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02x04 - The Stamp of Nature

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Blue Lights". Aired: 27 March 2023 – present.*
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Followed three probationary police officers of the Police Service of Northern Ireland and the experienced officers who train, mentor, and work with them, with the second following the same characters a year later trying to quell a loyalist feud in the city.

02x04 - The Stamp of Nature

Post by bunniefuu »

Today we're flying the
flag in Mount Eden.

If you're not on
another specific call,

I want you out
patrolling the estate.

Anything of interest, you feed
it back to me immediately. OK?

Your district has put a
call out for volunteers

to help out in response.

It's only for a few days. 100%.

GRUNTING

I'm just remembering
your face, mate,

for the next time I see you.

You're done, Dixie.
Dead man walking.

Close your eyes. It's easier.

MUFFLED g*nshots

One for the road? No!
Would you get away?

The thing is, Shane, right now
we've a m*rder on our patch,

and the one guy I
thought I could rely on

is standing in front of me,
sweating buckets, stinking of drink.

Look, I won't let you down here.
We have a statement from a former

officer who was
involved in this case.

They knew. My superiors.
Of course they did.

They're going to fight you on
this every step of the way.

I think we should just take a
beat, work-wise, everything-wise.

OK.

I want to take over
the whole supply.

I've got good people
around me. Taxi business.

You pay that back
double in a month.

We're seizing this money under
the Proceeds of Crime Act

until such a time as you can
provide an explanation for it.

Can I help you?

Can I have my money back?

JONTY: So, you're seriously telling
me that this £30,000 in cash

was charity fundraising
for a new community centre?

Who donated?

Everybody.

I have a statement
here from the chairman.

It says exactly what
the money was for.

And this just happened to
be in the back of your taxi?

Is that right?

My driver was on his
way to the credit union.

HE CHUCKLES Aye, dead on.

I actually have another
letter from the manager,

says she was expecting it.

We're going to need
to verify these

before we can give
you your money back.

That looks pretty
bad, doesn't it?

What does? PSNI seizing money
that belongs to the community.

Not exactly winning
back hearts and minds.

Hearts and minds?

Maybe we could get you to
make another wee speech.

I served in Afghanistan.

Two tours.

Towards the end, they ordered
us to burn their poppy fields.

The farmers pleading with us,

saying it was their
only source of income.

Begging with us,

saying that their children
would starve if we did it.

We did it anyway.

And there was one farmer.

He said that for
every field that burns

you create 100 new enemies.

My advice? I take the money now,

and if you have any concerns
about those statements

I think you can get back to me.

HELEN: Who do you think's
giving him orders?

I don't think that boy
takes orders from anyone.

What now? Leave that to me.

DISTANT ENGINE STARTS

Morning, ma'am.
Morning. Morning, ma'am.

Right.

Where are we on
the Dixon m*rder?

DCI Damien Marshall,
ma'am. I'm SIO.

Congratulations.

So, it's a bit of a
slow burner, ma'am.

Some unidentified fibres
found at the scene.

No forensics giving
a link to a suspect.

No witnesses.

Any leads from the community?

They're kind of not
talking to me, ma'am.

This Lee Thompson character,
where does he fit in?

I'm working on it, ma'am.

So

You're a m*rder cop
with no suspect.

You're a neighbourhood
cop with no neighbourhood.

You're an intelligence
cop with no intelligence.

And you're in charge of
all this. Is that right?

Yes, ma'am.

Wonderful.

Good to see the boss.

MUSIC PLAYS ON RADIO

PHONE BUZZES AND CHIMES

PHONE CHIMES

For f*ck's sake!

What's wrong?

Annie?

This.

Is that...? Me and Shane. Yeah.

He must have shared it.

Shared it? What,
on social media?

No. Like, on a WhatsApp
group or something.

It's doing the rounds. Right.
You have to report him.

For that? Yeah.

Nah. I'll deal with it.

RADIO: Uniform to 7-0.

Domestic disturbance at
Hemsworth Close. Over.

SIREN WAILS

SLURPING

So, er, what's the
deal with Annie Conlon?

What do you mean?

Like... blows a bit hot
and cold, doesn't she?

Shane, she's a friend of mine.

All right. Jesus!

Just making conversation.

HE SLURPS

PHONE BUZZES AND CHIMES

Give us a minute
here, mate, will you?

What?

I need to make a call.

Mate, it's bucketing.
It's private.

Prick.

LINE RINGS

Sarge. Sober today?

Yes, Sarge. OK, listen to me.

Looks like there might be a
completely new player in town.

Guy by the name of
Lee Thompson. Right.

I need some intelligence confirming
that and I need it today. OK.

I'm going to send you the
details of a mid-level dealer,

Sandy McKnight. You need
to put the squeeze on him,

get him to confirm Thompson's
the new wholesaler.

Put the squeeze on him?

Yeah. He lives with his ma.

She has a record for dealing
from back in the day.

Do you get me?

Taking the gloves
off here. Right.

Gloves off. We need a result.

Mate, they're dealing.
Great. Get in the car.

What? Get in.

We've just had a
task in from Canning.

Intel work.

We don't do Intel work, Shane.
We're... we're response.

Listen, you just follow
my lead today, all right?

We're taking the gloves off.

What? Just... watch
and learn, all right?

ENGINE STARTS

Uniform from 7-0.
That's arrival.

Received, 7-0. Over.

MUSIC PLAYS FAINTLY

DEVICE BEEPS

Hello! Police.

Anyone home?

Is anybody hurt?

Hello?

Police!

Hello?

Anyone home? Hello?
Show yourself!

Hello?

Anyone home?

Police!

FLAMES CRACKLE

Hello?

"I have of late - but
wherefore I know not

"lost all my mirth..."
Jesus, what...?

Oh, God...

Hello?

It's all right. It's OK.

Is that your blood?

Aye.

What are you doing?

It's a barbecue.

Well, I can see it's a barbecue.

You barbecuing clothes?

Yep.

Are they yours?

No. My wife's.

Where is she?

Is she in the house?

Is she safe?

She's left me.

Here, yous know something?

Yous are very
good-looking girls.

WOMAN: Gary? Gary?!

What in the name of
God is going on here?

Oh, shite!

♪ Of the sleepin' city sidewalk

♪ And Sunday mornin'
comin' down... ♪

What's your favourite g*n?

Well, young man, that depends.

On what? On lots of things.

Did you ever k*ll anyone?

What do you mean?

When you were in the
Army with my Uncle Lee.

Oh. Aye.

That's mad.

How many?

Davy.

Tina shut everything off on me.

Told me you're the new man now.

I'd like to stay here,
Lee, in Mount Eden.

My kids are here,

grandkids.

It's home, you know.

I won't cause you any trouble.

When I got back, I went for
a wee walk around the estate.

Couldn't believe it, Davy.

Just couldn't get over it.

What do you mean?

The dirt.

The debts.

The drugs. HE SCOFFS.

But sure, you're selling
drugs. I am. Aye.

Everywhere but here.

You and Dixon
destroyed this place.

Lee... Oh, you had your chance.

You did what you did.

And that means you don't
deserve to live here any more.

Lee, please... You came here
and looked me in the eye.

I respect that.

But if I lay eyes on you again

you'll go the way Dixon went.

Did my Uncle Lee
ever k*ll anybody?

He's better at saving people.

Who did he save?

Me.

Really? How?

You can't save this place.

Nobody can.

Watch me.

HE SCOFFS

WHISPERS: What's happening?

What's happening, Henry,

is that all the bad people
are leaving this place.

Because you told them to?

Yeah.

HE IMITATES g*nsh*t

GRACE: Uniform from 7-0.

ON RADIO: Received, 7-0. Over.

Roger, Uniform. We have
a male at this location.

We're just, er... We're
just talking to his wife.

Wait out for an update.

Thanks.

I'm so sorry about this.

I should never have
left him last night.

I just went to my sister's.

I needed a break, you know.

He's just...

Well, he's been...

He's been what?

On one of his binges.

OK. Erm...

I can see you've got children.

Kelly.

She's away at university
now, thanks be to God.

I'm sorry, I have
to ask you this, but

has he ever hurt you?

God, no.

No. He's a good man.
He'd never do that.

He was a teacher?

He taught English.

He was good at it. Loved it too.

Hmm.

It took everything from
him, you know - the drink.

Everything.

I just...

I couldn't stop him.

What can you do?

You could leave him.

What?

You don't have to stay with
him. You could leave him.

Annie... What age are you?

Sorry? You don't
have a clue, love.

Not a clue. How could you?

But someday you will.

CLATTERING, GARY GROANS

Stamp of nature, girls.

Stamp of nature.

Sit down, love.

Right. Let's go.

Mate.

Police! Open up!

You all right? BABY CRIES.

What are you doing?

Where's Sandy? I don't
know! What's happening?

We just need to have
a quick look around,

and then... and then we'll be
gone. Quick look...? For what?

What do you think you're
going to find? Well...

Where's your warrant? Don't
need one. Stay with her.

You don't need one? What
are you talking about?

Look, do you maybe want
to put the baby down

and we'll have a chat? Yeah.

HE EXHALES

That's us now.

I want you both to get out.

What is he looking for?
We'll be gone soon.

This is what you're doing? You're
just barging into people's houses?

Look what I found.

I've never seen that
before in my life.

Doesn't matter.
It's in this house.

Where is he?

Where's Sandy?

Hello?

Hello?

Hello?

MUSIC, FAINTLY: Plastic Skeletons
by Jealous Of The Birds.

VOLUME INCREASES

♪ Do you wanna meet
on the cold concrete

♪ Outside our favourite diner?

♪ Do you wanna wrap me up in suede
Smudge off my black eyeliner?

♪ Notebooks filled with dirty poems
All slanted like hipbones of women

♪ Who stand and twist
the cords of telephones

♪ I kiss your microphone
and blame it on hormones

♪ Oh, I've become addicted
to the smell of your cologne

♪ But why can't we just keep
it our little summer secret? ♪

Excuse me. Can I help you?

♪ Drink your margarita... ♪

RADIO TURNS OFF Mmm.

Er...

Mmm.

Mmm!

Constable Byrne? Hmm.

MOUTH FULL: How are you doing

ma'am?

OK, so, as you can see,
everyone's out on the ground.

Just give me a call sign,
ma'am. Ready to rock.

Not today. Grab a desk, log in and
complete your online safety course.

I've done that already, ma'am.

When? Last year.

I like everyone in the section
to refresh it every six months.

So now you get to do it again.

Ma'am.

STEVIE: Central
custody full, as usual.

SANDRA: This reminds me of
queuing to get onto a ferry.

The worst ferry in the world.

This is ridiculous.

Sleeping like a baby.

Do you think he'll
remember what he did?

The state we picked him
up in, probably not. Hmm.

How are you?

Me?

Yeah... You know.

Yeah, I suppose I do.

So, you're still definitely
going back to London?

Back to the Met or something?

Nah.

I think I'm done
upholding the rule of law.

I was thinking maybe

librarian.

Librarian?

Right. OK. SHE CHUCKLES.

Let me hear your "shush".

My what? Your "shush".

Oh! My "shush".

OK. Hang on.

SHE SHUSHES No talking.

Very impressive!

How about you?

How do you mean?

Well...

I have two cons who
work well together,

who enjoy working together,

asking to be
separated on the rota.

Am I allowed to ask why?

It's complicated.

MUSIC PLAYS ON RADIO

I still think we should
have arrested him.

We've already arrested him.

What do you mean?

Me and Stevie, we booked him
last year for drink-driving.

Not that he'll remember.

Why did I say that to his wife?

I just... I just need to
sort myself out, Grace.

Do you know that? Like you.

Like me? Yeah. Like you.

You think before you do things.

Like, I mean, you and Stevie,
right, deciding not to do anything,

because of work
or being sensible.

I'm sorry, what?

Sorry.

Sorry. I shouldn't have
mentioned that. Sorry to...

Do you really think that I've got
everything sorted, that I know

I know exactly what I'm doing?

Er, yeah.

Yeah. I mean... Annie, no, no.

My son has buggered
off to England

because I didn't see
how unhappy he was.

I had to sell my house because
it wasn't secure any more.

And now I'm living with... With
me. Yeah, yeah. No offence.

Stevie's barely talking to me.

Yeah, and last week

Jesus Christ, last week,
I almost shot someone.

Does that sound sorted to you?

No.

I mean...

It sounds bat sh*t freaking crazy,
to be honest with you. Yeah.

Everything I do these
days goes wrong.

Oh, f*ck it.

TYRES SCREECH
Where are we going?

Let's try and get one
thing right, shall we?

Shane, this isn't even
admissible as evidence.

Yep. I know that.

So what are we
doing with it, then?

Leverage.

TYRES SCREECH

You go to the front door,
make a f*cking racket.

Give me that.

KNOCKING ON WINDOW
Police. Open up!

f*ck, f*ck, f*ck!

Open up! Police!

GLASS SMASHES

What's the craic, lads?

What are you doing? You can't
break in here like that.

What are you doing, mate?

Good man.

THUD Oh!

THUD Get away from me.

KNOCKING

REPEATED KNOCKING

Oh!

CRASH, REPEATED KNOCKING

Jesus...

I'm not looking for any trouble!

f*ck off!

Hello. Open the door!
It's the police!

Don't move!

Sorry. I couldn't find the key.

SHANE PANTS

SHANE PANTS

They had a wee fall.

COMPUTER: You've asked a
suspect to confirm their name

and date of birth in order to
complete a background check.

The suspect refuses to comply
and becomes verbally aggressive.

Do you, A, immediately
arrest the suspect,

B, call for a backup call sign,

C, warn the suspect that
you intend to arrest them

if they do not comply?

Or option D - kick
'em in the ba*ls.

JONTY: Constable.

Sir!

Who are you? Aisling Byrne, sir.

Temporary transfer.

Inspector Johnston.

I thought I met the
inspector already.

Yeah, it's...

Well, it's complicated.

She make you do the
safety course, aye?

Yeah. Woman loves
a safety course.

I have a couple of
statements here.

You wouldn't mind verifying
one of them for me?

It's from a manager
of a credit union.

You can do it over the phone.

I'm going to do the
other one in person.

No bother.

What should I tell
Inspector McNally?

You could tell her.

Inspector Johnston
is very sorry,

but she still owes me a drink.

By the way, pretty
sure it's not option D.

Alexander Gareth Kyle McKnight.

HE WHISTLES You know
it's a proper record

when you have to scroll down
it to get to the f*cking end.

HE LAUGHS

Right. I need to speak
to Sandy - alone.

That's no problem,
mate. I can go.

Yeah. You can. Cheers.

What are you at? Let me go!

Let me go!

Ow! Let me...

Are you serious? On you go.

Good man. Whoa,
whoa, whoa, whoa!

What'd you shut the
door for? BANGING.

Mate, please! I don't
like small spaces!

FAINTLY: Come on, mate, please!

You're f*cked.
That's not even mine.

This isn't even my house.

Just open the door! It's his.

BANGING This was
in your house, bud.

Open the f*cking door!
Under your bed, in fact.

Not mine. That's
all right, then.

Let's just say it's your ma's.

I'm going to go back, call
it in, say it's your ma's.

She's going straight
back to prison.

You know it's not hers.

Who's going to look after
your wee brother then? You?

Nah. That wee fella's
going straight into care.

You know what care's like?
It's f*cking sh*t, mate. OK.

It's mine. What do you want?

Constable, could you go and
check the back door, please?

See if I've broken
it? Check the back?

Yeah. Go on and check the back
there, Tommy. Cheers, mate.

HE UNZIPS POCKET

Come on, open the door!

You tell me where
the gear comes from,

and I'll walk out of here
like nothing ever happened.

You what? Haven't seen anything.

Haven't done anything.

f*ck it - haven't
even been here, mate.

I'll flush those
bags down the toilet.

They'll k*ll me.

Who?

Huh?

Promise I won't tell.

Look, I don't have a name.
They don't tell us the names.

You know who you're buying it
from. Of course you f*cking do!

All right, right, right.
The Factory Faithful.

That's not a name.
It's a nightclub.

What about it? On Friday nights,
every dealer in Belfast is there.

So?

You go in, leave
your money upstairs,

walk out with the gear.

Look, I swear to God,
that's all I know.

I swear.

How's that door? It's broken.

Ah, you need to get that fixed.

Any old f*ck could
just walk in here.

Oh, and tell your ma
I was asking for her.

HE ZIPS UP POCKET

What the hell was that?

That was taking the
gloves off, mate.

For God's sake, Shane!

What? You can't do that.

We just got the first
bit of valuable intel

that anyone has been able
to turn up in months.

What would you rather do?

Go round and round
on the hamster wheel

or actually make a bit of
difference once in a while?

Oh, f*ck's sake.

So, you've finally hit
rock-bottom, have you?

Getting there.

I have, er, a statement here,

signed in your own hand,

saying the money that we seized
from Lee is legitimate fundraising.

"Chairman of the
community centre."

There's a wee... wee letterhead and
everything. It's very convincing.

Except I thought you'd be
wise enough to know better.

Get out.

You're not going
to stand over this.

What's he threatening
you with, Rab?

Only people who threatened me
recently have been your lot.

Sorry?

I was stopped - two of yours.

Wee Henry in the car.

Taken out, humiliated. The
wee lad was traumatised.

And now do you know what?

He hates the peelers,

and I don't blame him.

So I tell you what,
Inspector Johnston

you take that statement

and shove it up
your bony wee hole.

I didn't call yous.

No. We know.

Look, Marilyn, if we
keep tolerating this

then some day, somebody's
going to get seriously hurt,

or he is going to hurt himself.

Now, every time this happens,

he needs to face
the consequences.

He's been arrested before.
It doesn't change anything.

Well, then we can keep arresting
him until one day maybe it does.

If you give us a statement,

then we can arrest him on
suspicion of criminal damage.

OK.

Yeah.

OK.

CAR DOORS CLOSE NEARBY

Can I ask you a
personal question?

As long as it's about
cooking, dogs or music, yes.

It's about Sarah.

Would you have...

Would you have been with her...?

Like, I mean

would you have married her

if you'd known at some point

you were going to lose her?

Is it OK if we talk
about something else?

Yeah. Yeah.

Sorry.

Boss.

AISLING: Sir!

Constable Byrne.

Hi. I checked out that statement
from the credit union manager.

And it stood up?

Yep. Cheers.

Sir.

See, when I talked to her,
she seemed a bit scared.

Scared? Like she had to say it.

OK. Thank you.

So, I did a bit
more digging. Right.

Sorry. It was better than doing
that safety course again. Yep.

You see the taxi company
that the money was found in?

They have to register
all their drivers

with the Belfast Carriage
Office for safety reasons.

We have access to that system.

We do. So I went into it

and I found the names
of all the drivers.

And then I ran them
through Niche and PNC.

And? They're nearly all

military veterans.

Some from here, some
from England, Scotland.

It's weird. It's
like... Like what?

It's like a wee private army.

So, dealers pick
the stuff up inside.

They come out the back
door. We'll be waiting here.

We take them where they need
to go. They pay us on arrival.

Keys.

I don't like this. What?

Using the same set-up
Dixie and Hamill used.

I'd rather we used our own.

We will.

Soon.

KNOCK ON DOOR

I need to talk to you.

Give me 20 minutes. Now.

Davy Hamill's left the estate.

Yeah.

What are you doing?

Do you think you're a gangster?

Is that it? HE SCOFFS.

No. Well, what, then?

What are you, Lee? Tell me.

I'm someone who wants
to change things.

Well, you're doing
that, all right.

You're definitely
delivering there.

You're going to
get us all k*lled.

HE SCOFFS

No, I won't.

No.

I won't.

You wait and see, Mags.

Wait and see what I am
going to do with this place.

Everything is going
to be different.

It's going to be better,
it's going to be cleaner,

it's going to be
safer. You're mad.

Sure, we're all mad
in our own way, Mags.

Stamp of nature. That's
what it is, you know.

What's that, Gary?

ANNIE: "To the next abstinence",

"the next more easy,"

"for use can almost change
the stamp of nature."

Hamlet.

School play.

I was Ophelia.

What does it mean?

Stamp of nature?

It means

changing who you are is

really feckin' difficult.

But worth a try.

Finally.

Un-f*cking-believable!
BUZZER RINGS.

Cheers.

Come on. Rise and shine.

Oh, where am I? What happened?

You don't remember?

You attacked a 14-year-old
lad on his way to school,

tried to steal his mobile
phone, broke his jaw.

No, I didn't. Aye, you did.

Jesus. I am sorry.

I'm... I'm so sorry. Well,
sorry doesn't cut it.

Can you...? Yeah. Thanks.

OK. Sorry.

Sandra?

Yeah?

I would have. You
would have what?

Even if I knew what was going to
happen to her, I'd do it all again.

What about you with Gerry?

Yeah.

Same.

Wouldn't have missed
a minute of it.

You don't have to
do it, you know.

Do what? Get on that ferry.

Shh! No talking.

DOORBELL

You didn't even ring ahead.

I didn't want to use the phone.

Right.

It's come to that, has it?

Er, look, don't take this
the wrong way, but I...

Don't take this the wrong way,
but you don't quite believe me.

No, of course I believe you.

But it's about what
a judge will believe.

HE SIGHS

Wait there.

FAINT CLATTERING

I took documents
with me when I left.

I could see the way
the wind was blowing.

I thought I might need
something to bargain with

if they ever came after me.

So that's...?

That is agents,

handlers,

operations.

All the dirty wee secrets.

You can take notes,

but the documents stay here.

Wee bit more homework for
you if you're interested.

Right. Nice bunch of lads. Hmm.

That's for tomorrow, by the way.

OK. Thanks. Foster.

All right, stranger?

Are you OK?

I...

Yeah. Just a... tough day.

Bit mad?

You still up for a drink? Yeah.

See if you're going to send
pictures of us in bed to your mates,

you could have at least
picked a better one. Wh...?

No. Hang on... You're
not even that good.

Bradley, Foster - with me.

Murray Canning. What a prick!

Right, who took all my
food from the fridge?

Anyone? No?

SIGHS: Perfect.

Welcome to the
section, by the way.

Hi.

SHE SIGHS

LINE RINGS

VOICEMAIL: Hey, it's Cal.
Leave a message after the...

BEEP

Hi, Cal. It's just me again.

When you get a sec, will
you just give me a call?

All right.

STEVIE: Hiya, Grace. How's
it going? Hiya. Are you OK?

Aye, not bad, not bad.

See you.

See you!

SHE SIGHS

SHE SOBS

WHISTLING

Brilliant work
today, both of yous.

This is how we make a
difference, Tommy. Yeah?

Change into your
civvies. Stick around.

Hiya.

Hey. How was your day?

You know, same old, same old.

You?

Oh, you know. Same
old, same old.

Goodnight.

Yeah. I'll see you.

DOOR OPENS

I need you to authorise overtime
for two response officers tonight

Bradley and Foster.

Why?

Look, I can't tell you.

Well, then I won't authorise it.

Well, do you want me to go
and speak to the chief super?

By all means. You can
explain the situation to her.

What's the view like from
your little ivory tower?

Clear. How is it
where you're standing?

Thanks for your
cooperation. Any time.

You know, it's easy to sit there
giving orders behind your desk.

When it comes down to it,

I'm the one that's going to
make a difference out there.

Yeah. That's what I'm afraid of.

PULSATING MUSIC FROM CLUB

Why are you waiting
for him? Come on.

Your shift's over. Let's
just go. He told me to wait.

FOOTSTEPS APPROACH

Tommy, mate.

A wee word.

WHISPERS: Sorry.

Look, there's something
I need you to do.

What? A walk-through
- this nightclub.

What's a walk-through?

It's exactly what
it says on the tin.

Stroll in like you're on
a night out, buy a drink,

you have a dance. Just
observe who's in there.

Look. It's fine.
I've cleared it.

Look, mate, this is important.

We work out what's going on in there
and we can start taking scalps,

finally.

Good lad. Let's go.

What the f*ck?

You all right, mate?

No. I

I don't think I am, actually.

THUDDING MUSIC FROM CLUB

MUSIC CONTINUES

So

You are only asking me
for about half the product

we were selling before.

Well, do you want to explain
to me how that works for me?

Short term, you'll take a hit.

In the long run, it works.

Why would I take
any kind of hit?

It's the difference between
tactics and strategy.

It's the difference between
tactics and f*cking strategy.

OK.

What I think we should do

is turn down the supply for
a while, let things settle,

and the peelers will
get off our back.

That gives us time to
look into new markets.

New markets?

Orders on encrypted
messaging apps

coke, edibles,
prescription stuff,

but all top quality.

Delivers in 20 minutes, 24/7.

With a big mark-up?

Once things settle, we can
start to move outside Belfast.

Every major town.

Tina

is he a drug dealer?

Or is he a CEO?

Maybe he's both.

Are you, Lee?

Three months.

Mount Eden Taxis.

That's Lee Thompson's firm.

Yep. When you go in there,
keep an eye out for Thompson.

Anyone from Mount Eden.

OK. Let's go.

No, no, no. You stay.

This requires a more
delicate touch. No offence.

Off you go.

Hiya. Are you
booked? I'm booked.

I'm only going up the road.
I'm booked. They're all booked.

All these taxis are booked?

They're all f*cking booked!

Dickhead!

Fine, off you go.

That's him in now.

KNOCK ON DOOR Come in.

Er, ma'am, Tommy just left
with Canning and Shane

in an unmarked car.

He what?!

What car were they in?

Erm, I'll take a beer, please.

Here! Get me another
f*cking drink!

Here we go.

No prizes for guessing
what's in the bags.

What the f*ck?

It's one hell of a taxi service.

Write down those plates.

I f*cking told you,
didn't I?! Hey!

TOMMY CRIES OUT f*cking...!

You f*cking limp
prick! f*cking yes!

MUFFLED THUDS

Something's kicking
off in there.

f*ck.

Stop!

SIRENS WAIL

sh*t. What are you doing?

We can't just leave him there.
I'm not going to be exposed here.

sh*t, sh*t, sh*t!

Bollocks! That was
Canning's car. Check inside.

MAN: I don't know what happened.

Go. Go, go, go!