- [last lines]
- [Sasha sees the board has been set up for Josh Tyler's murder]
- Gerry Standing: Whenever you're ready... guv'nor.
- DAC Robert Strickland: [on phone] No, I know it's not the outcome that you wanted, sir, but the important thing is that we got to the truth.
- DAC Robert Strickland: No, I've no idea how the press got wind of the arrests, but the genie's out of the bottle *now*, sir.
- DAC Robert Strickland: Yes, well, leave it with me; I'll see what can be done. Yes, g...
- [as he hangs up]
- DAC Robert Strickland: Good-bye, sir.
- [there is a knock on his door]
- DAC Robert Strickland: Yeah, come in.
- DAC Robert Strickland: You wanted to see me, sir?
- DAC Robert Strickland: Oh, yes, I'm glad you're here, Sasha. I've just been speaking to the Deputy Commissioner on the phone. This morning's arrests were a major PR embarrassment for the yard.
- DCI Sasha Miller: Sir...
- DAC Robert Strickland: Close the door on your way out.
- [he smiles]
- DCI Sasha Miller: Um, sir? Uh, can I ask you a question? I spoke to a contact at the DPS. They've known about Hennessy for six months.
- DAC Robert Strickland: Yes.
- DCI Sasha Miller: So, why did the Yard wait so long to order the re-investigation into the Monroe case?
- DAC Robert Strickland: What, you think they were waiting until they knew that you'd be leading the investigation? You've been reading too many conspiracy novels, Sasha.
- DCI Sasha Miller: [sees Strickland's open datebook] She's a good reporter, isn't she?
- DAC Robert Strickland: Who?
- DCI Sasha Miller: Emily Ward. The journalist who wrote the news of the arrests.
- DAC Robert Strickland: [closes the datebook] I think you and I are going to get along very well.
- [first lines]
- DCI Sasha Miller: The case we discussed last night, sir.
- DAC Robert Strickland: It's being handed back to the Director of Professional Standards tomorrow morning.
- DCI Sasha Miller: Until then?
- DAC Robert Strickland: Well, technically it's still ours.
- DCI Sasha Miller: I'd like to take a run at it.
- DAC Robert Strickland: Why the change of heart?
- DCI Sasha Miller: The thought of Monroe walking free.
- DAC Robert Strickland: There's a lot at stake here, Sasha.
- DCI Sasha Miller: I'm aware of the potential for embarrassment, sir.
- DAC Robert Strickland: Oh, this is more than just embarrassment. A lot of the top brass hitched their wagon to DCI Henderson's star. If it turns out that he fitted Monroe up, the political fallout could be catastrophic.
- DCI Sasha Miller: Is that why UCOS were chosen ahead of the DPS?
- DAC Robert Strickland: UCOS were chosen because they can be discreet.
- DCI Sasha Miller: And me?
- DAC Robert Strickland: Because you'll leave no stone left unturned. But no-one is suggesting we cover anything up, Sasha. They're only interested in the truth.
- DCI Sasha Miller: And if they don't like that truth?
- DAC Robert Strickland: Upstairs are convinced that Hennessy got the right man. They just want to make sure that he got him in the right way. You got twenty-four hours.
- Uri Hallerman: All my years of service; not even a lousy OBE. They give them away to lollipop ladies.
- DCI Sasha Miller: The senior investigating officer on the case was...
- Danny Griffin: 'Headline' Hennessey.
- Gerry Standing: [laughs] May he rest in peace.
- Steve McAndrew: You knew him?
- Gerry Standing: Oh, everyone did. He was the poster boy for the Met. He got his face in the papers more often than Princess Di.