The Gas lamps light up the snow strewn streets as the
whiteout continues in this quiet seaside town.
INT. BRIGHTON WORK HOUSE - NIGHT
The workhouse Matron, MICHELLE JOHNSON (52) is wrapping a
second blanket around the shoulders of SABINA TILLEY (19) who
places two infant children into a picnic basket.
MATRON JOHNSON
We have no choice, Sabina. There is
no more room. You have to leave.
Sabina is crying but is stoic.
SABINA TILLEY
My babies will die if you put me
out in this storm.
The Matron hands Sabina a shoebox with her name on it and her
meagre possessions inside.
MATRON JOHNSON
Go to the train station. The
station master keeps a fire lit all
night in the waiting room.
EXT. BRIGHTON TRAIN STATION, WAITING ROOM - NIGHT
Sabina Tilley walks slowly through the snowstorm carrying her
infant daughters inside the basket.
She walks indoors out of the blizzard only to see dozens of
other homeless people trying to get warmth from the blazing
fire in the grate of the waiting room.
SABINA TILLEY
Please, my babies are freezing. Can
I get a warm, please?
The group is unsympathetic.
BEARDED MAN
You should have got here earlier.
EXT. BRIGHTON TRAIN STATION, PLATFORM ONE - NIGHT
Sabina walks onto the platform to look for refuge.
She tries many train carriage doors on the platform side but
they are locked.
2.
EXT. BRIGHTON TRAIN STATION, FOOTBRIDGE - NIGHT
Sabina walks through the virgin snow across a footbridge. On
the other side three carriages, one has the glow of a lamp or
maybe, just maybe, a fire.
EXT. BRIGHTON TRAIN STATION, PLATFORM THREE - NIGHT
Sabina struggles towards the carriage with the glow.
The door of a GUARDS CARRIAGE opens and Sabina goes inside.
She collapses onto the bench seat getting as close as she can
to the remnants of a fire in the grate before passing out.
EXT. BRIGHTON TO LONDON TRAIN - DAY
Accompanied by a screaming whistle and the clatter of wheels
on the track, a passenger train emerges from a tunnel into
the winter wonderland of the Sussex countryside.
Genres:
["Drama","Historical"]
Ratings
Scene
2 -
A Shocking Discovery
INT. BRIGHTON TO LONDON TRAIN CARRIAGE - DAY
A half-dressed, AMOROUS COUPLE makes out on the floor of the
train carriage.
AMOROUS MAN
What if someone sees us?
AMOROUS GIRL
The danger of being caught is what
turns me on the most.
As the girl stretches out her arms they go under the seat.
The train banks and a shoebox becomes dislodged. The lid
comes off.
AMOROUS MAN
Oh my Jesus, look at that.
The girl leaps up and sees that inside this little coffin are
the remains of two infants.
The man just makes it to the window before he vomits.
EXT. VICTORIA RAILWAY STATION PLATFORM - DAY
The train is at Victoria station.
The Amorous Couple speak to POLICE OFFICERS who remove the
shoe box coffin and question the couple.
TITLES AND MUSIC
3.
EXT. THAMES RIVER BANK - DAY
Abberline and Dr. Augustus Piper are supervising the removal
of a MALE BODY from the Thames.
INSPECTOR ABBERLINE
Makes a bloody change to get a man.
DOCTOR PIPER
He has the same injuries as the
recent female river dump victims.
TWO CONSTABLES carry the cloth covered corpse to the Mortuary
Wagon when Sergeant Cunningham arrives.
INSPECTOR ABBERLINE
What time do you call this Sammy?
Cunningham holds his hands up.
SERGEANT CUNNINGHAM
Sorry boss. I had a late night.
What have we got?
DOCTOR PIPER
Undernourished Male, about sixteen,
throat cut and a crude attempt at
disembowelment. I will know more
when I get him on the slab.
INSPECTOR ABBERLINE
(to Cunningham)
Have a look at the throat wound.
Cunningham lifts the cloth and finds himself staring at the
harrowed face of a boy he only saw very recently.
SERGEANT CUNNINGHAM
That is Dublin Jack. Male
prostitute. I handed him over to
Judas Fox who was to put him aboard
the Cormorant bound for France.
INSPECTOR ABBERLINE
They are cutting all ties back to
Somerset and Fleur de Lis.
SERGEANT CUNNINGHAM
And His Royal Highness.
Genres:
["Drama","Mystery","Crime"]
Ratings
Scene
3 -
Breakfast Briefing: Legal Strategies and Self-Defense
EXT. THE GEORGE - DAY
Marshall and Arthur Newton are eating breakfast on the
terrace as Lilly and Xing arrive.
Xing puts down her camera as the WAITER takes an order.
4.
MARSHALL
Lilly are you with us today at the
Bailey?
LILLY FORTUNE
No such luck. We are on crime scene
duty in Whitechapel.
ARTHUR NEWTON
This is the one you lot are calling
Jack the Ripper?
LILLY FORTUNE
With good reason. He butchered two
more girls last night.
MARSHALL
Conan Doyle is asking friends to
join his “Crime Club” to
investigate unsolved murders.
LILLY FORTUNE
Are you two defending the girl in
the Police murder trial?
Arthur is mid-sausage and egg and can’t get his words out.
MARSHALL
Yes, she was kidnapped, raped and
he attempted to murder her. Sadly
for him, he left her for dead.....
ARTHUR NEWTON
...but she survived and our client
fought back like a lioness.
MARSHALL
The policeman died of his wounds
and she is charged with his murder.
XING FU/LILLY
(Lilly reads sign)
Automatic hanging if found guilty.
And what is your strategy?
ARTHUR NEWTON
A variation of self-defence and
diminished capacity.
Lilly signs Newton’s words to Xing.
MARSHALL
I am arguing that a person who is
subjected to systematic violence
has the right to the ultimate
defence.
The WAITER brings over more coffee.
5.
XING FU/LILLY
(sign language)
A defence if you kill your abuser?
MARSHALL
Yes if are the victim of a violent
husband, father, partner or a pimp
but the defence only works as a
shield, not a sword.
XING FU/LILLY
(sign language)
Is that the law right now?
Newton’s eyes roll as he slowly shakes his head.
MARSHALL
No but the Common Law of England
evolves. I hope that if the jury
accept my argument this will become
a new defence available to victims.
Genres:
["Crime","Legal Drama"]
Ratings
Scene
4 -
Unveiling Trauma
INT. OLD BAILEY, CELLS - DAY
A FEMALE GUARD shows Marshall and Newton to a small, dingy
cell where they will interview SANDRA EVERETT (24).
MARSHALL
This is not acceptable. There must
be a larger, well-lit space to work
in. If not get me the Governor.
The Female Guard isn’t used to being spoken to like this.
FEMALE GUARD
It is part of her punishment. She
killed a serving police officer.
MARSHALL
(raises voice)
She is accused of killing a man
masquerading as a police officer.
The Female Guard indicates to follow.
INT. OLD BAILEY, ANTE ROOM - DAY
This is a well-lit space with a table and chairs.
Marshall opens his brief and puts it on the table.
ARTHUR NEWTON
Thank you. This is much better.
The Female Guard stares intently into Marshall’s face.
6.
FEMALE GUARD
My husband is a policeman. She gets
no sympathy around here.
The Female Guard leaves.
Sandra Everett is slim, pallid and looks like she’s in shock.
ARTHUR NEWTON
Sandra, this is your barrister.
Marshall is going to take you
through your evidence.
Sandra makes eye contact for less than a few seconds.
MARSHALL
Tell us about when Officer Scythe
first approached and took you away.
Sandra looks at Newton who extends his hand in comfort.
Sandra immediately withdraws hers.
SANDRA EVERETT
He said I was arrested for
stealing. I never stole anything
but he still put me in handcuffs.
MARSHALL
What happened then?
Sandra wells up in tears as she recounts her tale of woe.
SANDRA EVERETT
People I know looking. Judging me.
They looked at Scythe like he was
an Angel and I was the devil.
MARSHALL
Where did he take you?
SANDRA EVERETT
It was already dark. We walked
along an alleyway and stopped at a
gate. He unlocked it. I thought it
must be a Police house.
ARTHUR NEWTON
Anything you can remember is
crucial since the law changed
recently so that you are now
allowed to give evidence in your
own defence.
SANDRA EVERETT
The things he did in that cellar. I
can’t go in the witness box.
She lifts her top to reveal scars on her torso.
7.
ARTHUR NEWTON
We have seen the dungeon you and
the others were kept in.
MARSHALL
It will help us to convince the
Jury if you can tell them what he
did to you that made you retaliate.
Sandra looks terrified at having to recount what happened.
SANDRA EVERETT
It wasn’t just him. There was a
brother. A Doctor. He was worse.
Marshall and Newton exchange a worried glance.
Genres:
["Crime","Legal Drama","Mystery"]
Ratings
Scene
5 -
Justice Revealed: The Trial of Sandra Everett
EXT. OLD BAILEY, COURTROOM - DAY.
Marshall sits on counsel's benches along from Aarav Singh.
Judge Booth is watching Sandra Everett shaking in the dock.
JUDGE BOOTH
Bring in the jury.
The jury spill in from their room and take their seats.
USHER
In the matter of Crown against
Sandra Everett.
(to Sandra)
You are charged with the wilful
murder of Constable William Scythe.
How do you plead?
Sandra looks confused and begins mumbling.
Marshall can see the Jury don’t like her and jumps up.
MARSHALL
She pleads not guilty my Lord.
JUDGE BOOTH
What does the crown say, Mr Singh?
Aarav “Rav” Singh stands and addresses the Jury.
RAV SINGH
Yes, you heard that correctly. The
victim, in this case, was a serving
constable brutally murdered in the
line of duty by the prisoner.
If the Jury didn't already hate Sandra they certainly do now.
8.
RAV SINGH (CONT'D)
You have read the lurid details in
the newspapers but be in no doubt,
Everett brutally bludgeoned Scythe
to death in cold blood.
Singh takes his time eying each Juror in turn before he sits.
Marshall stands.
MARSHALL
What my learned friend chose not to
tell you is where Scythe died.
The courtroom is silent.
MARSHALL (CONT'D)
He died after systematically
beating and raping Sandra Everett
over several days in the basement
dungeon of his mother’s home.
The courtroom exhales.
MARSHALL (CONT'D)
She was strapped to a bench using
leather restraints and tortured.
There are gasps from the public gallery. How could the biased
billing for this show be so out of sync with reality?
MARSHALL (CONT'D)
They were not in a Police station
or the street where an officer
might lawfully have control of a
prisoner.
Judge Booth looks appalled.
JUDGE BOOTH
Can this be true Mr Singh?
Rav Singh stands.
RAV SINGH
Those facts are not in dispute.
JUDGE BOOTH
So she was kept in a cellar?
RAV SINGH
Scythe may have had legitimate
reasons for keeping Everett there.
We will never know because she beat
him to death with a hammer.
9.
MARSHALL
Scythe kidnapped Everett and kept
her hostage to his depraved lust
until she was able to find a weapon
to fight back and save herself.
The Jury does not seem very happy with his analysis.
RAV SINGH
You won't fool this Jury. They know
a wanton woman when they see one.
The tide turns the other way.
RAV SINGH (CONT'D)
Unhappy with their consensual
sexual liaison she exacted a
terrible toll on the officer.
Marshall indicates to Newton who leans over.
MARSHALL
The Jury is very hostile. The Judge
seems sympathetic.
ARTHUR NEWTON
A tactical change of plan?
MARSHALL
Divide and rule.
Marshall addresses Judge Booth.
MARSHALL (CONT'D)
My Lord, we change our plea to
guilty of manslaughter.
The courtroom explodes with intrigue.
RAV SINGH
What are you up to Marshall?
Judge Booth is unravelling what is happening.
JUDGE BOOTH
You do realise your client can
still be hanged for manslaughter?
MARSHALL
Painfully so, my Lord.
RAV SINGH
The prosecution would accept the
guilty plea on that basis, my Lord.
10.
JUDGE BOOTH
Slow down Mr Singh, I want to hear
any plea in mitigation before I
pass sentence.
Rav Singh now realises the tactic. Isolate the Judge.
RAV SINGH
As your Lordship pleases.
JUDGE BOOTH
(to the jury)
A guilty plea makes you the Jury
redundant. All that is left is for
me to hand down the sentence. Thank
you for your service.
The Jurors are led out by the usher.
JUDGE BOOTH (CONT'D)
You can begin your plea, Marshall.
Marshall has a file with images from the crime scene.
MARSHALL
My Lord, Constable Scythe took
Sandra Everett off the street in
handcuffs before locking her in a
cellar he had converted into a
dungeon. Here are the photographs.
The Usher hands the images to Judge Booth. In one, a bench
with leather straps has been used as a restraint.
JUDGE BOOTH
Who found Scythe and Miss Everett?
MARSHALL
His mother was curious as she had
not seen her son for days.
JUDGE BOOTH
Everett struck Scythe twice with a
hammer which is what killed him?
MARSHALL
One of her hands was still
handcuffed to the bench when Scythe
brought out the hammer. But he fell
asleep after raping her. She
managed to reach out for the first
thing she could find.
Judge Booth continues to look at the photographs.
JUDGE BOOTH
What are you asking me to do?
11.
MARSHALL
You have discretion in the full
range of sentencing options for
manslaughter from execution to an
unconditional discharge my Lord.
Judge Booth is weighing up the pros and cons.
JUDGE BOOTH
The victim was a serving policeman.
MARSHALL
Scythe was a despicable rapist who
had already planned to kill her to
prevent his identification.
JUDGE BOOTH
Hard cases make bad law.
MARSHALL
Everett is the victim here and
should be freed based on the
violence she suffered at his hand.
Rav Singh rises.
RAV SINGH
My Lord if you allow this to
succeed the floodgates will open.
The illogical outcome could be a
husband exercising his legitimate
right to beat or punish his wife
could be attacked, or even killed
and she would have a defence.
JUDGE BOOTH
Yes, that does seem to follow
doesn’t it Mr Singh?
(to Sandra Everett)
Miss Everett, you are free to go
and rebuild your life.
MARSHALL
But for the grace of God go we all.
Genres:
["Crime","Legal Drama","Thriller"]
Ratings
Scene
6 -
A Pendant Purchase and a Friendly Bargain
INT. CHANCERY LANE, OLD CURIOSITY SHOP - DAY
Marshall enters having seen something in the window he likes.
Aladdin himself would have chosen this to be his dwelling.
MR BEAGLE is inspecting his glass cases under which lays a
treasure trove of gold, platinum, and precious stones.
12.
MR BEAGLE
(beaming)
Good morning Marshall, you always
get the better of me but not today.
MARSHALL
I don’t want to haggle. I will pay
full price for the gold St. Mary
MagdalenePendant in the window.
MR BEAGLE
You always go straight to the
quality. And after forty years, I
still know how to display a window.
Mr Beagle gets out the tray of necklaces. He selects the gold
circular disc with the iconography of St. Mary Magdalene.
Marshall inspects thePendant.
MARSHALL
A very fine piece. Can you shorten
the chain? Choker length?
MR BEAGLE
If you have five minutes I will do
it right now.
Marshall nods as he browses.
MARSHALL
The plan was I was going to be
ordained but the Church lost out to
the Law at the last minute.
Mr Beagle works on the chain.
MR BEAGLE
My parents wanted to send me to
rabbinical school. I said heaven
can wait. I’ll get my reward on
earth thank you very much.
The item is boxed and handed over to Marshall.
MARSHALL
Here are your two Guineas.
Mr Beagle looks disappointed and hands back one guinea.
MR BEAGLE
Please take this guinea back. I
would have let you have it for
that. For me, it’s not the same
when we don’t haggle.
MARSHALL
Thank you. I will be back soon.
13.
Marshall smiles as he and Mr Beagle shake hands.
Genres:
["Drama","Mystery"]
Ratings
Scene
7 -
Pandemic Perspectives at Victoria Station
EXT. VICTORIA STATION, LONDON - DAY
Marshall, Gill, and Druit have tickets to travel to Brighton.
CHARLIE GILL
I am returning to the High Court to
settle that defamation case so you
must take the lead in the Sabina
Tilley murders.
MONTAGUE DRUIT
The girl who smothered her babies?
MARSHALL
That is merely an allegation Monty.
MONTAGUE DRUIT
You seem to get around, have you
stayed at Baring Hall before?
MARSHALL
I haven’t but I’m told it’s a big
estate with excellent shooting.
CHARLIE GILL
So it’s bloody huge then.
Many of the passengers on the platform are wearing masks.
NEWSPAPER VENDOR
(coughing loudly)
Twelve thousand dead from the
Russian Flu pandemic. Read all
about it.
MONTAGUE DRUIT
(dismissive)
Oh, don’t get me started on this
sham pandemic! It’s fake news.
The Newspaper Vendor is now coughing hard and is having
difficulty getting his breath.
MARSHALL
I am definitely buying a mask.
Genres:
["Crime","Drama","Mystery"]
Ratings
Scene
8 -
Conspiracies and Card Games
INT. LONDON TO BRIGHTON TRAIN, FIRST-CLASS CARRIAGE - DAY
As the train gets underway, Druit reiterates his views.
14.
MONTAGUE DRUIT
This Russian flu is a bloody hoax.
Reports of thousands of deaths are
a huge exaggeration designed to
scare the working classes.
MARSHALL
Designed by whom?
MONTAGUE DRUIT
Salisbury and the rabid Tories
trying to restrict our freedoms. I
truly despise them all.
EXT. BARINGS HALL - DAY
A carriage rounds the bend of the long driveway up to the
ancestral home of the Barings Banking Family.
Outside of the Great Hall are seven carriages. The grandest
of them all bears the livery of Queen Victoria's eldest son
and heir, Prince Edward, Prince of Wales.
INT. CARRIAGE, OUTSIDE BARINGS HALL - DAY
Marshall steps down followed by Druit.
MARSHALL
I see the Prince of Wales arrived
before us.
Druit points to the familiar carriage of Prince Eddy.
MONTAGUE DRUIT
And the black sheep is here too.
CHARLIE GILL
There must be one but does anyone
know the etiquette for the order of
arrival at a poker weekend?
Everyone laughs and shakes their heads.
Genres:
["Mystery","Crime","Drama"]
Ratings
Scene
9 -
A Night of Gaming and Social Tension
INT. BARINGS HALL - ANTE ROOM - NIGHT
The host is SIR GORDON CUMMINGS and he welcomes the guests in
the palatial entrance hall.
SERVANTS serve drinks as guests descend the grand staircase.
First up are HRH Prince Edward and his son Prince “Eddy”.
Everyone is in white tie and that includes Marshall, Thomas
Fortune, Lord Northcliffe, Druit, Gill, Newton, Bram Stoker,
Lord Labouchere, and the Marquis of Queensbury.
15.
SIR GORDON CUMMINGS
Your majesties, gentlemen, welcome
to Barings Hall, our family seat
for over four hundred.....
Prince Eddy grabs two glasses of champagne and is eager.
PRINCE EDDY
(interrupts Cummings)
Which way is the gaming room...?
Prince Eddy leaves and everyone follows.
INT. BARINGS HALL, GAMING ROOM - NIGHT
A large room with a roulette wheel, baccarat, blackjack, and
poker tables.
Seated around a large round table are Marshall, Prince
Edward, Sir Gordon Cummings, Prince Eddy, Montague Druit, and
Newton.
Cummings speaks with the BURSAR before addressing the table.
SIR GORDON CUMMINGS
Ground rules first gentlemen.
PRINCE EDDY
Cummings, you love the sound of
your own voice.
Cummings is a known sycophant and not widely liked in social
circles, but he has family money.
SIR GORDON CUMMINGS
Your majesty, a few moments now
will save time later once the
drinking begins in earnest.
It’s not really his place but Lord Labouchere steps in.
LORD LABOUCHERE
We are here for sport Cummings not
lectures from you. Shut up.
There is a deep bitterness in Cummings social inferiority.
Genres:
["Historical Fiction","Mystery","Drama"]
Ratings
Scene
10 -
High Stakes and Hidden Truths
EXT. BARINGS HALL, COURTYARD - NIGHT
Bernie Lawless pulls up in a carriage and hurriedly takes his
bag from the rear and goes inside.
16.
INT. BARINGS HALL, GAMING ROOM - NIGHT
The poker “pot” is huge with spectators willing on Prince
Edward, Cummings, Druit and Newton, the last men standing.
Marshall watches the play and notices Cummings is cheating.
BERNIE LAWLESS
Did he just switch a card?
Marshall turns to speak discreetly to Bernie.
MARSHALL
He has done it a few times.
BERNIE LAWLESS
None of our business. Say nothing.
Bernie Lawless produces the brief and paperwork in the
defence of Sabina Tilley.
MARSHALL
It does contain the post-mortem?
BERNIE LAWLESS
Yes, I got that as well as the new
Police evidence you asked for.
Marshall nods thank you.
Genres:
["Mystery","Crime","Drama"]
Ratings
Scene
11 -
A Game of Reputation
INT. BARINGS HALL, GAMING ROOM, ROULETTE TABLE - NIGHT
Prince Eddy is having a decent run of luck encouraged by
Druit.
PRINCE EDDY
I said to Somerset, there is no
pandemic. No one is going to wear a
mask in any club I am a member of.
Don’t get Druit started.
MONTAGUE DRUIT
No one is dying than wouldn’t
anyhow. The Flu kills more people.
PRINCE EDDY
My father thinks it’s a conspiracy
by the Government to distract the
dockers from striking and the
working class from their low wages.
MONTAGUE DRUIT
Yes, I hadn't thought of that. I
shall tell the chaps at the club.
17.
Around the roulette table, the Prince of Wales cannot hold in
his anger much longer. He prods Lord Northcliffe hard.
PRINCE EDWARD OF WALES
Northcliffe I was going to speak to
you privately but I am so annoyed I
don't care who hears me.
Northcliffe simply looks down at the offending Royal finger
which remains on his shoulder.
LORD NORTHCLIFFE
What vexes Your Majesty?
Prince Edward withdraws his finger.
PRINCE EDWARD OF WALES
You know what? Why did you print
that defamatory story about Eddy? I
am seriously considering suing you.
NORTHCLIFFE
If you sue I will be forced to
instruct Marshall to defend me and
the resulting publicity will make
things worse. Explain Marshall.
Marshall didn’t want to get dragged into this.
MARSHALL
Northcliffe is permitted to report
on and print any stories appearing
in overseas newspapers.
PRINCE EDWARD OF WALES
Legally yes. Morally, never.
MARSHALL
The most effective defence to a
defamation action is truth.
LORD NORTHCLIFFE
Show them how it works Marshall.
MARSHALL
Prince Eddy, have you ever attended
the Fleur de Lis in Cleveland
Street, a club under investigation
by Scotland Yard as a brothel?
PRINCE EDWARD OF WALES
You don’t have to answer that.
He doesn’t but the answer is written all over Eddy’s face.
LORD NORTHCLIFFE
If you sue, we will be forced to
question Eddy in open court.
18.
ARTHUR NEWTON
That will be embarrassing,
expensive and only further
publicise the underlying story.
LORD NORTHCLIFFE
It may also give ammunition to the
radical republican movement which
is steadily gaining traction.
ARTHUR NEWTON
To think, a common molly boy could
give evidence against His Royal
Highness Prince Eddy in open court.
It is a disgrace, and over my dead
body will I let that happen.
Everyone gauges the reaction of the others. They knew Newton
was an arch royalist but not quite to that extent.
PRINCE EDWARD OF WALES
Good for you Arthur.
(to Northcliffe)
Let’s put this behind us
Northcliffe. There’s my hand.
HRH and Northcliffe settle on a handshake and an apology.
LORD NORTHCLIFFE
Thank you Marshall for your tact.
PRINCE EDWARD OF WALES
Yes, a well constructed argument to
get us out of a quandary. Drinks!
Genres:
["Historical Fiction","Drama","Mystery"]
Ratings
Scene
12 -
A Heartbreaking Betrayal
INT. LEWES PRISON, INTERVIEW ROOM - DAY
Sabina Tilley is chaperoned by a Mrs.. IRENE SHIMWELL.
SABINA TILLEY
The circumstances of my downfall
are not uncommon. Imagine a girl.
INT. MASTERS HOUSE, LARGE BEDROOM - NIGHT
FLASHBACK:
SABINA TILLEY (O/S)
...a naïve servant girl seduced by
her master...
The MASTER, in his forties, is offering wine to Sabina.
19.
MASTER
This will make you happy. You want
me to feel happy as well, don’t
you?
Sabina is a people pleaser and pulls down her top.
SABINA TILLEY
You like this, don’t you?
The Master won’t be long for this transaction.
EXT. MASTERS HOUSE - FRONT ENTRANCE - NIGHT
The Master and his WIFE are forcing Sabina to leave.
SABINA TILLEY (O/S)
She became pregnant and the master
dismissed her.
WIFE
How dare you conceal your pregnancy
from us, you harlot. Leave now.
MASTER
And don’t ever come back here.
INT. WORK HOUSE, DELIVERY ROOM - NIGHT
Sabina is in childbirth having her twins.
MATRON JOHNSON
Twins. Twice the mouths to feed.
EXT/INT. BRIGHTON TRAIN STATION, CARRIAGE - NIGHT
Sabina walks slowly through the snow.
SABINA TILLEY (O/S)
She was ejected from the workhouse
into a snowstorm. She took refuge
in a railway carriage.
Sabina is breastfeeding her infant girls.
SABINA TILLEY (O/S) (CONT'D)
She tried to breastfeed her babies.
Shivering in the bitter cold, she
accidentally smothered them.
Sabina puts the infant's bodies in a shoebox.
20.
SABINA TILLEY (O/S) (CONT'D)
She disposed of the bodies in a
shoebox which she hid under the
seat in the carriage.
END FLASHBACK.
Genres:
["Drama","Historical","Crime"]
Ratings
Scene
13 -
Tears and Tension
INT. LEWES PRISON, INTERVIEW ROOM - DAY
Sabina is crying.
MARSHALL
You loved and cared for those
infants and meant them no harm.
SABINA TILLY
They fought for their lives but it
wasn’t to be.
MARSHALL
The world is angry at the thought
of infanticide but you must rise
above that. You are innocent.
SABINA TILLY
How anyone could kill a child is
unthinkable to me.
Mrs. Shimwell comforts Sabina and takes over.
MRS. SHIMWELL
When the bodies were discovered,
the police quickly linked the box
back to Tilley. She was arrested
within hours and charged with
double infanticide.
Marshall and Newton look like they have a strategy.
INT. SAVOY HOTEL - DAY
Marshall meets Ethel at The Savoy Hotel. They remove their
masks to kiss each other's cheek.
Ethel is radiant and Marshall can’t stop smiling.
ETHEL MARSHALL HALL
(self-conscious)
What is it?
Afternoon tea is delivered by a UNIFORMED WAITER.
MARSHALL
You are positively glowing.
Ethel puts several sandwiches onto her plate.
21.
ETHEL MARSHALL HALL
Am I really?
(to the waiter)
I will have a stiff gin and tonic
and bring my husband one as well.
MARSHALL
Tough day?
ETHEL MARSHALL HALL
It is going in that direction.
Marshall takes out the package he bought from Mr Beagle.
MARSHALL
I got you something special.
Ethel opens the package and the box. She takes out the
pendant and inspects it. She looks quizzically.
ETHEL MARSHALL HALL
What is this?
MARSHALL
Mary Magdalene, the Patron Saint of
women. She will keep you safe.
Ethel holds the pendant whilst deep in thought.
ETHEL MARSHALL HALL
But wasn’t Magdalene a prostitute?
The Uniformed Waiter delivers the drinks.
MARSHALL
She was the closest of all to Jesus
Christ. She will watch over you.
Ethel quickly drains half the Glass.
ETHEL MARSHALL HALL
(to the waiter)
Bring me another one.
Ethel shakes pills out of a bottle and throws them in her
mouth. She knocks back her drink.
MARSHALL
What is it?
ETHEL MARSHALL HALL
I have some news and I don’t want
you to cause a scene.
Marshall takes a deep swig of gin looking Ethel in the eye.
MARSHALL
What could make me make a scene?
22.
Ethel drains the gin as she plucks up the courage.
ETHEL MARSHALL HALL
I am pregnant.
Marshall looks devastated but retains his composure.
MARSHALL
Will the father marry you?
ETHEL MARSHALL HALL
I expect him to be honourable.
He is a French aristocrat.
MARSHALL
But you are not sure he will?
ETHEL MARSHALL HALL
The right moment hasn’t yet
presented itself. We are going away
for the weekend.
MARSHALL
You will need to prepare. There are
things you will need. I will bring
funds to your lodgings next week.
Ethel begins to cry. Marshall is stoical but sheds a tear
when Ethel reaches out to hold his hand.
ETHEL MARSHALL HALL
What have we become?
Genres:
["Drama","Historical Fiction"]
Ratings
Scene
14 -
A New Opportunity
INT. MIDDLE TEMPLE HALL - NIGHT
Dining alone in Middle Temple Marshall is happily surprised
to be approached by Forest Fulton, Arthur Newton, Bernie
Lawless, and the eminent SIR CHARLES HALL. QC.
BERNIE LAWLESS
Good evening Marshall.
Marshall waves to the head waiter to bring more wine.
MARSHALL
To what do I owe the pleasure?
FOREST FULTON
Charles has a proposal. Tell him.
Sir Charles sits and pours a glass of port.
SIR CHARLES HALL
I own chambers at three Temple
Gardens and we have a vacancy.
23.
Marshall pours himself a glass.
MARSHALL
I already have chambers with Fulton
and I am happy there.
FOREST FULTON
Charles has far more opportunities
than I could ever offer you.
ARTHUR NEWTON
Three Temple Gardens look after the
legal affairs of the Royal Family
including Prince Edward.
SIR CHARLES HALL
His Majesty was very impressed with
your advocacy at Barings Hall.
Marshall is deep in thought.
MARSHALL
I would have to bring Bernie
Lawless with me or I couldn’t come.
Lawless beams with pride but tries to look neutral.
BERNIE LAWLESS
Sir Charles has clerks of his own.
Marshall and Sir Charles have their eyes locked.
MARSHALL
What do you say?
SIR CHARLES HALL
Deal. Welcome aboard.
Genres:
["Drama","Legal","Historical"]
Ratings
Scene
15 -
Conspiracy on the Terrace
EXT. HOUSE OF LORDS ROOF TERRACE - DAY
Marshall is with Lords Northcliffe and Labouchere. Abberline
is inbound.
LORD NORTHCLIFFE
We wanted to speak to you privately
before Abberline arrives.
LORD LABOUCHERE
We have asked the Home Secretary to
provide a warrant to raid Fleur de
Lis. We would like you to go there
on the night it happens.
Marshall is thinking at speed of all the implications.
24.
LORD NORTHCLIFFE
When we prosecute, having you on
the inside will be invaluable.
MARSHALL
Arthur Newton is a club member. I
could ask him to take me.
LORD LABOUCHERE
Newton has a conflict of interest
since he is Somerset’s solicitor.
LORD NORTHCLIFFE
Under no circumstances must he know
what is being planned.
Marshall nods as Abberline arrives.
INSPECTOR ABBERLINE
The body found in the Thames is
Dublin Jack. He was last seen in
the custody of Judas Fox.
LORD LABOUCHERE
How the hell did Somerset’s man get
his hands on him?
Abberline looks sheepish.
INSPECTOR ABBERLINE
Fox told my Sergeant Somerset would
return him to his family in Paris.
LORD NORTHCLIFFE
The scale of crimes Somerset is
involved in is sinister.
LORD LABOUCHERE
We must act now regardless of how
it impacts the Royal Family.
MARSHALL
I now have an interest in that
impact on the Royal Family.
LORD LABOUCHERE
Once you arrest Somerset, I must
apologise in the House of Lords to
all of the victims beginning with
the Dubois family.
INSPECTOR ABBERLINE
Did you get me my warrant to raid
the club, my Lord?
25.
LORD NORTHCLIFFE
Yes, you have your warrant. We are
treading a fine line between
preventing crime and precipitating
social insurrection.
Genres:
["Crime","Drama","Mystery"]
Ratings
Scene
16 -
Tension and Celebration
INT. SCOTLAND YARD INCIDENT ROOM - DAY
Abberline is pacing and not in a good way.
Lilly Fortune and Lord Northcliffe arrive on cue.
INSPECTOR ABBERLINE
Thank you for coming. Two more
girls are missing from the scene of
Catherine Eddowes’s murder.
LILLY FORTUNE
No one reported them until now.
INSPECTOR ABBERLINE
They are Scythe. Each parent
thought they had gone to the
other's house for sanctuary.
LORD NORTHCLIFFE
You need to work out a press
strategy.
LILLY FORTUNE
If we print this as being connected
to Jack he may panic and kill them.
INSPECTOR ABBERLINE
This one doesn’t panic.
EXT. CLEVELAND STREET - NIGHT
A dozen Police Paddy Wagons move quietly up Cleveland Street.
Four others carry men and equipment including long ladders.
EXT. FLEUR DE LIS CLUB - NIGHT
From the sounds coming from within the beautifully lit
building, the club is doing brisk business tonight with most
of the upper-floor bedroom windows illuminated.
INT. FLEUR-DE-LIS CLUB, GAMES ROOM - NIGHT
A crowd watches as the roulette wheel spins. Marshall has a
stack of chips on seven red. Newton is excited.
ARTHUR NEWTON
Go on. Go on.
26.
The wheel slows as the ball bounces in SLO-MO around the
perimeter before it wantonly trickles into seven red.
CROWD
YES!
A huge cheer goes up for Marshall’s win. A huge pile of
distinctive blue chips are handed over.
Genres:
["Crime","Drama","Mystery"]
Ratings
Scene
17 -
The Raid at Fleur-de-Lis Club
EXT. FLEUR-DE-LIS CLUB, POLICE CARRIAGE - NIGHT
Abberline hears the cheers outside as he steps down.
The Police paddy Wagons are in place and POLICEMEN are now
holding ladders up towards the windows of the Fleur De Lis.
EXT. FLEUR DE LIS CLUB, CLEVELAND STREET - NIGHT
TWO CONSTABLES are hidden in shadows close to the entrance.
A Solicitors Clerk, JOHN WILKINS arrives and is quickly
allowed inside.
INT. FLEUR DE LIS CLUB, GAMES ROOM - NIGHT
Wilkins looks around the room until he sees Newton and
Marshall who are still gambling at the roulette wheel.
He hurries over and grabs Newton.
ARTHUR NEWTON
Steady on Wilkins. What’s wrong?
Wilkins draws Newton close and discreetly tells his news.
EXT. FLEUR DE LIS CLUB, CLEVELAND STREET - NIGHT
Abberline checks his watch. He signals to Cunningham who is
in charge of logistics.
SERGEANT CUNNINGHAM
Get ready. Stand by..stand by..NOW!
Simultaneously, ladders are thrown up long enough to reach
the upper floors.
The POLICE ASSAULT TEAM smashes the front door open and then
follows Cunningham who begins coordinating arrests.
Genres:
["Crime","Drama","Mystery"]
Ratings
Scene
18 -
A Night of Secrets
EXT. FLEUR DE LIS, LADDER, BEDROOM FLOOR - NIGHT
UNIFORMED POLICE ascend the ladders to get to the rooms.
27.
They peer inside to gather evidence of sex crimes.
INT. FLEUR-DE-LIS CLUB, BEDROOM FLOOR - NIGHT
Hearing the noise, the voyeuristic Somerset jumps out of bed.
The TEENAGE BOY and GIRL continue to have sex.
A banging at the door scares the life out of the three of
them before they hear a voice.
ARTHUR NEWTON
My Lord, open the door right now.
Somerset slowly draws back the new bolt on the door. He opens
it to reveal it is Newton.
ARTHUR NEWTON (CONT'D)
(to the teenagers)
Get dressed.
EXT. FLEUR-DE-LIS CLUB, BEDROOM FLOOR - NIGHT
A SERGEANT looks into the window and sees the naked TEENAGE
BOY and GIRL trying to get dressed.
They are all unaware they are being observed by Police
perched on the top of ladders.
INT. FLEUR-DE-LIS CLUB, BEDROOM FLOOR - NIGHT
Newton immediately shuts the curtains and takes out a wallet.
He hands over cash to the teenagers’.
ARTHUR NEWTON
Ten pounds each. Do not speak to
the Police or anyone else, Got it?
The teenagers nod as Newton lets them out of the door.
LORD SOMERSET
What is happening?
ARTHUR NEWTON
The Prime Minister sent word of
Abberline's raid but the message
only just arrived. You are to leave
the country tonight.
Somerset is perplexed but knows he must escape. He opens a
camouflaged wooden panel.
28.
LORD SOMERSET
The original Tudor building has a
myriad of priest holes.
Somerset secrets himself inside.
ARTHUR NEWTON
Stay hidden. This will blow over.
Somerset locks it from the inside. He is safe. For now.
Genres:
["Drama","Crime","Mystery"]
Ratings
Scene
19 -
Shadows of Exploitation
EXT. FLEUR-DE-LIS CLUB, LIVESTOCK QUARTERS - NIGHT
Abberline takes a lamp and goes to the rear of the property.
It is where carriages are parked and various coachmen are
smoking and gossiping about the raid.
A door opens and a YOUNG GIRL sticks her head out. She is
about eleven or twelve years old.
INSPECTOR ABBERLINE
Hello there, what’s your name?
The YOUNG GIRL immediately slams the door shut and we hear
the sound of an attempt to lock it.
Abberline shoulder barges the door. He holds up the lamp.
INT. FLEUR-DE-LIS CLUB, GAMES ROOM - NIGHT
Suddenly, Marshall realises the raid is in full swing as a
dozen uniformed officers swarm the club.
Another five men run up the central staircase which leads to
the accommodation floors.
The roulette and other gaming tables are folded over and now
look like regular dining tables. The police are oblivious.
INT. FLEUR-DE-LIS CLUB, LIVESTOCK QUARTERS - NIGHT
Abberline's lamplight reveals rows of single beds like a
public school dormitory or an army barracks.
Various children and teenagers. Boys and girls all mixed in
together. The youngest is maybe nine. The oldest sixteen.
A group of SIX UNIFORMED TEENAGE BOYS stand around smoking.
The uniforms are of the Telegram Company delivery boys.
An internal door opens and a woman enters. This is SIAN
HANSON (32) and she acts as a pimp for the brothel.
29.
SIAN HANSON
(reads from a list)
I have a customer for two girls no
older than thirteen.
The Young Girl we saw earlier steps forward grabbing her
FRIEND as she does so.
YOUNG GIRL
We are twelve but we look younger.
Sian Hanson examines the two girls.
SIAN HANSON
His Lordship prefers flat-chested
girls. Yes, you’ll do.
She looks over at the Telegram Boys.
SIAN HANSON (CONT'D)
Also, I need three muscular boys.
Step out and let me have a look.
The Telegram Boys line up. Sian Hanson looks them up and
down. She holds up a lamp as she moves down the line.
SIAN HANSON (CONT'D)
Smile. I need to see your teeth.
The Telegram Boys expose their open mouths. Several have
rotten teeth. She chooses the three least worst.
SIAN HANSON (CONT'D)
Go upstairs and see Mr Hammond. You
are to be joining a very important
person tonight.
The Telegram Boys move out as Sian Hanson notices Abberline.
SIAN HANSON (CONT'D)
Customers can’t just book the
livestock directly dear. Mr Charles
Hammond at reception, he will put
you right.
INSPECTOR ABBERLINE
No one told me.
Sian Hanson rolls her eyes.
Genres:
["Drama","Crime","Historical"]
Ratings
Scene
20 -
Chaos at the Fleur-de-Lis Club
INT. FLEUR-DE-LIS CLUB, UPPER CORRIDOR - NIGHT
Police Officers are now bringing OLDER MEN downstairs under
“soft” arrest. The prostitutes they were with are in cuffs.
30.
Newton sees Charles Hammond strike a POLICEMAN, bloodying his
nose. The Officer grabs him and they struggle around the
floor.
A disheveled Charles Hammond is arrested by Abberline.
ABBERLINE
You are under arrest for assault.
Where is Somerset?
CHARLES HAMMOND
You have the marauding army and the
warrant. You find him.
Newton cringes and explains to Abberline.
ARTHUR NEWTON
Fred you know I am Somerset’s
solicitor. I give you my word I
have not seen him here tonight.
Abberline doesn’t look as confident now.
INSPECTOR ABBERLINE
Really. My Sergeant did see him.
With a boy and a girl. When I find
him I will arrest his Lordship.
Genres:
["Crime","Drama","Mystery"]
Ratings
Scene
21 -
Confrontation of Integrity
EXT. FLEUR-DE-LIS CLUB - NIGHT
Abberline escorts Charles Hammond off the premises and places
him alongside other prisoners in a Paddy Wagon.
Marshall watches as police wagons move off.
Newton speaks to Judas Fox and Somerset's driver.
INT. THREE TEMPLE GARDENS CHAMBERS - MARSHALL’S ROOMS - DAY
Sir Gordon Cummings SOLICITOR holds up a copy of the Daily
Sketch with a story entitled “Cummings Card Cheat”.
SOLICITOR
How can this be tolerated?
Cummings is upset. He has been publicly accused of cheating.
SIR GORDON CUMMINGS
That snake Northcliffe has repeated
this libellous story and I am going
to sue him into the Poor House.
MARSHALL
You will need deep pockets. Lord
Northcliffe will take no prisoners.
31.
SIR GORDON CUMMINGS
He isn't a real aristocrat. He was
only made a Lord because his
newspapers influence public opinion
on behalf of whoever pays the most.
MARSHALL
And now the public is influenced to
think you are a card sharp.
SIR GORDON CUMMINGS
Prepare a defamation suit on my
behalf. I can win this.
MARSHALL
You can’t win if the story is true.
SIR GORDON CUMMINGS
You are paid to take any client
that can afford you. A mouthpiece
who will say what I tell you too.
SOLICITOR
Steady on Sir Gordon.
MARSHALL
The difficulty you have Cummings is
that I watched you cheating at
Baring Hall against the Prince of
Wales. You are not very good at it.
SIR GORDON CUMMINGS
(self-entitled)
That’s simply not true. I can win.
MARSHALL
If you sue Northcliffe not only
will I represent him for free, I
will give sworn evidence that you
are a crooked bastard. Close the
door on your way out.
SIR GORDON CUMMINGS
(raised voice)
You will regret this Marshall.
Genres:
["Drama","Legal","Mystery"]
Ratings
Scene
22 -
Desperate Plea
INT. THREE TEMPLE GARDENS CHAMBERS - CLERKS ROOMS - NIGHT
Marshall approaches Bernie Lawless.
MARSHALL
Bernie, I need some cash. Family
emergency.
Lawless looks up. This isn’t like Marshall.
32.
BERNIE LAWLESS
Of course sir. I have a bit in the
safe. How much do you need?
MARSHALL
Give me a hundred guineas and knock
it off what I am owed at the end of
the month.
BERNIE LAWLESS
A hundred? That's a lot of money.
Marshall is between exploding and crying.
MARSHALL
Ethel is in trouble. I must help.
Bernie opens the safe and starts counting the money out.
BERNIE LAWLESS
If you are sure.
MARSHALL
(annoyed)
Just give me the money without
another word.
Lawless gives Marshall the cash.
Marshall storms out not covered in glory.
Genres:
["Drama"]
Ratings
Scene
23 -
A Night of Moral Dilemmas
EXT. KINGS BENCH WALK - NIGHT
Marshall is wandering down to Wilton’s to get drunk. He has
had enough of today.
Druit’s carriage sits outside his chambers. His driver is
called DEVIZES.
MARSHALL
Mr Devizes, how are you?
Devizes tips his hat to Marshall.
As he passes chambers the door opens and out comes Druit with
a redhead. This is MARY JANE KELLY (22) and she is fire.
MONTAGUE DRUIT
Marshall, where are you going?
Fancy a drink with me tonight?
Marshall smiles. Good old Monty.
MARSHALL
Yes, yes I really would.
Druit hands Mary Jane some cash for her trouble.
33.
MONTAGUE DRUIT
Take this Mary. I have to go.
MARY JANE KELLY
Take me with you. We can have fun
with your friends too if you like.
Mary tries to kiss him. Druit grabs her wrists.
MONTAGUE DRUIT
Not lips. Never lips. Go away.
Marshall watches as Mary walks off in a huff.
MARSHALL
You hurt her feelings, Monty.
Druit has a disturbing look in his eye.
MONTAGUE DRUIT
I have needs but afterwards...
The coach driver shouts over.
MR DEVIZES
Begging your pardon Mr Druit, will
I be needed any more tonight?
Druit looks annoyed his socialising might be restrained.
MONTAGUE DRUIT
Yes, I need you until I don’t.
MR DEVIZES
Very good sir.
MONTAGUE DRUIT
What would you like to do Marshall?
Marshall has a pang of guilt but he is Druit’s servant.
MARSHALL
What would be most helpful is that
I take this money to Ethel at her
boarding house in Fitzrovia.
MONTAGUE DRUIT
Yes, let’s do that. Then afterwards
we can drink the night away.
Genres:
["Drama","Mystery","Crime"]
Ratings
Scene
24 -
Betrayal and Defense
EXT. FITZROVIA BOARDING HOUSE - NIGHT
Druit looks down from his carriage as Marshall waits for the
door to be answered.
Hermione Grandt opens the door. She is in a dressing gown.
34.
HERMIONE GRANDT
Yes, what do you want?
Marshall holds an envelope with Ethel’s cash.
MARSHALL
I have come to see my wife.
Suddenly the penny drops.
HERMIONE GRANDT
Ah, it’s Marshall, isn’t it? Ethel
isn’t home right now.
Marshall doesn’t like to be lied to.
MARSHALL
When they get out of bed tell Ethel
I will call again assuming she
still needs my help.
HERMIONE GRANDT
I’ll tell her.
INT. DRUIT’S CARRIAGE - NIGHT
As the carriage pulls away, Druit notices a naked Ethel in a
bedroom. A few seconds later a naked man kisses her.
MONTAGUE DRUIT
You know the more I think about
her, the more I think Ethel is a
whore who should be punished for
what she has done to you.
Marshall is stunned.
MARSHALL
Don’t ever say that Monty.
MONTAGUE DRUIT
She is a married woman pregnant by
another man. What else would you
have me call her?
Marshall is seeing a different side to Druit recently.
INT. BRIGHTON ASSIZES, UNDERGROUND CELLS - DAY
Sabina Tilley is being housed beneath the courtroom.
Marshall and Charlie Gill give her a final pep talk.
SABINA TILLEY
I am so scared.
35.
CHARLIE GILL
We are trying to get a medical
expert to support your case.
Marshall has family that may help.
MARSHALL
If I can’t get a doctor for free, I
will approach the local newspaper
to try to raise funds from the
public in support of your defence.
SABINA TILLEY
Do newspapers do that?
CHARLIE GILL
They never have so far.
Genres:
["Drama","Mystery","Crime"]
Ratings
Scene
25 -
A Rainy Encounter
EXT. WHITFIELD STREET, FITZROVIA - NIGHT
From the POV of an UNSEEN OBSERVER, we see Ethel walking
through the empty, rain-swept streets carrying an umbrella.
The Unseen Observer moves quickly towards Ethel when she is
about to turn into Newman’s Yard to get to Charlotte Street.
Suddenly Ethel senses something is wrong and stops.
The Observer does not stop and is upon Ethel in seconds.
Hands go onto her shoulders next to her neck.
Ethel screams as loud as she can.
ETHEL MARSHALL HALL
(struggling)
Aaaggghhhhh let me go!
Ethel turns around to look into the eyes of her “attacker”.
MONTAGUE DRUIT
Ethel, I thought it was you. I did
shout over. Are you alright?
The look of relief on Ethel’s face is palpable.
ETHEL MARSHALL HALL
Monty. Oh, God, I thought you were.
MONTAGUE DRUIT
You are shaken up. Let’s go to the
Charlotte Street Hotel for a drink.
I have my carriage. Come on...
A very relieved Ethel initially yields and steps forward with
Druit towards the carriage. She suddenly becomes nervous.
36.
ETHEL MARSHALL HALL
Is Marshall not with you?
MONTAGUE DRUIT
I believe he is in Brighton. Murder
trial. Double murder as it happens.
ETHEL MARSHALL HALL
Oh God how awful.
MONTAGUE DRUIT
Yes, a silly girl decided to murder
her two newborn babies.
Ethel looks shocked as Druit hisses in condemnation.
MONTAGUE DRUIT (CONT'D)
A lot of that about at the moment.
Ethel is not sure what to make of this erratic behaviour.
ETHEL MARSHALL HALL
Why don’t we wait until Marshall is
back and we can all go for a drink
together? I would like that.
Druit turns to stare at Ethel.
MONTAGUE DRUIT
Marshall doesn’t ever want to see
someone like you again.
ETHEL MARSHALL HALL
What do you mean by that?
MONTAGUE DRUIT
A fallen angel. But I will see you.
I like bad girls like you.
ETHEL MARSHALL HALL
You really wouldn’t know about
loving relationships because you
haven’t had one. If you had you
would realise there are things
between couples that defy any sort
of external scrutiny.
MONTAGUE DRUIT
I have relationships. Lots of them.
ETHEL MARSHALL HALL
Paying for affection doesn’t count.
She sees he isn’t being supportive, Druit has evil intent.
ETHEL MARSHALL HALL (CONT'D)
Goodbye, Monty. I hope we won’t be
seeing each other again.
37.
Druit is now aboard the carriage.
MONTAGUE DRUIT
You might hope not.
Genres:
["Drama","Thriller"]
Ratings
Scene
26 -
A Plea for Justice
INT. SUSSEX DAILY NEWS, EDITORS OFFICE - DAY.
Marshall is looking for help from editor CHRISTIAN INFIELD.
MARSHALL
I am here to ask you to consider
setting up a public defence fund
for Sabina Tilley.
CHRISTIAN INFIELD
Sabina is a local girl. I know we
have had letters of support from
hundreds of readers. What exactly
do you suggest?
MARSHALL
I have spoken with Sabina and I can
tell you that in exchange for
financial help, we can give your
readers access to her life story.
CHRISTIAN INFIELD
If an appeal went in tomorrow’s
edition what would it say?
Marshall plots out a narrative. Infield writes it down.
MARSHALL
The prisoner’s chances of acquittal
are reduced by one half when that
person is unrepresented and with no
expert help. It only needs that
every reader of this sad story of
Sabina Tilley should contribute to
this defence fund so that this
young country girl, deeply wronged
as she has been, should be
carefully and properly defended at
her trial.
CHRISTIAN INFIELD
That will secure public donations.
Would five thousand pounds help?
Marshall is taken aback.
MARSHALL
That would pay for medical experts
and the other witnesses.
38.
CHRISTIAN INFIELD
Your idea of newspapers funding
defence cases in exchange for
exclusive stories is revolutionary.
MARSHALL
Hundreds of brutal executions take
place simply because the accused
cannot afford a defence lawyer.
Genres:
["Drama","Legal","Historical"]
Ratings
Scene
27 -
A Tragic Testimony
INT. BRIGHTON ASSIZES, COURTROOM - DAY
The courtroom is noisy and packed to the rafters.
Lilly Fortune and Xing Fu are in the press box.
USHER
All those concerned in Crown -v-
Sabina Tilley be known.
MR JUSTICE HIGHFIELD is a Circuit Judge and happily so.
FOREST FULTON
My Lord, Forest Fulton for the
Crown, and my learned friends Mr
Gill and Marshall appear for the
prisoner Sabina Tilley.
MR JUSTICE HIGHFIELD
Call your first witness Mr Fulton.
FOREST FULTON
I call Police Inspector Munn.
Munn is sworn in.
INSPECTOR MUNN
...truth and nothing but the truth.
FOREST FULTON
Please tell the Jury the
circumstances of Tilley's arrest.
INSPECTOR MUNN
Sabina Tilley got herself pregnant
and gave birth in the workhouse.
She had outstayed her welcome and
was asked to leave.
The Jury is listening intently.
FOREST FULTON
What do we know happened then?
INSPECTOR MUNN
Tilley went to shelter in the
railway station.
(MORE)
39.
INSPECTOR MUNN (CONT'D)
She found a train carriage to get
warm which is where she killed the
infants.
The public gallery immediately takes against Tilley.
INSPECTOR MUNN (CONT'D)
Their tiny bodies were put in a
shoebox which unbeknown to Tilley
had her name on it. The box was
found by shocked passengers.
FOREST FULTON
She had previously worked in
London.
INSPECTOR MUNN
Yes, she returned to get her old
job back telling her employer the
babies hadn’t survived childbirth
and she wanted her life back again.
Everyone in court stares at Tilley with hostility.
FOREST FULTON
No more questions my Lord.
Marshall rises.
MARSHALL
“She got herself pregnant”. Is she
the Virgin Mary or was there a
father involved as well?
INSPECTOR MUNN
She told me the Master of the house
she was a maid in was the father.
MARSHALL
She was seventeen when her master
blackmailed her into sex. She lost
her job and gave birth in the
workhouse. Is that right?
INSPECTOR MUNN
After a few days, the Workhouse was
full and she was asked to leave.
MARSHALL
You say she sought shelter at the
train station but from what?
INSPECTOR MUNN
There had been heavy snowfall that
day and most of the night.
The Jury is putting the story into context.
40.
MARSHALL
She found a carriage to feed and
protect her babies from pneumonia.
In doing so accidentally smothered
them. Isn’t that possible?
Munn stops to think for a moment.
INSPECTOR MUNN
Yes, that is one explanation.
MARSHALL
She couldn’t afford a funeral. All
she had was her old life to go back
to.
INSPECTOR MUNN
Yes, I suppose you would need that
in the circumstances.
One nil to Marshall who sits. Fulton stands.
FOREST FULTON
Call Doctor Augustus Piper.
Marshall sees Lilly and Xing leave the court.
Genres:
["Legal Drama","Courtroom Drama"]
Ratings
Scene
28 -
Tensions Rise at the Brighton Assizes
INT. BRIGHTON ASSIZES, ENTRANCE HALL - DAY
Lilly has caught up with Inspector Munn and is trying to get
an interview.
LILLY FORTUNE
It sounded to me like you now
accept the infants might have been
killed accidentally.
Lilly is poised to take his statement.
INSPECTOR MUNN
When Marshall cross-examines your
brain interprets his words as fact.
LILLY FORTUNE
This is a very important case. In
the end, you did feel empathy
towards her, didn't you?
Inspector Munn nods.
INSPECTOR MUNN
She was a mother before she
finished being a child herself.
41.
INT. BRIGHTON ASSIZES, COURTROOM - DAY
Doctor Piper is giving evidence.
FOREST FULTON
Do you agree Doctor, the infants
were smothered by a bitter young
woman eager to return to her social
life in London without burden?
DOCTOR PIPER
If her motivation was the
restoration of her life before
pregnancy that would have made
smothering the infants easier.
Fulton sits. Marshall is on his feet lightning fast.
MARSHALL
Always so eager to please Doctor.
Are you saying a young mother who
carried twins full term would be
eager to destroy them to get back
to her five shillings a week
working in a Fulham shoe shop?
Doctor Piper starts stuttering.
DOCTOR PIPER
What I meant was that in the
freezing cold of night, seeing that
the infants were unlikely to
survive she may have been motivated
to let nature take its course.
MARSHALL
You have no evidence for that
assertion. Sabina could have
abandoned them in the station and
left them to be found by someone
who could feed and clothe them.
Those babies died accidentally.
The Judge sees Marshall is emotional.
JUDGE HIGHFIELD
We will recess for today.
Genres:
["Drama","Legal","Crime"]
Ratings
Scene
29 -
Betrayal on the Terrace
EXT. THE GRAND HOTEL TERRACE, BRIGHTON - NIGHT
Marshall, Lilly, Newton, and Gill have finished dinner.
Newton lights Marshall’s cigar.
42.
LILLY FORTUNE
I was watching the jury. You have
at least half of them. Another
couple are wavering towards you.
A BELL BOY comes over.
BELL BOY
Telegram for Charles Gill.
Charlie takes it and tips the boy.
CHARLIE GILL
It’s from Bernie. The defamation
trial is resuming. It’s back to
London for me.
ARTHUR NEWTON
It’s a good thing you let Marshall
take the lead on this one Charlie.
Gill and Newton get up.
CHARLIE GILL
I’ll buy you a drink before I go.
ARTHUR NEWTON
You don’t have to ask me twice.
Marshall indicates towards his cigar.
MARSHALL
We will take our brandy out here.
Gill and Newton are already gone.
LILLY FORTUNE
Once this is over I want Sabina’s
story. I know I can do it justice.
Marshall reaches for his drink not fully engaged.
MARSHALL
I am otherwise committed to that.
LILLY FORTUNE
(quizzically)
I don’t follow. What do you mean?
MARSHALL
I was struggling for defence funds
and the local paper agreed to pay.
Lilly now looks angry.
LILLY FORTUNE
Did you sell the story without
giving Northcliffe first refusal?
43.
Marshall looks like he hopes he won’t regret that decision.
Genres:
["Crime","Drama","Mystery"]
Ratings
Scene
30 -
The Weight of Accusation
INT. BRIGHTON ASSIZES, COURTROOM - DAY
Mrs. Shimwell is giving evidence against Tilley.
FOREST FULTON
Did you think that Tilley was
embarrassed by her pregnancy?
MRS. SHIMWELL
I got that impression. She didn’t
seem to want bastard children and
was unhappy at the inconvenience.
FOREST FULTON
When you were acting as chaperone,
Tilley made a damning admission to
you which you wrote down?
MRS. SHIMWELL
The statement reads: “I was
suckling my children and I squeezed
them to my breast till they were
nearly dead. They were not quite
dead when I put them in the basket.
I have not had five minutes rest
since, and every policeman I saw I
felt I must give myself up.”
FOREST FULTON
What did you take that to mean?
MRS. SHIMWELL
That she wasn’t concerned if they
lived or died.
The courtroom reacts to this devastating piece of evidence.
FOREST FULTON
No more prosecution witnesses.
Marshall gets to his feet slowly.
MARSHALL
You pretended to be Tilley's
chaperone but really you were paid
to spy on her by the Police.
The Jury is interested in this line.
MRS. SHIMWELL
I was there to offer comfort.
Marshall holds up a notebook with pages torn out.
44.
MARSHALL
You used this notebook to secretly
write down everything she told you.
The pages before and afterwards
have been removed giving no context
to your statement. Why is that?
MRS. SHIMWELL
You would have to ask the
Inspector.
MARSHALL
They have been removed because most
of what Tilley said contradicted
those damning few lines you quoted.
MRS. SHIMWELL
I admit, she was sometimes contrite
and said it was an accident.
MARSHALL
But inconvenient truth does not
help the Police case, does it?
Mrs. Shimwell looks down, shamefaced.
MARSHALL (CONT'D)
No further questions for this
witness. The defence calls Doctor
John Moon, an expert in paediatric
medicine at St Thomas’s, London.
Ethel’s father takes the oath in the witness box.
DOCTOR JOHN MOON
...truth and nothing but the truth.
MARSHALL
After you examined the infants,
what did you conclude to be the
likely cause of death?
DOCTOR JOHN MOON
The babies died through a
combination of hyperthermia and
some form of asphyxia.
MARSHALL
How do you believe that came about?
DOCTOR JOHN MOON
The freezing air would have damaged
the lungs. Pneumonia would also
have been an influence.
MARSHALL
Were there any other factors?
45.
DOCTOR JOHN MOON
In the alternative, the mother
accidentally smothered them whilst
feeding or keeping them warm.
MARSHALL
Did you see any evidence of
deliberate harm being inflicted on
the babies?
DOCTOR JOHN MOON
Quite the opposite. They were well
nourished and had clearly been
cared for.
Tears are flowing in the public gallery and Jury box as
Marshall sits down.
FOREST FULTON
I have no questions, my Lord.
JUDGE HIGHFIELD
Gentlemen of the Jury this case all
comes down to one consideration.
Did the prisoner intend to kill her
babies or was it as the defendant
contends, an attempt to keep them
warm against that freezing night?
Take as long as you need.
The Jury marches out.
Genres:
["Drama","Legal"]
Ratings
Scene
31 -
Verdict of Freedom
EXT. BRIGHTON ASSIZES, ENTRANCE HALL - DAY
Marshall speaks with the editor of the Sussex Daily News.
MARSHALL
Thank you for providing a lifeline
for the poor in murder trials.
CHRISTIAN INFIELD
I am as indebted to you as you are
to me so we will call it quits.
INT. BRIGHTON ASSIZES COURT - DAY
The Jury are in their box as the Usher addresses them.
USHER
Have you reached a verdict upon
which you are all agreed?
The courtroom falls silent.
46.
JURY FOREMAN
We have. We find the prisoner
Sabina Tilley not guilty.
There is spontaneous applause and Sabina Tilley almost faints
as her MOTHER and SISTERS help her to stand.
SABINA TILLEY
I thank the kind readers of the
Sussex Daily News for my life.
Genres:
["Drama","Legal"]
Ratings
Scene
32 -
Tensions at The Savoy
INT. THE SAVOY, DINING ROOM - NIGHT
Dinner for Marshall, Lilly, Northcliffe, and Druit.
Northcliffe is angry with Marshall.
LORD NORTHCLIFFE
(raised voice)
The support I have given you. The
publicity platform for success and
you stab me in the back like this?
MARSHALL
The Sabina Tilley case is a
Brighton centric story.
LORD NORTHCLIFFE
So you sold it before giving me a
chance to bid?
MARSHALL
They provided funds to pay for
medical experts to prove the death
of the infants was accidental.
LORD NORTHCLIFFE
You could have come to me.
MARSHALL
It never even occurred to me. The
public contributed to a popular
cause celebre.
LORD NORTHCLIFFE
(raised voice)
You got her off with a not guilty
of double infanticide. It is a
national, even an international
Story. What were you thinking?
MARSHALL
I was thinking no more than what
was best for my client.
47.
LORD NORTHCLIFFE
I know your mind is not alert to
the commercial side of life.
MARSHALL
I am very sorry if I have been a
disappointment to you. It seems I
can’t get much right these days.
A short cooling down period.
LORD NORTHCLIFFE
I called this dinner to celebrate
my own little victory.
MONTAGUE DRUIT
Intriguing, what did you win?
LILLY FORTUNE
He beat Sir Gordon Cummings in his
High Court libel case.
LORD NORTHCLIFFE
Cummings is ruined which I suppose
is some compensation for losing out
to the Sussex Daily News.
Marshall is not in the mood for this.
MARSHALL
Ultimately you always win Alfred.
LORD NORTHCLIFFE
Because I have a very long memory.
Druit tries to dissipate the tension.
MONTAGUE DRUIT
It has been a tough week so why
don’t we all go to Wilton’s Music
Hall and relax? My treat.
Genres:
["Drama","Legal","Mystery"]
Ratings
Scene
33 -
A Night of Music and Conflict
EXT. WILTON'S MUSIC HALL - NIGHT
Druit's carriage pulls up into the parking area.
Marshall helps Lilly down as Druit exits the other side.
MONTAGUE DRUIT
I feel the tension draining away.
Amongst others, we see Prince Eddy’s coach is attended by
several guards.
LILLY FORTUNE
A royal night out. I wonder who
else is here.
48.
MONTAGUE DRUIT
I have a feeling tonight is going
to be memorable.
They all enter Wilton's for a night of fun.
INT. WILTON'S MUSIC HALL - NIGHT
Inside is like Saturday night.
A dance troupe attracts the leers of many drunken men but the
atmosphere is friendly.
MARSHALL
What will you have Monty?
Druit suddenly notices Mary Kelly is in a dispute with a
rough-looking man. A PIMP. A knife appears.
MONTAGUE DRUIT
(shouts)
Mary!
Marshall and Lilly watch as Druit runs over, throwing a
combination of punches. He gets the better of the Pimp.
MARY JANE KELLY
(screaming)
He’s my pimp, Monty. Are you trying
to get me killed?
Druit grabs the Pimp's long-bladed knife which he keeps.
Marshall and Lilly see that Druit is in control and head to
the snug bar.
Genres:
["Drama","Thriller"]
Ratings
Scene
34 -
Chaos at Wilton's Music Hall
INT. WILTON'S MUSIC HALL, SNUG BAR - NIGHT
Marshall is surprised to see the elusive Lord Somerset
sitting by the stage with a girl - ROSE HANWAY (15).
LILLY FORTUNE
Doesn’t Abberline still have
Somerset in his sights?
MARSHALL
He wasn’t arrested in the raid but
see who he is with?
LILLY FORTUNE
Oh Gosh, yes, That Rose Hanway.
INT. WILTON'S MUSIC HALL - NIGHT
Mary has a cut on her cheek.
49.
MONTAGUE DRUIT
(to Mary Kelly)
Did he hurt you?
Mary Kelly shakes her head.
Druit raises the knife.
MONTAGUE DRUIT (CONT'D)
(to the Pimp)
If I see you again I will use this.
As Druit turns his back the Pimp attacks him.
PIMP
I do this for a living.
In the scuffle to get Druit off the pimp, Mary Jane scratches
Druit’s face drawing blood.
MONTAGUE DRUIT
You fucking whore. I protected you.
The Pimp’s face is beaten up.
PIMP
I will carve the pair of you.
The Pimp leaves by a side door.
Druit and Mary Kelly are both bleeding.
Mary runs after the Pimp.
Genres:
["Drama","Thriller"]
Ratings
Scene
35 -
A Night of Tension at Wilton's Music Hall
INT. WILTON'S MUSIC HALL, SNUG BAR - NIGHT
MARSHALL
Nice to see Druit is so protective
of Mary Kelly.
LILLY FORTUNE
Let’s go and say hello to Rosie.
MARSHALL
I hope the newspaper publicity
after her trial didn’t get her into
any trouble.
Marshall and Lilly push through the raucous crowd towards
Somerset and Rose.
Rose recognises Marshall.
ROSE HANWAY
Look who it ain’t. My brief.
50.
Before they can react, Somerset sees them and without a word
grabs Rose and opens the exit door to leave Wilton's.
INT. WILTON'S MUSIC HALL, CONCERT ROOM - NIGHT
Hermione Grandt is negotiating a price with a suited man. She
shows him back to her table where we see it is Charles
Hammond.
HERMIONE GRANDT
Everyone, this is my friend Charles
Hammond.
Count de Ponthieu stands and extends his hand.
COUNT DE PONTHIEU
I am Count de Ponthieu and you are
most welcome to join us. This is my
friend, Ethel Marshall Hall.
Hammond does a double take. Could this be Marshall’s wife?
CHARLES HAMMOND
Delighted to meet you.
EXT. WILTON'S MUSIC HALL, QUAYSIDE AREA - NIGHT
Marshall and Lilly quickly follow them.
LORD SOMERSET
Get out of my way Marshall.
Marshall looks at the innocent face of Rose Hanway.
MARSHALL
Leave Rose here with us. We will
say nothing of your whereabouts.
Rose doesn’t respond the way Marshall had thought she would.
ROSE HANWAY
I want to go with him on his ship.
He is going to show me Paris.
LILLY FORTUNE
(indicates to Somerset)
He doesn’t always tell the truth,
Rose. Stay here with us.
LORD SOMERSET
(indicates to Rose)
I only came here to get my property
back. The Cormorant sails within
the hour and we shall be on her.
Somerset grabs Rose by the shoulders and marches her off.
51.
MARSHALL
He is tying up loose ends before he
leaves the country for good.
Genres:
["Drama","Mystery","Thriller"]
Ratings
Scene
36 -
A Night of Tension and Reconciliation
INT. WILTON'S MUSIC HALL, CONCERT ROOM - NIGHT
Ethel, Hermione, Charles Hammond, and Count de Ponthieu are
watching the show.
Marshall sees Ethel and walks over.
Ethel looks up and is flush red at seeing him in this place.
Ignoring Hermione, Charles Hammond, and de Ponthieu.
Marshall hands over the envelope with the money Ethel needs.
MARSHALL
Contact Bernie Lawless at Three
Temple Gardens if you need more.
Ethel is close to tears.
ETHEL MARSHALL HALL
Thank you, Edward.
De Ponthieu stands up.
COUNT DE PONTHIEU
I am Count.....
Marshall is dismissive.
MARSHALL
I know what you are. Sit down.
Marshall is upset with Ethel and leaves.
CHARLES HAMMOND
(to Hermione)
What an interesting turn of events.
EXT. FOX AND HOUNDS, WATERFRONT BAR - NIGHT
Marshall walks along the Embankment quayside. He notices a
bar Bernie Lawless frequents.
Marshall enters the Fox and Hounds. He sees Bernie Lawless
with an older man and walks over.
BERNIE LAWLESS
Marshall, what are you doing here?
52.
MARSHALL
I owe you an apology. I know you
are there as a colleague but you
are also a good friend to me.
BERNIE LAWLESS
Water under the bridge.
MARSHALL
I am going to take a few days in
Brighton. I must get my mind
straight.
BERNIE LAWLESS
The sea air will do you good.
(to his companion)
Talking of sea air, this is my old
man, Tommy. A Thames waterman for
over fifty years, man and boy.
MARSHALL
Very nice to meet you, Mr Lawless.
Tommy Lawless tugs on his pipe.
THOMAS LAWLESS.
Likewise. Now Bernie, are you going
to let the man die of thirst or are
you going to buy him a drink?
BERNIE LAWLESS
You can see where I get the cheek
from, can’t you? Drinks all round!
Genres:
["Drama","Mystery"]
Ratings
Scene
37 -
A Desperate Flight
EXT. WILTON’S MUSIC HALL, MAIN STREET - NIGHT
The terrified Mary Jane Kelly - runs for her life down a gas-
lit street still damp from a downpour.
EXT. BLACK TWO HORSE CARRIAGE, WHITECHAPEL - NIGHT
The coach is almost upon Mary Kelly.
Suddenly she pulls up her dress and frees her legs allowing
her to run faster and just out of reach.
EXT. ALLEYWAY, WHITECHAPEL - NIGHT
Mary Kelly runs down an alley too wide for the carriage.
EXT. BLACK TWO HORSE CARRIAGE, WHITECHAPEL - NIGHT
The carriage stops and the door flies open. The UNSEEN
ADVERSARY is too fast for us to recognise as he leaps down.
53.
EXT. ALLEYWAY, WHITECHAPEL - NIGHT
Mary Kelly sprints down the alley at speed followed by her
Unseen Adversary.
INT. SMALL GROUND FLOOR APARTMENT, WHITECHAPEL - NIGHT
A fire glows in the grate of Mary Kelly’s digs to welcome her
customers.
We hear the panicked running outside long before we see Mary
through the broken window pane.
Genres:
["Drama","Thriller"]
Ratings
Scene
38 -
Descent into Darkness
EXT. ALLEYWAY, WHITECHAPEL - NIGHT
The Unseen Adversary has emerged at a crossroad in the
alleyway by Mitre Square. He realises he is now alone.
His breath crystallises in the cold air as he looks around
for any clue as to where his quarry has gone.
There are few windows that are illuminated.
INT. SMALL GROUND FLOOR APARTMENT - NIGHT
Suddenly the door bursts open and in runs Mary.
She fumbles the door lock and struggles to slide on the bolt.
Mary tries to control her breathing. She stands with her back
to the door in an attempt to keep it tightly shut.
Unfortunately, she cannot hide her loud heartbeat.
A long-bladed knife crashes through the wooden slats of the
flimsy door and Mary is forced to move away from it.
The bolt gives way and the door creaks slowly open.
Mary looks into the eyes of the man who is about to brutally
eviscerate her with a Liston knife.
INT. FITZROVIA BOARDING HOUSE - NIGHT
Ethel sits forlornly drinking wine with Hermione.
HERMIONE GRANDT
I know a Doctor. A gynaecologist.
You know your options are limited.
ETHEL MARSHALL HALL
I find myself between the devil and
the deep blue sea.
54.
HERMIONE GRANDT
Now that you have money, we should
make an appointment quickly. Every
day that goes by makes it worse.
ETHEL MARSHALL HALL
I have clung to the hope of
marriage. Do you think....?
Ethel cries openly.
HERMIONE GRANDT
Along that road lies madness.
(penny drops)
You haven’t told him, have you?
EXT. SMALL GROUND FLOOR APARTMENT, WHITECHAPEL - MORNING
Abberline looks physically sick as he emerges from the flat
where Mary Kelly has been brutally murdered.
Lilly and Xing look on expectantly. Xing has her camera.
INSPECTOR ABBERLINE
I can’t let you in Lilly. No
photographs either.
LILLY FORTUNE
Is it Mary Kelly? Tall, redhead,
was wearing a green silk dress.
Abberline nods.
INSPECTOR ABBERLINE
Yes, that’s her. In thirty years of
policing, I have never seen
anything as barbaric.
LILLY FORTUNE
I saw Mary Kelly fighting with her
pimp last night at Wilton’s. Monty
Druit tried to intervene.
INSPECTOR ABBERLINE
That’s strange. Druit’s name has
come up a few times recently.
LILLY FORTUNE
Charles Hammond was there too. And
Somerset. He left after Marshall
and I spoke to him and a girl
called Rose.
55.
Genres:
["Mystery","Crime","Drama"]
Ratings
Scene
39 -
A Heartbreaking Decision
INT. ETHEL'S LODGINGS, FITZROVIA - DAY
COUNT DE PONTHIEU
It is impossible. You must know
that for God’s sake?
A distraught Ethel is confused.
ETHEL MARSHALL HALL
I don’t know that. I assumed you
had some honour and would take
responsibility for our child.
Count de Ponthieu looks away and will not make eye contact.
COUNT DE PONTHIEU
Are you stupid? My family will
disinherit me if I even consider
marrying a pregnant divorcee.
Ethel is beyond tears. She now knows without a doubt that he
is dishonourable and that she is on her own in this crisis.
ETHEL MARSHALL HALL
And what shall I tell my family?
COUNT DE PONTHIEU
We both had a good time. You should
never have left your husband.
She realises she has only one option.
ETHEL MARSHALL HALL
My only choice is to destroy this
life growing inside me.
De Ponthieu perks up.
COUNT DE PONTHIEU
Yes, that is for the best. That I
can certainly help with. We can put
this whole mistake behind us.
Ethel looks the most determined we have ever seen her.
Genres:
["Drama","Romance"]
Ratings
Scene
40 -
A Disturbing Procedure
INT. DOCTOR LAERMANN’S SURGERY, ENTRANCE HALL - DAY
A brass plaque announces “Doctor Laermann, gynaecologist”.
HERMIONE GRANDT
Doctor Laermann, this is Ethel. She
needs one of your lady procedures.
DOCTOR LAERMANN
You are very welcome. Let us first
uncork some anaesthetic.
56.
Ethel laughs nervously as Laermann opens two bottles of wine.
ETHEL MARSHALL HALL
I am very scared. How do you
actually bring about an abortion?
Laermann takes out a pair of metal tongs.
DOCTOR LAERMANN
It is a physical procedure.
INT. LAERMANN’S SURGERY, CONSULTING ROOM - DAY
Ethel and Hermione are in the consulting room where a great
deal of wine has been consumed.
DOCTOR LAERMANN
It’s time.
INT. LAERMANN’S SURGERY, CLINIC - DAY
Ethel screams as Laermann attempts to perform the abortion
using metal tongs.
DOCTOR LAERMANN
Go and play the piano Hermione,
there is too much noise.
The loudest piano could not mask the agonising screams.
INT. LAERMANNS SURGERY, CLINIC - DAY
Ethel has passed out. Her legs are up and apart.
Laermann holds a large syringe. He puts the needle into a
dish containing the unmistakable quicksilver of mercury.
BCU, the plunger of the syringe pulled back and the mercury
flying inside.
HERMIONE GRANDT
Are you sure this will work?
Laermann positions himself between Ethel's legs.
He puts the needle into Ethel's groin and empties the
contents of the syringe into her.
LAERMANN
Trust me, I am a doctor.
Genres:
["Drama","Thriller"]
Ratings
Scene
41 -
A Final Farewell
INT. THREE TEMPLE GARDENS, CLERKS ROOM - DAY
Lawless is arranging briefs when Hermione Grandt rushes in.
57.
HERMIONE GRANDT
I must see Marshall. Is he here?
EXT. ROOF GARDEN THE GRAND HOTEL, BRIGHTON - NIGHT
Marshall drinks cognac as he smokes a cigar. He stares out
into the night listening to the tide rush in.
BELL BOY
Mr Marshall Hall, I have an urgent
telegram for you from a Mr Lawless.
BCU the telegram reads:
BELL BOY (OOV) (CONT'D)
“You must return to London. Stop.
Ethel is gravely ill. Stop. Come at
once. Stop”
MARSHALL
Please have a carriage brought
around. I must get back to London.
EXT. VICTORIA RAILWAY STATION - NIGHT
Marshall arrives into Victoria which is a different place.
Everyone is wearing masks including the newspaper vendor.
NEWSPAPER BOY
(shouting)
Fifty-five thousand died of the
lethal Russian flu.
INT. ETHEL’S LODGINGS, FITZROVIA - NIGHT
Marshall arrives just in time.
Ethel’s brother-in-law, DR JAMES ROBINSON is comforting her.
DR JAMES ROBINSON
Thank God you made it. She is
sedated and doesn’t have long.
Marshall sits. Ethel is wearing her Mary Magdalene pendant.
MARSHALL
My darling Ethel.
Ethel opens her eyes and recognises her husband.
58.
ETHEL MARSHALL HALL
I didn’t mean to but I ruined
everything we had.
They hold hands.
MARSHALL
It’s my fault. Don’t talk now.
Marshall kisses Ethel on the lips. She smiles. Her eyes
close. Ethel is gone.
Marshall remains alone with Ethel as we track out of the
bedroom leaving them together.
Genres:
["Drama","Mystery","Thriller"]
Ratings
Scene
42 -
Secrets in the Shadows
EXT. SEVEN KINGS BENCH WALK - NIGHT
Abberline and his men kick down the front door and enter.
Sergeant Cunningham has a snub-nosed revolver in one hand and
a lamp in the other. He takes point.
SERGEANT CUNNINGHAM
On me lads. Slowly does it.
INT. SEVEN KINGS BENCH WALK, DRAWING ROOM - NIGHT
The door opens and Cunningham comes flying in. Empty.
As we move around, Abberline pulls open a door which
Cunningham rushes into with gun drawn. Nothing.
INSPECTOR ABBERLINE
Check the other reception rooms.
We hear a noise. Someone is moving around.
Cunningham opens the door into the large living room area.
INT. SEVEN KINGS BENCH WALK, LIVING ROOM - NIGHT
On the table is an object covered with a white linen cloth.
Abberline walks towards it. Another creak from somewhere.
Tension is sweating from the police team.
SERGEANT CUNNINGHAM
Everyone is perfectly still.
Abberline lifts the veil. Underneath is the severed head of a
female with short blonde hair.
Another noise.
59.
A cupboard door is opened and inside is a teenage girl with
long raven hair.
She is shivering as she sits next to the headless remains of
the blonde girl.
CRASH.
From the mezzanine above falls Montague Druit. The beam the
rope is tied to creaks as everyone jumps.
We hear the small carotid bones break as he hangs by his neck
from the ceiling.
Druit’s legs kick out and he convulses as the noose around
his neck constrains the oxygen.
INSPECTOR ABBERLINE
Someone help him. Cut him down.
There is a long-bladed, bloody knife on the table.
Druit goes silent as TWO CONSTABLES reach the mezzanine.
CONSTABLE
We don’t know what to do Sir.
INSPECTOR ABBERLINE
Leave him for now. This never
happened.
SERGEANT CUNNINGHAM
Boss?
INSPECTOR ABBERLINE
(to the team)
Quiet lads. No one must ever know
about what has occurred here today.
The MEN look at each other and there seems to be unity.
FADE TO BLACK.
SUPER: No other Jack the Ripper crimes were ever reported.