Professor T

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Jasper?

GUN CLATTERS Whoa!

GUNSHOT, HE GRUNTS

PANTING

You tried to stop me from killing Lanesborough?

Cos you know, Jasper, if you say that at the hearing,

I'll... I'll lose everything.

Mind your step.

This way.

Come around with me. Come round to the back.

BUZZER SOUNDS

DISTANT SHOUTING

DOOR LOCKS

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DOOR CREAKS

Wait. PAPER RUSTLES

Jasper Tempest.

Discharging an unlicensed shotgun in a police station, eh?

Well, that's a new one. Come through slowly.

Just like an airport,

but you're not going anywhere nice.

Uniform, toiletries, towel, blanket.

Th-That will not be necessary.

I shall give you a list of personal items

you may collect from my home. SNIGGERING.

Comedian. I'll take these.

Like doing the washing-up, do you? Thank you.

LOCK TURNS, BUZZER SOUNDS

Follow me.

Yeah, pick up the pace.

'Professor T Main Titles' by Hannes De Maeyer.

LOW GROWL

He's a lion.

May I ask why?

Commission for a zodiac calendar.

Really?

It'll pay for ten days in Venice.

Have you had any sort of communique regarding Jasper?

Communique, Wilfred? What on earth are you talking about?

He's in prison.

Oh, don't tease. It's far too early.

I can assure you, Adelaide, I'm not teasing.

Jasper has been taken to prison.

Do you want to sit down?

I am seated.

DISTANT CHATTER

Come on, move over.

Let him through, let him through.

Fresh meat. Hey, easy.

One for the Hobbit shop. LAUGHTER.

Oi. None of that. Come on, keep going.

Now, when we get to the bridge, I want you to turn right.

Erm, just wait.

INDISTINCT CHATTER

BAG RUSTLES

KNOCK ON DOOR

How did it go? Wasn't much of a hearing.

The professor didn't say a word.

Professor Tempest, your refusal to speak

in your own defence means I have no choice

but to remand you in custody

until a date for your trial is set.

GAVEL BANGS

Why wouldn't he speak?

I don't wanna drag you into this, Paul.

Last night, I... saw you unlocking the armoury.

Were you gonna kill Lanesborough?

No. No, that...

that wasn't the plan.

What was your plan? I...

I wanted to scare him. I...

I wanted to arrest him. And I...

Then he hit me, and things... spiral led.

What, and the professor did that to stop you?

His defence puts you in prison,

he can't lie, so he's saying nothing.

Detective Superintendent Hines is in reception.

Tell him to wait.

He's very impatient. I'll be down when I'm ready.

Do you know him? Yeah.

Sam Hines was at Ashford with Lanesborough.

Ah.

Built a career taking down bent cops.

Well, I'm not a bent cop.

I'm gonna tell him the truth.

Hang on, hang on, hang on. Let's not make this any worse.

This whole thing comes down to your word against Lanesborough's.

Meanwhile, Jasper's in prison.

Jasper committed a... an offence.

He'll walk with a fine.

What you say or don't say isn't gonna change that.

The professor will be out of there in a couple of weeks.

The last thing we need to give Lanesborough

is any kind of victory.

I don't like being told to wait.

Shall we?

Come on, then.

KEYS JINGLE, HUBBUB

DISTANT SHOUTING

In.

HE EXHALES

HE EXHALES DEEPLY

LOCK TURNS

RECEDING FOOTSTEPS

Shall I take the upper berth?

HE INHALES

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Are you sure they passed you fit?

Yeah, I got a nick. Barely broke the skin.

HE SNIFFS Also, I'm extremely brave.

Well, you were shot.

After you, boss.

Morning. Hiya.

Victim is Leo Moore. 45 years old, single.

He owned the place.

Without wanting to pre-empt the path report,

I'd guess the cause of death was multiple blows to the head.

Robbery? Funny kind of robbery.

Left a couple of grand in that drawer.

Unless they were after his phone. It's not here,

it's not in his car. Who found the body?

Dude right there. Benny Vause.

OK, thank you. Thanks.

Do you think the professor's gonna be OK?

Yeah. Prison will be like a field trip.

Benny. You found Leo Moore?

Yeah. I've got something to show you.

What's that?

He pulled into the car park a couple of hours ago.

ENGINE REVS, TYRES SCREECH

'A Ford Mustang, almost smashing me up.'

It were blue with yellow stripes.

A Mustang? It don't come in that colour.

Somebody pimped it. It's easy to find.

OK, thank you. Thanks, Benny.

'I had a, er, brief interview with Simon Lanesborough.'

'You talked to him first?'

As part of my investigation,

I need to establish exactly what happened here last night.

Why was Lanesborough in your office?

I invited him.

SCRIBBLING, CLEARS HIS THROAT

Is he saying I was his accomplice?

PEN THUDS ON TABLE What was your plan?

To arrest him.

You didn't pass up the chain of command?

I wasn't sure who I could trust.

You do realise you've compromised our case

against a corrupt... and dangerous officer?

Do you?

Yes.

He's not accusing you of being his accomplice.

He says you intended to kill him.

What? You pointed a Glock 22 at him, but your property store

has no record of any firearms being booked out.

He's lying. About what?

I didn't have a gun.

OK.

LOW CHATTER

BIRDSONG

'Fresh meat.'

CHILDREN PLAYING

'One for the Hobbit shop.' LAUGHTER.

BUZZER SOUNDS

You playing nice, Kenny?

LIGHT KNOCKING Lise, I've got some, erm...

Should I refer to you as "ma'am"?

"Your Ladyship" will do.

A couple of uniform bods spotted our dodgy Mustang

at the hospital. Approached the driver,

he kicked off big time. Zeb Drakeford.

DOOR OPENS

When this is over, I'm gonna sue every single one of you.

My wife's in hospital. This is going all over the socials.

Have you finished? Cos the sooner we get done here,

the sooner you get to be with your wife. Sit down.

8:30 this morning,

you were seen driving away from Leo Moore's warehouse.

So? So do you wanna tell us

what you were doing there?

I've got a dispute with Mr Moore.

I bought my wife a car, birthday present.

Two days later, she hits a pothole.

The car goes out of control, and she smashes into a wall.

She might never walk again.

What's this got to do with Leo Moore?

Were you born heartless,

or did the job make you like this?

Just answer the question.

The insurance won't pay up.

Their investigator says the car was fitted with fake wheel rims.

You bought the car from Leo Moore?

Bernard Brothers. I'm suing them, as well.

And they told me they got their spare parts from Leo Moore.

So you paid him a visit?

Yeah. Didn't see him, though. The place was closed.

Can I go now?

I hope your wife recovers.