the time, so we took him prisoner. We kept him for six weeks and ran up a huge bill on his card before letting him go
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CLEMENTINE
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Nothing personal, it was a CIA account.
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CRAVEN
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So, when did you two become friends?
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CLEMENTINE
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Later, in London.
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CRAVEN
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What does he know about GAIA?
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CLEMENTINE
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He helped to found the organisation in '77.
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CRAVEN
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Jedburgh?
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[PHONE RINGS]
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JEDBURGH
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Craven, I'm at the airport. I have to return to Washington.
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CRAVEN
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Washington?
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JEDBURGH
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Don't worry, I'll be back. Did Clementine put you in touch?
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CRAVEN
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Not yet.
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JEDBURGH
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Stick with her, she's okay but don't you ever give her your Diners Card! You hear?
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[HANGS UP]
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[CHURCH BELL TOLLING]
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CRAVEN
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Mummy will sleep on the top, Emma will sleep on the bottom.
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YOUNGER EMMA
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What about Daddy?
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CRAVEN
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Daddy will sleep with Emma.
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YOUNGER EMMA
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What about Mummy, she'll be all alone.
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CRAVEN
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No, she won't.
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YOUNGER EMMA
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Yes, she will. She'll be on the top bed all by herself.
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CRAVEN
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All right. You sleep with her.
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YOUNGER EMMA
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If I sleep with Mummy, you'll feel neglected.
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CRAVEN
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No, I won't feel neglected.
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YOUNGER EMMA
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Yes, you will feel neglected.
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CRAVEN
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No, I will not feel neglected, Emma, believe me!
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YOUNGER EMMA
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I think the best thing is for you and Mummy to sleep on the bottom and I sleep on top!
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CRAVEN
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But you're the smallest!
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YOUNGER EMMA
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What does that matter? We've got to get it right.
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CRAVEN
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[V.O.] Emma sleeps on the top, Mummy sleeps on the bottom.
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ROSS
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You know, Ronnie, you can't make allegations like this and expect to be taken seriously.
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CRAVEN
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Can I have that back, sir?
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ROSS
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We know it was McCroon. We have Lowe's dying statement, we have his prints on the car. Doesn't that satisfy you?
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ROSS
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We know why he did it. It was revenge. Does he have to put a bullet in you before you'll admit it?
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ROSS
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Now, this is going in my safe and it will stay there until you come to your senses.
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CRAVEN
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What I want is a warrant to get into Northmoor.
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ROSS
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It's out of the question.
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ROSS
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Ronnie, you're not well. You're depressed. I think you should see a doctor.
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CRAVEN
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I would like the watch taken off my house.
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ROSS
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No.
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CRAVEN
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McCroon isn't going to come as long as it's there.
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ROSS
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All right. If you agree to see a doctor, we'll take it off, but not the telephone intercept. You understand?
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CRAVEN
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Okay.
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[MOTOR FIRES]
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