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forensicated · 2 months ago

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05x20 - Sunday Sunday

TW: Racism, sudden death, cancer and assisted suicide. Some of the language could also be from an episode written in todays world(!)

Viv and Taffy are patrolling a busy market when Viv shows interest in some perfume. She's not fussed if it's real or fake because if it's fake she can arrest the stall holder so it's win/win!

Pete is not overly enthused when hearing about racial abuse from a black priest. A racist group are targeting both his church and his parishioners. Pete tries to pacify him but the man demands something is done before someone gets hurt. Bob's ears prick up when he hears 'Britain First' mentioned. He takes the priest through to make a formal complaint with Christine.

Viv's stall holder admits his perfume is not Chanel but claims it's the best copy he's ever seen. He offers her a free bottle before they're showered in leaflets by a group of racist idiots. Taffy tries to send on their way but Viv is sent flying and Taffy receives a kick to his back when the group fight back. Viv immediately calls for urgent assistance and tries to scramble back onto her feet. The stall holder holds her down with him for protection as the idiots continue to attack telling her it's not worth her taking them on alone. She shouts to Taffy to see how he is.

June is followed by an eccentric lady ranting about rubbish being dropped in the street which she is collecting in a carrier as they walk. June calls CAD to ask if she can help out at the market disturbance. Tom tells her to stay where she is as the woman loudly declares. "I blame the Americans!"

Backup arrives as the racist group grow in numbers and continue fighting. As fast as the officers restrain people, their idiotic friends are fighting them to make them let go. Thankfully they manage to get several of them arrested and in the vans.

The shouting and chaos can be heard in Christine's office where the Priest is pointing out the stupidity of Britain First telling him and his parishioners to 'go home' as he, like most of his flock, was born in London! Christine sympathises but tells him she can only deal with problems as they arrive and she hopes that the next generation realise how stupid the behaviour is. The Priest doesn't agree - he's worried about how young the thugs are. Custody is full of protesting idiots who are continuing to make life hard for the officers. Christine arranges for the priest to return in the morning and see if he can identify anyone and she asks Ken to see him out whilst she goes to see what's happening in Custody. Amid the chaos is a religious fanatic quoting bible verses!

She learns that the racist group are called UK99 and they arrived at the market armed to the teeth. She is horrified by all that is going on around her as she makes her way towards the cells. At the end of the room she finds poor Malcolm attempting to take the fingerprints of one idiot whilst being racially abused. The idiot is dragged out by Bob as he wipes the ink over his face in his final attempt of intimidation of Malcolm. It's dawning on her just how bad the situation is for the priest and his congregation (and poor Malcolm).

(As a lighter moment, I couldn't not gif this next bit - it really tickled me!)

Viv climbs into a patrol car - testing her new perfume(!) - as Malcolm comes out to join her. Taffy was really hurt when assaulted so can't go back out with her and Christine didn't want Malcolm stuck in the station after what she had witnessed. Poor Malcolm is even abused by the protesters in the station yard as they are dragged inside.

Taffy is lying down in the doctor's room when Tony looks in and asks him to patch up one of the group members who has been injured in the disturbance. He's wearing a suit and is very well-spoken in contrast to most of the thugs that were brought in. "We regret this fight, we had no part in starting it. We understand the pressure you're under!" "Oh shut your face!" Taffy snaps.

In CAD, Tom tells Christine that the market disturbance has turned into a riot as the 'protestors' have started attacking nearby shops owned by non-white people. He wouldn't be surprised if reinforcements were being bussed in. As fast as they stop it in one area it starts again in another. Claire interrupts their conversation with a sudden death and Tom asks for June to be sent to the address.

Malcolm and Viv arrive to deal with one of the shops that has been vandalised. It's owned by an Asian family and thankfully for the officers, the family managed to capture the youth they say is responsible and they're holding her in the storeroom. Viv arrests her for criminal damage when she admits it.

June attends the home of the sudden death call. She's met by the lady's son and carer who leads her upstairs. He tells June that he has rung their GP but she's currently on holiday. June follows him to the bedroom and checks the lady's pulse before respectfully leading Mr Clark downstairs to ask him some questions after she calls the station to ask for the divisional surgeon to attend to confirm the death. Mr Clark explains he'd taken his mum her dinner upstairs and they'd eaten together. He then washed up and remained downstairs to pay the bills. When he returned to check on his mother an hour and a half later she was nonresponsive. In shock, he left the house and walked to the station to report it, but it was when Pete was dealing with the priest. He ended up leaving and returning to the house before Pete finished and could buzz him into the station.

The young girl Viv arrested tells her that she didn't attack the video shop through racism, it was feminism! She was protesting about a cardboard cut-out in the window that was promoting an adult video. It depicted a woman in chains with 'Die slut, die' written on it!

The Divisional Surgeon gently explains that Mrs Clark must have passed in her sleep as she is showing obvious signs of suffering from advanced intestinal cancer. He agrees with the timing from June's explanation of Mr Clark finding his mother at 3pm. June is asked by Tom to return as they're expecting another van load of UK99 to arrive. She goes down to Mr Clark to explain that the doctor has done the formalities. Mr Clark is clearly in shock and asks if it's now official that it's written down that his mother has gone. June asks if she can get a neighbour to come and sit with him whilst she returns to the station but he calmly tells her he has to go in with her because he killed his mother.

June updates the station about what Mr Clark has said and that she's bringing him in. In CAD Tom rings through to the coroner to explain that they need the results of Mrs Clark's post-mortem as soon as possible. It's a Sunday so he can't promise anything. Christine insists they need the PM done that night as the GP can't help as she's not in the country. Without it, they don't know if they're dealing with a grieving son blaming himself or murder. Tom suggests it's a case of euthanasia. "You can call it aiding and abetting a suicide, it's still against the law!" Christine says firmly. If he is mistakenly blaming himself through grief she doesn't want to keep him in a cell a moment longer than necessary - ESPECIALLY with the others they have in the cells.

Taffy is suffering from the kick he received in his back - you can tell because he's not moaning! Viv asks him what 'the weirdo with the bible' has done and Taffy tells her he's been nicked for indecent exposure! Bob asks Taffy to sit with Mr Clark whilst June speaks to Christine about the case.

In Custody Malcolm is enjoying himself looking through the grille at the racist prisoners inside as they insult him. "Less of it!" Malcom grins innocently. "Less of it, Sarge?" "None of it!" Bob tells him.

June tells Christine that Mr Clark will only say that he killed his mum, he won't be drawn on how it happened or why. Bob knocks to update Christine that the post-mortem should be done by 10pm. June says Mrs Clark didn't look distressed, nor did her body show any obvious signs - on the parts they could see - of assault. It looked as though she'd passed peacefully in her sleep. June does admit that she thinks he's holding something back, however. Christine asks for a textbook statement of the entire day and asks for June to do it and to make sure she pins him down on all details. Bob is concerned that June isn't the right person to do it after what she went through caring for her elderly father (series 4) but Christine insists that June be the one to see it through. [Bob doesn't share his concerns with Christine.] Taffy has paled dramatically and looks very wobbly. Mr Clark asks him if he's alright and he can't answer.

Tony reads from one of the UK99 leaflets that asks 'Are you fed up of seeing our women and elderly folk unable to walkabout their neighbourhoods in safety?' "No!" Pete answers with Tony telling him to take it seriously. The leaflet accuses the Government of talking a hard game about crime but going soft when it comes down to action. Pete again says he's not fed up. Tony asks Malcolm what he thinks. "...What do you think I think, Tony?" he asks dryly. Talk moves to June's case and assisted suicide. Malcolm says he can understand it in certain circumstances and that it can be justified. "Everyone's lost someone..." he reasons with Tony nodding and agreeing that poor June had gone through months and months of it with her father the year before. "I think you can love someone enough to kill 'em."

More members of UK99 are moved into the station and June and Taffy move Mr Clark upstairs away from the chaos. Taffy is slow climbing the stairs. Mr Clark notices and keeps looking back for him. "He's not well..." Mr Clark tells June as she dismisses Taffy so she can take the statement. "We're not here to talk about him..." she says, trying to start Mr Clark at the beginning of his day from when his mother woke up. He explains she woke up around 9am when her sleeping tablets wore off and she was in a lot of pain as usual.

In Custody, the idiots appear to have unified their protests into singing Jerusalem. "Sounds like Last Night at the Proms!" Tony quips.

Viv takes the young girl a message from her parents. They are refusing to let her return home so she can't be bailed. Viv tells her she'll be moved to a cell as soon as one becomes free before being sent to court in the morning. She's trying to put up a brave front but it's obvious she's shaken about the message from her parents.

Mr Clark admits he and his mother had talked about assisted suicide and that his mother had asked for him to do it for her as she was unable to do it herself but she could understand if he wasn't able to. He had finally agreed three days previously. He says he gave her 6 sleeping tablets in her trifle and then fed it to her without telling her he had given in.

The parents of the man who Taffy told to shut up have arrived to collect him once he's bailed. They don't agree with his arrest and claim he was merely demonstrating his democratic rights. His father says he's a fine upstanding young man who is fed up with the police being the front line of defence against rioters and unable to enforce the law for fear of upsetting minorities. He insists his son would not have started whatever happened. "Really, Sir?" Pete muses in a light tone. "It says here your son was in possession of a banned weapon." "There must be some mistake!" "That will be for the magistrate to decide, Sir." Mr Telford asks if Pete really believes that multiracialism can work." Malcolm appears just in time. "It's all a case of upbringing, isn't it... Sir." He says pointedly, handing their son over to them with Pete looking rather amused at the mans father getting his arse handed to him.

[The casting of the actor as the father of a racist protester was interesting here as before he played Mr Telford Senior, Jeremy Anthony had previously played Asian characters.]

Mr Clark's life sounds very similar to how June's had been when it came down to caring for her father the year before. He had devoted himself to looking after her out of his own free will and was never exactly outgoing in the first place so felt like he wasn't missing out. His work had allowed him the time to care for her and to attend appointments just like Sun Hill did for June. June listens and is feeling every bit of it like Mr Clark.

Taffy is suffering after the kick to his back affected his kidney's. He collapses in the divisional surgeon's office before he can shout for help. Thankfully he's soon found and is helped out of the station and into an ambulance by Viv who offers to go with him. He shakes his head, saying that he'll be alright.

June is asked by Mr Clark if she thinks what he did was wrong. June can't answer, staring down at the table. Mr Clark says he knows that he shouldn't have done it and thinks he did it for himself as much as her so he didn't have to see her crying in pain or suffering anymore. "… You wouldn't understand." June swallows hard and asks him to read and sign the statement. "I was relieved. You don't know what it's like…" He says again with June trying not to show emotion as Mr Clark cries.

Viv tells Pete, Malcolm and Tony that she doesn't understand women like the girl she arrested who wear 'dungarees and great ugly boots!' Malcolm and Pete laugh as they say the girl probably wouldn't understand Viv either. Claire goes to find June who is in staring into space in Custody. She invites her for a drink and June gently turns her down. Tom comes through to tell her that the PM results are back. Mr Clark was telling the truth and it's now up to the DPP to decide what they're going to do. He leaves her to it and June goes through to look at Mr Clark through the grille. Much like she was, he's sat staring into space and totally oblivious to everything around him. June leaves Custody to go and get changed and head home alone.

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forensicated · 8 months ago

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04x22 - Running Late

CID are running an operation and Jim and Mike are already bored. Burnside says they'll wait as long as they have to. They're expecting a security van raid. The boss of the company knows; he's an old friend of Frank's and ex-job; but the actual security staff on the vans do not.

Uniform are briefed to keep their eyes open for people stealing radios from cars as there's been a run on them lately. Bob also tells them to keep off the Dock Industrial Estate until 11am at the earliest. There's a shoplifting gang in action at the moment too and they're told to inform all shop security staff and management on their beats.

Claire is running late, literally running across the yard just before the end of the briefing. Bob is not impressed but before he can bollock her a drunk is brought in and distracts them all by 'dancing' with Alec. It stops him from telling Claire everything she missed.

I swear Claire could have been Beth Green's mum. Not only do they look like each other, but they sound like each other too!

On the beat, Claire spots a teenage girl who is clearly trying to get away from her. She stops her - right near Frank's obbo. He calls in to try and get a message to 'the silly cow not a million miles away from my car.' to move on but it's too late, a security van arrives before Taffy can work out who it is. A red van pulls in not long after with Mike thinking that it is their target. They move in and force the red van to pull over with the driver shouting long and loud he hasn't done anything on repeat. When Jim opens the back all he finds is frozen fish. The armed Sgt mocks Frank for being let down by his snout as he calls for his men to get back in their van.

The teenage girl insists she hasn't done anything and stays quiet when asked for her name. Claire explains she doesn't suspect the girl of an offense, she thinks she might have done a runner or something. She has no evidence that the girl has done anything - she just felt that something was wrong. Bob - and then Frank - bollock her for ruining the obbo with Christine interrupting to get them away from her. The girl eventually talks to Alec and tells him that she's nearly 16 and is called Jane Woods. She's from the Boseman estate and then she bursts into tears.

Yorkie and Claire return the girl to the estate. Her mother doesn't look overly happy to see her and is less happy to see her accompanied by police officers. Her parents claim she runs away often but always comes back. They have to leave but Claire is still not happy and thinks something is going on. They're distracted by two chance youths trying to steal a car.

Burnside tells Jim to enter the fish delivery man into the collator's records because he doesn't believe that he's entirely innocent or unconnected with the crime. This is after he's made him search every single pallet of fish that was in the van so the others tease him about being a bit whiffy.

Also in the collator's room is Claire trying to look up more information about Jane and her family. Bob pops in and asks her to come and see him before she leaves to go back out. Jim gives her a pep talk about Jane and tells her to do it properly and check the address and voters register, not just the people.

Claire goes to see Christine and tells her that Jane doesn't have the surname she gave and neither does her mother. The mother has previous for theft and Claire believes she knows exactly why Jane runs away. Christine suggests she go speak to the girl.

Jim is found trying to clean his phone because 'everything still stinks of fish!' He's called away by Burnside who has just had a tip-off - the van goes round twice. It's likely their suspects will strike the second time. He calls Mike to get the armed police back to accompany them and to hurry because they have just 40 minutes to go.

Taffy tells him that they're going to be an hour, minimum. Frank can't wait so tells Mike to go get Bob and Tony who also have the pink slip to be armed officers. Charles says he doesn't like it but Frank pushes the fact that if he doesn't authorise them to go armed themselves then an armed robbery will go ahead and he'll have to break the news to two grieving families. Charles says he'll speak to Area Command but Frank isn't to leave the building without his command. Christine signs out guns and bullets to the officers though Frank chides her for not doing it quick enough. Brownlow calls through with permission.

(Frank, Mike and Bob showing their 'pink slips' for their guns)

Jane admits that her and her stepdad are alone together a lot. She asks how they spend their time together but they're interrupted by a message on the radio. She asks Jane for a cuppa so she can hear it without her there and then looks around the flat and finds a room full of stolen property. Jane says it's all down to her mum.

Mike prepares his gun as Bob drives and Jim moans about being sent the long way around by Frank. "Just because I'm not tooled up..." he scowls to Robin. They get into position and wait for the security van to arrive with poor old Bob having to get on his tippytoes to see over the wall.

Jim sulks that they might miss all the fun. Robin says he doesn't mind as he's got things to live for. "Such as?" "Well I'm married aren't I!" he said pointedly. The security van arrives and Robin and Jim have to hide quickly whilst a car speeds by containing men wearing balaclavas. Luckily they're too focused to notice the two policemen right next to them so speed into the yard. The officers make themselves known and shout at the robbers to drop their weapons. One does so Tony moves in to arrest him. Another makes a run for it with Bob and Jim chasing him.

Jim drops down in front of the gunman and ends up held at gunpoint. Bob shouts that he's armed and after a tense standoff, the man gives himself up with Jim cuffing him and Bob securing the gun.

TSG arrive too late - Sun Hill has sorted it all! Frank enjoys rubbing it in the face of the Sgt who insulted him earlier.

Claire brings Jane's mother in. Frank recognises her. Bob congratulates Claire, Jane's mother had been taking her shoplifting with her and she'd had enough of it. Frank hurries through to tell Bob that they've got to let Jane's mother go - she's his snout on the shop lifting gang!

Bob protests that Claire needs that collar. Before Bob can talk to Christine and ask her not to let her go, Frank is already there. As Jim put it, he's a hard man to live with!

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