My name is Alex Drake. And quite frankly, your guess is as good as mine.
I understand that emerging from a coma... I understand
that one might have difficulty adjusting to the real world.
A sense of dislocation is natural.
The place that you went to in your subconscious felt completely real.
What if it was real?
You weren't there.
You didn't see them.
Are you still hearing voices?
No.
And are you dreaming about him?
Of course I'm glad to be back.
But the real world scares you.
Because it's not as real as the one I left.
You're isolating yourself.
You sent Molly to stay with her father.
Because I have to deal with this myself.
So you want to return there? - I thought it was all in my head.
But Sam Tyler was in a coma too.
He was a copper in the same place.
Now how is that possible? Sam told me when he woke up,
he told me that he could hear them begging him for help.
And he listened. What if it is a real place?
What if Sam
and I both had a purpose there?
Alex, Sam Tyler is dead.
And the world you describe isn't real.
Just wake up.
The doc stopped the bleeding in your guts weeks ago.
I wasn't going to come here
but I've got a little girl who's been kidnapped.
And what with the Guv in hiding, I'm on my own.
I'm doing my best but they never think my best is any good. So wake up.
Wake up and...
help me.
I couldn't get grapes so I got a melon.
I'll leave it here for you.
This kidnapping stuff... little Dorothy Blonde.
We're all at sea on it boss... ma'am. With the Guv on the run...
It's been three months now.
Oh, er, Shazzer's coming in later.
We're not together any more... But that's "Kool And The Gang".
It's not the same without you any more, ma'am.
Can't you wake up and...
Bits of melon on the floor, ma'am, do you want me to clean it up?
It's not fair! You made things better and then you left us!
Now I'm back making bloody tea and biscuits.
Should've got a job at Peak Freans!
If you came back I know you'd help me to...
Alex. Look what he's done to you.
You don't know me but I read all about you.
You're the best of them, Alex. It's not fair.
He did this to you and I don't want history to repeat itself.
I don't want you to end up like...
Wake up.
It's not fair. Help me, help me, help me...
Wakey wakey, Drakey!
Come on, you weren't that shot.
Do you hear me, Bols?
Come back to me, I need ya!
Wake up!
Wake up...
Wakey wakey, Drakey! Drakey!
Wake up, come back to me, I need ya!
Drake! ALEX! ALEX! Wake up!
It's not the same without you any more, ma'am.
You made things better and then you left us...
You weren't that shot!
Police in Lancashire say the body found in a shallow grave
on farmland maybe that of a police officer.
They believe it may have lain undiscovered for many years
before being found by a group of travellers two days ago.
A postmortem is being carrying out
to establish the cause and likely date of death.
Alex! Wake up!
That worked then.
I had a mate called Brian Batts used to get on the voddy t's
and wind up sparko in his own sick.
Little tap to the boat race always brought him round with a smile.
So smile. You're back.
You're going to like these. They're even clean.
What's the matter with you, you dozy mare?
You walked straight into the path of my shooter.
I don't fire magic bullets, you know, they don't go bending in the air.
They said I tried to kill you. But I know you wouldn't let me down.
We're a team. Bodie and Doyle.
I'm the one in the SAS. You can be the one with girl's hair.
Now get your knickers on, we're leaving.
Duty cleaner to Casualty, please.
That's duty cleaner required to Casualty.
I was in a dream. I was at a home,
but I wasn't. I was in ICU.
There was a man, a young copper, his face was...
When you've finished blabbering you're going to clear my name with D and C.
That's a gynaecological procedure.
Nothing so glamorous. Discipline And Complaints.
The rubber heelers.
Turns out if you shoot a fellow officer they get a bit annoyed about it.
Where did you go?
Abroad.
The Isle Of Wight. That was shit.
So I tried the Costa Brava. It was the best full English I've ever had.
But then I thought, "Why am I running?
"Gene Hunt doesn't run. "
I'm in a mess, Bols.
So am I. - Fighting for my future.
Me too.
Get up. Come here.
I'm sorry. I could've hit my target.
But you fell all wrong.
Sometimes in life, you can't help which way you fall.
You do know when I walk through those doors they're going to come for me?
Yeah.
There's only one thing for it.
Let's fire up the Quattro.
Don't worry, I'm sure we'll find Tinkerbell as soon as we... Bugger me sideways!
You catching flies, Skip? Tea, five sugars, if you'd be so kind.
Glad to see you've gotten sweeter in the last three months, Guv.
What the...
Bloody hell!
Ma'am.
What's this? Dorothy Blonde. Kidnapped yesterday morning?
8.21. Parents are on their way. There's been a ransom demand.
Well, we better get her back, hadn't we? Who's in charge of this shambles?
I am.
I'm a DI now.
DI?! - It's not that incredible.
DCI Timmons wanted to keep hold of his office. So I thought I'd move...
We didn't think you were coming back, Guv.
Nor did I after the report you gave the enquiry.
They asked all sorts of questions they already knew the answers to.
Rhetorical. - No, it was definitely English.
We've really missed you, ma'am.
Right, Dorothy, how was she taken?
She was being walked to school. Three masked men got out of
the back of a blue Ford Transit.
Could have been a D-reg but we haven't got witness corroboration.
Well, it's all going to get a bit busy in here.
No doubt D and C will be zooming on over in their Datsun Cherrys.
You bring the family into my office when they arrive.
But you can't just pick up like nothing's happened, Guv.
And, Ray, if you come in here again dressed like a maths teacher,
I will paint your balls the colour of hazelnuts
and inform a bag of squirrels that winter's coming.
But you wear...
'Molly... Eight years ago...
'And so time passed.
'Molly still hadn't heard from her mum. She knew she was fine but she was desperate... '
Hello?
I am all right. I'll be back, I just need to finish something here first.
That's why I can't leave.
Look, please tell Molly I'm still going to find a way home to her.
Who you talking to, ma'am? - Erm...
Whoever might be listening, Shaz.
What was it like? Being unconscious all that time?
It looked like home
but it wasn't. It didn't feel at all real.
This does, though, doesn't it? I mean, you're awake now. - Yeah.
It's the strangest thing,
because now I'm not awake
and it does feel real. Oh, well.
Halfway there.
Excuse me? - Oh, that's Marjorie, the kidnapped girl's step mum. - Marjorie?
I can't. There'll be more questions. I can't breathe in here.
Darling, please... - Is there anything I can do? - Come on.
Marjorie? We... - She just needs a moment.
You should get that bruise looked at.
She got that trying to fight them off when they took Dotty.
I should've fought harder.
What's that say? "Do the right thing and I will be fine. "
"Don't do the right thing and I will die. "
Dotty... - There's a ransom demand, as well.
No. Don't rewind it. - Got this player through the market, they're normally sound.
It'll be fine, we can smooth that out.
The last card definitely had "ransom" written at the top of it.
I couldn't understand the rest. It was in a code.
Should get one of the techno twats from Scotty Yard to sort that out.
I've salvaged enough party cassettes in my time.
OK, stand down the techno twats, I think I've got it.
"Ransom. Tomorrow morning, 10.30am. "
I don't know what those other numbers mean. Sequences of four.
Bastards don't make it easy. - Kidnappers can use biblical references.
They're usually sequences of three - book, chapter, verse.
Where the hell's my filing cabinet gone?
Oh, Ray moved your stuff into storage, Guv.
Oh, thanks for that, Chris.
Guv, you're a wanted man... - Don't you know it's nice to be wanted?
Right, the Blondes. Been married two years. Happy couple?
Well, they seem pretty devoted.
Dorothy's the kid from the first marriage.
David Blonde's got his own firm.
Computers or something pointless. We'll round up his employees.
They've been interviewed, and family members.
Could be a pro job?
Nothing is certain until I am up to speed.
Look, you pair can't just walk back here and start... I mean it's not...
D and C are just going to have a fit!
I want my filing cabinet back.
Poor little girl, sat there all by herself waiting for her Dad.
Dot Matrix.
Micro processors for arcade games.
But now I'm going into eight-bit computers.
Sorry, I don't speak Sci Fi.
Dot Matrix after Dotty? She's your inspiration, isn't she?
What about her mother?
She died when Dotty was six. - And how did you two meet?
We were at school together.
I married young and so we lost touch. But after my marriage...
After it ended, I bumped into David in Tandy's.
Yeah, no-one can replace her mother but Marjorie's made a damn good try.
You made job cuts recently?
Yeah, a few. We're in a recession, you know.
Anyone turn nasty on you?
No, not at all. David always handles these things sensitively.
Well, have you got money? I mean why would kidnappers target you?
I have access to funds, you know.
But I'm trying to put it all into the business.
We're expanding, got a new warehouse development.
Look, why the hell are we discussing this?
I mean, get out there and find Dotty.
I know. - You need to be back with your daughter.
Don't worry, I'll find her.
Why give ransom details in code?
Well, Drake says it's the "kidnapper's innate desire to show superiority".
You can't shoot your DI, then waltz back in and take charge like nothing's happened.
I'd normally agree, but these are unique mitigating circumstances.
Good for you, Chris. I told you reading Doris Lessing broadens the vocabulary.
You're not together and she's got you on bloody lesbian poetry.
It's good the Guv's back, innit?
I was running this whole caboodle while he was in Spain.
All I want to hear from him are those three little words. - What? I love you?
Well done, Ray.
Oh, the Rubberheelers.
Alex.
Never hear them coming.
'Look what he's done to you. '
Hi, DCI Jim Keats.
Discipline and Complaints.
Can we take a walk, mate?
Senora Drake. My heart, she sings.
Canta. Canta. Canta? - What the hell is that?
Canta. It's Italian. "She sings".
Thank you. Now I know. - You know what?
DCI Hunt didn't intend to kill you during the Douglas Lane robbery.
The chemistry between you...
It's obvious. - Good. Chemistry lesson over? I'll be getting back to work.
No, no, wait. - Sit down. What's the matter with you two?
What, you think we're in East Berlin or something? Please, Gene.
Look, you know this is stupid. He didn't mean to kill me, he was trying to save me.
You heard of Operation Countryman?
Destroying the link between the Met and organised crime.
Don't take it the wrong way.
I'm not saying that you folks are corrupt but quite frankly this incident
puts Fenchurch East on our radar.
This is the latest in a long line of...
How should I put it diplomatically?
Risky operating styles.
No, believe it or not, he's one of the good guys.
If it was me, there'd still be room for the mavericks.
But Newman wants a clean, consistent force. Oh, blimey O'Reilly.
It was so easy once upon a time, wasn't it?
Yeah, I need another career. Nobody likes us.
It's bloody depressing. - How many years have you spent on the beat?
Oh, come on. Are you that surprised I'm here?
You fled to Spain. - You ever even held a truncheon or a pair of cuffs?
Criminals flee to Spain.
Look...
I know you're clean now but I've got to convince a few other people.
I'm not going to make you turn in your badge
so, until this blows over...
go home.
Full pay.
On one condition.
I leave here alone.
I don't need an escort here from Cannon and bloody Ball.
Yeah, well, I only take them out to stop them chewing the carpet tiles.
Gene?
Thank you.
You came to see me, in hospital.
I thought Gene had tried...
I was worried about you, Alex. - You don't know me.
I know you can make a difference here.
You see, that... That's what I try and do.
I try and make a difference here. To get home.
But, you see, there's something...
There's something else and Gene is at the heart of it.
Look, don't worry, Gene'll be fine.
I've got it covered.
Damn thing. Look at that, my watch stopped at 9:06 exactly.
Hmmm.
You know, you talked to me about history repeating itself. What did you mean?
Forget it for now... - Another copper?
Look, I just need DCI Hunt to see the severity of this and take it seriously.
And when he does,
that'll help him.
"Iron sharpeth iron", you know.
Sorry, Book of Proverbs, I think.
You know your Bible. - Comes with my upbringing.
I must know almost every word.
I'm here to help, Alex.
You know?
Dead copper on the news.
Dead copper in front of me.
Why?
Is there anybody there?
You know, it's weird...
I can see why Sam wanted...
why he needed to come back here.
There's something about this world, about my place in it, that's important.
Who are you?
What do you want?
Do you want help? Is that it? I can't help you, I can't even help myself.
Can you tell me what any of it means?
I must confess to being an Audi Quattro fan when the car first came out in 1980.
I was tremendously impressed by it's blood and thunder performance.
By the way, it put its considerable power down on the road and perhaps,
most of all, by the way it catapulted out of corners.
Now, this is another Audi Quattro...
Chris?
First number could be Book. Then Chapter. Then Verse. Then...
Then word. 1, 6, 15, 26.
Genesis.
Chapter 6, verse 15.
What's the 26th word in that Bible verse then?
"The breadth of it 50 cubits. "
50. The word fifty. - Next one is 55, 1, 5, 18.
Hold on... Timothy is the 55th book.
Chapter one, verse five.
"When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee,
"which dwelt first in thy grand mother... "
Grandmother's written as two words.
Fifty grand. I think we just found our ransom demand.
Oh, ma'am, I bloody love having you back.
OK. "Fifty. Grand. Cloth. Bag. Behind. Hammers. "
These words form a simple set of instructions. Any ideas?
Fifty grand in a cloth bag behind some hammers.
West Ham. The Hammers. Upton Park tomorrow morning.
You're not supposed to be in here... - He wouldn't listen, would he?
Look, Guv, can I... can I just have a quick word?
I hate to say it, Guv, but she's right - you can't stay.
I can. I just stand here with my feet slightly apart.
Will you just STOP trying to prove a point to everybody, please! This isn't a game!
I missed you. But now you're back, I'm getting all annoyed again.
Right, Ray, I want us crawling through Dot Matrix Limited.
Debtors. Creditors. Cash flow. The lot.
They've been through all that stuff already. Haven't you?
Yeah, yeah. As much as we need to. - Well, it won't be enough. - I was thinking
now we know the drop, we could pull off a sting. Wire up David Blonde.
We could stay out of sight and go in when we hear the switcheroo.
It's risky but the clock's against us. It could be our best shot.
You could head it up, Ray.
The sting? Me?
You can't run operations on the streets. D and C will have your knackers in a vice.
You're right. You're still annoying but you're right. Ray, armed or bare back?
Armed. - Set it up. - You got it, Guv.
You're going to do what they say.
You can hand over the money but we'll have a wire on you.
The moment we know Dorothy's safe, we swoop in and nick 'em. - No way, Jose!
It's a foolproof plan, David. - No! Absolutely not! We know what we have to do.
Give them the money and get back my Dotty.
If you're wired, we can listen from a greater distance.
Marjorie, you can see why we have to do this? - Dave, maybe...
No! All right, I don't want to risk it.
I've met these types of people before. They're called scumbag bastards.
We have to bring them down and it's your duty to help us.
My duty isn't to you, I'm afraid, it's to my daughter.
Just leave it, Ray. - Yeah, but we have to...
We can't force them, can we? - Come on, sweetheart. Come on.
You could've talked him into it. You know all about feelings and crying and stuff.
You've compromised my operation, ma'am.
Hey, did you just call me "ma'am", Inspector?
No. Course not!
Shit.
What have you got for me, Chris?
They've got this warehouse for storing computer chips from Japan,
where these are supposed to go.
Only the warehouse isn't ready for 'em. - Why not? - Health and Safety.
They cleared the workforce out a couple of months back. - Anything we can use?
Business is keeping its head above water. Just.
Bloke over there let something slip.
David Blonde's put his mortgage into Marjorie's name.
Guarding against bankruptcy, I suppose.
Chris, I'm...
I'm sorry about you and Shaz.
Yeah. Me too. We just couldn't see eye to eye and she gets so angry these days.
Anyway, best to lose a lover and keep a friend.
Has your IQ doubled since I've been away?
No. It's Doris Lessing. Can I have a crack at Missile Command? - No.
He moved his house into his new wife's name like the fella said.
This is even more interesting. In her previous marriage she was Marjorie Soaper.
Soaper? Why do I know that name?
She was married to Gary Soaper. House breaking and blackmail.
Sent down on a five stretch.
Broke out of the Scrubs five months ago while they were taking him to the dentist.
Nicked a car and smashed it up, the prat.
Now he's permanently spazzed up in hospital.
So Blonde needs cash flow but he can't go back to the bank.
Marjorie has old underworld connections. Not quite Terry and June any more, are they?
David Blonde going to the underworld for money? Ridiculous. - Guv? Phone call.
I'm not here.
It's D and C. - I'm definitely not here. - They say you're not at home.
No, because I'm here!
They want to know if you're here. - Well, I'm not! - OK!
Right, so... What if Blonde visited Gary Soaper to borrow cash?
I mean, Soaper would know the right loan sharks to go to.
I've met a lot of liars in my time. David Blonde isn't one.
If you were that clever, you wouldn't be a copper, you'd be a judge.
His fear is genuine. His love and his desire
to be back with his daughter whatever is genuine!
I'm sorry if that doesn't suit but tough!
This is me acting on a hunch. Deal with it!
Your hunch is to see Gary Soaper which makes no sense.
Soaper would know where to go to get cash. No questions asked.
It's the kind of deal where a man's daughter ends up as capital.
You do know that Gary Soaper's a medical write-off?
Yeah, well most cons egg it up for the doctors. Best way of doing some cushy time.
Jesus.
Gary Soaper, DCI Hunt. DI Drake.
Did David Blonde come to see you, Gary?
He needed cash, no questions.
You know the sort of folk who'd take his daughter if he couldn't pay up.
Stop playing hospitals, Gary, and help me out.
Guv. Guv, the man's got 90% burns and severe brain damage.
He barely knows we're here.
Hmm.
You asked about handcuffs. I could use them on you now.
Try it, Jim. - I'm not looking for trouble.
The Guv wanted to be here. This case is important. - This department needs me.
In fact, I am this department.
What's really important? The girl or your career?
Sod the mind games. Your move.
I have to set up an investigation in CID. I'll need my own office. I can't avoid that.
I do NOT want to see you on the streets.
And you are 100,000% banned from using a firearm.
I got two A levels. He hasn't. I should have won that round.
I said I could help you. I can.
I'm a bit of a superstitious person and I happen to agree with you, Alex.
You are back for a reason. But maybe it's not to help him.
Or any of them.
Maybe it's to help me.
You almost sound like you know what I'm going through.
How could you? Do you?
I'll tell you one thing - Gene Hunt is at the heart of this.
You were right.
We'll keep talking.
Right, pay attention - the drop zone will be here.
Ray?
Oi! Billy The Flid! Drop zone!
Oh, yeah. Sorry, Guv.
Right, there'll be cover here and cover back here...
We're trying to work here.
So am I. This is a restaurant, not...
.. Who Dares, He Wins.
We don't have a wire tap
and the Guv can't officially take the lead on this so we go, go, go on my signal.
Guv, got something more on Gary Soaper.
1977 acquitted for the attempted kidnap of a bookie's son.
I say it's coincidence. Gary's a write-off, couldn't be involved.
Oh, aye-aye.
Pizza? I can see you're all worried sick about Dotty.
Can we talk?
I'll wear the wire.
Your ex, Gary, was involved in a kidnapping six years ago.
Oh, right. That's reared its ugly head again, has it?
It was never proved. The case was dropped.
Don't judge me over Gary.
When he was sent down, it was my chance to marry the right man.
Is there any reason we should be following up this lead with Gary?
When Gary was inside, there was this Methodist bloke.
Held Bible studies but they were also like secret exchanges for snout and whatnot.
Gary sort of got inspired.
Genuinely believed that he'd become a... you know...
a Christian, a Methodist. This man was very charismatic.
Gary told him David had money.
This Methodist bloke was doing time for kidnap.
What was his name? - I don't know. Just do what you want with it.
You know, in my old life, I heard hundreds of stories about Gene Hunt.
He's a copper-bottomed bastard.
If you think you really know him, you're in for a terrible shock.
'MB units are in position with uniforms set up on the far side, Guv.
'All set and ready to go on your word, over. '
'Right, Chris sit tight and don't pick your nose.
'Make your move as soon as Blonde has left the house, over. '
He's gone to get the ransom money.
Let's get you inside, Marjorie.
I'm going to attach a microphone to your...
brassiere.
Might be best if you do it.
'Report in please, Elizabeth Road. '
'Yeah, we have the Blonde vehicle just turning at the end, now. '
'Not a dickie bird. '
Don't loiter. Keep moving.
Your mother's asking if your head's nice and warm.
You know you shouldn't be here, Guv.
We made Jim a promise. - Oh "Jim" now, is it?
Oh, great!
Why don't you just rent yourself a helicopter gunship!
Relax, I've shot all the innocent people I care to.
Blonde. All units, sit tight.
What the hell are you doing?
I love her too.
And I love you. We're in this together.
Transit! We're on!
Don't panic, Ray.
Go! Go! Go!
What is he doing? - It's too soon! It's too soon!
Oh, my God!
Oh my god! Dotty.
West Ham! West Ham! Can you hear me?!
Help us!
Dotty. Dotty...
It's not her, it's a dummy.
What are you all doing here?
Why didn't you wait?!
You were wearing a wire! After everything we said, you were wearing a wire!
I'm sorry... I'm sorry... I had to do it!
It's all right. It's all right.
'All units, van is on the move. ' - She was probably in that van.
All I wanted to do was follow their orders and give them the money.
But you had to bring your guns and mess it all up.
You've killed my daughter!
They'll be rattled and they'll be angry but they've come this far
and they won't want to blow it now.
They need her alive. She's their only bargaining chip.
Talk to me, Christopher.
'Pandas lost it on the estate, Guv. '
"You have let me down and putted me in even greater danger.
"The fee is now 60,000.
"You have one last chance... "
".. We will send you another location.
"The drop is 8pm tonight.
"If the fuzz are involved...
"If the fuzz are involved, I will die.
"If you have any more to do with them, I will die. "
Daddy, help me!
They put a telly in for her, that was nice. - It'll be all right.
She doesn't look hungry. They're feeding her well.
They've been watching you, David.
Yeah, well, they can watch me as I leave and have nothing to do with you.
I'm sorry how that went this morning
but we need to talk about other possibilities,
other scenarios that might have led to this.
What? - Have you been straight?
Did you use one of Marjorie's old contacts to get yourself a bridging loan?
Don't be stupid! You think I'd hide something like that?
I would admit to being a serial rapist if I thought it'd get my Dotty back.
Hold your horses.
You practically killed my little girl.
Now, we're going to go home and sit tight
and wait for our instructions from the kidnappers.
I'll show you out...
I don't want to be seen standing next to a copper.
You didn't mess up. It was a heat of the moment... - Just... don't. All right?
Just trying to help. No.
Put a tail on 'em. In case... - We can't jeopardize Dorothy again.
We have to go about this from a different angle.
Ray, I want every television rental shop in the district to get a visit.
The guy on the VHS had an infection or something.
Somebody might remember him renting or buying a telly.
Check out as well who might have bought a camcorder. - What?
One of them TV... - Specialist TV shop might do 'em.
Find out. We know the drop is eight.
Clock is ticking, ladies and gents.
Got it from the police gym. - We've got a gym?!
Guv, we had a shout. They found the Transit on the estate. Abandoned.
Right get forensics down there. Stick it up there.
They'll need their oven gloves, it's been torched.
Ma'am, this fella's fixing the central heating on the second floor. - Thanks.
It's OK. You're not in any trouble. I'd just like to know what this is.
Terry, I want that list of Gary Soaper's known associates. Chop-chop!
Shop dummy was from a warehouse in Wapping.
Was one of a dozen they had in a skip.
Any wally could have pinched it.
The dummy was wrapped in blue asbestos.
Oh, come on! Asbestos.
It causes asbestosis. It's lethal.
It rips your lungs to shreds.
Blue asbestos!
Oh, come on, don't tell me none of you have ever heard of...
You're a one-woman Open University course, aren't you?
Bamber Gascoigne in drag.
That bloke with the cough? - The one on the tape. Maybe.
Terry? Also find out if any of Soaper's cronies
have come into contact with asbestos.
Gary Soaper?
I've told you, how many times? The man is a burnt vegetable!
He found religion in the nick, the notes are all Bible references.
What about the man Gary met inside?
The one that Marjorie told me about. The Methodist teacher with links to kidnapping.
Did she have a name? - No, afraid not.
We're looking for a bloke who has done time.
That narrows it down to most of Earth and the whole of Sunderland. I can trace him.
Here's the current low lifes. - Raymondo?
We'll see what we can shake out of 'em.
I know what you're doing - hassling old felons, making a lot of noise.
You're re-announcing yourself to the underworld and it's bollocks.
Just work with me.
Working together is fine when it's what you want.
Has it ever occurred to you that if you gave your team a bit of respect,
a little bit of freedom, that they might flourish?
I did. I put Ray in charge and look what happened!
I'm glad I came back. This place needs me.
They're crying out for me.
This is turning into The Claire Rayner Show and I've had enough!
Five hours and 42 minutes left on that girl's life. - Five hours, 41.
Yes, thank you very much, the Speaking ruddy bloody Clock!
CID?
Blimey, it's getting a bit Juicy Fruit out there.
Gary Soaper's cronies aren't going to tell us anything.
They don't bloody KNOW anything!
Any luck? - There's a lot of these Bible groups. - Did you mention the kidnap angle?
Yeah, and they had a William Carburton doing eight years for attempted kidnap. Methodist.
Beats me how a devout Christian can also be a criminal.
Ask a Catholic choir boy. - Don't know any. Do you want me to pull some in?
Uh... Carburton? - He was released a month ago.
Was assigned to a Methodist hostel in Stepney. - Hmm.
Under three hours.
I think we better talk to Mr Carburton.
Police, open up!
Just break it down, Chris.
But we don't have a warrant. Warrant schwarrant, do it.
Police!
Police! This is the police!
This is the police!
What are you doing?
Police. Hands where we can see them.
He's not hiding a weapon, 'cause he's not wearing any clothes.
Still. Police. Hands away from your smalls.
What's all this stuff?
This morning's Bible study. We meet every Thursday.
William Carburton. Where is he?
Will Carburton?
Yes, where is he? - Hopefully, he's with Christ.
And where do we find this Christ?
Christ isn't a nickname, is it, Chris? He means THE Jesus Christ.
Sorry, Will Carburton's dead?
He had three heart attacks in prison.
You get quick health care in the Scrubs. Out here...
Ambulance took too long.
Died two weeks ago.
Recognise this man? - Chris! There is no point in showing that...
Gary Soaper. Saw him at Bible study inside.
He phoned here one time to talk to Will. He didn't leave his name but I knew the voice.
Gary Soaper is in a bed with brain damage.
A Gary Soaper called here a few weeks back.
And he wasn't brain damaged.
Shaz. - I know, Guv.
Tea for 15 and bourbons on a plate. - A word.
Listen, Drake is always going on about
what a smart little plonk you are. So, er...
How'd you fancy a spot of surveillance?
'Shaz, what's going on?
'Talk to me, over. '
Looks like they're still waiting for a contact from the kidnappers.
Still no movement at the Blondes'. Any joy here?
We've had it out with anyone who's ever had dealings with Soaper - nothing.
Maybe if we let the exchange take place.
Let these swines take the dough and hand the girl over. She'll be safe.
No, she'll have seen them. Heard them.
My spidey senses tell me once they've got their money, they'll kill her.
What we down to? - About two hours ten.
DI Drake for you. - What is it?
'A "please" wouldn't kill you. '
Please talk now, you mare.
Gary Soaper, he's been making phone calls.
Ray, search the room. - Will you just listen to what I have to say!
I listen morning, noon and night.
It's called Radio Drakey, broadcasting 24 hours a bloody day.
This? Do you want this?
Well, don't look so surprised, you said he found religion.
Methodist Christianity. This man's a Catholic.
This isn't Gary Soaper.
She's turned left so that means she'll be hitting Queen Anne Road.
No, wait up. Mr Blonde's... Mr Blonde's going the other way.
I'm reckoning our veggie in there...
...was used as a decoy to drive the getaway car by Gary.
Trouble is car crashes and ends up burnt to a crisp.
Now everybody thinks Gary's in a hospital bed but in fact he's lying low.
Until of course he needs some money
and then he contacts Carburton for some kidnap advice.
Marjorie's got to know that isn't her hubby. - She's in on it, Ray.
It's been Marjorie all along.
They phoned us this time.
I'm sorry, we knew you'd try to follow us so David sent me out as a decoy.
Mrs Blonde, where did he go?
He's going to make the switch in an hour.
They're not going to hurt her. She's going to be all right.
Deep down, she wants to confess.
That's why she told us about Carburton. It's why she wanted a wire.
She almost wants us to stop this because she can't.
She's grappling with herself internally.
Ray's got a film like that. - 50 minutes!
Stop!
Yes? Hello? What?
Wherever he's holding Dorothy, he's been holding her there for a long time.
Pull Marjorie in, wire her bra strap to a fuse box. She'll talk.
We are running out of time, Raymondo.
David is so scared nothing is going to stop him handing over that cash.
When we were at Dot Matrix, why was it so chaotic?
Because of the tempo of modern life? - Don't over think it, Chris. - Chips.
Boxes of little chips from Japan.
They were meant to be in the warehouse but they'd had to clear the workforce out.
Because of a health and safety scare.
Stories like this work better on Nationwide.
Somewhere go where he wouldn't be disturbed.
The last place they'd think to look. The other warehouse.
Guv.
Guv. We found Dorothy's coat.
Shit!
'Found them. '
Come on! Hold your breath! It's asbestos!
Gary Soaper, sorry to barge into your home like this but you're nicked.
Thank you. - That's OK.
Are you all right? - Dotty. - I told you I'd come back for you.
Right, this time, Gary, make the most of your time inside.
Try taking up a few hobbies, like basket weaving or gang rape.
Thank you, Mr Hunt. So much. Thank you.
Get out of my house.
Dotty...
Are you OK, darling?
See? He didn't hurt her. She's not hurt.
Get out of my house! - Don't, Dad! Don't shout at her!
It's all right. I'm going to go now.
It wasn't really me you were interested in, Dave.
She was everything. that's how it should be. - I don't want to hear it.
Shaz, would you mind going and sitting with them, until the ambulance arrives?
Ma'am.
You know, the first time I ever met you, you were running.
You've wanted to escape from this from day one, haven't you?
Gary could've gotten away when he broke out. But he came to find me.
It's a hell of a thing to be that wanted.
You actually let him fracture your cheek. God...
I love him.
Even though he made you be part of all this?
Fell for him from day one.
Sometimes, you can't help which way you fall.
Here's to a blinding result. - Good day's work from all of you.
Under difficult circumstances. Ray? - Yes, Guv?
It was a tough call, this morning.
I know it didn't pan out but you could've dithered and you didn't.
As Mrs Lady Woman is keen to remind me, you made a snap decision and you acted on it.
Sometimes, that's all we can do. So well done, Inspector.
Cheers, Guv.
What's on your mind, ma'am?
This team.
You. Chris. Ray.
You're all on my mind.
I don't understand.
No, nor do I.
Maybe I'm here to help.
The Guv too?
He's at the centre of all of this.
Well, who's gonna help you, then?
Oh, don't do that.
Don't give me the silent treatment.
Not when I went to the trouble of bringing this.
Pass it round.
Look, um... I'm just going to say it.
You proved me wrong today. All of you.
DCI Hunt most of all.
This is a station of mavericks.
That means that officially we are going to assess your suitability.
But, and it's a big but...
I'm in charge of assessing you.
And heaven help me, I've got a soft spot for the old ways.
OK? So... Can we see if we can't work this out together?
Hmm? And then... you know...
Do you know what? I'm boring myself. Come on, let's have a drink, OK?
Will one of you Herberts get me my filing cabinet out of storage, please. Thank you!
I hate you.
I can't help it. I hate what you stand for.
The... The...
My mouth's dry. - Maybe you'd prefer water?
No, thank you.
The laziness.
The brutality. The hypocrisy. And as for your team,
some of them could have made good coppers but you've...
.. eroded them too much.
Idiots.
Third raters. Slackers.
They'll be getting pissed while I dismantle this station around them.
And you think you're up to that, do you, Jim?
It's not about them.
Not really.
It's about you, Hunt.
About what you've done in the past.
Maybe Alex Drake was an accident.
Maybe. She thinks it was.
But you do have a nasty temper and not everyone's walked away from that.
And a good dart-throwing arm.
Don't forget my 180.
You think you're so clever,
so special, so needed, so damn right.
You've fooled everyone into believing in you.
But I have the horrible, unpopular job of showing the world what you really are.
The things you've done.
They won't want to believe it.
Because they love you and they think they know you.
They'll hate me for it. But in the end, they will see.
As sad as that will be for them, they will see.
I know what you did.
Three years ago.
I know.
So, you're going to bring me down.
Why tell me that?
You see, that's what's ironic - you can't leave here no matter what happens.
This place defines you, which means you're going to have to sit here
and watch me close your little kingdom.
And you on the scrap heap.
I just hope I can help Alex before it's too late.
Come on, Guv, booze time a-wasting.
Good idea, Ray, let's have a drink, eh?
Gene?
Why not?
You've been out of hospital two days, Alex, please try to look after yourself.
I want to help you. I really do.
The things you hold dear...
you know they might not be good for you. - And I'm here to...
Find out the truth.
Sam Tyler. - I told you, I'm not talking about it.
But why? - Sam Tyler was a friend of mine. Sam Tyler died, end of.
Six young women murdered over a three-year period,
each of them branded somewhere on their body with the shape of a crescent.
Oh, my God, I'm sick of this.
Crescent Moon dating agency.
I'm about to invent speed dating. - What?
My name's Jim and I've been looking for love in all the wrong places.
I'm resigning from the Metropolitan Police.
No questions, no arguments, I've made my decision.
Murder! Murder! - Shaz.