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Season 8 Episode 30
Episode 354 Sky One Transmission Date: Directed by Riitta-Leena
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Dean, Eli
Gina says Yes!
"You shot me!!"
Will Jodie do the right thing?
Nope! |
GS: Eli Knox (Shane Lynch) D.I. Macy (James Allen) Detective Constable (Dan Skinner) Doctor Wearing (Richard Brimblecombe) Fletch’s Lawyer (Ian Bass) As Harchester head in for half time, the lads find Gina sprawled out on the dressing room floor. Fletch dashes to her side, and the paramedics arrive. Don sees Gina being stretchered out of the club, and after the teams begin the second half, enters the Dragons' dressing room and places a cyanide bottle inside Fletch’s kit bag. Don also swipes Fletch's phone and calls the hospital anonymously to offer information on what Gina has ingested. Fletch is shocked to learn Gina was poisoned and the doctor tells him the police will be investigating. West Ham score for the third time and it's looking bleak for Harchester, as D.I. Macy informs Eli, Dean and Don that Gina was deliberately poisoned and they will need to speak to everyone who had access to the dressing room. At that moment Ryan scores in the 92nd minute and Dean and Eli are ecstatic as Don watches on sullenly. As the team celebrate their survival, they are escorted to the Players' Lounge where Dean tells the boys how the police believe Gina wasn't the intended victim of the poisoning. Ryan, ironically, susses the team were. A call from Jodie leads the police to believe the water bottles were poisoned. Macy tells the players they can go home, and Viv asks Curtis if he will take Lee back to his, as if anyone is trying to hurt the team they will go for Lee and Ryan first. Fletch sits by Gina's bedside as Jodie comes in. Fletch is consumed with guilt for cheating on Gina, and Jodie says last night shouldn't have happened but at the time they both needed each other, and Gina will never find out about it. Macy plays Dean and Eli the CCTV tape of the firestarter and see the figure is wearing football boots. Macy says they are Venino boots, and a Spanish make. At the hospital Gina regains consciousness and Fletch shows he is prepared to give up anything for her, including football. He then asks Gina to marry him and she accepts. When Don is questioned he reveals that Karl Fletcher was the only one on the team who wore Venino boots. He also drops that if Harchester go up they aren’t taking Fletch with them. An unaware Fletch tries to get into the dressing room for his kitbag, which Macy has hold of and takes Fletch down the station. Macy presents the cyanide bottle, which was found in Fletch's kitbag. He adds it was the same poison the anonymous caller phoned the hospital to describe. In the dead of night, a tipsy Dean stumbles to Curtis’, locked out and bangs loudly to be let in. Curtis, worried about who is outside goes into Ryan with Jaws's shotgun and go down to see Lee opening the door for Dean. They are relieved, but from behind Ryan slips on the stairs, knocking into Curtis and sending the gun blasting off. Dean and Lee dive for cover, as Lee clutches his leg, wailing that Curtis shot him! Viv arrives at the hospital and berates Curtis for using the gun when it was supposed to be in safe(r) hands. He tells Curtis the First Leg is in four days time, and they may not have Fletch as he’s being questioned. At the station the evidence is mounting against Fletch, with his fingerprints found on the burnt out bin and his phone traced with the call to the hospital. Jodie is at the hospital to see Gina, and on the television they hear the police are questioning a 33-year-old man. Fletch asks his lawyer to use his phone for a private call, and phones Jodie to inform her that her dad has fitted him up. Jodie refuses to listen, but when Fletch tells her how Don’s money is in his safe and he has his phone, Jodie goes to see. Jodie finds the £100K Don paid Fletch, and goes to her dad showing him the money before calling Fletch's number, which begins ringing out from inside Barker's draw. Jodie is stunned while Don insists he never meant to hurt anybody, just to get Fletch back. Fletch attempts to contact Jodie one last time, but Don talks Jodie down on how she wouldn't shop her own father. Jodie gives in to her loyalty and hands the phone over to Don. Fletch has to face Macy who tells him he is being arrested for the attempted murder of Gina Moliano. Notes: Last appearance of Eli Knox (Shane Lynch). He still owns the club until the summer but isn’t present for the Play-Off final. The Best: Eli asking Dean whether he'd consider sticking around permanently, and Dean tells him he's back to help his friends - the ones Knox made him trick into staying, so won't work for him again. Jodie’s showdown with her dad, and after everything we see she is still not fully prepared to go against him. Quotes: Dean's animated reaction to Curtis shooting at him and getting Lee: "You stupid, silly man!!" Continuity: Fletch says this isn't the first time he's been fitted up for something he hasn't done (first half of Season 5). He also refers Jodie to his bankruptcy two years ago (6.15 Gone to the Dogs). Caskey says he has known Fletch for sixteen years [1989 – when Fletch would have entered the youth team]. Additional Info: D.I. Macy previously appeared in 8.11 A Contract Killing, investigating Tommy Valentine's stabbing. Harchester have made it to the First Leg of the Play Offs and will face
What Was The Score?: Three West Ham goals from Marlon Harewood, Nigel Reo-Coker and Matthew Etherington almost spell the end for Harchester’s promotion hopes, until they are saved by a goal from the returning Naysmith.
Soundtrack: Amon Tobin: "El Wraith" and "Saboteur", Sigur Ros: "Track 3” |
