Line of Duty
Season 2
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Line of Duty S02E01
Part 1
May 10, 2020, 3:11 p.m.
Urgent call for the Duty Inspector.
- DI Denton. - 'DS Jane Akers calling
with request for urgent assistance.
Immediate and credible threat to life.'
- We need Gold to sign off. - Chief Super's gone home.
Well, then call him at home.
'This is Chief Superintendent Mallick.
Please leave your name and number and I will get back to you.'
Not picking up his mobile either.
Really ought to give him another five minutes.
Ma'am.
There she goes.
'Deputy Chief Constable Dryden.'
Sir, this is DI Lindsay Denton.
Yes, Linda, how can I help?
'Sir, I need Gold approval for an op.'
Are we allowed to know where we're going?
Suspect in a missing person's inquiry,
need to get him in for questioning.
No, my car.
- What? - Just come on!
Come on!
DS Akers, thanks for stepping in, ma'am.
I need a safe and available destination ASAP.
Straight into town.
I'd take the back roads.
You lead.
Have your men in my car, engine running, ready to go.
Yeah, I'm gonna take the rest of your team.
It's just me.
- What? - Ma'am.
Please.
Okay.
Keep your radio in the car on Channel 1,
personal radios back-to-back on 2.
Who's in the house?
I don't know.
Just move, please.
Wallace to Denton. It's straight on here, ma'am.
Yeah. I know the way to my own station.
No!
Charlie Mike 2-5. Status Zero. Status Zero.
Long Lane and Crown Avenue.
'Charlie Mike 2-5, confirm message.'
Status Zero! Status Zero!
One, two, three, four...
How are you, Lindsay?
Anything I can get you?
No, thanks.
Up to answering a couple of questions?
I'm just trying to get my head around
what happened out there, sir.
No one seems to know what you were up to.
Not sure I do either.
Wallace and Butler are dead.
The other two...
Get the next shot ready.
..They're still trying to save.
Who are they?
I'm not clear yet on
whether that's something I should be divulging, sir.
It'd help to know.
I got your messages.
Instead of dropping me in it,
if you'd given me a minute to get back to you...
I gave you more than a minute.
I gave you 20.
Seven, eight, nine, ten...
Two more breaths, please.
No, I'm calling it.
Asystolic.
Pulseless for 20 minutes.
- Everyone okay with that? - Okay.
CPR discontinued at 23:12.
Everybody.
Evidence recovery's ongoing,
so guys, please respect the limits of the cordon at all times.
Our forensic team investigators have work lights.
Talk to me if you need any lighting changes...
This way, sir.
Deputy Chief Constable Dryden.
There's been an attack on the police.
Three of our colleagues
have lost their lives in the line of duty.
'Our first thoughts are with their families.
But now the hunt begins
for the people who committed this brutal crime.'
Fifth floor.
This way.
Doors closing.
- Sir. - As you were.
The transit convoy was ambushed,
the two 4th Street officers shot dead.
The vehicle was set alight.
The witness and handler
suffered critical burns and gunshot wounds.
The handler was pronounced dead on arrival at hospital.
We've been assigned
to investigate the possibility that a police officer
or officers tipped somebody off.
Who is he?
Classified.
He was under witness protection,
new identity, relocation - the works.
And how is he, sir, the witness?
Critical but stable.
Can I ask you a question?
Depends on the question.
'Critical but stable.'
What does that mean, exactly?
Well, he's been lucky. His chances are good.
He doesn't look very lucky.
I'll set up an alert.
As soon as he comes round,
we'll be banging on his door, thank you.
You said it was a convoy. Who was in the other vehicles?
Just one vehicle,
driven by our only survivor, DI Lindsay Denton.
When can we talk to her?
I'm chasing but she's in counseling.
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