Series 14 - Episode 2

Original air date: 14-July-02

6.4 million viewers.

Written by:Mark Burt
Produced by: David Newcombe
Directed by: Colin Teague

Summary

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The watch finish clearing the house fire, checking the insides and moving things out. Mick tries to hurry them up so that they can return to the station quickly, Sally moans, telling him to give them some time.


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The watch arrive back and Mick tells Sally and Charlie to get the BA sets done. Charlie moans about it then Mick talks, telling them they have to keep on going and he wants the bickering and fighting to stop.


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In the showers...

Adam and Frank talk. Frank asks how Elaine is coping, then Adam says to top it all if, it looks like she may be loosing the pub as well. The roof needs doing and so does the plumbing and they can't afford it.


Sally enters, informing Mick that the DO has arrived and wants to see him. She then questions what it is about, he says Recall's death.


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Lisa arrives in the station and walks into the mess asking for Station Officer Callaghan and that she is their new temporary station cook. Charlie tells her he'll be whoever she wants him to be. Then goes on to say that he'll show her the ropes and will give her some tips as he runs a Fish 'Restaurant' himself.


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Mick talks to D.O. Ross in his office. The D.O. questions how Recall was. Mick says everything was fine and that Recall even asked to withdraw his retirement.


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Lisa starts a fire in the mess with the chip pan. The watch run in and stop her from throwing water over it. Charlie picks up Lisa, George puts a wet tea towel over the flames and Adam turns off the gas. Mick and the D.O. walk in.


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Elaine and Ben arrive outside the front of the station. Elaine tells Mick, Ben is there to see George. Ben goes off to find George and Elaine and Mick talk. Elaine confesses that she misses Recall, Mick tells her that she can go over there as often as she likes. Mick turns around, noticing Sally on the staircase watching him, then she walks off.


Ben and George talk, Ben tells George that he's leaving the brigade.


Adam walks out into the appliance area noticing Elaine, she says she misses Recall.


Ben says to George that he joined the brigade to help people, but all they get are the jobs that no - one else wants to do and they get bad pay. Ben then asks George for a favour, if he could do his dad's Eulogy.


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Sally and Mick argue as Frank is stalking around listening in. Sally blames Mick, as he didn't listen to her when she told him that Recall was struggling. Then Frank appears, Sally walks off, then Mick does also. Mick enters his office and hits his hat to the floor.

Frank enters the office, telling Mick that he's behind him and he won't let nothing happen to him, he'd seen guv'nors before crack from the pressure.

Charlie and Geoff enter the office, Charlie tells Mick that they're off to the chippie, his chippie and Geoff adds that it would be the best thing to do considering the current circumstances.


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The appliance arrives across the road from the chippie. George, Charlie and Geoff step out. George begins to mickey take the name - Fish Heaven.


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In the lockers...

Frank is standing around then Sally enters. Frank tells her he's been watching her. Then tells her not to report Mick. Sally argues saying she won't do something just because he told her to.


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Elaine and Adam...

Elaine is worried about him, she says she should be looking after him and they should be together. She tells him to leave the brigade, but not directly. She lost Recall to that job and she didn't want to lose him too. Adam doesn't like her interfering and snaps.


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At George and Andie's...

Andie can sense George is thinking about Recall, then George admits that he doesn't think he can write the Eulogy.


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At Mick and Shauna's house...

Mick sits down, noticing his tools out on the table. His son runs into the kitchen followed by Shauna. They're playing a game that they're aliens from the planet Zog.


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At a bar...

Frank enters and goes up to a guy called Jimmy. Frank asks him if he's got any work, Jimmy guesses part - time work then asks him when he's going to grow up and get a 'proper' job.


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In the dorm...

Adam is sitting on a bed and Sally enters. She asks him how he is and he's quiet, then she apologises assuming he wants to be alone. Adam then asks her how she copes. Sally sits down, telling him that things will get better and they can get on with it together. Adam makes a pass at Sally, who quickly leans away.

Mick enters, asks Adam if he can have a word. Sally leaves them to it.

Mick tells Adam that he's put him on light duties, their cover hasn't arrived so they're down to one appliance.


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Frank is in a meeting with the D.O., who thinks Frank's report is the shortest he has ever seen. He says to Frank that he can leave, but he doesn't, then the D.O. asks if he has anything to add. Frank tells him that he thinks that it all is a waste of time.

He then leaves and Sally enters.

The D.O. questions her and Recall's friendship, then asks if she noticed anything, she lies and said she didn't.

The bells go down... She had to leave.


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The E441 crew leave, leaving the rest of the crew behind. Lisa questions if one of them didn't turn up, that's why they couldn't go. Adam tells Lisa about Recall, and that he died last weekend. Lisa apologises, saying no - one told her.


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E441 arrives on the scene. A boy approaches Mick, telling him that his friend Jamie was bullied by a group of lads, who then forced him into the lift.

Sally and George make their way up a staircase. George asks Sally how things were with the D.O. and Sally asks George how the Eulogy is coming on. George says it hardly isn't, as he's not even very good with birthday cards.


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In the station's roof garden...

Geoff talks to Charlie about one Christmas when Recall cooked the watch a dinner. Then gave them all some to take home, saying he was on his own then and he felt a bit of Recall was with him. Charlie said that was touching, but looks as if he's going to burst into laughter.

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Sally and George go separate ways on the shout.


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Roof...

Adam and Charlie argue, Adam ends up punching Charlie who hits into the door. Geoff stops them, putting Adam on a charge although Charlie tells Geoff that he fell into the door. Geoff tells Adam to go, but he can't as the door latches and can't be opened.


They call for Lisa, but she doesn't respond, then they spot her going down the street ignoring them.


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Sally drops her radio in the lift shaft...


Mick and Frank find Jamie in the lift, they open up the lift and pull him out.


Mick radios Sally, so she jumps down into the shaft to radio back as fire sprinkles down. The tells him there's a problem down there.


Mick radios George, who tells him the lift room is on fire. It blows, causing George to get pushed backwards, then the lift goes down on Sally.


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A ramp is used to lift up the lift, Frank then helps Sallu out as Mick looks after the kid.


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Lisa finally opens the door to the roof, letting them out.


Charlie asks Adam to sit down. He tells him about a time when his watch lost two men, one of them was his best mate, who he helped to carry out. Charlie explains he had three months of work and councilling.


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In the lockers...

Adam asks Sally if she's ok, then apologises for earlier on. He then asks her if she'd like to go out for a drink, but she says she'd rather be alone.


Frank tells Adam that he can get the five grand for his mum, but Adam doesn't want to accept.


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At the Oliver Twist...

Mick arrives and speaks to Elaine. She tells him she's still going to Wiltshire. Mick brings up about what Recall had planned weeks ago, going to the dogs and that he's still going. Elaine doesn't want to go as it was intended for the watch. Before Mick leaves, Elaine asks him to look after Adam.


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Sally is at the dog's. Mick arrives and they both say how they thought they were the only ones who would turn up. Mick suggests getting some beers, then Sally says she will, but he says he will as he suggested it.


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Frank and Adam are in a bar, they talk about Recall, Adam says he always said the brigade was like a second family. Frank agrees saying it is.

Adam accepts Frank's five grand, saying he'll pay it back.


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At George and Andie's...

Ben talks about a double glazing job and going travelling. He then senses about George thinking he's rushing it, George tells him he can't tell him what to do.


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Sally tells Mick that she'd never placed a bet before and he tells her that she's never lived. He asks her if she's 'like this' with everyone, and she says not everyone.

They notice a dog called Complete Recall and Mick bets £5 on him.


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Adam and Frank...

Adam begins to talk about business men and Frank doesn't look too interested. He notices someone enter and tells Adam he's off to the gents.

Frank enters the gents, noticing Colin. He approaches him, smashing his head against the wall, telling him that Jimmy wants him money.


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Sally admits to Mick that she was wrong about him and apologises about what she said.


They cheer for number 4 in the race, but Complete Recall doesn't win. They flirt slightly and Mick asks her if she always squeeks when she's excited, she says things can get her more excited than that.


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At George and Andie's...

George moans about the 'R' key on the typewriter's keyboard not working and that he can't write a speech about Recall without the 'R' key. He then worries about the speech, Andi convinces him that he'll be fine.


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Mick offers to give Sally a lift home although she says she'll be fine getting the bus, he eventually talks her round. Mick hits his head on the way into the car then stares out of the window. He admits he should've listened to Sally.


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Adam and Frank are walking through the street. Adam suggests going to get a curry, but Frank tells him to go home, as he's got a big day ahead of him tomorrow. Frank pulls the five grand out of his pocket and gives it to him.


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Adam is at home, Elaine approaches him saying he looks handsome. Adam tells Elaine he'll take time off work, even six months because he wants to be there for her. Elaine tells him she's fine now and that she's proud of him being a fire fighter.


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Mick is looking in his mirror. Shauna appears behind him wearing a flowery dress and an awful hat. He asks her what she's wearing and she moans about funerals all being so black. He convinces her to stay at home and that he'll come home early so they can take Liam to the park.


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Jimmy tells Frank that Colin died in his sleep and that his wife found him drowned in his own blood.


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Mick walks out into the appliance area of the station. He notices Lisa standing outside. She says she was there in case anyone needed anything, then admits she doesn't know how they all cope.


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Outside the funeral directors...

Geoff gives George a poem, saying he could read it, but George says he's alright. Charlie asks if Geoff writes poetry, he says he copied it out of a book.


Sally approaches Mick beside Recall's coffin. She asks him if he's ok, then says she enjoyed the night before. Frank approaches them, then asks Mick if Shauna is going, but he makes an excuse, saying his son is ill. Mick then walks off and Frank asks if he was interrupting anything...


The watch lift the coffin up onto the appliance, then they all get on. George drives the appliance through London, with members of the LFB on either side of the streets.


Elaine gets out of a car, Mick apologises for her loss. Ben thanks George for what he's done. Adam apologises yet again to Sally, who tells him that it's fine.


Frank goes and apologises to Elaine, who them tells him she knows it's him who gave Adam the money and she knows who he works for and the money is dirty.


The coffin is carried into the church and Ben puts Recall's helmet on top.


George reads the Eulogy as the others listen.


After, before the coffin is lowered, Ben says he wants to be just like his dad, George tells him he already is... The coffin is lowered...


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Starring

Pearce - Michael Garner
George - Glen Murphy
Adam - Sam Callis
Sally - Heather Peace
Mick - Anthony Green
Frank - Tristan Gemmill
Charlie - Terry Alderton

Elaine - Sharon Duce
Andie - Joanne Adams
Fiona - Helen Anderson
Shauna Callaghan - Liza Walker
Ben - Graham Bryan
Lisa - Jan Anderson
Dexter Ross - Oscar James
Dom Mead - David Kennedy
Jimmy Watts - Ivan Kane
Liam - Charlie Hicks
Boy - Robert Lowe
Colin - Crispin Layfield
Vicar - Sam Parks
Jamie - Aaron Lewis


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Quotes of the episode

My favourite quotes and happenings from the episode...

Quote 1:

George when him, Charlie and Geoff were in this chippie: "Are we going to order or are you two going to batter each other?"


Quote 2:

Frank about WebCams: "It's what Spiderman takes his holiday snaps with init?"

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