The Flight of the Eagle (Ingenjör Andrées luftfärd)

Stop!

Police! Stop!

Can I Taser her? No!

Let me Taser her! No!

Stop! Stop!

Oh, thank God for that!

One move and you're down! No, no, please don't!

How many times, Davina?

How many times do I have to tell you I hate giving chase?

Bloody hell, look at the state of me!

I'm knackered, I'm sweat-dripping!

I'm going to be uncomfortable for the whole bloody day now!

Please! Look, I'm asking you, right,

woman to woman, yeah?

Just one more chance, please? Please?

You know, Davina, the drug dealing, I can handle.

The lies.

God, even using your own children to deliver the gear,

it's all just what I've come to expect.

You know the thing that really pisses me off

is that despite all these ill-earned gains,

you are still, still claiming benefits.

Which means mugs like me are paying for the privilege

of chasing you around the bleeding streets.

Oh!

Leave her! Leave her! Leave her!

Leave her! Just come back!

No, no, no! Get the car! Get the car now!

Oh, shit!

God, is this the fastest you can go?

Oh, God!

It's only a punch. Why is it...? I'm pregnant, OK?

And you, you tell no-one, Mickey.

I haven't even told Paul yet.

Is it OK?

Is it all right?

Heartbeat. He's fine.

Or she.

Let me check around a bit,

but I think everything looks perfectly normal.

Helen.

I didn't know who else to call.

Is everything OK?

Yeah, it's fine.

It's fine.

But I reckon my days on the street are over for a while.

Yeah.

'Police in Polesford are continuing their search...

Oh, God, have you seen this?

.. for schoolgirls Poppy Johnston and Abigail Toms.

Abigail went missing three weeks ago

and Poppy was last seen getting into a car yesterday.

Dave Guest is there for us this evening.

So weird to see Polesford all over the news.

It's awful.

I spoke to Dad. He said the place is crawling with press.

Yeah?

The police have mounted an intensive search of open ground in this area,

although their efforts are being hampered by extensive flooding.

It's been raining intensively here for over three weeks.

So tonight, with two girls still missing,

the tension here is palpable.

This is a community in shock.

Paul? In the bathroom.

I need to talk to you.

Well, I won't be a sec.

I'm pregnant.

Are you serious?

Oh, Helen!

Hey! Have you washed your hands?

No.

Can I have another kiss?

'Police are continuing their search...

So, I know we're not out the woods yet,

but can I... can I tell my mum?

She'll be, like... Well, it'll make her year. It'll make her decade.

.. last seen getting into a car yesterday.

God, this is what we've got to look forward to.

20 years of fear.

Come on, you know how rare this stuff is.

I've dealt with child killers, it's always someone known to 'em.

Mm. Better keep an eye on your Ian, then.

Shall I open this?

Erm... wine? Really?

One glass. Everyone knows that's OK.

'.. Even more difficult because of torrential rain

and extensive flooding in the area.

Oh, God! What have I done?

I'm a copper!

I can't see myself sitting in cafes with my tits out all day.

Helen, it'll be great!

Look, I'll take some time off.

We'll just hang out, the three of us.

Come on. I mean, you can't say things have been easy lately, yeah?

We've hardly seen each other.

That's why coppers get together, isn't it?

So they don't have to.

'Is there any more news on

the man they've brought in for questioning?

Sources close to the enquiry have told us

that that man is Stephen Bates, a resident of Polesford.

37-year-old Bates...

Shit! What?

The suspect's wife, I know her.

Linda Jackson, that's what she used to be called.

She was my best friend.

.. The man currently in custody.

However, he stated the investigation has taken a stride forward,

and has...

Helen, there's an investigation team in place.

They won't want you barging in there.

But I've got specialist knowledge of the area,

and the suspect's wife is a childhood friend.

I'm sorry, I can't allow it.

OK.

Well, um, there is another issue.

Um...

Pregnant.

I haven't been feeling very well recently,

so I'd like to request a week's leave, starting today.

Well, congratulations.

I'm... I'm going to have to go to Polesford, obviously,

tell my father the good news.

All right, I'll get them to endorse access to Linda Bates,

but no stepping on anyone's toes.

Understand?

Helen?

Yeah, I understand.

What are you doing?

I'm coming with you. No.

Helen, you're pregnant, you've got hormones raging around your body.

Oh, which makes that a very brave sentence.

Seriously, Paul, I don't... I don't need you there.

The whole time I've known you, it's been, "I hate the place.

"Reminds me of my mum dying."

And then, all of a sudden, you want to go back.

Yeah, well, she was my best friend.

When's the last time you saw her?

I've never even heard you mention her.

I need to help her.

Fine. Then you can see it as a mini-break.

What, at my dad's, during a manhunt?

You've got a funny idea of a holiday.

You OK?

Shall we go straight to your dad's?

No, let's... Let's go see where they moved Linda to first.

Detectives Weeks and Hopkins. I've got authorisation.

I'm Helen Weeks, an old friend of Linda Jackson.

I mean, Bates. DC Sophie Carson.

And this is Detective Hopkins. Just you.

Oh, fine. I'll... I'll go for a walk, take in the sights.

I'll let her know you're here.

Linda, you've got a visitor.

Helen Weeks.

Oh...

Hello.

He didn't take them girls, you know.

They get it wrong... don't they?

Sometimes, they make mistakes.

You stopped returning Christmas cards.

Sorry.

My career, it sort of becomes all-consuming.

We had a school reunion last year. Yeah?

Yeah, it was a laugh, what, with the old faces.

You all right? Hi.

That's Charli.

How's your sister? Oh, she's... she's fine.

She's married and she's got a couple of kids.

I just found out I'm pregnant.

You left it late.

Yeah. Yeah, I suppose I did.

You'll love it.

Will I?

I don't know.

How about you, you and Stephen? How long have you been married?

Five years.

He's not from round here.

Danny and Charli aren't his.

Danny? My youngest.

He's upstairs. He refuses to come down.

And, yeah, Steve's great with them.

Like they're his own,

seeing as it's so bloody obvious what you're thinking.

Everyone else is.

Paul Hopkins, the one and only!

Long time since Hendon! Yeah. Good to see you, man.

And you. I didn't realise you'd ended up round these parts.

Yeah. It's temporary. Still, big fish in a small pond, eh?

You in Manchester? Yeah, yeah, for my sins.

Oh, cool. Good.

So, um... what can I do for you?

Nothing, really. My girlfriend's down visiting her father,

I thought I'd come and see how the search was going.

Your girlfriend being Helen Weeks?

I was the one that gave her the nod to talk to Linda.

Oh. Truth? It's been a bloody nightmare.

Flooding means we can't search as thoroughly in a lot of places.

River's moving so fast, it's too hard for the divers.

That where you think they are, the river?

It'd be the most obvious thing.