Final draft

Hit & Run

 

Episode one – Where It All Began

 

Pre-production Script

 

Rebecca Collinson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We see a dim lit street with nobody to be seen.

ADAM leaves a house on the street and begins to walk.

As he is seen further into the distance, we see a black car’s lights turn on and the car slowly moving along the road.

Francesca is inside the car with the radio on and tears are pouring down her face. She wipes them.

Adam is beginning to cross the road. The car speeds up. Adam turns to face the car speeding towards him. We see the car within meters of him.

Francesca kills him instantly.

 

EXT. Dim lit street – night

FRANCESCA:

What have I done?

(Punches the steering wheel

then drives fast)

 

Ambulances and police cars arrive; Francesca is nowhere to be seen.

 

KATE:

and this is where it all began.

 

It shows the medics around Adam’s dead body.

 

KATE:

  The day my best friend

was taken from me.

 

We see Francesca setting the car on fire.

 

KATE:

 I had to do something.

 

PC Brookes (a middle aged woman) and PC Riley (young man) arrive on scene.[long shot]

 

KATE:

It was only right; Adam would

have done the same for me.

 

Mid-shot of PC Brookes

 

PC BROOKES:

PC Rowe! (He walks over)

The victims name is Adam,

he’s just 25 and I believe

he lived just down the road.

 

Both officers shown from the side

 

PC ROWE:

              I’ll inform the family

              straight away and report

to you as soon as I know

more.

 

                   PC BROOKES:

Be sure to ask them if

they can think of anyone

who would have wanted to

do this to him, and be

sensitive will you?

 

PC ROWE:

When am I not?

 

PC BROOKES:

There are more important

things to do right now                     than bicker, take PC Riley                with you. Now, go.

 

PC Rowe walks over to PC Riley and they knock on the door of Adam’s house. Adams girlfriend comes to the door.

 

PC ROWE:

Hello, I’m afraid we have

got some bad news.

May we come in?

 

We see the officers enter the house.

We are shown the crime scene investigators at work.

PC Rowe and Riley leave Adam’s house and PC Rowe walks over to PC Brookes.

 

PC BROOKES:

How are they?

 

PC ROWE:

Pretty shook up,

obviously. They said

he only nipped out to

the shop just down there.

(PC Rowe points in the direction)

 

PC BROOKES:

              We will have to go to

question the owner to see                  if they heard anything or

saw anything unusual,

along with the rest of

the residents on this

street.

 

PC ROWE:

Yes, I’ll get the

officers on it now.

 

PC Rowe shouts to fellow officers and gives them instructions.

 

PC ROWE:

Brookes, before I forget.

Adam’s girlfriend mentioned

he had been witnessing a lot

of aggressive behaviour from

his ex. There was one incident

where she allegedly smashed a

glass over his head but she

walked away charge free.

 

PC BROOKES:

Good job, Rowe. You managed

not to forget, what a great

improvement for you.

 

PC ROWE:

We’ve got more things to

worry about right now,

Brookes.

 

PC BROOKES:

(rolls her eyes).

You forgot to mention

the ex’s name, Rowe.

 

PC ROWE:

Yes, it’s Francesca.

Francesca White.

 

PC BROOKES:

Right. I’ll get officers

round to her house now.

You go question the

shopkeeper and keep the

team in check while

they’re questioning the

residents on this street.

 

PC ROWE:

And what will you be doing?

 

PC BROOKES:

Going to get the CCTV

footage for this street

and the surrounding ones.

Do you understand what you

need to do?

 

PC ROWE:

Yes, I have done this before.

 

PC BROOKES:

I’m glad, see you back

at the station.

 

PC Rowe heads over to the shop while PC Brookes gets an officer to head over to Francesca’s house. She then gets into her police car and drives away to get the CCTV footage.

 

We see officers arresting Francesca who reacts badly to this and kicks off. (Pushing and kicking the officers)

PC Rowe is entering the shop.

 

                  INT. Corner shop

  PC ROWE:

Evening sir. There’s

been an unfortunate incident

tonight at around 10:30PM.

Someone was killed.

 

SHOPKEEPER:

I’m sorry to hear that,

what can I do for you?

 

PC ROWE:

I’m just wondering if

you have seen or heard

anything that you wouldn’t

normally tonight. Any noises

or yelling perhaps.

 

                        SHOPKEEPER:

Now you mention it, a woman

came into my shop and she was

very frantic. Panicking a lot

and I noticed her shaking as

she handed the money over. After

she left, it must have been what,

half an hour? I did hear a large

noise, but as I looked outside I

couldn’t see anything so I thought

nothing of it.

 

PC ROWE:

Thank you very much. Do you have

CCTV what I could look at?

 

SHOPKEEPER:

I’m afraid not, nothing like this

usually happens here. It’s such a

small town, everyone gets along so

well.

 

PC ROWE:

I understand. What did this woman

look like?

 

SHOPKEEPER:

She had short brown hair, it came

to her shoulders or just past. She

was about 5’4”.

 

PC ROWE:

Thank you very much.

 

SHOPKEEPER:

Anytime. Do tell me if you need

any more information.

 

PC ROWE:

I will do, if you remember

anything else please let us

know also. Goodbye sir.

 

SHOPKEEPER:

Of course, goodbye.

 

PC Rowe leaves the shop.

He calls PC Brookes to inform her on the information given from the shopkeeper.

 

EXT. Crime scene

PC BROOKES:

Rowe, what’ve you got?

 

PC ROWE:

The shop owner recalls a frantic

woman coming into the shop. About

5’4”, with brown hair to her shoulders.

He doesn’t really remember much more

other than she seemed nervous and

worried about something as her hands

were shaking but that’s everything.

 

PC BROOKES:

   No CCTV footage?

 

PC ROWE:

No. He said that nothing like

this happens around here so it

didn’t seem necessary to have it.

 

PC BROOKES:

That’s not a problem, I’ve just

heard Francesca has been arrested

and the description matches. Please

ask the shopkeeper to drop in the

station tomorrow to give a statement.

 

PC ROWE:

Ok. I’ll do that now.

 

PC Rowe heads back into the shop.

 

INT. Corner shop

PC ROWE:

Sorry to bother you again,

we’ve found a woman matching your description. Would it be possible

for you to come by the station

tomorrow to give a statement? It

doesn’t matter what time.

 

SHOPKEEPER:

Yes, that’s fine.

 

He leaves the shop.

 

INT. Police station

The next day…

We are shown the outside of the police station. Then we see the interrogation room. PC Brookes and PC Rowe are seen in interrogation room with Francesca.

 

PC BROOKES:

Interview started at 09.00AM.

Suspect- Francesca White charged                     with murder.

 

PC ROWE:

So Miss Francesca White, could you

please tell us where you were on the

25^th of November at 10:30PM?

 

FRANCESCA:

At home.

 

PC BROOKES:

Is there anyone who can clarify this?

 

FRANCESCA:

No, I live alone.

 

PC ROWE:

Do you know a Mr Adam Knowles?

 

FRANCESCA:

Yes, he went to my school but

I’ve not seen much of him since.

 

PC ROWE:

and how was your relationship

with Mr Knowles?

 

FRANCESCA:

It was fine, nothing special.

 

Francesca folds her arms.

 

PC BROOKES:

We both know that isn’t true.

You dated Adam, and when he

decided he no longer wanted to

be with you, you reacted badly.

 

FRANCESCA:

Who’s told you this?

 

PC ROWE:

              Why would we tell you that now?

What since you lied about your

whereabouts and everything?

 

PC Brookes slides a photograph of her burnt car over and

another photograph of the shop.

 

PC BROOKES:

So how do you explain this?

 

PC Brookes point to the burnt out car.

 

FRANCESCA:

It was stolen from me about

two days ago.

 

PC ROWE:

Why didn’t you report it missing?

 

FRANCESCA:

I’m not answering anymore questions

until I have a lawyer.

 

PC ROWE:

Interview suspended at 09:35AM.

 

PC Brookes and PC Rowe leave the room.

The shopkeeper enters the police station.

 

PC ROWE:

PC Brookes, this is the man.

 

PC BROOKES:

   Morning sir. Thank you for coming in.

 

SHOPKEEPER:

No problem at all.

 

PC BROOKES:

Please come with me and we’ll

get the statement over and done

with as soon as we can.

 

The shopkeeper follows PC Brookes.

PC BROOKES:

Oh, Rowe! Let Ms. White has

her phone call home now while

we’re waiting for her lawyer

to arrive.

 

PC Rowe heads back into the police cells.

We see Francesca being escorted to the telephone.

 

PC ROWE:

You have three minutes. Make it

quick.

 

FRANCESCA:

Only three minutes, what a joke.

 

PC Rowe walks down the corridor.

Francesca dials a number in the phone.

 

THEO:

Hello?

 

FRANCESCA:

Theo, it’s me.

 

THEO:

Hi sis, what’s up?

 

FRANCESCA:

I’m in a lot of trouble,

Theo. I’m in prison.

 

THEO:

You’re joking?! What, who?

How is this possible?

 

FRANCESCA:

It’s Adam, he’s dead. I need

to talk to you, come in and

visit me tomorrow please?

I’m begging you.

 

THEO:

I’ll see what I can do. Just please,

tell the officers the truth Francesca.

 

FRANCESCA:

I have to go.

 

Francesca puts down the phone and is escorted back into her cell.

Theo is shown; he’s talking to his mother.

 

THEO:

Mum, Francesca’s in prison. She’s

been charged with suspected murder

from what I could gather. Don’t worry yourself, I’ll sort it. I’m heading down tomorrow to see her. Bye.

 

Theo leaves his mother’s house after kissing her on the cheek.

PC Brookes, PC Rowe and Francesca are back in the interrogation room with the requested lawyer.

 

PC BROOKES:

Interview resumed at 11:57AM.

 

PC ROWE:

Miss White, we left off with us

asking you to recall why you didn’t

report your car missing?

 

PC BROOKES:

So, why did you not Francesca?

 

FRANCESCA:

(stutters)

I..I..

 

PC BROOKES:

It wasn’t missing was it? You knew

exactly where it was because you

killed Adam Knowles and then tried

to get rid of the evidence by setting

it on fire.

 

FRANCESCA:

Do you even have any evidence to

be making such allegations? It’s

pretty harsh, don’t you think?

 

PC Brookes takes out more photographs, but this time it was the CCTV footage he had gotten previously.

 

PC BROOKES:

I took the liberty to trace your

car through the surrounding streets.

 

Francesca’s face drops.

 

PC ROWE:

Unfortunately there aren’t any

cameras on this road, so we can’t see exactly what happened.

 

Francesca smiles a little.

 

PC BROOKES:

Why are you smiling, Francesca? We   

still have footage from the surrounding streets at the time of the killing.

 

FRANCESCA:

That proves nothing.

 

PC ROWE:

A bit suspicious is it not? You

were driving round the streets when

your ex-boyfriend was maliciously

killed and you’re expecting us to believe you didn’t have a part in it? And not to mention you claimed you was home alone.

 

FRANCESCA:

And how do you know it was me driving the car? You don’t.  have been anyone!

 

PC Rowe points to a woman’s face on one of the photographs.

 

PC ROWE:

Now, this looks like you don’t it?

 

Francesca shrugs, and takes a sip of water.

 

PC BROOKES:

We also recovered this bottle of

wine from the ruins of your car.

 

FRANCESCA:

So?

 

PC ROWE:

So this would support the statement

we’ve been given off a witness who

claimed they saw you distressed, drowning your sorrows in wine just minutes before Adam's death! Why won’t you just admit

what you’ve done? I mean, you have nothing to lose anymore.

 

PC BROOKES:

No family, no friends, and now you

don’t even have anyone to be in love

with since you killed him, over jealousy

I suspect. Give yourself in.

 

FRANCESCA:

I didn’t do it.

(says quiter)

I weren’t jealous…

 

PC ROWE:

You don’t seem too sure about that,

     Miss White.

 

PC BROOKES:

Forget it Rowe, we’re getting nowhere

with this, you’re wasting our time now.

You will remain in custody until further notice. Interview suspended at 12:22PM.

 

PC Brookes and Rowe leave the room.

 

PC ROWE:

So what now?

 

PC BROOKES:

I was going to ask the same thing. The

best thing to do now will be to look

through the evidence we’ve already

collected and spot if we’ve missed

anything. Do you have any suggestions?

 

PC ROWE:

Yes, actually. I do.

 

PC BROOKES:

  Spit it out then.

 

PC ROWE:

Well, Francesca must be been watching      Mr Knowles’ patterns. How else would she have known when he was most likely to

leave the house?

 

PC BROOKES:

Excellent thinking, Rowe. I’ll get

someone to get the CCTV footage for the previous two weeks. Well done.

 

PC ROWE:

I thought I could go to Adam’s house

and his neighbours again to note if

they’ve repeatedly seen the car? If they have I’ll ask them to give a brief

statement and describe the time they saw these car and just how often they did.

 

PC BROOKES:

Ok. Get a team of officers to go with

you. Be thorough with the questions.

 

PC ROWE:

Ok, I’ll tell you how I get on.

 

PC Brookes and Rowe separate, with PC Rowe gathering some more officers.

PC Rowe and other officers are knocking door to door on the street where the incident happened.

PC Brookes is working with a team of officers, when something is whispered in her ear.

PC Brookes rings Rowe.

EXT. Crime scene

 

PC ROWE:

Brookes, what’s up?

 

PC BROOKES:

Great news, I think we’ve finally

got Francesca. Round up these interviews

and I’ll meet you back at the station later.

 

PC ROWE:

Oh great, has the finger prints

analysis come back yet from the car?

 

PC BROOKES:

Yes, there are some on the steering

wheel from Francesca but this doesn’t

prove anything seen as it is her car.

 

PC ROWE:

So there’s not a trace of Adam’s finger prints anywhere on the front of the

car where he could have tried to stop

the car?

 

PC BROOKES:

They’ve not been able to find anything

as of yet.

 

PC ROWE:

Ok. I’ll round everything up here

and head back to the station.

 

PC BROOKES:

Right, bye.

 

PC Rowe is at Adam’s house seeing how his girlfriend is and if she recalls anything to do with Francesca’s car.

 

INT. Adams house

PC ROWE:

(mid conversation)

..is there anyone at all you feel

like we should inform of his death?

We’ve already rang his parents.

 

ADAM’S GIRLFRIEND:

Yes, there is someone. It’s his best

friend. They’ve been close ever since

they were little; Adam was always there

for her.

 

PC ROWE:

What’s her name?

 

ADAM’S GIRLFRIEND:

It’s Kate Leon.

 

PC ROWE:

Thank you very much for you time.

If you need anything at all, do not

hesitate to call us.

 

PC Rowe walks out and rings his office.

 

EXT. Crime scene

 

PC ROWE:

Hi, it’s PC Rowe here. Could you forward the number of Miss Kate

Leon? Thank you.

 

He checks his phone for the number and rings it.

 

PC ROWE:

Hi, is this Kate Leon?

 

KATE:

Yes, who’s this?

 

PC ROWE:

  It’s PC Rowe. I’m afraid we’ve got

some bad news.

*no noise*

 Miss?

 

KATE:

Yes, sorry. Who is it?

 

PC ROWE:

I’m afraid it’s Adam. Adam Knowles.

 He’s dead.

 

 

KATE:

No! How is this possible?! Who’s done

this? Why?!

 

PC ROWE:

It was in a freak incident. He was

actually murdered in a hit and run. I

can’t tell you the suspect just at this minute I’m sorry.

 

KATE:

It was the stupid girl weren’t it!!

 

PC ROWE:

Do you have something to tell me?

 

KATE:

His stupid ex-girlfriend, Francesca.

She’s obsessed with him. She attempted to hit me not so long ago because I was stood with Adam. She knew he was my best friend

as well.

 

PC ROWE:

Is there anything else I should know?

 

KATE:

Actually yes, I’m 70% sure he was threatened to be killed off her. I’m sure of it. It was her!

 

PC ROWE:

Could you please come by the station and make a statement of this?

 

KATE:

Anything to get this woman locked away.

 

PC ROWE:

Thank you for your time. See you soon.

 

KATE:

  Thank you.

 

We don’t see Kate’s face yet. We see Kate put down the phone (just her arm) and we here crying.

 

End of episode one.