Ashes to Ashes · Season 3, Episode 7
“Episode 7” · Season 3, Episode 7
In this episode: Gene Hunt (16), Alex Drake (7), DS Ray Carling (7), Chris Skelton (3), Shaz (3), Luigi (3), DCI Jim Keats (2)
[While dining with Gene]
Have you noticed the strange atmosphere in CID?
It’s Viv. They all miss him. He was the quiet one that held everything together, the wheel at the centre.
And now the spokes have fallen off.
Blimey, it’s like being on a date with Leonard Cohen.
[There is an awkward pause and Alex stares at Gene]
Go on, say it?
Say what?
Alex, there's an elephant in the room. Let’s get it out the way, hey?
Alright. [Pause] Did you or did you not kill Sam Tyler?
Sam Tyler was a friend of mine. Bloody irritating friend most of the time, it has to be said, [Pause] but I learnt more from him than from anybody else I have ever met. He was strong, decent, a brilliant copper.
What happened?
He’d been acting strange for a few weeks, and Sam Tyler strange was very bloody strange indeed.
But he was happy here? Everybody says so; he had a girlfriend, Annie. He had you?!
Yeah, I asked him what was wrong. He said he couldn’t tell me.
What did you do?
He said he wanted to leave. Then he asked me to help him fake his own death.
[Alex looks stunned and slightly shocked. Gene nods confirming what she just heard]
That's why we set fire to the car and pushed it into the river.
So Sam asked you to commit an illegal act and you went ahead with it?
I didn’t want to Bolls. I wanted him to stay. I needed him.
Well, what happened next?
I never saw him again.
Ha! What? Come on, he just vanished?
[Gene looks at Alex]
Look, Sam was like me...
He wasn’t as annoying as it happens.
... Whatever happened to him might happen to me Gene I have to know.
I asked him why. He said it would be better for me if I didn’t know. You see this is about respect, Alex. It’s about trust, about faith, something you haven’t learnt yet.
[As their date and discussion about Sam Tyler ends]
Mr. Hunt, Miss Drake you want some coffee, a brandy?
A brandy, large!
Just the bill, please, Luigi.
Ok fine, but as you’re the feminist you can pay half.
[Drake and Gene share a moment]
Get your coat. You’ve pulled.
[Ray enters and interrupts, entering the restaurant with some evidence]
Oi Guv I got something to show you.
So has DI Drake and I think hers will be more interesting.
[In Luigis', in the aftermath of Chris and Gene's fight]
You're the best DCI I've ever met, and I've been proud to work under you. But I'm not going to be your doormat any more, Guv. Those days have gone.
[Gene walks up to Chris as Shaz, Alex and Ray look on nervously]
Are they now?
Buy me a drink, and we'll say no more about it. [holds out his hand]
Luigi, get Mr. Skelton a drink.
Si, Senor Hunt.
[Chris and Gene shake hands, followed by a heartfelt hug]
[Alex and Gene are in Alex’s flat, she puts some music on]
Let’s have a dance.
No, Gene Hunt does not dance.
No, and he doesn’t hug Christopher Skelton either, does he?
[Having confronted Gene, Chris gets his Life On Mars moment where he hears music and a voice. Afterwards he speaks about it to Ray and Shaz who have had similar moments]
I’ll tell you something else about that voice. You remember that landlord at The Railway Arms?
Yeah, Nelson. How could I forget?
Well, the voice, it was him!
[Having left the restaurant Ray, Chris and Shaz are having a discussion that ends with Shaz accusing Ray of being racist towards African people]
You’re a racist Ray.
I am not a racist!
Well, you don’t like the Welsh.
Yeah, but I wouldn’t like them whatever colour they were.
God, it’s like 1953 in your heads, isn’t it?
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