Episode One - BLUE AMENDS - 17/10/12
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With the velvet bag now empty, Thomas drops his cigarette and, in one easy movement, he mounts the horse. He looks down at Zhang and Mai and touches his cap. He then looks all around at the women and children watching and calls out... THOMAS The horse’s name is Monaghan Boy. Kempton 3 o’clock Monday. You ladies have a bet yourselves but don’t tell anybody else. We might know Thomas is fully aware word of this will spread like wild fire. He wheels the horse around and trots away down the courtyard. Zhang and Mai watch him go. As Thomas ducks under the flapping sheets, women and children slowly emerge into their doorways and stare with open mouths, mystified by what they just saw. Finally, a grandmother speaks loudly to them all. MOTHER Those Peaky Blinder devils are using witchcraft now. EXT. GARRISON LANE - DAY 1 - 17:00 1/4 We re-join Thomas as he rides his beautiful black horse down the industrial street, silencing the chaos around him briefly as he goes. The street is busy with horse traffic and the odd car and delivery van. Garrison Lane cuts between soaring industrial buildings. The street is alive with children and, outside every pub, men are gathered, smoking and drinking. On a corner, a beggar is playing an accordion but he stops and bows as Thomas passes. Other men look to their shoes as Thomas rides by, some of them darting into doorways to avoid his gaze. Outside the CHAIN TAVERN a black Afro-Caribbean street preacher with long straggly hair (JIMMY JESUS) is preaching fire and brimstone to no one, a large leather-bound bible in his hand... JIMMY JESUS ...And Abraham made his home in a cave, but it was good because God resided there with him. You see children, God does not care if you live in a slum or in a mansion... As the shadow of Thomas and his horse passes over Jimmy, he glances up and nods a greeting.
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