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Rose, are you up for it, then?

[ Muffled talking ]

Half 6:00 in the pub.

Get me half a lager.

Right.

Did your daughter Tracy

say I touched her in any way?

Well, no.

She didn´t mention

any lewd gestures?

-I don´t know. What´s that?

-LYCETT: I don´t know, either.

It´s what I´m being accused of,

apparently.

Objection.

Mr. Lycett knows exactly

what we´re talking about.

Well, he says he doesn´t.

Mr. Lycett, have you any idea

what´s going on here?

I did follow her daughter,

madam.

I´ve never denied it.

But only because she reminded me

of my own little girl

who went missing.

[ Sniffles ]

Sorry.

Look at these marks.

That´s from the cuffs.

I´m just looking for my Eenie.

That´s all.

Other kids disappear,

it´s all over the papers.

My kid, nothing!

[ Voice breaking ]

It´s like she doesn´t count.

I´m really very sorry.

I don´t mean to upset --

upset anyone, but...

[ Sniffles ]

Sorry.

Madam --

I´m bound to say

that this has been

a terrible waste of time

and public money.

-Yeah?

-Yes, I agree.

Case dismissed.

Mr. Lycett, you´re free to go,

and don´t let me

see you here again.

Thank you, ma´am.

[ Bang ]

[ Dialing, ringing ]

ROSE:

Clerk´s office.

You can put the file away, Rose.

He got off.

Shit.

What did he do this time?

HELEN: He cried.

I´ll see you tomorrow, okay?

Okay, bye.

[ Telephone hangs up ]

[ Bang ]

What are you looking at,

you pervy bastard?

You look comedic, that´s all.

Look, you can call me

many things,

but "pervy bastard"

is a bit excessive.

Yeah, well, I didn´t know anyone

else was gonna be here, did I?

Anyway, not like you

to be working late.

-[ Knock on window ]

-[ Gasps ]

Not disturbing you,

am I, Miss West?

-What do you want?

-Uh...

Please.

What is it?

-Can I sue?

-What?

The police,

for these marks on my wrists.

Criminal assault.

Look, I´m sorry.

I can´t help you.

Will you go away, please?

I haven´t done nothing wrong,

and I´m being harassed

morning, noon, and night.

Get your hands off my car.

You think I´m a piece of dirt,

don´t you, huh?

All I want is me daughter.

That´s all.

-Just go away.

-I just want me daughter back.

That´s all, Miss West.

[ Tires screech ]

I want me daughter back.

That´s all.

Pedophile.

-Dirty wanker.

-Watch it.

Better watch your back, pervert.

Had any little girls today,

have you?

-You should be locked up.

-You fat piece of shit.

Let he who is without sin

cast the first stone.

Don´t you read your Bible?

MARGARET:

Here, have that.

Take the chill off you.

Thanks.

-Cheers.

-Cheers.

They´re never off

my bloody back.

I´m thinking

of lodging a complaint.

Oh, I should leave well alone.

I just want to know she´s alive.

I know you do, love.

No one understands

what it´s like for me.

Other kids, you know,

launch manhunts.

Everything.

-Sorry, love.

-It´s all right.

Helen?

-Helen?

-HELEN: Hang on!

What´s all this?

Bloody hell, Bailey.

What happened to you?

Oh, just some punter who didn´t

fancy five years behind bars.

-You all right?

-Yeah.

Tell me again.

It´s not going to

bring them back.

I want to hear it again.

Every detail.

Think back.

Maybe you missed something.

I can´t remember.

It was that long ago, 10 years.

Think.

[ Sighs ]

Eenie and her mum

were walking along the road,

and her mother was carrying

a red tartan suitcase.

Last time, you said

they were running.

Well, hurrying, then.

I-I didn´t think anything of it

at the time. I told you.

You sure she never told you

where she were going?

You´re getting obsessive, love.

She disappeared

off the face of the Earth.

She´s my daughter.

I see her everywhere.

I bloody dream about her.

´Course I´m obsessed.

What do you expect me to be?

[ Soft music playing ]

I didn´t know

chief superintendents

got involved with punch-ups.

It´s not funny.

Sorry.

I´m not a very good nurse.

Look, I got to go

on this training course

in two days´ time.

I mean,

how ridiculous do I look?

-On a scale of 1 to 10?

-Mm.

9 1/2.

Thanks.

Some women

might find it attractive.

BAILEY:

What about you?

Ow!

Sorry.

Do you really think they

judge people by their looks?

Yeah, definitely.

Fat people don´t get promoted.

Fact.

Maybe that´s why people

are always picking on

that guy Lycett.

He looks like a plague rat.

Poor sod.

Yeah, I know, but you wouldn´t

want to touch him.

He´s feral.

[ Thudding, grunting ]

[ Breathing heavily ]

Did the Earth move, then?

Oh, yeah, Krakatoa.

You what?

If you´re on night duty, you´d

better take me home, hadn´t you?

[ Indistinct conversations ]

Thanks.

-I brought you this.

-What is it?

I thought you might like

a bit of greenery.

Will I have to water it

and things like that?

Well, yes, occasionally.

I think it´s better there,

don´t you?

Well, I don´t think I can cope

with the responsibility.

[ Chuckles ]

It´s a plant, not a Great Dane.

You´ll cope.

You coming for this meeting?

[ Indistinct conversations,

telephones ringing ]

Okay, own up.

Who has nicked my notebook?

Hey.

Oh, bloody hell.

This is driving me mad.

I can´t find anything

in this place.

And then he started to cry,

and that was it.

Oh, I´ve had him quoting

the Old Testament once.

The judge threw the case out

just to get rid of him.

I´m afraid

we´re one doughnut short.

Oh, well, that´s it.

I resign.

And I note that Lycett

has got off again.

This has to stop.

What do you want us to do,

invent the evidence?

REDWOOD:

It´s a complete waste of time.

It´s almost impossible

to pin anything on him.

He should never have been

prosecuted in the first place.

-Who instigated it?

-You did.

[ Sighs ]

All I´m saying is, make it stick

next time, will you?

Anyway, other business.

We seem to be getting into

a mess with our filing system.

It´s a complete shambles.

We´ve had two cases

in the last fortnight

where someone´s ended up

in court with the wrong papers.

Is this carelessness

or sheer incompetence?

On whose part?

I´m not accusing anyone.

It´s just far as I can see, the

clerks spend most of their time

popping out for cappuccinos.

Cappuccini.

REDWOOD: Oh, thank you for that,

Mr. Cotton.

Anyway, all I´m saying is...

If in doubt, pin the blame

on the people least able

to defend themselves.

I mean, it happens all the time.

In this case,

the clerk´s office.

What exactly are you thinking

of doing with that?

Well, I don´t know.

What do you think?

Should I, um, cook it

or put it on your eye?

Here, let me do it.

Left to me, we´d have

a packet of crisps.

I know.

Come here.

I´m missing Williams

and Douglas.

Got it, Gov.

Michaels, go and find them.

Sir.

DOUGLAS:

Piss off.

[ Both grunting ]

Hey, hey!

Bastard.

What was that?

What did you just call me?

For Christ´s sake.

Morgan´s doing his nut.

You´re both supposed to

be reporting for duty.

Look at the state of you.

Who was that?

[ Humming ]

What´s this course

you´re going on?

How to inspire confidence

in the community

by rationalizing

your pencil case.

I´ll miss you.

You don´t mean that

for a minute.

I do.

Mind you.

On the other hand...

I won´t have to do any cooking.

Well, you didn´t do any tonight,

anyway.

I can live off gherkins

and cornflakes.

Bliss.

[ Dog barking in distance ]

It´s me.

A present for you.

Oh, you shouldn´t have.

Yeah.

-Come in.

-Right.

[ Thunder rumbling,

rain falling ]

[ Police radio chatter ]

[ Gearshift clicks ]

Hello.

I -- I, um...

Sir, if I could

just have one moment.

Listen, I...

If you don´t have

the relevant papers,

I don´t see how you were

intending to conduct this case.

Um, I thought that we --

I-I was sure that --

Your Worship, I´m sorry.

Are you seriously

expecting the defendant

to come to court

for a third time

on the off chance that

the Crown Prosecution Service

might eventually be able

to produce the right file?

No, sir.

You may think this

a trivial inconvenience.

I can assure you that I don´t.

Case dismissed.

[ Indistinct conversations ]

What looks like complete chaos

to you

is actually a very comprehensive

filing system.

-What can I do for you?

-Well, um...

Do you know one of the reasons

why we have so many allergies

these days

is because we´re completely

obsessed by hygiene?

Well, you´re clearly not.

However, that´s not

what I´m here for.

What a relief.

We´ve got a bit of a problem.

Do you want to sit down,

or are you afraid you might

catch something from my chair?

Rose Darvey?

Bit lippy but a hard worker.

No, no, no.

I´ve had the Chief Inspector on.

She´s --

How can I put this?

Working her way through

his young recruits.

In what sense?

Oh, for goodness´ sake.

She´s sleeping with them.

-Is that any business of ours?

-REDWOOD: It is now.

She´s causing ructions

over there, apparently,

all sorts of resentments

and jealousies.

Fistfights.

She seems to have slept her way

through the whole bunch

for the price of a drink

and a packet of crisps.

Each, I hope.

You´re not taking this

very seriously, are you?

I´m sorry, but I don´t know what

you expect me to do about it.

-CHELSEA: I don´t want to go.

-CAROLE: Chelsea.

-Now, look. Chelsea.

-CHELSEA: No, I don´t want

to see Nanny.

CAROLE: Come on.

Now, stop it.

Now, come on, then.

No, look, darling.

My mum´s in hospital again,

and she doesn´t want to go.

Now, look.

Stop it, Chelsea.

Chelsea, behave.

Look, come on.

She really hates hospitals.

She says they smell funny.

Why don´t you leave her with me

like you used to?

That bloke living next door

to you, Margaret, I couldn´t.

Oh, he´s harmless enough.

Just looks a bit odd,

that´s all.

I´ve known him for years.

Anyway,

he´s away at work all day.

You want to come

stay at my house, Chelsea,

like you used to?

LYCETT: Yea, though I walk

through the valley of death,

yet will I fear no ill.

Look, piss off, will you?

The papers say there´s

an outbreak of flu expected.

You´ll be having a bit

of a rush on, too, I expect.

The old ones will be dropping

like flies.

God, you´re a depressing

bastard, aren´t you?

Hallelujah, says the Lord.

What I was saying about Rose,

Helen, is she likes you.

I don´t think

Rose likes anyone very much.

I mean, as much for her own sake

as anything else,

couldn´t you have a word?

Well, what on earth

do you want me to say to her?

I don´t know.

You know, woman-to-woman.

Promiscuity gives you cancer,

something like that.

Ohh.

[ Chelsea whispering

indistinctly ]

-Auntie Margaret.

-Hm?

My granny´s going to die.

Oh, no, she´s not.

Don´t be silly.

She is.

I heard my mum say she´ll

be going to sit in heaven

with all the other dead people.

My hamster´s in heaven, as well.

MARGARET:

Oh, is he?

Oh, that´s nice.

I´ll put my feet up, and we´ll

have a little nap, shall we?

Would you like

my special blanket?

There you are.

Nice and cozy.

All right?

I used to love it

when I was a little girl.

Okay, forget it.

No half 8:00 is no good to me.

It´s half 6:00

or forget the whole thing.

Fine.

You piss me off, too.

[ Receiver slams ]

What do you want?

I wondered if you´d sorted out

my files for tomorrow.

That was a private conversation,

by the way.

I don´t mind you shouting

at people down the phone,

just as long as it isn´t a high

court judge on the other end.

Someone keeps nicking

my notebook. Is it you?

What sort of notebook?

ROSE:

The one I put all the cases in

before I log them

into the computer.

Oh, is that what happens?

Don´t you know anything

about how this place works?

Obviously not.

Sorry.

I suppose you think

it all happens by magic.

And I expect you think

that the dust pixies come

and clean the place

while you´re asleep, do you?

18...19...20.

Coming ready or not.

ROSE:

Hello?

Yeah, w-what do you want?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

If you want.

I don´t know.

[ Chuckles ]

You tell me.

Chelsea?

[ Rattling ]

Oi!

[ Screams ]

Chelsea?

[ Chelsea screaming

in distance ]

Auntie Margaret!

[ Screams ]

What have you done to her?

Nothing.

Just got home.

How did she get in here?

Well, she was only playing.

There´s no need to frighten her.

She shouldn´t be in here.

You should get your front door

fixed, then.

Come on, darling.

It´s okay.

You´ve just had a little shock,

that´s all.

Come on.

It´s all right.

-She been all right, then?

-Oh, good as gold.

No trouble from next door?

He´s been out all day.

We haven´t seen him.

♫ Perfect is tonight ♫

♫ It´s opened up to find ♫

♫ No matter what I say ♫

♫ You´re a substitute

for my pride ♫

So, why haven´t you

got children,

or is that a rude question?

Yes, it is a rude question.

Why haven´t you?

´Cause I´m not married.

Mm.

Neither am I.

You´ve got Bailey.

HELEN:

Yes and?

Is that not like being married?

We have separate flats.

So not a bit, then?

No, not that I know much

about being married.

Nor me.

By the way,

look who´s sitting over there.

To your right.

-Oh.

-Yeah.

♫ You´re the wrong man

at the wrong time ♫

I can´t believe you thought

I touched that little girl.

She was in tears.

They´ve poisoned you and all.

The only bloody friend

I had left.

-Oh, come on, love.

-Piss off.

[ Slow music playing ]

Can I have a word?

If it´s about Rose, I refuse.

-It´s none of my business.

-No, no, no.

They want someone to give

a lecture to the Law Society

on evidence.

Well, don´t look at me.

Have you seen what´s going on

down there?

-REDWOOD: Ballet, is it?

-Tai Chi, I think.

Why can´t we have

something like that?

Don´t be ridiculous.

Anyway, they wanted me

to give this talk, but I can´t,

so I told them you´d do it,

um, next Monday.

DINSDALE: Evidence, facts that

prove or disprove a conclusion.

That´ll do.

Oh, yeah, well,

that will take 30 seconds.

What about the other 14 minutes?

Well, make something up.

They love an anecdote.

Come for a drink after work, and

I´ll lend you a few choice ones.

Oh, twice in one week.

People will talk.

DINSDALE: Oh, I think we can

rise above that, don´t you?

[ Children shouting playfully ]

I need those papers

I asked you for by 3:00, Rose.

Well, you can´t have them.

Sod off.

Rose?

I´ve only got one pair of hands.

Why can´t you get them yourself?

Because I asked you

to find them.

If you didn´t spend so much time

popping out for coffee

with Mr. Cotton,

you might have enough time

to do your own bloody paperwork.

-Excuse me?

-Look, I can´t bloody do it!

REDWOOD:

What on earth´s going on?

I could hear you at

the other end of the corridor.

Oh, I´m sorry.

Sorry. It´s my fault.

We´ve sorted it out.

Mass outbreak of PMT, is it?

STONE: You all right?

All right?

Uh, you two fancy coming out

for a drink?

-Yeah, okay.

-Yeah?

-We´ll just --

-Yeah, yeah.

Yeah? All right.

After you.

She said it was

somewhere around here.

Well, I don´t know where it is.

I never took her home.

Did everything else

with her, though.

Oh, give it a rest.

Ooh, Mr. Sensitive.

MICHAELS:

I think this is the street.

[ Vehicle approaches ]

DOUGLAS: What are you going to

do, buy her a bunch of roses?

[ Whirring ]

DINSDALE:

Still here?

What are you doing?

Trying to get Riley

out of a hole.

He ended up in court

with the wrong papers again.

Oh, God, this is getting

beyond a joke.

Has anyone said anything?

DINSDALE: The judge was

fairly scathing, apparently.

But no official complaint?

DINSDALE:

Not yet.

I´m just going through the stuff

for tomorrow

to make sure it doesn´t happen

again to any of us.

Well, the clerk

should be doing that.

Well, at least if we do it

ourselves, we know what´s what.

I thought it wouldn´t

take longer than 10 minutes.

I´ll be here till dawn

at this rate.

Well, I appreciate it,

I must say.

Thanks.

Very conscientious of you.

[ Telephone ringing ]

-Hello?

-BAILEY: Hi, darling. It´s me.

Yeah, we´re just

having a quick drink,

so I thought

I´d give you a ring.

Bailey, can eggs go off?

BAILEY: Well, yeah, yeah,

of course they can,

unless they´re

the pickled variety.

HELEN:

Oh, that´s boring.

Cheers.

Uh, how old are they?

HELEN:

Oh, I don´t know, really.

I mean, they´re not hatching

or anything.

Anyway, how are you?

Having a good time?

Yeah, yeah, it´s -- it´s fine.

Um, we´re just having one drink,

and, uh, like,

we´re not going to stay.

HELEN: Bailey, you don´t need

to give me an account

of your every move, you know.

I´m glad you´re having

a good time.

So am I.

BAILEY:

Oh, really? Why?

Because I´m pootling about

by myself, my favorite activity.

Did you leave this

in the bathroom?

Shit.

MIA:

What did it say?

I don´t know.

What do you think?

-Looks positive to me.

-No, it doesn´t.

Come here.

What color

is it meant to go, pink?

That´s not pink.

I think it´s just

too close to call.

God, do you think you might be?

[ Sarcastically ]

No, I´m just doing this for fun.

What do you think?

[ Indistinct talking ]

[ Fork clatters ]

[ Retching ]

Chelsea?

[ Indistinct conversations ]

RILEY:

Have you seen Rose?

Chelsea?

Where are you, love?

Mr. Lycett, are you in there?

-Where´s Rose?

-I don´t know.

Listen, do you know if she

sorted out my papers for Monday?

I´ve got no idea.

Why don´t you come back later?

We´re up to our eyes.

CHELSEA: Boo!

Here I am!

I was playing outside.

Oh, Chelsea.

You gave me a fright.

[ Indistinct conversations ]

[ Door opens ]

Bloody hell,

what are you doing here?

[ Birds chirping ]

[ Dish thuds ]

[ Paper rustles ]

SUSAN: Dear Margaret, I´ve taken

Eenie, and we´ve gone away.

We´re going to stay

with my sister in Scotland

till we find

something permanent.

Believe me, I´ve got

good reasons for this.

Don´t tell him,

whatever you do.

I don´t want him

to find us, ever.

Thanks for all your kindness.

I know you´ll miss Eenie,

and she´ll miss you,

but this is for the best,

honestly.

Thanks again.

Susan Lycett.

[ Paper rustles ]

Do you think that people my age

don´t have sex or something?

Yeah, but, you know.

Do you think I´m too decrepit

to actually get pregnant?

I just thought you might be

more sensible, that´s all.

NURSE: Rose?

Bloody hell.

-Wish me luck.

-Do you want me to wait for you?

Do you want me to wait for you?

We could drown our sorrows,

whatever they might be.

Yeah.

So, have you got kids, then?

No.

Well, yeah.

I mean...

Well, I-I did.

What do you mean?

My wife and I had a baby,

and he didn´t survive, so, uh...

well, neither did the marriage.

I´m sorry.

I --

You poor thing.

I suppose you didn´t fancy

marriage again after that.

Uh, no.

It kind of threw me a bit.

Good, bad, or what?

Totally brilliant.

I´m not.

-What about you?

-No.

Oh, what a relief, eh?

Yeah, I suppose so.

Want to go for a wander?

So, uh, what about you?

Oh, I´ve been divorced

for years.

So you -- you didn´t ever think

about getting married again?

Well, it´s not as if

there are hundreds

of eligible partners out there,

is it?

There´s a surplus

of midget accountants,

and that´s about it.

And all the rest are gay.

Are they?

Well, my ex-husband, for one.

He was straight when I met him.

[ Chuckles ]

God knows what I did.

Yeah, but, I mean, you know,

surely it wasn´t you.

I mean, you´re...

Was that the one you were in the

wine bar with the other night?

Oh, God, no.

He wouldn´t be the father.

Oh, right, I´m sorry.

I thought that you were, um...

I am.

I mean, we are.

It´s brilliant.

He´s the best, but, you know...

-We haven´t, you know, yet.

-Oh, right.

ROSE: Oh, God, look at me.

I´m shaking.

I go weird every time

I think about him.

Do you ever get that?

HELEN:

I vaguely remember it, yeah.

[ Chuckles ]

Does it still feel like that

with your bloke?

-Bailey, isn´t it?

-Well, it´s different for us.

We´ve been around a few corners,

you know.

Still get a bit of a tingle for

old Dinsdale, though, don´t you?

God, you don´t miss a trick,

do you?

Do you want a coffee?

[ Indistinct talking ]

Hello.

You sure this is okay, Margaret?

She´s so tired out,

I´m sure she´ll go straight off.

It´s just we don´t think

Mum´s going to pull through.

She´s on a ventilator

and everything.

Don´t worry.

Off you go.

Look, here´s her night things.

Say bye-bye to Mummy.

-Bye.

-Bye.

[ Indistinct talking ]

-No!

-It´s a candy Mars bar.

[ Indistinct talking ]

[ Crying ]

[ Indistinct talking ]

[ Beep, static ]

BAILEY: Hi, darling.

It´s me.

Um, I´m on my way back

by train,

so I´ll come to you,

if that´s all right.

Okay, looking forward

to seeing you.

A little bit knackered.

Okay, bye.

-[ Beeping ]

-Oop!

Hello?

Sorry. Bye.

[ Indistinct talking ]

So you´re going to be

fantastic company tonight.

-I can´t wait.

-[ Beep ]

[ Indistinct talking ]

WOMAN:

Chloe?

Who´s this?

What are you doing?

I haven´t touched her.

How many times have I told you?

Never, never take sweets

from strangers.

I haven´t bloody touched her.

-Should I ring to the police?

-Yes.

Hey, hang on, Amit.

I never touched her, love.

[ Mid-tempo music playing ]

Thank you.

Cor, it´s expensive, this.

Don´t worry.

It´s on me.

No, I couldn´t let you do that.

We´ll split it.

It´s on me, okay?

If you say so,

P.C. Michael Michaels.

MICHAELS:

What´s wrong?

What is it?

ROSE: Nothing.

[ Chuckles ]

I just thought I saw someone --

someone I knew.

It was nothing.

Forget it.

Why don´t you order?

I was just buying the kid

a bloody dolly mixtures.

I´ve seen him hanging

around kids before.

I´ve seen him

outside the school gates.

Right, get in the car nonce.

-Get in!

-LYCETT: Hey, you can´t --

[ Engine starts ]

WILLIAMS: You´re buggered

this time, you asshole.

-[ Siren wailing ]

-You disgust me.

You bastard!

[ Mid-tempo music playing ]

God, I missed your smell.

Miss me?

Yeah.

It´s, uh -- It´s been hell.

Come here, come here, come here,

come here, come here, come here.

Where are you going?

Um, darling,

you take -- take this.

And, um, go -- go into the other

room, huh, and sit -- sit down.

-Am I annoying you?

-No, you´re adorable.

But, um, so´s a large donkey,

and, uh,

I don´t really think

I´d want one in the kitchen

while I´m cooking.

Well, you can´t cook anyway,

so...

[ Shouting indistinctly ]

Bastards!

What the bloody hell´s

happened to him?

Resisting arrest.

Found the prick

with a 9-year-old girl.

I want to make a complaint.

You´ll be charged

with resisting arrest

and assaulting a police officer,

unless you want to admit to it.

In which case,

we might let you off that charge

with just a caution.

I´m not admitting

to something I didn´t do.

Fine. It´s up to you.

Get rid of him.

Williams, come here.

Sarge?

You´re a thug, Williams.

And one of these days,

you´re going to get

into serious trouble.

Just watch it.

Sarge.

Redwood´s hygiene fetish,

I mean, well, that´s developing

into a full-blown neurosis.

Do you know, he´s even started

disinfecting the telephones.

I mean, what´s that a sign of,

Bailey?

Does he think that he´s dirty

or that everything --

[ Indistinct conversations,

laughter ]

You are going to take me home,

aren´t you?

No, I´m going to leave you here

to fend for yourself.

It´s only...

half past 9:00.

[ Laughs ]

I´m only joking.

Of course I´m going to

take you home.

On one condition.

What?

MICHAELS: That you let me

come in for a cup of coffee,

and I mean that literally,

in case you´re panicking.

Of course you can come in.

♫ And all these stupid

conversations ♫

By the way, I went for

a pregnancy test today.

♫ ...seem to lead to nowhere ♫

Hey, the house is burning down.

♫ ...´round and ´round

in my head ♫

Fire.

♫ And they´ll be back again ♫

[ Bailey snoring ]

[ Volume increases ]

[ Music shuts off,

remote thuds ]

[ Snoring continues ]

[ Snickering ]

NICKY: So, are you coming

with me to the Emporium or not?

I don´t know.

I´ll have to have a shower

and get changed and everything.

NICKY: Fine.

This is Michael.

This is Nicky and Mia.

-Hi.

-Hiya. You all right?

Wondered when we were

going to get to meet you.

-Oh, so she mentioned me, then?

-She never shuts up about you.

Don´t exaggerate.

HELEN:

You made it, then?

Sorry.

Did I wake you up?

[ Scoffs ]

I´ve been trying to wake you up

since half past 9:00.

[ Whispering ]

Sorry.

Why are we whispering?

Sorry.

-I missed you.

-Hm.

You could have fooled me.

You came straight through

that door and into a coma.

Look.

What do you think?

If we split up,

can we not just be good friends?

Could we not just be

good lovers?

Oh, all right.

[ Indistinct talking on TV,

knocking on door ]

LYCETT:

Margaret.

Let me in.

-Margaret.

-MARGARET: Go away.

It´s late.

LYCETT:

For Christ´s sake.

Shh!

I´ve got a child in here.

You´ll wake her up.

Now, go away.

They beat me up.

Look at the state of me.

Please go away.

[ Indistinct talking on TV ]

I´ll see you tomorrow, then.

I´ll pick you up at around 7:30.

Okay.

[ Telephone ringing ]

Hello?

Did I wake you?

HELEN: Yes.

Get up, you appalling creature.

Get out of bed and come

and have breakfast with me.

I´m afraid I can´t.

Is the, um,

man who´s not your husband

lying next to you,

by any chance?

Yes.

Oops.

Sorry.

Never mind.

You have a good weekend.

I´ll try.

See you Monday.

[ Receiver clicks ]

What did he want?

Nothing that can´t wait

until next week.

I thought he was

really gorgeous.

Did you?

Yeah, for a policeman.

They usually look

like complete tossers.

That´s ´cause they usually are.

Believe me, I should know.

Do you think it´s too good

to be true?

I can´t find my bloody tie.

You see, that´s the problem

with living in two places.

My clothes are always

somewhere else.

That´s a small price to pay.

You know,

it would be so much easier

if we just lived together.

HELEN:

Well, anything´s possible.

I might retrain and become

a neurosurgeon or a bullfighter.

I went for a test yesterday.

What sort of test?

I thought I might be pregnant.

-You´re pregnant?

-HELEN: No, no, I´m not.

I mean, I thought I was,

but I´m not.

Oh.

So how do you feel about that?

Oh, fine.

You sure?

HELEN:

I just --

For a moment,

when I thought I was,

I was full of this weird...

...unexpected joy.

And then nothing.

Never mind.

I hope this is a quick call.

I´m off duty in 10 minutes.

Off to see Rose, then?

Lucky man.

Going all right, is it?

Great little body.

What did you do

to that bloke Lycett last night?

Nothing.

MICHAELS:

That´s not what I heard.

Yeah, well,

he attacked me, didn´t he?

I had to defend myself.

MICHAELS:

He´s never been violent before.

WILLIAMS: So?

What are you trying to say?

[ Gearshift clicks ]

Stay here.

I think I´ll be safer

without you.

I´m ´round the side

of the building.

Looks like some kids

might have broken in.

I´m going to take a look.

Aah!

[ Groaning ]

Mike, are you all right?

Over.

Mike, can you hear me?

Shit.

[ Dialing ]

FEMALE VOICE: The number you

are calling is not available.

Please try later.

One, two, three.

You there?

Yeah, I´m gonna go with him.

Will eight shirts do me

for the week, do you think?

Depends how many state banquets

you´re going to.

I don´t believe this.

What?

HELEN: I gave Rose a list

of files I needed.

She sorted them out,

and now one of them is missing.

Can you not just pick it up

Monday morning?

I need it Monday first thing

in court.

The place is run by idiots.

I´m going to have to go in

tomorrow and sort this out.

[ Dialing ]

FEMALE VOICE: The number you

are calling is not available.

Please try later.

I´m really sorry to do this

to you on a Sunday.

It´s all right.

Hi.

Thank you.

What did you just flash at him?

Warrant card.

I tell you,

they´ll let anyone in here.

I showed him

an old library card once.

It wasn´t even mine.

[ Door opens ]

Rose?

Do you, uh, want a cup of tea

or anything?

No, thanks.

No sign of it there.

How can a file just disappear

from the records like that?

Maybe somebody forgot

to put it on the computer.

You sure it´s not

on Rose´s desk?

No, just that creep

Lycett´s file.

God knows what

she´s doing with that.

Why don´t you give her a ring

at home?

Have you got her number?

-No, but it should be here.

-[ Mouse clicking ]

[ Keys clacking ]

Hm.

Something to hide, perhaps?

Stop being the sleuth, Bailey.

It must be some sort of mistake.

Have you seen Carole?

Only she said she might want me

to have Chelsea tomorrow.

Haven´t you heard?

Her mum died last night.

Oh, I´m sorry.

I knew she´d been in hospital,

but --

[ Cart rumbling ]

If you´re not looking for Rose,

she´s not here.

HELEN: Damn.

John?

Do you think

there´s something peculiar

about these files going missing?

What, have you just been dropped

in it, as well, have you?

Nearly.

I managed to get an adjournment.

But the defendant

looked absolutely astonished

for some reason.

Up until that point,

he´d been as cool as a cucumber.

Nonchalant, even.

So what do you think

is going on, then?

I have absolutely no idea,

but I think I smell a rat.

MAN:

What happened to you, then?

Filth beat me up.

You got a fag?

-Go on, then.

-Ta.

You look a right mess.

Who´s going in there, then?

Some old woman off the estate.

I never realized

they were so deep.

REDWOOD: Now, I just had

a phone call from a lawyer

whose client sacked him

from a case last week

because,

according to this client,

"It wasn´t needed.

It had all been fixed."

The case to which

he was referring was the one

you managed to get thrown out

of court last week, Riley.

What the hell is going on?

Listen,

I-I took the wrong papers.

I mean, there was a cock-up.

Are you suggesting --

I´m not suggesting anything,

but don´t you check your files

before going into court?

Well, it depends.

The clerks are usually

pretty reliable, though.

REDWOOD: Well, it doesn´t

take a genius to work out

that someone´s clearly been

interfering with the computers.

At least 10 cases appear to have

been deliberately siphoned off.

Does the evidence

point to a culprit?

I suggest the culprit is the

one person who´s conveniently

managed to absent themselves

from this meeting.

Oh, I see.

Let´s blame it on Rose.

She´s the most junior member

of staff,

and, even better, she´s not here

to defend herself.

Case solved.

Bollocks.

REDWOOD:

She has an attitude problem.

You can´t deny that.

She´s here till all hours,

doing Lord knows what.

HELEN:

So are you.

And what about her notebooks?

Her notebooks?

Well, they keep going missing

with all her file notes in them.

I didn´t know anything

about this.

Well, you do now.

I mean, call me old-fashioned.

I don´t think you should

go around apportioning blame

on the basis

of no evidence whatsoever.

I mean, obviously someone

is responsible for this.

But I don´t see

why it has to be Rose.

[ Telephone ringing ]

All I am saying is we have

a serious problem on our hands.

And --

Yes?

I´m in a meeting.

Yes.

Yes, lamb chops would be fine.

Yeah.

Oh, hi.

It´s Helen West from the CPS.

Is P.C. Michaels on duty today?

MAN:

No, I´m afraid not.

He got hit on the head.

He´s been in the Whittington

Hospital since Saturday.

Oh, I see.

Well, thank you.

-Hey.

-Hey, bang on time. Come in.

Julie´s already here.

[ Man speaking indistinctly ]

HELEN:

Don´t worry.

It´s not a social call.

[ Moans, sniffles ]

[ Engine revs, tires screech ]

♫ And I try and I try

and I try ♫

[ Coughing ]

Come on.

Come and dance with me.

Hang on, then.

♫ I try and I try and I try ♫

♫ Nobody moves me ♫

-♫ I´ve been through... ♫

-Anyone fancy a nightcap?

Yeah.

Um, yeah, I will.

Why not?

[ Muffled talking ]

[ Knock on door ]

-ROSE: Who is it?

-HELEN: It´s Helen.

If you´re worried about why

you haven´t heard from Michael,

it´s because he´s in hospital.

What?

Can I come in?

-Is he going to be okay?

-Yeah, he´s going to be fine.

He just got concussed.

Poor bloke´s beside himself.

He´s only got your work number.

He´s lying there with

a great big lump on his head,

and all he can worry about

is whether you might think

he stood you up.

[ Sighs ]

I did.

When did you last eat?

Can´t remember.

HELEN: Saw a chippy

at the end of the road.

-Do you fancy some?

-Yeah, I´m starving.

GRACE:

So, you live on your own?

Yeah.

Do you like it?

Um, no.

No, not really.

It makes things

that more difficult, you know.

Bit more complicated.

So, no one to do your cleaning

and ironing, you mean?

You´re not very domesticated,

I take it?

Well, quite the opposite,

actually.

Perfect new man.

They must be queuing ´round

the block to snap you up.

Not that I´ve noticed.

Excuse us.

Maybe you´re so self-sufficient,

you don´t need anyone.

Well, it´s quite the opposite,

really.

I quite like sharing.

Me too.

I´m fed up of all this

self-sufficiency lark.

Human beings aren´t meant

to be alone.

We´re pairing animals.

Like swans.

[ Chuckles ]

[ Chuckles ]

He said he couldn´t send one of

the lads ´round with a message

in case you thought he was

throwing you back in the pond.

Does that make sense?

Yeah.

[ Sighs ]

He probably thinks

I´m a complete mess.

He´s right.

I am.

A total, utter mess.

If I looked as gorgeous as you

with a broken heart and a dose

of flu, I´d be thrilled.

Not that kind of mess.

What sort of mess

are you talking about, Rose?

I stabbed someone once.

Almost killed him.

Pshoo-oo.

Pshoo-oo-oo-oo.

I think you´ve missed

your lift home.

I´m going to bed.

Oh, um, right.

Well, I better, uh...

You´re welcome to stay.

Okay.

Okay.

You can either come in with me

or crash on the sofa.

Right.

Uh, thanks.

I´m sorry.

I´m just not used to --

GRACE: To doing this.

No, neither am I.

Which is why I´m wearing

a new dress and being so brisk.

Right.

ROSE:

I was just a kid.

Still living at home.

I just lost it.

I got into a fight.

Who´d you have a fight with?

A man.

I stabbed him

with a bread knife.

HELEN: What had he done

to warrant that?

He must have done something.

We just got into a fight,

you know.

[ Water splashes ]

[ Glass breaking in distance ]

Shit.

I think we´ve got burglars.

Make a noise.

Sing or something.

Frighten them off.

We don´t want to catch them.

We´re in a compromising

situation here.

Make the local papers.

Two boys from the Met.

They´re gonna love that.

Is there someone in the house?

Shh!

Is anyone there?

Hello.

The thing is,

this bloke wants to pay me back.

Did it go to court?

No, nothing like that.

But he is after me.

I´m sure of that.

That´s why I don´t like

anyone knowing where I live.

Just in case.

Working in that big,

anonymous office,

I thought I´d feel more secure.

But it doesn´t work.

[ Spoon clinks ]

I just feel terrified

all the time.

Thank you.

[ Sighs, laughs ]

[ Laughs ]

Bloody hell, what a relief.

I think we should

get out of here, don´t you?

I think someone´s trying

to tell us something.

Hm.

[ Chuckles ]

[ Envelope tears ]

ROSE:

Dear Auntie Margaret,

this may come as quite a shock

after all these years,

but I live in London now

and I´d love to see you.

Could you meet me

next Wednesday at 2:30

in that café you used to

take me to by the river?

I´ve missed you so much.

Love, Eenie.

Hiya.

You just made it.

They´re letting me out

at lunchtime.

Sending me back to my mum´s.

[ Footsteps approach ]

[ Whispering indistinctly ]

MAN:

Mr. Lycett, you are charged

that on the 8th day of May

of this year,

you assaulted a police officer

in the execution of his duty.

Sir, could we make

a few further inquiries

before we proceed any further

with this case?

I´m a little concerned

about the injuries Mr. Lycett

seems to have suffered.

Perhaps he could see

a duty solicitor first.

[ Indistinct conversations ]

Mr. Lycett, we´ll be offering

no evidence this time.

Oh.

Thank you very much.

Only right, though.

I got a right going over.

Yeah, I think you probably did.

Do you want to make a complaint,

see a solicitor?

No. No, thanks.

Thanks, anyway.

HELEN: Rose, where the hell

have you been?

I thought we agreed

to meet in court.

How else are you going to learn

about procedure?

Sorry, I´m still

not feeling too good.

[ Coughs ]

Anyway, it was over in a flash.

Cab for West?

What, he wasn´t sent down?

No. I´m going back.

Do you want a lift?

ROSE:

How does he get away with it?

It´s something different

every bloody time.

You speaking to me yet?

Go on, then.

[ Door closes ]

Have you got something to eat?

There´s some bread and cheese

in the kitchen.

Help yourself.

LYCETT:

Thanks.

[ Indistinct talking on TV ]

[ Light switch clicks ]

[ Refrigerator opens ]

[ Light switch clicks ]

[ Light switch clicks ]

Treat for you.

Ah. That´s nice.

Thanks, love.

You sure she never told you

where she went?

MARGARET: Who?

Eenie.

Look, love,

I don´t know where she went.

Funny, that.

What is?

According to this,

you´re meeting her

tomorrow afternoon at 2:30.

That´ll be nice for you.

Hmm?

How many more letters

have you had from her, then?

None. I haven´t had any.

It was out of the blue.

I had no idea.

You knew she went to Scotland

and all, didn´t you?

Hm?

[ Clicks tongue ]

You´re a miserable, lying cow.

No, no, I was going to

tell you about that.

-Yeah, but you didn´t, did you?

-[ Clattering ]

Hm?

Uh...I got worried after --

when I saw...

Saw? Saw?

You saw what?

Nothing.

Stop it.

[ Crying ]

Stop it, please.

What did you see?

The case.

On top of your wardrobe.

I saw the red case.

Yeah.

That´s because, uh,

I brought her back.

Didn´t I?

[ Chuckles ]

Some wife she turned out to be.

But I punished her, though.

You want to know what I did?

MARGARET: No.

I don´t.

Don´t be silly.

You´re frightening me now.

-[ Chuckles ]

-You are, really.

[ Dialing ]

[ Ringing ]

RILEY: Hello?

-Oh, Riley.

-RILEY: Yeah.

-It´s Helen West.

-RILEY: Oh, hi, Helen.

Look, I feel like death.

Yeah, I think

if I was an animal,

they´d try and put me down.

RILEY: It´s not your cooking

again, is it?

No, I think it might be this

flu bug that´s going around.

Anyway, I´ll, um -- I´ll try

and make it in by Monday.

-Okay?

-RILEY: Okay, that´s fine.

-Bye.

-RILEY: See you.

[ Indistinct conversations,

mid-tempo music playing ]

For here or take away?

What?

Uh, here.

Go up to the counter,

get what you want.

There´s plenty of space.

Cappuccino, latte,

espresso, what?

Just a coffee.

Just ordinary coffee.

WOMAN:

£2, please.

[ Vicar speaking indistinctly ]

Father, the Son,

and the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

We ask our merciful Lord

to welcome her soul into heaven,

where she will at last...

Auntie Margaret´s blanket.

[ Crying ]

CAROLE: Shh. Sweetheart.

There´s a good girl.

Auntie Margaret down there.

VICAR: "I am the resurrection

and the life," says the Lord.

"He who believes in me

shall live..."

[ Indistinct talking ]

Let us in, Charlie.

I´m behind on some work.

HELEN:

Actually, I miss you, too.

Particularly as I´m

in dire need of a nursemaid.

BAILEY:

I know.

Look, let´s do something

glorious when I get home.

You´ve got a guilty twinge

in your voice, Bailey.

What have you been up to?

Nothing.

I just miss you, that´s all.

Just want to go home.

I´ve had enough

of bloody Guildford.

Look, I´ll, uh, talk to you

in the morning, okay?

[ Door opens ]

[ Footsteps ]

[ Footsteps depart ]

She´s not in.

She´s got the flu, apparently.

Oh, right.

I bought you some grapes.

That´s very sweet.

Well, come in.

You know I told you

I stabbed someone.

Yeah.

ROSE:

It was my dad.

I see.

Why?

Why do you think?

Well, could be for

all sorts of reasons.

He raped me.

Twice a week from the age of 8.

Is he the one

who´s looking for you?

Yeah.

And I think he´s found me.

Oh, God, Rose.

Why do you think I went

with all those policemen?

It wasn´t for the sex.

It was so I wouldn´t have to

go home on my own.

[ Rattling ]

[ Rattling ]

[ Knife scraping ]

There you go.

By the way,

I forgot to tell you.

It´s kind of the reason

I came over here.

I know who´s been stealing

the files.

-It´s your boyfriend.

-Who?

Mr. Cotton.

Well, how do you know

it´s Dinsdale?

Come in tomorrow,

and I´ll show you.

It´s Saturday.

No one will be there.

[ Light switch clicks ]

[ Sniffs ]

[ Sniffs ]

You going to be okay?

I feel safe here.

You want to leave the light on?

ROSE: How´d you know

I was frightened of the dark?

Just a hunch.

Suckers for punishment, you two.

It´s the weekend.

You should be down the pub.

Oh, we will be soon enough.

Hello?

[ Helen sneezes ]

ROSE:

Bless you.

HELEN: Okay, what do you want me

to look at first?

ROSE:

Let´s start with my computer.

[ Keyboard clacking ]

These are all Dinsdale´s cases

for the last month.

Look, 12 have gone to store.

That means the files have been

taken down to the basement,

marked complete.

We´re supposed to keep them for

five years and then bin them.

So he´s been

sending them down there

without them even seeing

the inside of a courtroom?

Something like that.

Do you want to go

and dig out Redwood´s diary?

Give you a list of all

Dinsdale´s cases last month.

I´ll go down to the basement,

pull out the files.

You okay going down there?

It´s the only place I feel safe,

apart from your sofa.

[ Indistinct talking on TV ]

[ Pages rustling ]

What are you doing here?

I want my daughter, Eenie.

´Spect you call her Rose.

Huh?

She´s not here.

I-I sent her home.

She´s not here.

LYCETT:

Stop it.

Stop lying to me.

How stupid

do you think I am, eh?

I know she´s here.

Oh, no, you don´t.

Ah!

Aah!

Ah!

-[ Screaming ]

-Where is she?

Rose, get out of the building!

Where is she?!

Aah!

Huh?

Where is she?

-Rose!

-LYCETT: Where´s my daughter?

-Where is she, huh?

-Rose!

Where´s my Eenie?

Come on.

She´s down there.

[ Upbeat music playing ]

[ Clicking ]

[ Door closes in distance ]

Helen?

[ Dripping ]

[ Door closes ]

[ Dripping continues ]

Helen.

Helen, what happened?

Dinsdale.

Rose is in the basement.

Lycett´s there.

Go help her, please.

Helen?

-LYCETT: Eenie, love.

-[ Gasps ]

Eenie?

Don´t run, love.

Eenie, come here.

Don´t, Eenie.

What´s the matter?

It´s only me.

Aah!

Get out the way.

I want my daughter.

You get out of the way.

You get out of the bloody way!

[ Grunts ]

[ Grunting ]

Run, for Christ´s sake, Rose.

-Aah!

-[ Knife clatters ]

[ Groaning ]

[ Knife clatters ]

You shouldn´t have touched

Helen, you little shit.

[ Groans ]

Thanks.

-Are you okay?

-HELEN: Yeah.

Ribs are a bit sore,

but there´s nothing broken.

Least my nose stopped bleeding.

You okay?

Let me give you a lift home.

P.C. Michaels has offered.

Thank you.

Oh, right, okay.

You´d found out, hadn´t you?

About the files?

Yeah.

Daft to think

I could fool everyone.

Sad to think

you fooled yourself.

Okay, you two, last place

you want to be on a Saturday.

WOMAN:

Thank you for your call.

In a moment, we´re going to be

hearing from Dr. Jack Harris.

But before that --

Ow.

BAILEY:

Sorry.

I wonder what´ll happen

to Dinsdale.

Why? Was he a particular mate

of yours?

Yeah, I suppose he was.

He´s not a hardened criminal.

He just got in a bit too deep,

living beyond his means.

What you mean is

he got a bit too greedy.

Should I wreck his career

for that?

[ Light switch clicks ]

Redwood´s a complete ass

who´s always passing the buck,

covering up his mistakes,

lying through his teeth

if he has to.

No one´s going to put him

out of a job.

Yeah.

Dinsdale was taking bribes,

for God´s sake.

I don´t think he´d do it again.

How do you know?

Because he´s been found out.

That´s humiliating enough

for someone like Dinsdale.

It´s complicated, though,

isn´t it?

I mean, he saved two lives.

What is it with you

and Dinsdale?

It just doesn´t seem fair.

That´s all.

Do you still want to marry me?

Nah.

I´ve kind of gone off the idea.

Ahh.

Oh, all right, then.