[Alex enters Gene’s office. Gene stares out of his office window but notices her presence]
Bugger off, I’m grieving.
S3 E7Episode 7
Can I please have a bit of peace and bastard quiet!!?!
Ray, get yourself back down that shabong.
Shebeen.
Shebangs, Shebeens, shebongs, showaddywoddy... whatever.
So what've you got?
It's Tzi-Tzi, she seems agitated I think she may have something.
Good. Well maybe it's about time she had a chat with her Uncle Gene.
Go easy on her won't you, she's had a hell of a life.
The very thought.
[Gene walks away from Alex's desk towards the door and opens it, he looks at Tzi-Tzi]
Right Zitty your in with me!
[Ray produces a pocket knife from his jacket to open the barrel in the African's squat]
SShaz
They're illegal!!
Are they? Maybe we should tell the Police.
You and I have been through a lot together professionally and you know... in other ways.
Come on, spit it out, Bolls.
Let’s have dinner together. Tonight.
Why?
Because I’ve got a feeling we won’t get many more opportunities, that’s why.
What, you mean a date?
Yeah, I suppose so.
Alright, you’re on. But I have to warn you Bolly, first date, upstairs outside only.
When I want your opinion Skelton I will ask for it, and I will never ask for it, you prick!
[Gene and the team get a tip off of a murder at an ANC illegal drinking den. They arrive and Gene gets Ray to search the place. Ray goes behind the bar and discovers some blood. He then spots some more and follows a trail]
Guv, there's some blood... and some more over here.
[Ray and Gene follow the trail of blood until they reach a cupboard. Ray opens it and a bloodied body falls out onto him]
Bloody Nora!
[Shaz and Ray search the drinking den for the murder weapon. Ray tries to open a barrel containing ale]
SShaz
Ray Carling! What are you doing?
Just getting myself a sneaky pint. There seems to be a blockage.
SGShaz Granger
Yeah... Anyway about, Chris. He really needs to stand up for himself, take control of his own destiny. He’s in denial.
The Nile? Isn’t that a river in Egypt?
[To Alex] This is the final chapter Bolly. In case you haven’t noticed, we are fighting for our lives.
Do you realise how serious this is?
Yes I do. This is gonna be one hell of a last chapter, hey Jim?
[Gene waits for Alex to arrive at Luigi’s Restaurant for their date]
Mr. Hunt. Always a pleasure to see you.
Yes, well the pleasure is all yours, Luigi.
Mr. Hunt is on a date?
I am not on a date! I am meeting a colleague for a meal and a professional chat.
Well, I know enough about restaurants and men to know a date when I see one.
And I know enough about Italians and vats of boiling cooking oil.
You scrub up well Bolls.
Thank you. You don’t look so bad yourself.
[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.
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