Series 13 - Episode 7

Written by: Danny McChon
Produced by: Angus Towler
Directed by: Jamie Annett

Summary

Previously and credits.

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A phone is ringing...

Sally is on the other end of the phone.

Adam sits up in bed, roots around for the mobile that is ringing, then turns it off.

Sally hangs up.

Hyper enters Adam's bedroom after hearing his mobile ringing. Adam asks why he was up, Hyper said he'd been making them breakfast.


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At Geoff and Fiona's...

Fiona is worrying about Eve. Geoff reassures Fiona that she is fine with her, then leaves to go to work.


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In the lockers...

Geoff walks in the room telling the watch that role - call is in five minutes, he then asks where Sally is. Hyper lies saying that Sally had a doctors appointment, when the truth was he didn't actually know where she was.

Adam says that Hyper stayed at him and the watch start winding them up and Hi - Ho actually believes something is going on.


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Sally is at her flat standing around in the kitchen, she breaks down in a rage and smashes some plates.


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The watch are standing in the appliance area, Adam questions where Sally is.

A mini - bus load of children arrive out in the carpark.


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The phone starts ringing in Sally's flat. She leaves it, picking up her bag, then left the flat.

On the other end of the phone, Hyper is listening to the ringing, then eventually hangs up.


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Out in the yard...

Geoff is giving a demonstration on all the different kinds of uniform they wear in the brigade. Adam, Melissa and Hi - Ho are modeling the uniforms. A little boy called Tommy, who has an interest in the brigade, begins talking for Geoff.


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At Geoff and Fiona's...

Eve is crying and Fiona visibly can't cope, she paces up and down in the hallway in their house.


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Geoff is talking about the BA kits and Hyper is wearing one, Tommy interrupts Geoff again, taking over his demonstration.


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Maggie arrives outside the fire station. She notices the retired fire fighter who Coleman met when he did a talk about safety in the home. The man explains that he has come to see Coleman. They then both go in the station.


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The watch do a kitchen fire demo with a chip pan on an oven. Geoff asks what should be done to extinguish the flames. One boy suggests chucking water over it. Hi - Ho does that and it blows into flames.

Tommy backs off and runs, Geoff asks Hyper to take over and follows Tommy.


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In Geoff office...

Tommy explains to Geoff that he started a fire at home with a cake, which he made as a surprise for his mum because she was going round.


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The watch begin another demo, with a fire in the watch tower.


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Still in Geoff's office...

Tommy carries on explaining that he hid the cake under his gran's bed with candles on it, which were alight. He said after what happened, his mum never came back.


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In Coleman's office...

Coleman and Alison are talking, then the phone rings. It's Fiona, she asks for Geoff. Coleman and Fiona talk for a bit before Fiona hangs up.


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In Geoff's office...

Geoff and Tommy talk about his mum staying away. Geoff assures him that she didn't stay away because of the fire scaring her and it was probably due to other things.

Coleman then enters the office and Geoff asks Melissa to escort Tommy back down to his friends.


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Sally arrives at work and walks up the stairs, where she's greeted by Hyper. He talks about the night before and questions it. He also tells her that he told Geoff she had a doctor's appointment.


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Coleman talks to Geoff about Fiona, asks how she's coping and tells Geoff if he ever needs more time off, he'll allow it. Geoff although is certain that she's ok.


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In the mess...

Maggie and Ralph, the retired fire fighter, talk while drinking tea.


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At Geoff and Fiona's...

The phone is ringing, the answer phone kicks in and Geoff talk as Fiona listens in. Geoff lectures on about calling him at work etc


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Sally enters Geoff's office and apologises for being late.


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The final demo...

Foam extinguishers. A small fire had been set up and Geoff asks for volunteers to put it out. A lot of the children are willing to have a go and Tommy hides in the background. Geoff picks Tommy, then helps him extinguish the flames.


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Maggie and Ralph carry on talking in the mess...


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The children begin to get in the mini - bus as they go to leave. Geoff gives Tommy a little model fire engine.


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Ralph leaves the mess and Sally enters. Maggie begins talking about Sean, saying how nice he is and Sally looks very uncomfortable.


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Out in the yard...

Alison thanks Coleman for allowing the children's visit.

Fiona arrives at the station with Eve in the pram. She asks to talk to Geoff and they go through the a side room. Fiona tells Geoff she needs help, but Geoff keeps telling her she's fine. In the end, Fiona leaves Eve with Geoff and storms off out of the station.


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Geoff is changing Eve in the lockers, he tells the watch that Fiona has something important on with work and had to go, although it was obvious that they didn't believe him.

Geoff was visibly struggling when trying to change Eve, although he wouldn't admit it. The watch leave. Sally walks into the lockers and offers to help Geoff.

Sally talks to Geoff about how Eve trusts him and how the bond of love and trust is there.


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In the mess...

The watch start taking the mick out of Geoff, Maggie ends up snapping at them.


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In Coleman's office...

Geoff confides in Coleman and talks to him about Fiona.


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Maggie takes Eve, so that she can look after him while Geoff is at work.

The bells go down... Pump Ladder only.


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The watch arrive at the scene to an old unused house.

A police officer brief's Geoff on the situation.

The watch walk around the building, but they can't find an entrance. All doors and windows were either boarded up with wood or metal. Then Sally spots a hole in the roof.

Adam and Sally go up onto the roof and enter the building from there. The floor is rotten, so a short extension ladder is needed.

Adam can hear a woman's voice calling for help. He goes downstairs and finds a girl trapped in the man room. Her leg is caught under the floor, she reveals her name is Carol.


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On the outside of the building, the door is beginning to be sawed on.


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Carol reveals her and her boyfriend Luke, went in there to be alone, but her left her there.

Carol begins to have a fit.


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Melissa gets in the house through the roof.


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Carol stops breathing.


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Recall is still sawing at the door.


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Sally breathes for Carol.


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The door to the house if finally opened.


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Luke - Carol's boyfriend, approaches Carol as the paramedics take her out of the house on a stretcher. Sally accuses of him of dumping her and yells at him, Geoff shouts at Sally, telling her he wants to have a word with her when they arrive back at the station.


Sally enter's Geoff's office, he asks for an explanation. She apologises and he carries on shouting at her and she breaks down in tears in front of him. Geoff approaches Sally and asks her what's wrong, she tells him that Sean raped her last night.


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Coleman tells Sally that they can help her. He goes on to say that they don't want people like Sean in the brigade. Sally then storms out of the office and goes into the locker area. She hates it that all they think of is the brigade when it's about her.

Coleman follows her into the lockers where she is pacing up and down.


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In the mess...

Geoff enters and Recall asks what is wrong with Sally. Geoff then reveals to the watch what happened.


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In the lockers...

Coleman talks to Sally and tries to convince her to go and talk to the police, he then tells her that D.O. Griggs will also need to be told.


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In the mess...

Adam questions Melissa on how Sean was acting the night before, but she doesn't want to get involved as she fears that was she says, may look bad for Sally.


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In Coleman's office...

Coleman hangs up the phone and then tells Sally that D.O. Griggs is on his way.


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In the lockers...

Hyper finds Melissa hiding in the lockers. Melissa explains to Hyper that Sally and Sean seemed very flirty the night before.


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On the stairs...

Adam asks Hyper what he worse for his first time in a gay bar. Hyper snaps at him, his friend had just been raped and Adam was going on about that.

Hyper storms off leaving just Adam and Hi - Ho. Hi - Ho then asks about Adam and Hyper, Adam says there isn't anything going on.


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Geoff phone's home from his office. There is no answer so the answer phone kicks in. He leaves a message for Fiona, who is standing in the living room listening in.


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Sally is sitting on a bed in the dorm. Hyper walks in and sits next to her. He blames himself for not coming home.


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Griggs tells Coleman that he can go and get Sally.


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In the mess...

Hyper hands Sally a cup of tea. Sally blames herself for what happened and Hyper comforts her telling her it wasn't her fault.

Coleman enters the mess, telling Sally that Griggs would like to see her.


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Sally and Coleman enter his office.


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Hyper is still sitting in the mess. Adam enters and tries to apologise, Hyper accepts and apologises for yelling at him, Adam also apologises for what he said.

They talk about Hyper being gay and Hyper reveals how he lost friends when he revealed it to his friends.


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In Coleman's office...

Griggs tells Sally that her accusation will be taken very seriously and that she will need to go to the police to make a statement.

Sally and Coleman leave his office and Coleman tells Sally that she can go home. Sally says she's ok to work, then Coleman reveals that Sean will be arriving soon for his shift and that he doesn't want her around when Sean does turn up.


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The watch are standing around in the appliance area. Sean arrives to work and makes a sarcastic comment about the watch. They all stand and glare. Hyper walks out wondering what is going on and Adam tells him that Sean has arrived. Hyper moves quickly to approach Sean and Recall and Adam restrain Hyper back.


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Sean is called to Coleman's office and Griggs tells him Sally's claim. Sean is adament that Sally consented and says that she made it entirely clear that she was interested. He then mentions that Melissa knew how the were acting towards each other.


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As Sean leaves the station, Hyper approaches him. Sean tries to get Melissa to say what they were like around each other, but she doesn't want to get involved.

Geoff eventually stops Hyper, who treatens Sean that he won't get away with it as he left the station.


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Geoff arrives home after work to find that Fiona has gone.


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Sally is standing outside her and Hyper's flat. Hyper arrives home and eventually gets Sally to go inside. As she walks in, she confessed that he may need some new crockery.


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Starring

Coleman - Edward Peel
Pearce - Michael Garner
Recall - Ben Onwukwe
Hyper - Connor Byrne
George - Glen Murphy
Sally - Heather Peace
Hi - Ho - Fuman Dar
Adam - Sam Callis

Maggie - Shirley Greenwood
Fiona - Helen Anderson
D.O. Griggs - Simon Merrell
Alison Hemmings - Liz Crowther
Melissa - Kate Odey
Sean Bateman - Dominic Taylor
Ralph - Peter Geddis
Tommy - Ben Thornton
Teenager - Daniel Bliss
Carol - Jessica Hooker
Luke - Daniel Pott
Policeman - Mark McCallum

 

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