Tiger T

[PEPPY MUSIC] [CLICK] [CLASSICAL MUSIC] [ZIP] [MAN SINGING IN ITALIAN] MAN: HAVEN'T YOU FINISHED WITH THAT YET?

GET A BLOODY MOVE ON.

WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU PLAYING AT?

[MUSIC CONTINUES] [DOOR OPENS] HELLO?

MUM?

[MUSIC CONTINUES] HEY!

OVER THERE!

MOVE!

COME ON!

PADMA!

SHUT UP!

SHUT UP!

DON'T MOVE A MUSCLE, OR THE KID WILL GET HURT!

DON'T MOVE A MUSCLE.

THE KID WILL GET HURT I SWEAR TO YOU!

[MUSIC CONTINUES] [MUSIC ENDS] [THEME MUSIC PLAYS] [RECORD LIGHTLY SCRATCHING] [DOG BARKING] [ARF] [ARF] JASPER!

WE NEED A GARDENER.

IT'S LIKE "THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS" OUT THERE.

[LIGHT MUSIC] [PAINTBRUSHES RATTLE] MOTHER, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

AS PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED, I'VE DECIDED TO REOCCUPY MY OLD STUDIO, THE SCENE OF SO MANY OF MY ARTISTIC BREAKTHROUGHS.

WELL DON'T LOOK SO HORRIFIED.

I SHAN'T TROUBLE YOU.

THIS IS ABOUT ME AND MY GROWTH AS AN ARTIST.

HONESTLY, DARLING, YOU WON'T EVEN KNOW I'M HERE.

DON'T FORGET WE'RE HAVING LUNCH.

[WOMAN SINGING OPERA IN ITALIAN] [DOG BARKS] WE'LL BE AS QUIET AS TWO LITTLE MICE.

IT WILL ALL BE BETWEEN YOU, ME, AND THE LAMP POST.

DARLING, YOU WON'T HEAR SO MUCH AS A PEEP.

[MUSIC CONTINUES] MOTHER: WE'LL DO OUR BEST NOT TO GET UNDER YOUR FEET, WON'T WE, KAFKA?

[KAFKA BARKS] [SHARP EXHALE] AMBULANCE, PLEASE.

OH, AND IF AT ALL POSSIBLE, NO SIRENS.

AAH!

[SIRENS] DAN: OK THANKS, MATE.

THANK YOU.

LISA: THANK YOU.

THE LATE GREAT D.S.

DONCKERS.

NO PRIZES FOR GETTING HERE FIRST.

IT'S ANOTHER MINOR MORAL VICTORY.

VIJAY BANERJEE, LOCAL JEWELER, HIT WHILE CROSSING THE STREET.

LISA: NOT TO MINIMIZE HIS PAIN, BUT WHY HAS RABBIT DISPATCHED US TO A ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT?

HE WAS CARRYING THESE.

LISA: OOH, A GOODY BAG.

SEE IF HIS FAMILY WANT THEM BACK FIRST.

THIEF ONE: YOU NEVER SAID ANYTHING ABOUT A CHILD BEING INVOLVED.

THIEF TWO: WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE?

DON'T!

THEY'LL SEE YOUR FACE.

IT'S ITCHY.

[BELL RINGING] [DOORBELL RINGING] YOU EXPECTING SOMEONE?

NO.

NO!

ARE YOU DOING ANYTHING TONIGHT?

- I'VE GOT A GIG.

- GIG.

NOT SURE BRASS BAND CONCERT CONSTITUTES AS A GIG.

[SCOFFS] [RINGING] - WHO'S AT THE DOOR!?

- CALM DOWN.

IT'S PROBABLY JUST A DELIVERY.

OH, JEEZ.

I'M TEASING.

- DON'T BE SO TOUCHY.

- IT'S OK.

I GET IT.

[RINGING] [DOORBELL RINGING] LET ME GO AND HAVE A LOOK, SEE WHAT I CAN MAKE OUT.

COME ON.

LET'S GO.

THIEF TWO: IT'S A MAN AND A WOMAN, SMARTLY DRESSED.

DON'T WORRY.

THEY'RE LEAVING.

THIEF ONE: DON'T TELL ME TO CALM DOWN.

YEAH, OK. YOU'RE MAKING ME NERVOUS.

THIEF ONE: WHAT DID THEY LOOK LIKE?

THIEF TWO: HARD TO SAY.

SMARTLY DRESSED.

THIEF ONE: SHOULD WE BE WORRIED?

[SOFTLY] PADMA.

[MOUTHS] MY PHONE.

THIEF ONE: FAT LOT OF HELP YOU ARE!

MOTHER: DON'T.

THIEF ONE: I DON'T TRUST THIS ANYMORE.

THIEF TWO: HE'LL BE HERE.

JUST HAVE TO WAIT.

PADMA, DON'T!

[♪♪♪] DREAMING ABOUT THE BIG DAY?

NO MAN WILL EVER GET ME UP THE AISLE, DAN.

LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND.

[FOOTSTEPS APPROACH] WOMAN: SORRY TO KEEP YOU WAITING.

HI.

D.S.

DONCKERS.

THIS IS MY COLLEAGUE D.S.

WINTERS.

WE'RE MAKING ENQUIRIES RELATED TO A MAN WE THINK IS YOUR PROPRIETOR.

OH.

MR. BANERJEE IS NOT HERE.

DAN: WE'RE AWARE OF THAT.

MR. BANERJEE HAS BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT.

[TIRES SQUEALING] - HOW BADLY IS HE HURT?

- WE DON'T KNOW YET.

WE'RE TRYING TO LOCATE HIS FAMILY.

[SOFTLY] STOP IT!

[SOFTLY] PADMA.

WOMAN: I ONLY HAVE MR. BANERJEE'S HOME NUMBER I'M AFRAID.

[TELEPHONE RINGING] - OH, FINALLY.

- HEY DON'T ANSWER IT.

WHY NOT?

IT'S NOT WHAT WE ARRANGED.

[RINGING CONTINUES] WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?

GET BACK IN LINE NOW!

IT'S GOING TO VOICEMAIL.

YOUR BOSS WAS CARRYING SOME PRETTY SPECIAL-LOOKING DIAMONDS, A LOT OF THEM.

IS THAT NORMAL?

WELL, HE MAY HAVE BEEN ON HIS WAY TO SEE A CUSTOMER.

MIND IF WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE SAFE?

I COULDN'T, NOT WITHOUT CHECKING WITH MR. BANERJEE FIRST.

WE COULD COME BACK WITH A WARRANT.

AND A LOAD OF POLICE VANS.

SIRENS BLARING.

ALL RIGHT.

[SOFT, MYSTERIOUS MUSIC] [LOCK CLICKS] IS SOMETHING MISSING?

I...COULDN'T SAY.

I'M NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SAFE.

BUT YOU KNOW THE COMBINATION.

LISA: WHAT'S YOUR NAME?

AMRIT KHAN.

MS. KHAN, WE'RE POLICE DETECTIVES, NOT TAX INSPECTORS.

WE JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S MISSING.

BLACK DIAMONDS.

HOW MANY?

A LOT.

HOW MUCH ARE THEY WORTH?

UM... AROUND A MILLION.

MR. BANERJEE WOULD NEVER TAKE THEM OUT OF THE SHOP WITHOUT SECURITY.

[♪♪♪] DAN: MR. BANERJEE?

NURSE: WE'VE GIVEN HIM A SEDATIVE.

WE NEED TO TALK TO HIM.

MR. BANERJEE?

YOU NEED TO ASK THE DOCTOR FIRST.

MR. BANERJEE, CAN YOU HEAR ME?

MR. BANERJEE CAN YOU HEAR ME?

MY--MY FAMILY.

[COUGH] I HAVE TO GO.

CAN YOU TELL US WHAT HAPPENED?

I HAVE TO GO.

THEY'RE CRAZY.

WHO IS, MR. BANERJEE?

THEY'RE GOING TO KILL MY FAMILY.

BOSS, I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE A HOSTAGE SITUATION.

MR. BANERJEE'S FREAKING OUT.

HE'S CONVINCED HIS FAMILY IS IN DANGER.

[♪♪♪] [INDISTINCT FEMALE VOICE ON PA] NURSE: IT WILL TAKE A COUPLE OF WEEKS BEFORE THE BRACE CAN GO OFF, MR. TEMPEST.

TRY NOT TO FALL DOWN THE STAIRS AGAIN.

[INDISTINCT FEMALE VOICE ON PA] IS THERE SOMEONE TO PICK YOU UP?

[♪♪♪] ANYONE YOU CAN THINK OF, SIR?

[♪♪♪] A GARDENING ACCIDENT?

BUT YOU'RE SUCH AN UNLIKELY HORTICULTURALIST.

PATENTLY.

ARE THESE YOUR GARDENING CLOTHES?

THEY HAD TO CUT MY TROUSERS OFF.

THESE WERE THE ONLY ITEMS IN MY SIZE THAT IT WAS POSSIBLE TO ACQUIRE IN THE HOSPITAL GIFT SHOP.

[SNORT] ARE YOU CONGESTED?

[♪♪♪] [INDISTINCT CHATTER] [FOOTSTEPS APPROACH] CHRISTINA: THIS IS BEN SPARROW FROM THE ANTI KIDNAP AND EXTORTION UNIT.

BEN: HI.

D.S.

WINTERS AND D.S.

DONCKERS.

THEY'RE THE INVESTIGATING OFFICERS.

WE ARE STILL CARRYING OUT RECONNAISSANCE, AND WE DO NOT KNOW AS YET HOW MANY HOSTAGE TAKERS WE'RE DEALING WITH.

WE'RE WAITING TO GET SOME THERMAL IMAGING EQUIPMENT ON SITE.

DO THEY KNOW THAT WE KNOW?

NO, AND I WANT TO KEEP IT THAT WAY.

THIS IS BANERJEE'S MOBILE PHONE.

WE PICKED IT UP AT THE HOSPITAL.

CHRISTINA: GOOD, VERY GOOD.

BEN: IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL.

WE SHOULD AVOID CONTACT AS LONG AS PRACTICAL.

PAUL: THAT'S STANDARD PROCEDURE.

CHRISTINA: WE THINK WE HAVE TWO HOSTAGES, HIS WIFE AND THEIR DAUGHTER PRIYANKA.

THEY ARE BOTH REGISTERED AT THE PROPERTY, AND NONE OF THE NEIGHBORS HAVE SEEN EITHER OF THEM EXIT AS YET.

PAUL: PRIYANKA'S CAR IS STILL PARKED OUTSIDE.

THAT'S ALL THE INTEL WE HAVE TODAY.

SO NOW ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS WAIT.

[♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] [TELEPHONE RINGING] PROFESSOR TEMPEST'S OFFICE.

MRS. TEMPEST!

YES, HE'S RIGHT HERE.

[KAFKA BARKING] DARLING, DON'T FORGET WE'RE HAVING LUNCH.

HE'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE SOON.

SNARES AS ADELAIDE: SO MUCH TO DISCUSS.

SNARES: 1:00?

I'LL TELL HIM.

BYE, MRS. TEMPEST.

DOUBTLESS SHE'LL BE VERY KEEN TO TEND TO THE INVALID.

THIS MIGHT BE THE MOMENT TO ESCAPE.

[SIGHS] WALTER THE FISH: WELL, YOU HEARD THE WOMAN.

♪ [PAPER CRUMBLING] THIEF ONE: SOMETHING'S NOT RIGHT.

HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE BY NOW.

LET'S GET THE GIRL TO CALL.

WHERE'S YOUR PHONE?

IN MY COAT.

THIEF TWO: AND WHERE'S YOUR COAT?

[♪♪♪] ALL OF YOU INTO THE BEDROOM NOW.

CALL YOUR DAD, AND NO MESSING.

[BEEP] [CELL PHONE RINGING] BEN: DON'T ANSWER.

THEY'LL KNOW WE KNOW.

[RINGING CONTINUES] VOICEMAIL: PLEASE LEAVE YOUR MESSAGE AFTER THE TONE.

DADDY, DADDY, MAIN HOON.

SPEAK ENGLISH.

DADDY, IT'S ME.

WHERE ARE YOU?

YOU ARE GOING TO DO WHAT THEY'RE ASKING, RIGHT?

- VOICEMAIL.

- PLAY IT.

PRIYANKA: DADDY, DADDY, MAIN HOON.

THIEF TWO: SPEAK ENGLISH.

DADDY, IT'S ME.

WHERE ARE YOU?

YOU ARE GOING TO DO WHAT THEY'RE ASKING, RIGHT?

[LINE CLICKS] SEND A MESSAGE.

"PROBLEMS WITH SAFE."

STOP.

"NEED MORE TIME."

STOP.

DAN: THERE WAS AN ARMED RAID AT BANERJEE'S SHOP LAST YEAR.

IT TRIGGERED THE ALARM, BUT THE RAIDERS GOT AWAY.

PAUL: DID THEY TAKE ANYTHING?

DAN: NO.

LISA: SECOND TIME LUCKY.

LISTEN.

I APPRECIATE THE LEGWORK, BUT I'M TRYING TO DEAL WITH A HOSTAGE SITUATION HERE.

CHRISTINA: CAN'T BE ANY HARM TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT'S MOTIVATING THEM.

SEE WHAT ELSE YOU CAN DIG UP.

[TRAFFIC HUMS] [INDISTINCT CHATTER] PROFESSOR, HAVE YOU BEEN SKIING?

WHAT HAPPENED?

A DISPLACED FRACTURE OF THE DISTAL END OF MY FIBULA.

CHRISTINA: SHOULDN'T YOU BE AT HOME RESTING IT?

MY HOME AND OFFICE ARE BEING DISINFECTED AS WE SPEAK.

I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH VERMIN.

- [KAFKA WHIMPERS] - HE'S GOT TO BE SOMEWHERE.

I TURN MY BACK FOR FIVE MINUTES.

HE'S BEEN ACTING VERY ODDLY.

JASPER IS ALWAYS A LITTLE ODD.

HE'S TAKEN UP GARDENING.

- WHAT DID YOU SAY?

- GARDENING.

I HEARD YOU THE FIRST TIME.

[KAFKA BARKS] PROFESSOR T.: I THOUGHT I MIGHT MAKE MYSELF USEFUL HERE.

CHRISTINA: JASPER, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A HOSTAGE SITUATION.

PAUL: NO.

NOT HIS FIELD.

I HAVE WRITTEN AND LECTURED EXTENSIVELY ON THE SUBJECT.

WE'VE BROUGHT IN THE BIG GUNS.

CHRISTINA: THANKS FOR THE OFFER, THOUGH.

I NEED TO REST MY FOOT.

UM, DO YOU MIND?

[LIGHT-HEARTED MUSIC] [BLOWS TWICE] [EXHALES] CHRISTINA: NO RUSH.

- ADELAIDE: WILFRED!

- OHH!

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

I CAN'T ABIDE A MAN WORKING AT HEIGHT.

I'M TIDYING MY Ps AND Qs.

WELL, DO GET DOWN.

STEEPLE JACKING AT YOUR TIME OF LIFE.

WILFRED, JASPER HAS STARTED WORKING ON THE GARDEN.

- AH.

- YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS?

MM-HMM.

HE'S DIGGING.

HE INTENDS TO STAY.

WILL YOU SPEAK TO HIM?

WELL, YES OF COURSE, ADELAIDE, BUT I'M SURE IT'S JUST A PHASE.

WISH I WAS BLESSED WITH YOUR NAIVETY.

CHRISTINA: TELL ME ABOUT THESE DIAMONDS.

DAN: BLACK DIAMONDS FROM BRAZIL.

FROM OUTER SPACE ACTUALLY.

THEY MERELY LANDED IN BRAZIL.

EXCUSE ME?

BLACK DIAMONDS, CARBONADOS.

THEY ARE THOUGHT TO BE THE REMAINS OF ASTEROIDS.

LISA: DID YOU JUST COLOR CODE THE TEA BAGS?

ASTEROIDS WHICH FORMED FROM INTERSTELLAR CLOUDS OF DIAMOND CRYSTALS.

HOW MUCH ARE THEY WORTH?

DAN: JEWELER MENTIONED A MILLION.

I WOULD ESTIMATE CONSIDERABLY MORE THAN THAT.

[KNOCK ON DOOR] AH, BEN, COME IN.

HELP YOURSELF TO TEA, COFFEE, WHATEVER.

WE WERE JUST DISCUSSING YOUR RANSOM KIDNAPPING.

EXCUSE ME?

RANSOM KIDNAPPING, THE ACT OF FORCING A VICTIM TO HAND OVER VALUABLES BY HOLDING THEIR FAMILY HOSTAGE.

I KNOW WHAT A RANSOM KIDNAPPING IS.

OH, IN WHICH CASE I WONDER WHETHER YOU MIGHT CONSIDER ADHERING TO MY THREE GOLDEN RULES OF HOSTAGE NEGOTIATION.

I'M SORRY.

WHO ARE YOU?

PAUL: THIS IS PROFESSOR TEMPEST.

CHRISTINA: HE'S OUR EXTERNAL ADVISOR.

HMM.

WHAT WOULD THESE, UH, SO-CALLED GOLDEN RULES BE?

FIRSTLY, ALWAYS GIVE THEM PRECISELY WHAT THEY WANT IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.

IT'S STATISTICALLY THE WISEST COURSE OF ACTION.

I DEAL WITH REAL-LIFE EMERGENCIES, MATE, NOT STATISTICS.

[CELL PHONE RINGING] CHIEF INSPECTOR!

[RINGING CONTINUES] [BEEP] THIS IS PROFESSOR TEMPEST SPEAKING.

- WHO'S THIS?

- PUT HIM ON SPEAKER.

THIEF: WHERE THE HELL IS BANERJEE?

PROFESSOR T.: MR. BANERJEE IS CURRENTLY IN THE HOSPITAL.

HE WAS HIT BY A CAR WHILST FETCHING THE DIAMONDS.

THAT'S WHY WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING.

THIEF: ARE YOU POLICE?

THE POLICE ARE HERE, BUT I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND TALKING TO THEM.

I AM NOT ENTIRELY CONVINCED MR.

SWALLOW CAN BE TRUSTED.

I'M HANGING UP NOW.

HE HUNG UP.

- WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

- PAUL: ARE YOU MAD?

- ON THE CONTRARY.

- YOU TOTALLY SHAFTED US.

YOU GAVE ME NO CHOICE.

I WAS GOING TO OFFER THEM EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANT, BUT YOU LIED TO THEM, WHICH FORCED ME TO FOLLOW RULE NUMBER TWO.

PAUL: AND WHAT'S YOUR RULE NUMBER TWO WHEN IT'S AT HOME?

TELL THE TRUTH AT ALL TIMES.

THIS IS BULL.

I DISAGREE.

IT'S PURE LOGIC INFORMED BY EXTENSIVE ANALYSIS OF THE AVAILABLE DATA SETS.

MY RECENT PAPER ON THE SUBJECT...

IF YOU INTERFERE AGAIN, I'LL HAVE YOU ARRESTED.

IS THAT LOGICAL ENOUGH FOR YOU?

I THINK YOU SHOULD COME WITH ME, JASPER.

JOG ON.

NOW THEY KNOW WE KNOW, WE NEED TO SECURE THE AREA AND GET EVERYONE EVACUATED IMMEDIATELY.

[♪♪♪] STAY IN HERE.

- [HELICOPTER WHIRS] - [POLICE SIRENS] - I'LL FIND SOMEONE.

- YEAH.

[♪♪♪] CAN YOU RUN A CHECK ON ALL PARKED VEHICLES WITHIN A 500-YARD RADIUS OF THE PROPERTY, PLEASE?

YES, SIR.

[EXCITING, TENSE MUSIC] MAN ON RADIO: PAPA OUTBREAK 7, PARKED UNITS IN PLACE.

DIFFERENT MAN: BRAVO 6-8 TO CONTROL.

ETA -3 MINUTES.

WOMAN: CONTROL, SIERRA JULIET 4-0 REQUESTING SIT-REP. LET ME SEE.

THERE'S A SNIPER ON THE ROOF!

THERE MUST BE HALF THE POLICE IN THE CITY OUT THERE!

YOU PROMISED ME IT WOULDN'T COME TO THIS!

WE'VE FINALLY GOT THERMAL IMAGING.

IT CONFIRMS THERE ARE TWO OF THEM, AND THEY'VE MOVED THE HOSTAGES TO A SEPARATE ROOM.

THAT SHOULD MINIMIZE THE COLLATERAL DAMAGE IF WE HAVE TO GO IN.

IT'S THE LAST RESORT...

I HOPE.

LOOK AT THOSE SHAPES AND MOVEMENTS.

THERE ARE FOUR HOSTAGES, NOT TWO OF THEM.

SISTER AND HER LITTLE'UN.

THESE THINGS SELDOM WORK OUT WELL.

[CRUNCHING] REALLY?

IT'S THE FIRST THING I'VE EATEN TODAY.

- DO YOU WANT ONE?

- NO.

[RINGING] SPARROW.

OUT OF THE QUESTION.

OK. OK.

CALM DOWN, CALM DOWN.

THEY SAID THEY'LL ONLY TALK TO THE PROFESSOR.

PROFESSOR T.: ARE YOU SURE?

ABSOLUTELY.

- TO MEASURE IS... - TO KNOW.

- TO GUESS IS... - TO MISS.

BUT ARE YOU REALLY SURE?

CATEGORICALLY SO.

BECAUSE THIS BUZZARD OR BLACKBIRD REALLY DOESN'T THINK MUCH OF YOU.

[SLOW, LIGHT-HEARTED MUSIC] WHY ARE YOU HERE ALL THE TIME?

MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS.

- WHAT'S IN THE SUITCASE?

- YOU ASK TOO MANY QUESTIONS.

[DOOR OPENS] JASPER, WE NEED YOU.

WELL, GO ON THEN.

PROFESSOR T.: HELLO?

THIEF TWO: PROFESSOR?

INDEED.

THIS IS PROFESSOR TEMPEST.

I DO NOT NEGOTIATE WITH ANYONE HOLDING A CHILD HOSTAGE.

I WISH YOU A PLEASANT DAY.

[BEEP] BACK TO YOUR OFFICE?

YEAH.

[CRUTCHES CLANK] [FOOTSTEPS APPROACH] CHRISTINA: WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?

TRYING TO BRING A HOSTAGE SITUATION TO A SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION.

BY TAUNTING THE HOSTAGE TAKERS?

DON'T TELL ME YOU TRUST BRAD AND HIS MACHO POSTURING MORE THAN A SCIENTIFIC APPROACH BACKED BY DATA?

SPARROW, IT'S BEN SPARROW, AND HE'S ACTUALLY BEEN VERY PROFESSIONAL.

ARE YOU GOING SOMEWHERE?

LISTEN, JASPER.

I THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER IF YOU JUST STAYED OUT OF THIS CASE.

I'M GOING TO CALL YOU A TAXI.

[RINGING] YES?

[♪♪♪] MAN ON RADIO: PAPA OUTBREAK 7 TO CONTROL.

THE CHILD HAS BEEN RELEASED.

[♪♪♪] SO WHAT'S YOUR THIRD GOLDEN RULE, JASPER?

[♪♪♪] DAN: HEY.

WELL DONE.

I'M REALLY PROUD OF YOU.

YOU'RE SUCH A BRAVE GIRL.

[INAUDIBLE] [♪♪♪] [HELICOPTER WHIRS] [HELICOPTER WHIRS] DADDY SHOULD BE HERE BY NOW.

WHY IS HE TAKING SO LONG?

FREE MY HANDS.

NO.

IT'S TOO RISKY.

PRIYANKA, PLEASE GET THE SCISSORS.

THEY'RE THERE IN THE DRAWER.

JUST GO.

GET THEM.

[DRAWER OPENS] [DRAWER CLOSES] WHAT WE DOING NOW, HUH?

WHAT DO YOU MEAN WHAT DO WE DO NOW?

WE JUST LET TWO HOSTAGES GO OUT THERE, SO WHAT WHAT HAVE YOU GOT NEXT, BRAINS?

HUH?

HAVE A THINK.

WE SHOULD JUST GIVE THEM WHAT THEY WANT.

THEN THIS WILL ALL BE OVER.

YOUR FATHER WOULD NEVER ABANDON US, NEVER.

SOMETHING'S HAPPENED.

COME ON.

JUST CUT ME FREE.

SIT STILL.

[HELICOPTER WHIRRING] LET'S SPEAK TO THE PROFESSOR AGAIN.

[CELL PHONE RINGING] - [BEEP] - PROFESSOR TEMPEST.

THIEF TWO: WE WANT A MILLION POUNDS IN UNMARKED NOTES AND A CAR AND FREE PASSAGE, OR WE START SHOOTING.

PROFESSOR?

PROFESSOR T.: I BELIEVE YOU'RE BLUFFING.

- THIEF: BLUFFING?

- YES, EXACTLY, BLUFFING.

TO DECEIVE BY PRESENTING A SELF-CONFIDENT FRONT.

YOU HAVE CONSIDERABLY LESS LEVERAGE THAN YOU'D HAVE US BELIEVE.

YOU'RE SURROUNDED BY MR. PARROT'S SNIPERS, WHO WILL SHOOT YOU DEAD THE MOMENT YOU LEAVE THE BUILDING, AND UNBEKNOWNST TO YOU, YOUR SITUATION HAS RECENTLY BECOME EVEN LESS PROMISING.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

MR. BANERJEE HAS DIED.

THE ACCIDENT RUPTURED HIS LIVER.

HE DID NOT SURVIVE.

- BEN: NO, WAIT!

- [BEEP] PAUL: SWEET MOTHER OF GOD TEMPEST, IF THIS ENDS BADLY.

YOU, YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE VICTIMS.

IT WILL NOT END BADLY.

YOU WERE IN ON THIS?

THE THIRD GOLDEN RULE.

CONVINCE THE KIDNAPPERS THEIR SITUATION IS HOPELESS.

PAUL: WELL, THEY'RE DESPERATE NOW.

[NO DIALOGUE] [♪♪♪] [DOOR OPENS] - NO!

NO!

- WHAT YOU DOING?

LET HER GO!

LET HER GO!

NO!

[SNAP] LET HER GO!

LET HER GO!

[♪♪♪] LET HER GO!

LET HER GO!

[WAILS] [GUNSHOT] MAN ON RADIO: 4-0 CONTROL, SHOT FIRED.

WOMAN ON RADIO: CONTROL 4-0.

AUTHORIZED FIREARM OFFICES CLEAR TO DEPLOY.

PRIYANKA!

[♪♪♪] [HELICOPTER WHIRS] ARMED POLICE!

POLICE!

ARMED POLICE!

KEEP YOUR HANDS WHERE I CAN SEE THEM!

DON'T MOVE.

DON'T MOVE.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC] [LEELA AND PRIYANKA CRYING] [POLICE RADIO CHATTER] [LEELA AND PRIYANKA CRYING] RIGHT.

UH-HUH.

THANK YOU.

EVERYONE'S OK.

THE WHOLE FAMILY.

AND THE GUNMEN?

THERE'S NO SIGN OF THEM, BUT WE'RE STILL SEARCHING THE VICINITY.

THE BUILDING WAS SURROUNDED.

THEY MIGHT HAVE GOT OUT THROUGH A SERVICE TUNNEL.

WHAT ABOUT THE SHOT?

A DISTRACTION, PART OF THE ESCAPE PLAN THEY WORKED OUT IN ADVANCE.

HOW DID THEY KNOW ABOUT A SERVICE TUNNEL WHEN WE DIDN'T?

AN INSIDE JOB?

HAS ALL THE HALLMARKS.

BANERJEE TOOK HIS MOST VALUABLE STONES.

CARBONADOS ARE EASY TO SELL ON THE BLACK MARKET.

INSURANCE FRAUD?

EXACTLY SO.

HE STAGED THE KIDNAP SO HE COULD CASH IN TWICE.

THE ONLY THING HE DIDN'T PLAN FOR IS GETTING HIT BY A CAR.

[TIRES SQUEALING] YES.

THAT WAS FORTUNATE.

NOT FOR MR. BANERJEE BUT FOR ME.

IT MEANT I COULD CONVINCE THE KIDNAPPERS THEIR SITUATION WAS HOPELESS.

IF BANERJEE WAS DEAD, THEIR PLAN HAD FAILED.

IMPRESSIVE.

THAT IS THE RANKEST TRACKSUIT I'VE EVER SEEN, BUT STILL, IMPRESSIVE.

♪ CAN'T HIDE OUT HERE FOREVER YOU KNOW.

YOU'VE GOT TO GO HOME SOMETIME.

[EXHALES] I COULD SAY THE SAME TO YOU.

GOING TO MY SISTER'S.

DERRICK AND I HAVE DECIDED TO SPEND A LITTLE TIME APART.

GO ON.

I KNOW YOU CAN'T RESIST THE URGE TO SAY, "I TOLD YOU SO."

WELL, IF YOU WILL RUN OFF WITH A BORING ACCOUNTANT NAMED DERRICK.

WELL, AT LEAST HE CAN OPEN THE DOOR WITHOUT WEARING BLOODY GLOVES.

I KNEW YOU COULD NEVER BE HAPPY WITH HIM!

JASPER, THERE ARE GOLDEN RULES TO RELATIONSHIPS, TOO.

YOU NEVER GAVE ME WHAT I WANTED, YOU NEVER TOLD ME THE TRUTH, BUT YOU SURE AS HELL CONVINCED ME THAT OUR SITUATION WAS HOPELESS.

I'VE BEEN PUTTING OFF THIS DECISION FOR WAY TOO LONG.

I DON'T WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE FEELING HALF HAPPY.

[DOOR OPENS] LISA: YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO HEAR...THIS.

WE RAN A CHECK ON PARKED VEHICLES IN THE VICINITY OF THE APARTMENT.

UNIFORM HELPED.

WE STRUCK LUCKY.

♪ LISA: PURPLE FORD FIESTA STOLEN YESTERDAY.

UH-HUH?

DAN: TURNS OUT THEY WERE HIDING IN THE CELLARS UNTIL WE LEFT.

LUCKILY, WE HAD A TEAM WAITING FOR THEM AT THEIR STOLEN ESCAPE VEHICLE.

WE GOT THEM, MA'AM.

GET OUT!

GET OUT!

MOVE!

GOOD.

LISA: AND WE'RE ON TO SOMETHING ELSE BUT... WE HAVE TO CHECK SOMETHING.

[DOOR CLOSES] LISA: MRS. BANERJEE, WE HAVE GOOD NEWS.

WE'VE ARRESTED TWO SUSPECTS.

DAN: YOU SAID PRIYANKA SAW ONE OF THEM WITHOUT THEIR BALACLAVA, IS THAT RIGHT?

YES.

OHH!

[WHIMPERS] LISA: WE'D LIKE YOU TO SEE IF YOU CAN I.D.

HIM.

JUST INFORMALLY FOR NOW.

DO YOU RECOGNIZE EITHER OF THEM?

IS IT HIM?

I DON'T THINK SO.

ARE YOU REALLY SURE?

YES, I'M SURE.

WE RECOVERED ENOUGH FINGERPRINTS FROM YOUR APARTMENT TO CONVICT THEM FIVE TIMES OVER.

BUT IF YOU CAN'T I.D.

THEM, WELL...

UNLESS... WHAT?

UNLESS MISS BANERJEE IS LYING.

WHY WOULD SHE DO THAT?

YOU OWN YOUR OWN BUSINESS, RIGHT?

I'M IN THE GEM TRADE, LIKE MY FATHER, IMPORTING FROM INDIA.

DOING OK?

A BIT UP AND DOWN.

PRIYANKA?

DAN: I'D SAY THAT'S A BIT OF AN UNDERSTATEMENT.

WHILE OUR COLLEAGUES WERE TRYING TO NEGOTIATE YOUR RELEASE, WE HAD TIME FOR A BIT OF DIGGING.

WINDING UP PETITION FROM YOUR CREDITORS SERVED TEN DAYS AGO.

DID YOU ASK YOUR FATHER FOR A HANDOUT?

DID HE REFUSE?

[♪♪♪] [EXHALES] [♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?

WE'VE SPENT HOURS IN HERE.

THERE'S POLICE OUTSIDE.

THERE'S POLICE?

THERE'S POLICE.

[INDISTINCT SHOUTING] GET OUT!

[DRAMATIC MUSIC] [GUNSHOT] [WEEPS] PADMA: HOW COULD YOU?

[CRYING] [FOOTSTEPS RECEDE] MUMMY.

MUMMY, I DIDN'T WANT THIS.

MUMMY, PLEASE.

[FOOTSTEPS RECEDE] [WEEPING] I'M SO SORRY.

[CRYING] [♪♪♪] DON'T TAKE IT TO HEART.

IT WAS AN INSIDE JOB.

YOU WERE HALF RIGHT.

TO ME, BEING HALF RIGHT IS LIKE BEING HALF HAPPY.

[♪♪♪] NEWSCASTER: TWO MEN ARE IN CUSTODY AFTER... HEY, DAD.

- YOU ALL RIGHT, LOVE?

- YEAH, FINE.

I MADE YOUR FAVORITE PASTA.

NEWSCASTER: CONFIRM THAT NO ONE WAS INJURED IN THE INCIDENT.

EARLIER, STREETS SURROUNDING THE PROPERTY WERE CORDONED OFF FOR SEVERAL HOURS AS SPECIALIST OFFICERS FROM THE NATIONAL ANTI KIDNAP AND EXTORTION UNIT NEGOTIATED WITH THE HOSTAGE TAKERS FOR THE RELEASE OF THE FAMILY.

POLICE ARE REFUSING TO CONFIRM REPORTS...

I CAN MANAGE, YOU KNOW.

I KNOW.

[CELL PHONE RINGING] NEWSCASTER: AS A RESULT OF THE NEGOTIATIONS, A WOMAN AND A GIRL OF SIX WERE LET GO BY THE HOSTAGE TAKERS... - WHO'S THAT?

- IT'S A FRIEND.

[♪♪♪] - THAT KIND OF FRIEND?

- HE'S JUST A FRIEND.

IT'S JUST SOMEONE I WORK WITH.

[CELL PHONE CHIMES] UNFORTUNATELY.

NEWSCASTER: ALL MEMBERS OF THE SAME FAMILY BUT HAVE NOT RELEASED ANY FURTHER DETAILS AT THIS STAGE.

EAT SOME.

IT'S DELICIOUS.

YOU HAVEN'T EVEN TASTED IT YET.

NEWSCASTER: THE HOSTAGE TAKERS INITIALLY MADE A SIZEABLE RANSOM TO SECURE THEIR FREEDOM.

[♪♪♪] THIS IS NOT GOING TO WORK, MOTHER.

- WHAT ISN'T?

- YOU MOVING IN HERE.

YOU CLEARLY NEED MY HELP.

I KNOW WHAT I NEED FROM YOU, MOTHER, AND IT IS NOT YOUR HELP.

BUT, DARLING, LOOK AT YOU.

I WAS DOING PERFECTLY WELL UNTIL YOU BURST IN AND DISCOMBOBULATED ME.

I THOUGHT IT WAS THE FATHER, BUT IT WAS THE DAUGHTER, AN UNFORGIVABLE MISTAKE.

DEAR HEART, DON'T BE SO HARD ON YOURSELF.

YOU ALWAYS WERE A MERCURIAL BOY.

NOW IF YOU DON'T MIND, I HAVE AN EXHIBITION TO PREPARE FOR.

BY THE WAY, LEISURE WEAR IS NOT A LOOK YOU CAN PULL OFF.

[WHINES] [♪♪♪] VO: Next time on Professor T... DONCKERS: Charlie Turner.

Six-years-old, missing since last night.

PROFESSOR T: And yet there's been no contact from whoever took Charlie?

DONCKERS: How did you know?

PROFESSOR T: Most kidnappings of minors involve a close family member.

MAX: What are you implying?

DONCKERS: Just evaluate them.

PROFESSOR T: No further evaluation is necessary.

DONCKERS: So we should believe him?

PROFESSOR T: Not necessarily.

DEAN: This hobby of yours...

PROFESSOR T: I do not have hobbies.

DEAN: Playing detective!

PROFESSOR: Nor do I play.

DONCKERS: I'm not convinced the Professor is right about this one.

PROFESSOR T: I have a theory... RABBIT: Anything you care to share with us?

PROFESSOR T: No.