Episode One - YELLOW AMENDS - 10/04/12
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DRAKE - in the ring, dancing as the BULL comes at him. He jabs, dances away again, as his opponent kicks out at him. The clamour of the crowd: a particular knot of WELL-TO-DO GENTS gathered in a shadowy recess. Champagne, a fog of cigar smoke, clearing now to reveal a man we know -- DONALDSON, the man Drake saw in the carriage. Drinking, smoking, his dark eyes are intent on the action. Where -- The BULL takes a swipe with his spikes. Opens up a cut on DRAKE’S thigh. DRAKE - the pain. And a fury. He ducks into the BULL - unleashes savagery. Sends the man reeling. SMEATON - casting a worried look at REID, shouts -- SMEATON (CONT’D) Thought you said he could be trusted! But REID’S ignoring him. Focussed intently on the ring. Where DRAKE is dancing away once more from the BULL’S feet. Spinning, his eye moving out to the crowd, where it alights now on DONALDSON. For his part, DONALDSON has made no connection with the fighter and the policeman who tore a door from his coach. He drinks from the neck of a bottle of champagne. DRAKE - can’t believe who he might have just seen. Scans the crowds to find him again. Does so. DONALDSON - finding the fighter staring at him, beginning to make the connection. The BULL - witnessing his opponent’s distraction, his dropped guard. He steps in with an UPPERCUT. DRAKE - his eyes still on DONALDSON as he feels his world collapse and fold and BLACK OUT. INT. DOCKSIDE WAREHOUSE - NIGHT 1/64 Screams of triumph and despair. SMEATON - delighted and on his feet. He claps REID on the back and moves away, giddy with greed and pleasure. REID - watching him, moving to a bank of PUNTERS. Some delighted - like Jackson here, pocketing cash, others - many more - entirely aggrieved. Watch SMEATON - in his element, stood on a bleacher, taking vast amounts of money in. REID - watching the money very carefully. SMEATON’S takings go into one pocket, whilst THE PAY-OUT IS TAKEN FROM ANOTHER. CUT TO: DRAKE - his face, desperately trying to reassemble his senses.
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