Silent Witness (1996–…): Season 11, Episode 5 - Hippocratic Oath: Part 1 - full transcript

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Oh, no. Oh, my God, oh, my God.
Mummy, don't go!

Just stay there, just stay there.
Don't move.

Dad! That's my dad,
that's my father in there.

I just need to see him
for one second!

MAN: I think the driver's dead.

MAN: I'll phone an ambulance.

WOMAN: Somebody's coming,
it's going to be OK.

Samantha, Samantha!

Samantha, I told you not to move.

Seal off this area, get rid of these
gawpers, take everyone away.



And we need SOCO here ASAP.

Look at them,
some of them are taking pictures
on their bloody mobiles.

Get them right back
or preferably somewhere else.

SIREN WAILS

Harry Cunningham, Pathologist.
DI Lawlor. A bit unusual this,
two bodies in one coffin.

I take it it's not just a mix-up.

DS Sanger. No. That's Jason
Arney the Funeral Director.

He's as shocked as anyone.

Do we know who he is? No.

The old lady whose funeral
he gatecrashed is Ethel Mortimer.

Ms Huston? That's right.

Leo Dalton.

The body has been identified
to me as that of Ellie Harris.

Aged two years.



We don't normally have surgeons
watching our work.

So it's a bit of a first
for both of us then, isn't it?

Ethel Mortimer was your grandmother?

When did she die?

A week ago. On the 7th.

I'm sorry to have to do this,
but how did she die?

She was 80. She'd just had enough.

He has a head fracture,
whoever he is.

This man in the coffin,
did you know him?

Seen him anywhere before?

Who is he? We don't know, not yet.

I want to bury my grandmother.
Of course.

Can we get it sorted now?

There are certain things
we have to do.

I want her buried.

I'm sorry.

She's now part of a crime scene.

Top to toe, total height

So she died post operatively.
That's right.

Why did she need an operation?
Do you want me to make a statement?

No. Or is this an underhand way of
getting me to say I made a mistake?

I was just interested.

Right, good.

There are no other lines
or canulae present.

The child has recently
undergone major surgery.

To remove a massive
abdominal tumour, neuroblastoma.

Located? Paraspinal.

Mets were already present,
though the spinal canal extension

we discovered in theatre
wasn't picked up pre-op.

Now this is unusual.

MOBILE PHONE RINGS

Hello? "Leo, we have one
funeral but three corpses."

Is this the, um, the RTA you're at?

"Yeah, and we have three bodies, one
in a vehicle and two in a coffin."

Two in a coffin?
"Thought I'd let you know."

Yeah, well, I'll see you in a bit.

You do know who Alice Huston is,
don't you?

Yeah, she's a paediatrician.
No, she's not A paediatrician,

she is THE paediatrician.

Right. What's she like?

Well, you'll find out in a minute.

The child developed Abdominal
Compartment Syndrome.

Renal failure was on the cards,

maintaining her blood pressure
and ventilating her was proving
difficult.

so I had to perform an abdominal
decompression. Makes sense, yes?

I opened up the abdomen and guess
what? There was no prolene mesh.

Why not?
There hadn't been any delivered.

Cock-up with NHS logistics. But...

I can't control the delivery vans.
So I did what I could.

I used the sterile
intravenous bag as an expedient,
stitched it to the wound edges.

Increasing the abdominal capacity
and protecting the bowel. Exactly.

The plastic doesn't damage the bowel
and it gives you breathing space

to resuscitate and stabilise.

But Ellie developed
multi-organ failure,
and we all know the result of that.

Now if you've got another way
of dealing with that problem,

then I'd love to hear of it.
No. It's brilliant.

It's just that,

well, if I'd stitched a plastic bag
into a child, I'd be inclined
to let someone know.

I'm letting you know now.

So who chose to use that
particular funeral parlour?

I did. For what reason?
Did you know them?

No. It was local family business.
So you didn't know Jason Arney

or his father? No.
How were they with you?

I dealt with the son.

He was very understanding.
And the father?

I only met him today.

He smelt of alcohol.

I didn't think that was right
at my gran's funeral.

Mr Harris?

Hi, I'm Nikki Alexander.

I'm the pathologist who's
done the postmortem you
requested on your daughter.

Do we need to wait for anyone else?
No.

Right, well I wanted to let you know
what I'll be telling the inquest.

I believe that the surgeon
who performed the operation

did everything in her power,
under the circumstances,
to save your daughter's life.

I'm sure she did.

Then?

I could have had six
more months with Ellie.

I could have seen her start her
life but when someone tells
you have two more years...

I'm sorry?

I want to know why Dr Huston
said this operation would
give Ellie at least two more years.

And now she's dead.

How do you decide
which body you work on?

We do the one we look like most.

The coroner doesn't think
we need to open

Ethel Mortimer and has requested
an external examination only. Good.

Do we have any additional info?

Such as? Like how she died
first time round?

Natural causes. Natural causes...

brought on by being eighty.

Is there any blood on her?

Emmm, not
that I can immediately see, no.

So our John Doe had stopped bleeding
by the time he was put into the
coffin. Any idea when that was?

He wasn't there when Ethel was put
in her coffin at 6pm yesterday.

OK, he's got fixed lividity
on his back

so I'd say he'd was lying down for
at least six hours after he died.

Which suggests he was kept somewhere
before being put into the coffin.

And there are no blowfly eggs
so it was an enclosed environment.

There is obviously this
deep penetrating wound on
the back of his head

and there is this white substance
on his hair which I'll get analysed.

Hold on, sorry.

There's a mark on his cheek.

It looks like an
imprint of something.

Yeah. Er, could we have
a picture, please, Maria?

Could you close him
up for me, Nigel?

Sorry are we boring you?

I'm watching Alice Huston
operate at four. The Alice Huston?
The Alice Huston.

Did you find anything out? Maybe.

So what have you
found out here so far?

The blow to the head
fractured the skull.

Causing lacerations to the brain.
Any idea what caused it?

Er, no. But the injury is about
three and a half centimetres across.

Any ID? No, drew a blank
on the fingerprints.

We do know there was bruising
to the ribs and chest
consistent with being punched.

But there's no cuts
or swelling to the knuckles,

so he either didn't fight back,
or someone stopped him trying.

Now this is intriguing -
his right shoe was missing and we
know the sock was worn through,

and there are abrasions to the heel,
with grit embedded in them so
I think he might have been dragged.

Also the septum is perforated
and there are no inflammations
or tumours,

so I think this guy
had a serious coke habit.

Actually, hold on.

He's even left us a sample.

There you go, mate, keep the change.

Bring them out. Start lining them up
from the far side of the room.

What the hell's going on here?

Put these back in the fridge -
they can't stay out here!

We have to confirm their identity.
These are people's relatives,

their loved ones. You can't do this.
Sorry, no choice.

I'd be interested to hear how
you get on and, er, if there is
anything else we can do to help.

We try to operate an
open door policy here.

Sit down. Thanks.

Local, please.

Not so hard, Alan -

you're all right at the liver there.
OK, thanks.

I'm going to infiltrate the pedicle
before we clamp. BP rising.

You all right, Daisy?

You're doing brilliantly.

What's she doing?

Bowel resection.

Using a local?

The child remains awake
throughout the operation.
It's like an epidural.

Is that common practice now?

No. Alice is the only one
using this method at the moment.

The patient, Daisy,

she has a heart condition -
a general would be too risky.

BP still rising. I want to stop.

We're nearly there, Daisy.

I don't care. I want to stop.

OK. Linda, wet pack, please.
Imogen, I need you to take over.

I want you to hold this on the
bowel for a moment. Gently.

That's it, gently.

Do you actually like this music?
Yeah.

Ever seen them play? No.

You understand why we have to do
this operation, don't you, Daisy?
And the worst of it's over.

We're very nearly there.
If you let me finish, next year,
I'll take you to see them play.

Serious? Absolutely.

Good girl.

Claire. Claire's going to hold your
hand for the rest of the op, OK?

How are you getting on? OK. Yeah?
I actually quite like this band.

How we doing now? It's coming down.
Right, OK. Stapler, please.

Alan, will you please check
first thing....
Ms Huston, have you got a minute?

As long as you can walk and talk.

That was, um, well,
I've never seen that before.

No-one else would operate on Daisy.
A general would've been too
much of a strain on her heart.

This way she gets a chance. It's
still a strain, though, isn't it?

A manageable one.

I have spoken
to Ellie Harris' father.

Well, hopefully you told him
I was trying to save his
daughter and not kill her.

Of course. He did mention though
that, um, you told him

that with the operation you expected
Ellie to live for another two years?

I told him there was a chance
of it, with the procedure I used.

According to my research, only
a very small chance. It was a new
technique. It could have worked.

But it didn't. No.

It's this business. When Ms Huston
is trying to save a child,

the parents only hear
what they want to hear.
Is this really about Ellie Harris?

Yes, what else would it be about?

This is a hospital -
it could be about anything.

You're Jason Arney, right? Yeah.
DI Lawlor. Are you the person
responsible for all this?

I'm responsible for finding out why
there were two bodies in your coffin.

And you think that's something to
do with me? Your funeral parlour,
your coffin.

My father has died!

The man in the coffin? They've
already shown me a photo.
I've never seen him before.

Your father worked in here
with the cadavers? Yes.

Who collected the body
from the hospital? He did.

My dad. Look, I don't know
what you've heard,

it's no secret my father never liked
this business but he did respect it.

He respected the dead.
Found anything?

Nothing. We're enquiring at the
hospital where the old woman died,

in case there's some mix up at that
end. Which hospital? St Matthews.

He'll come here and see you. He
doesn't do that for most people, I
tell you. I don't need a lawyer, Dad.

Alice, this is the second set of
parents trying to sue you. The
hospital has lawyers.

And you trust them?
Of course. Well, I wouldn't.

This hospital doesn't want you
here - they've made that clear.

They've never come out
and said it. They don't need to.

Look at the work you do and then
look at the facilities they give you.

That's the NHS.
When we get to the new place... And
you think you'll be going there?

They'll try to ditch you. I'm getting
this man to come and see you.

What's the name of
these latest parents?

His name's Ashley Harris. I'll find
out what I can about him. Dad, no.

I'm not letting some person who
can't even appreciate what you've
done for them ruin your career.

Alice, she's back now. Great.

Where's bigwig, make sure
he doesn't eat that flower.

Hey you, how are you feeling? OK.

She's did really well.

Are you going to tell
your mum about your troll?

Perfect place to store a corpse,
as we know.

Stephen Arney could
have attacked our John Doe,
then hidden the body in there.

Is this a TAF fridge? Um...

Yep. Oh, it must be quite old.
Only pre-1960 models
have this inscription.

Think I must have missed
that training day. Your training
was pre-1960.

We should check this against the
imprint on our John Doe's cheek.
Guys. They've found something.

Photo, please.

Yes, thanks.

Blood.

He's not on our DNA database,
so we can't identify him.

The only thing we know about our
John Doe at the moment

is that at some point he was in
a fridge in the funeral parlour.

Now this is the imprint
on his cheek.

Mean anything to anyone?

Not really, we checked the logo
from the fridge, it's close
but not a match. Anything else?

Yeah, this is, er...

a scan of his head.

As you can see, the edge of the
wound at the back of the skull
is wider than the wound inside.

So what ever caused it
must have tapered down.

Can you tell whether it was
inflicted or he fell onto an object?

If he had just been struck
on the head

we'd only expect to see bruising
here, where the blow landed.

But there is bruising
on the opposite side

so the brain was literally shaken
inside the skull, suggesting he fell.
This could still be an accident.

He receives a fatal head injury then
trips into someone else's coffin.

An accident doesn't
immediately spring to my mind.

The white stuff in his hair
was just plain old whitewash.

And the gravel from the heel?
Plain old gravel. The substance
in his nose was cocaine,

but with an added ingredient -
it was mixed with a benzodiazepine.

Which is?
There are various forms of the
drug, but here it was temazepam.

Which I've managed to fix to
an actual brand name - Alorpax.

Now Alorpax is new, and there's only
one outlet that's been dispensing it
for any length of time. Which is?

St Matthews Hospital.
That's where Ethel Mortimer died.

Are you sure this a good idea,
ma'am?

Doctors and coppers don't mix -
they always think
we're overstepping the mark.

Pathologists are doctors
they speak the lingo.

Can you bring up all the doctors
who have prescribed Alorpax?

Yeah, sure.

How many is that? About twenty,

including Alice Huston.

We'll start showing the photo
around the wards.
Let us know how you get on.

OK. It is curious though, isn't it?
Yes, but it doesn't prove anything.

I'm still going to ask her about it.
No, you're not. I am.
I'm telling you, you're not.

You're telling me? You are
looking into the Ellie Harris case.

This is something completely
different. You don't like each other

so you wouldn't
get anything out of her.

And you think she'll like you?
It's not beyond the bounds
of plausibility.

Are you going to enchant her with
your special magic?
It has been known. Now go away.

Go away.

Go on. Antibiotics, now
once she is back on the ward...

Alice Huston? I'm Dr Harry
Cunningham. I'm a forensic
pathologist. Christ not another one.

I was wondering
if I could have a word?

Could we make this quick, please?
As you can see I'm very busy,

and I've already spoken to both your
colleagues - the blonde one twice.

This is about something
entirely unconnected.

Oh. So I've done something else
which requires the scrutiny
of a forensic pathologist?

Does the name James Fetherton mean
anything to you? No. Are you sure?
Not an old patient you've forgotten?

I never forget any of my patients,
they're very important to me.

Quite. Do you ever prescribe Alorpax?
Do I ever prescribe Alorpax?
It's a tablet form of temazepam.

I know what it is.
Well, do you ever prescribe it?

It's obvious,
that being a consultant who deals
exclusively with children,

I'd never administer temazepam
as a tablet. Only in a syrup
or a rectal infusion. Correct.

Yes. That's what my
blonde colleague found odd.

Do you think we could make
this even quicker? Certainly.

Why have you, who deals
exclusively with children,

been prescribing Alorpax to James
Fetherton, who you claim not to know?

I haven't.
Hospital records say you have.

Three times in the last four
months, quite large quantities.

Do you know this man? No.

Do you think you could
take a closer look, please?

I'm sorry to state the obvious again,
but he is dead,

having suffered severe trauma
to the skull,
so his appearance may have altered.

Never seen him round the hospital?

This way.

Please...

You realise what
you're saying, Claire?

You're admitting
falsifying prescriptions?

Do you want to tell me why?

Jamie was under a lot of...
You mean James Fetherton? Yes.

He was under a lot
of pressure at work.

What did he do? He headed up
a sales team at an IT company.

He had targets,
if they weren't met...

And so you stole some of
Dr Huston's prescriptions
and wrote out what he wanted.

He'd been to his doctor,
who just told him to rest.

Who's idea was the tamazepam?

Mine...

I'm not sure.

Did you also know
he was using cocaine?

Yeah, we dabbled at weekends.

James was more than dabbling,
I assure you.
He had a serious coke habit.

A very serious one.
When was the last time you saw him?

A week ago, last Wednesday.
He then disappeared and you
decided to keep it to yourself.

It wasn't like that. Claire, the
fella you live with disappeared for
a whole week and you say nothing.

Yes. What do you take us for?

'What do you take me for?

'Eh? You think I'm stupid?

'I know your game!'

We'd had an argument.

What about?

Do I have to say? No, it's fine -
make it more awkward for yourself.

It was about Alan Peters.

He's the SHO I work with. I'd been
seeing him and Jamie found out.

And you fought? 'Dirty whore!'

Fought...

he hit you, you hit him.

Yeah. Where did you hit him?
I don't remember.

And after you fought
what happened?

He stormed off. For a whole week?

Yes. Is that usual
him going AWOL for a week?

Yeah, no...I mean he'd,
he'd just do that sometimes -

he'd go off for a few days. Never
a week? No. One or two days? Maybe.

Yeah. Storming off for a week!

the man in your life leaves
for a whole week and you do nothing.

I've already told you...
You're trying it on.

You see the thing
I can't get past...

is you not reporting him missing.

Is that silly of me?

How long's it been going on, Claire?

Scars...

cigarette burns...

you've had a number
of broken bones.

Was this all down to Jamie?

Why don't you tell me
what really happened?

Jamie found out about Alan Peters,

there was an argument,

and this time you couldn't take the
abuse any more. You fought back.

Jamie got hurt. You and Mr Peters
decided to cover it up.
That's what happened, isn't it?

No. Who did you persuade at
the funeral parlour to put him
in Ethel Mortimer's coffin?

No-one.

That's my father. We thought
we'd make doubly sure,
in the circumstances.

It will come out at the inquest
that he'd been drinking.

I thought you should know. Thanks.

You don't seem very surprised.

I'm not.

He had a big problem
fifteen years ago. He gave it up...

didn't touch a drop until
last week. What happened last week?

No idea.

Tuesday was his AA meeting night.

Off he went same as usual,

came back drunk as a skunk.

Bloody idiot.

Yeah, I understand, yeah, of course.

Have you found anything? Well, she's
certainly way ahead of anyone else
in her field. I did tell you.

And the operations she's
doing are groundbreaking. But?

Well, some of the parents, like
Ashley Harris, are being encouraged

to put their children through
these operations. Encouraged?

Are you suggesting that she's
exaggerating the likelihood of
success? Why? I have no idea.

Do you have any statistics? The
mortality rates in her unit last
year were significantly higher

than in similar units in Manchester,
Glasgow, Birmingham and Bristol.

She might just be taking higher
risk referrals? She might just be
taking higher risks.

Nothing wrong with that necessarily.
So long as she's not actually
lying to the parents. Is she?

I'm not sure she isn't.

Mr and Mrs Davis?

Yes. Leo Dalton.

Hi. Would you like to come through.

Thanks for seeing us.

And Daniel was how old when he died?

Just eighteen months.

We waited a long time
for a child and...

And that didn't have anything to do
with his problem. And Alice Huston
was his consultant throughout? Yes.

We couldn't have
asked for anyone better.

So you've no reservations about
the treatment she gave Daniel? No.

She gave Daniel a chance.

Nobody else was interested.

They'd just...written him off.

Alice was the only one...

You don't know
how important that was.

After she approached us

about the operation

we thought...

at least somebody
wants to do something.

So you don't feel she overstated
her chances of success? No.

And your colleague...
Nikki Alexander? Yes.

She doesn't do herself any favours

trying to stir stuff
up against Alice.

We got these from your flat.

Seems your boyfriend
had a few money problems.

A big coke habit is expensive.

Did he want you to bail him out,

was that just another problem?

I...

Did you just want your money back?

Did Alan ask for it back for you?

He said there'd been
a mix up at the bank -

they hadn't paid in his salary
and he'd get it back to
me in a couple of days.

That wasn't going to happen, was it?

That is unless there was
another source of cash.

Do you know if there was somewhere
else he could have got cash from?

She certainly had a clear motive.

Poor girl. Seems unlikely that
she could've caused the kind of
bruising found on Jamie Fetherton.

And been disposed of the body
herself. Could she have had help?

Peters? Maybe.
Any link with the funeral parlour?

No, nothing so far.

We do know that Ethel Mortimer
was taken from the
hospital to the funeral parlour.

And Jamie has links with the
hospital. You think he was killed
there? Check it out tomorrow.

Right. I'll talk to Peters.
Can I have a word?

I spoke to some parents earlier
on today who were more than happy

with the treatment that their
son received from Alice Huston. So?

We already know she is extremely
well thought of in her profession,
her work is open and above board.

The hospital were happy for you
to observe an operation. Assuming
they didn't have another agenda.

Such as? Well, perhaps they
are not so keen on her either.

And they are not going to like
people complaining - maybe they
are hoping I'll uncover something.

Equally they might just think
that she's fantastic. The point is
that not everybody is complaining.

Leo, you've spoken to
one set of parents.

Who actually asked if they
could come and speak to me.

I've spoken to plenty more
who were extremely unhappy,

and presumably the ones you saw,
their child survived. No. No,
as a matter of fact he died.

When she approached them, they were
given a very realistic indication
of the chances. She approached them?

They said it gave them hope,
although it was short-lived.

Yeah, she approached them. Oh,
so she goes looking for business?

It might be pushy
but it's not a crime.

Leo she is touting for children to
try out her new methods and
techniques, to experiment on!
Enough.

Please.
You're letting this become personal.

I'm only trying to find out
the truth. Are you serious?
Just tell me.

I didn't kill him!
You were the last...

You were the last one to see him.

Anybody could have
seen him after me.

So what happened?

There was some pushing
and shoving. That's all.

The police have been
questioning me for hours.

What did you tell them? The truth!
What do you think I told them? And?

They think I did it.
They think I killed him.

Who'd have blamed you. Oh, God that
really doesn't help right now.
The man was an animal. Alan!

I know I didn't kill him. I'm just
trying to figure out who did.

Does it matter? He's out of the
way - that's the good bit.

Don't touch me.

If they start asking questions...
Imogen, they won't ask questions
about Sam Reed.

I wouldn't be too sure. They'll dig
up any bit of dirt that they can.

Imogen, just answer their
questions as simply as you can.

Now the quicker they get
back to the morgue the better.

It's going to be all right.

Over here!

Alice, you've got a visitor.

How can I help you?

Sorry, I didn't realise you
were about to go in...

would it be all right to talk to
you later, after the operation? You
can talk to me now if you like.

Are you sure? Yes.

Who's the patient?

Betsy Fisher.

Six days old. Collapsed lung and
I'm repairing a duct in her heart.

How is it that you end up
with all the unusual cases?
Because I'm an unusual surgeon.

Tell me how it works, do the parents
of the patients always come to you

or do you sometimes
go looking for them?

What are you doing here?

I asked Claire to come into
theatre purely as an observer.

An observer who's about to scrub in.
Haven't you been suspended?

Claire's my theatre nurse
and it's far more
important to me that she's here

during these operations then
a matter of a few illegal drugs.

You know your jeopardising any case
that might be made for her by asking
her anywhere near this hospital.

she's on bail in a murder case,
or doesn't that worry you?

It would if for one minute I thought
she had anything to do with it!

I know her, like I know all my team.

You didn't know she was writing
prescriptions under your name.

I don't think you know her.

I don't think you know them.
Actually, I don't think you
give a damn about them,

these children, anyone or anything
except what goes on in there
that improves your reputation.

Where are you going now? You gonna
report me for handing her a scalpel?
Any other shit you want me in?

I am trying to keep you out of shit,
Claire. Why did you attack my boss?

Then why are you defending her? She
didn't know about the prescriptions.

That is exactly my point,
she didn't.

Did she know that Jamie
used to beat you up?

Did she know that
you were seeing Alan?

Did she know Jamie was
missing, or who he is really?

Does she care anything about you
except that she wants you in theatre
because you are a very good nurse?

I am a good nurse.

I know you are, I've seen you.
I love my job.

It's the one solid thing
in my life.

But what hope you have of keeping
that job you love so much depends
on you not putting a foot wrong.

I'm really sorry
if I embarrassed you in there.

But you need to start looking
after yourself a little bit.

Otherwise you will find
that you are the one person in
your life who is not controlling it.

Yeah, well, there's...

there's some blood and what could
be hair on one of these garden posts.

And I found some whitewash on
a wall in a basement corridor
which looks like it could

match the whitewash in his hair.
Hold on.

I'm asking the chief executive
of this hospital for a full enquiry.

Leo, I'm going to call you back.
What's happened?

I could forgive her condescension
and her arrogance, but she was
about to make Claire Kowalski

assist her in an operation despite
being suspended. OK. But didn't?
Only because I stopped it.

She didn't seem to see any problem.
I know that she
can be a bit imperious.

She's like Cleopatra with PMT.

Possibly.
I don't know you might be right

but I think she might be a genius.
So we have to indulge
her until we find out?

Perhaps. And how many failed
operations...?

Remember Christiaan Barnard, doing
the first heart transplant in 196...
1967. All right.

Do you remember the patient?
No. Lewis Washkansky. A fifty-three
year-old man. He was the first.

Now they happen all over the
world, every day, thousands and
thousands of them, year after year.

But Lewis Washkansky died after
eighteen days. Was that a success?

Should it have been stopped
because it was a risk? Washkansky
was an adult. I know.

I know.

I want to talk to her. Will you let
me do that? If you think it will
achieve anything.

OK. I'll meet you, I'll meet you
in the canteen in an hour or so. OK.

What are these?

That's Ellie Harris's father.

What have you been doing? I...

I got a detective to follow him. Why?

Catch him doing something that shows
him as a disreputable character. Dad!

The only person who's
going to look disreputable
from all of this is you.

Alice, I can't let them bring
you down. They won't.

KNOCK ON DOOR
Yes? Have you got a minute? Sorry.

Sorry, Dad, do you mind?

Er, no. I'll wait for you.

And how can I help you now,
Doctor Cunningham?

Just cut the bullshit for a minute,
would you? Stop talking like
you are wearing a flak jacket.

What is it that you are so desperate
to say? At the best of times, the
work you do is controversial. Yes?

Some people seem to think so. And
you dismiss them. I have to.

No you don't.
And this is not the best of times.

A man has been found dead, in
very suspicious circumstances,

who turns out to have been the
boyfriend of your nurse. That is
very sad, but none of my business.

It is, she was obtaining
drugs for him under your name.

You know, she, she'd been going out
with him for two years, I think
and you'd never even heard of him.

I should be punished for not taking
a prurient interest
in the private lives of my staff?

You will be punished for
anything a lawyer can get you on.

There is a
fog around you and your team,

they don't understand what you do,
which scares them.

And I don't think you always see out.

Do you think the work
I do is important?

Yes, very. Do you think the work
anyone else does is important?

I try to save lives.

And every day I get better at it
and I would be even better
if I didn't have to waste my time...

With the plodders? Traffic wardens
coming in checking what you've done?

Yes, if you like. Look,
the world goes wrong for some people.

Children get ill, they get brought
to you perhaps you save them.

The world is right again.
Hurray. Or they die.
So they get sent to us.

Because people want to know why.
Why?

Is that not a fair question to ask?

We got these from your flat.

Seems your boyfriend
had a few money problems.

What's happened?

What's happened now?

Nothing, it's OK?

Eh, what's this?

It's just been a long day.

There's just this baby,
this baby called Sam.

It's just really hard.

How hard?

I can't tell you. Come on.

No, I can't.

Please, babe, just tell me.

If I do,

do you promise not to tell anyone?

Course.

Course, I do.

Claire? I shouldn't have asked you
to come to theatre. It was wrong.

It's not about that. I let you down.
Forget about the prescriptions.

It's not about the bloody
prescriptions!

I'm so sorry. Claire.

Claire! You all right?

Dad, whatever it is,
right now I don't need it.

MOBILE RINGS

Hello?

Yeah.

No, I'm still here. Why?

OK.

Where?

No, I'll find it.

I'll see you there.

Claire?

Where are you, I thought we
were meeting in the canteen?

I'm in the hospital basement. What
are you doing in the basement?

Claire called and asked me to meet
her down here. Can you come down?
OK, I'll come and find you.

Thanks.

Nikki!

Uhhhh!

BONES CRACK

Claire?

Claire?

Claire!

Hello. Harry. Where, where are you?
I've just found Claire's bag.

You what? Her bag? Yeah,
everything is spilled out of it,
but I don't know where she is.

CRACKLING
Hello? Harry?

Harry, are you there?

I can't really hear you and I have
absolutely no idea where you are.

So if you can just give me
some kind of landmark.
Describe something. Hello? Hello?

Harry! Just stay where you
are until I find you.

(Please, can you come
and find me now?)

Hello?

Hello? Can't hear you. Hello?

I can see Claire!
You're with Claire now?

Something's happened to her.

Can you hear me? Call an
ambulance, she's lying on the floor.

Nikki! Claire?

Oh, my God,
Harry, she's not breathing.

Harry, can you hear me?
Harry, are you there?

CRACK!