LUTHER by NEIL CROSS Episode 1
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With growing unease, he flicks through - sees BIRTH CERTIFICATES for HIM and ZOE, their PARENTS - FAMILY TREES - NEWSPAPER REPORTS featuring LUTHER’S NAME - ZOE’S DETAILS from the Ford and Vargas website - NEWS REPORTS featuring the SERIOUS CRIME UNIT - early reports about the GUNNYSACK MAN - “CHILD LEAVES HORROR MESSAGE” - “GUNNYSACK FEARS GROW FOR MIA” - articles on MADSEN’S ARREST - pictures of MADSEN IN HOSPITAL, hooked up to a ventilator - Page after page. His incredulity gives way to fear - then anger. He flings down the pages. Strides to the urn - EXT. WALKWAY - DAY 4 - 12.22 85 85 Alice turns left again - fighting hard to control a smile - INT. ALICE’S PLACE, LIVING ROOM - DAY 4 - 12.22 86 86 Luther kneels, pours some ASH from the urn onto the newspaper he laid out, begins searching through it. Soon he’s filthy. There’s nothing. He picks up a bone fragment, snaps it. Just bone - EXT. WALKWAY/ALICE’S PLACE - DAY 4 - 12.23 87 87 Alice turns left one more time. And she’s back where she started. She allows herself to grin and enjoy the moment. Gets her keys. Unlocks the door. Steps inside. INT. ALICE’S PLACE, LIVING ROOM - DAY 4 - 12.23 88 88 Luther sifts the ash. NOTHING! There’s NOTHING IN HERE! INT. ALICE’S PLACE, COMMUNAL HALLWAY - DAY 4 - 12.24 89 89 Alice comes out of the lift and onto the landing - she puts the key in the lock. INT. ALICE’S PLACE, LIVING ROOM - DAY 4 - 12.24 90 90 Luther hears it! No! No! No! Hears the door open. Footsteps in the hall. And now - at last! - he FINDS SOMETHING. Something SOLID in the ash! He grabs it, hurries to polish it clean BETWEEN THUMB AND FOREFINGER. It’s - His WEDDING RING! He’s looking at it, stupefied, when Alice enters. She doesn’t even pretend to be surprised.
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