In the second part of BBC Two’s conspiracy thriller, DI Jonah Gabriel is pursuing missing driver Andy Dixon, the only witness to the murder of drug trafficker Harvey Wratton. However, Wratton’s nephew Jay is also on Dixon’s trail – and so is a mysterious stranger who seems to know a lot more than the law and lawless combined. Meanwhile, Joseph Bede strives to make a deal with a Turkish cartel that will get him out of his criminal lifestyle for good.
Episode 2 of The Shadow Line airs at 9pm on Thursday 12th May on BBC Two. In the meantime, here are ten teasing lines of dialogue from the episode…
» ‘What I’m about to tell you is the most important thing you’ll ever hear; ever. If Andy calls anyone else but me, he’ll be a dead man. If you call anyone else but me, he’ll be a dead man. Cops, robbers, either way, you cannot trust them. So you see, really, you have no choice at all.’
» ‘Figures are beautiful things because they always work out, but put human beings in your plan and you cannot be so certain. With humans, there will always be a flaw.’
» ‘I bet he was polite. He’s very polite. But then he is a florist. I think he might even be a bit light in the loafers.’
» ‘We’re all going to die, Jonah. A bullet or an unseen bus, your name’s no further up the list than mine.’
» ‘Get over yourself and your fucking Toyota Corolla.’
» ‘Shit! I’m on foot! Typical fucking British car chase.’
» ‘This is how it’ll be: your son will be placed on remand, awaiting trial; and then one morning, a prison guard will enter his cell to find him hanging by his sheet, tied to the window grill.’
» ‘Now Tracey’s getting himself touched up by the nonces. If only you’d called him Peter.’
» ‘For a moment there, I thought all I could smell was the carpet glue, but I was wrong. I can smell something else, can’t I – something much stronger? It’s bullshit.’
» ‘What abyss am I staring into? Because if I am, doesn’t that mean your boy’s already there? Do you want me to save him? Do you want me to go down there and get him out? Because I will – but you’ve got to throw me a line.’
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