Series 13 - Episode 8

Written by: Colin Steven
Produced by: Angus Towler
Directed by: Jamie Annett

Summary

Previously and credits.

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Pitbull meets Sean, who pulls up in hear car near the station. Pitbull believes that they're all trying to stitch Sean up.


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In the mess...

Hyper and Adam are having a game of pool.

Recall comes in to reveal that he's just been on the phone to his ex - wife and that she's revealed that his son Ben is on his way down to London.


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Two men in warehouse...


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In the lockers...

Pitbull and Ducky begin to wind up Melissa about Sally and Sean, who ends up walking out of the room.

Sally then meets up with Melissa on the stair case and are then passed by Pitbull. Melissa asks Sally if she's been hiding and Sally asks Melissa if Pitbull and Ducky have been hassling her.


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In the warehouse...

A heater catches some paper alight...


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In the mess...

Hi - Ho mentions about him and Kate staying up late with her parents and that he wishes him and Kate could spend some time alone.


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In the warehouse...

The fire begins to go out of control and a man is trapped inside...


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The bells go down at Blackwall, only the Pump Ladder is needed.


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At the scene, the police and paramedics are running around and Shadbrook are already there.

George and Adam enter the building.

Coleman arrives in his car.


Inside the building, George notices the man and approaches him as Adam radios BA Control.

George stands on a staircase to get the man, then the office blows...


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Previously everything had collapsed on George and the man. Wood and metal from the staircase and the surrounding area. Adam tries to free George and gets him out, then explains to George that the man has already been taken out.

Melissa and Sally are sent in the warehouse.

George arrives out of the building. He's asked how he is and reveals he think's he's broken his arm and is taken over to the paramedics.


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Hi - Ho and Hyper are cleaning the appliances when the Pump Kadder crew arrive back. It is announced that the A.C.O is arriving in 15 minutes so everything needs to be cleaned before he arrives.


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George and Andie walk out of the hospital. George is wearing a sling as his arm is broken.


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In the mess...

Maggie wonders how George is and Recall tells her that he's just broken his arm.


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In Coleman's office...

Coleman and Alison talk for a bit before she leaves and goes towards the door. A.C.O. Chapman then arrives.


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Hyper finds Sally in an office, hiding from everyone. They talk about the lads being cautious around her. Sally gets upset and ends up yelling at Hyper before storming out of the office.


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In Coleman's office...

Chapman worns Coleman of Alison and tells her about the supermarket development that she's trying to get done even though the brigade are against it because it will slow down their response times.

Sally knocks on Coleman's door and enters. She talks to Coleman and Chapman and says that the Brigade's Councilling has actuallt helped, although she didn't really expect it would.


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In the mess...

Ralph arrives and gives Maggie the money back that he borrowed as well as some flowers.


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Recall is on the phone for a while, then hangs up. He talks to Adam about Ben, saying that he's been quite a handful lately and he is quite worried about seeing him after so long.


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As Chapman leaves the station while talking to Coleman, he calls Hyper over saying how hard it must be for him, being there for Sally.


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Geoff rings Zoe from work. He wants to see Fiona. Coleman watches in on the conversation through the window on the door, then enters.


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In the museum...

Ralph looks at the old fire fighting helmet on display and him and Maggie talk. Ralph asks if he can borrow the helmet. Maggie's not sure, she tells him he should really ask Coleman. Ralph doesn't like the idea, then Maggie agrees, saying he can borrow it if he returns it the next day.


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In the lockers...

Adam reveals to Recall that he has organised a meal doe two for Hi - Ho and Kate.

Coleman tells them all that he's had a call from George and that he's ok.

Sally tells Hyper that she will be late back home tonight. Hyper is weird, he mumbles 'Whatever' before leaving.


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In the Oliver Twist...

Adam and Elaine are behind the bar. Elaine is suspicious why Adam has organised the romantic meal for two for Hi - Ho and Kate and says to him that she knows that he never does something for nothing.

Hi - Ho arrives in the pub and asks Adam what is going on, then Kate arrives shortly afterwards.


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Sally is still at the station. Coleman finds her, she tells him that the case against Sean has been dropped.


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Geoff arrives home after work and his answer machine is flashing with a new message.


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In the Oliver Twist...

Adam begins to set up the table for Hi - Ho and Kate.


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Ben arrives at Recall's house...


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In the Oliver Twist...

Kate and Hi - Ho talk before their dinner. Hi - Ho becomes suspicious why Adam has set it up and begins to look for traps or cameras but can't find any. Kate guesses that Hi - Ho is still a virgin... then Adam appears in the room with their food and a rose in his mouth.


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At Geoff and Fiona's house...

Geoff puts Eve down in her cot and lays on the bed. He can hear someone and guesses it is Zoe, then Fiona appears in the bedroom's doorway.


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Geoff won't speak to Fiona, Fiona reveals to him that she's been staying with her cousin who has kids.


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At Recall's house...

Recall and Ben drink beer while they talk. Ben explains that he couldn't stay in Scotland any longer. He never seemed to do anything right and was always getting in trouble and his mum's new boyfriend didn't seem to like him much. He was hoping of having a new start in London.


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Coleman is in his office on the phone, he then hangs up after hearing voices.

Pitbull and Ducky are arguing with Melissa about Sally and Sean, then Coleman leaves his office and breaks the arugment up.


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George and Andie are in the gym, Sally is there and approaches George. They discuss Andie, Kelly and Sally wanting Sean to pay for what he's done.


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At Geoff and Fiona's house...

Geoff sits holding Eve as Fiona talks. Fiona says that she is definitely back for good and tells Geoff that he should get his head out of the sand and actually notice that she has a problem. Fiona then takes hold of Eve.


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In the Oliver Twist...

Elaine tells Adam that he's definitely taking an unhealthy interest in Hi - Ho and Kate.

Recall bets £10 against Hi - Ho loosing his virginity.


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Coleman and Alison are out to dinner in a restaurant. The topic of conversation of the supermarket development is brought up. Coleman tells her how it will hold up response times for the brigade...

Alison and Coleman both accuse each other of putting their careers first in front of their relationships.


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Sally arrives home and notices Hyper is still acting strangely, which she questions.


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In the Oliver Twist...

Melissa arrives asking where everyone is then Sean enters. Elaine refuses to serve him, then Recall threatens him, Elaine ends up telling Sean to leave.


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At Sally and Hyper's flat...

Sally pleads Hyper to say something. He speaks, saying he feels like he can't do anything to help her and that he feels partly responsible because he didn't return home.


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In Geoff and Fiona's house...

Geoff and Fiona are in the bedroom with Eve. Fiona asks if she should sleep in the spare bedroom considering the current circumstances. Geoff doesn't respond and is silent for a while, before telling her to join him.


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Recall wakes up with a hangover, he walks into the kitchen where Ben is cooking, who then puts a big fry up in front of him, telling Recall that it is the best cure for a hangover.


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Maggie knocks on the door of the address where Ralph claimed he lives. A woman answers saying no person of that name lives there.

Then back at the station Maggie looks through old station photos for Ralph and can't find him, he had been lying.


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The bells go down and everyone rushes down to the appliances, to find that it was a joke and George had set them off when he had come over for a visit and to collect some things out of his locker.


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Maggie approaches Coleman to confess...


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Everyone gets pens to sign George's cast, then he collapses against an appliance. They think he's joking at first until Sally notices that he isn't breathing and tells Recall to go and get an ambulance.


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Andie arrives at the hospital to find Kelly at George's bedside. Kelly explains to Andie that he's had a CAT scan and Andie questions why Kelly is actually there.


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Adam is on the phone to the hospital, while the others are in the mess. After finishing the phone call, he enters the mess telling them all that the hospital won't tell him anything about George's condition.


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Sally is in a room downstairs when the phone rings, she picks up and no one replies. Then it happens a couple more times. She ends up walking out of the room leaving the phone ringing.

Across the road from the station Sean is standing on his mobile, then walks off.


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At the hospital...

The doctor enters George's room, he says there is no sign of a bleed and that George suffered a Subdural Haemotoma - swelling on the lining of the brain and that they are not sure when or if George will regain consciousness.


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Coleman and Maggie arrive outside an Antique shop in his car. Coleman waits for a page, then enters, finding Ralph trying to sell the helmet.


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At the hospital...

Sally arrives to see George but is told by Kelly and Andie, that the nurse is currently in with him. Sally sort of blames herself for what happened, although it had nothing to do with her.


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At the Oliver Twist...

Adam asks Ben about what he wants to do for work.

Kate arrives and pretends about the night before with Hi - Ho, as Adam and Recall watch.

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As Sally walks through a park, she's approached by Sean. He yells about her about her ruining his career and that she did consent. Sally tells him that they both know what really did happen.


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In the hospital...

Kelly and Andie are sitting beside George's bed as Kelly reads a book. Andie asks what she's actually doing there and why she's not going home to the kids. Kelly says she wants to be there for when he wakes up and she still cares about him, even though they are no longer married. She then says that the kids are with her mum. George wakes up and speaks saying he can't be asleep for five minutes, then they start to argue.


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In the Oliver Twist...

Sally tells Melissa that Sean really did scare her earlier on. Melissa tells her to go to the police, Sally doesn't want to and tells her about 'confronting her fears', which she had discussed during councilling sessions.


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At the hospital...

George is handed a cup of water, but he can't move his arm. He's lost the feeling in his arm.


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END

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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
Andie - Joanne Adams
Pitbull - Al Hunter Ashton
Elaine Reeve - Sharon Duce
Alison Hemmings - Liz Crowther
Melissa - Kate Odey
Kelly - Vanessa Pett
Ben - Fraser Ayres
Kate - Natalie Robb
Prentiss - Scott Lane
Chapman - Graham Sinclair
Ducky Drake - Adam Ward
Ralph - Peter Geddis
Storeman - Mark McBride
Steve - Ras Barker
Backpack - Erol Mehmet
Paramedic - Lara Mariand
Doctor - Lindsey Mack

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