Scott & Bailey Series 3

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8th May 2013

Rachel (Suranne Jones) continues to lodge at Janet’s (Lesley Sharp), and whilst Dorothy (Judith Barker) is very disapproving of Rachel’s influence on Taisie (Harriet Waters), Janet is happy that this safe haven is keeping Rachel out of trouble. But Rachel’s self-destruct button is never far away, and it’s not long before Taisie witnesses her heroine’s fall from grace.

When Janet gets called in to Gill’s (Amelia Bullmore) office to explain a cheeky email that she’s sent to Rob (Danny Miller), she’s adamant that it wasn’t from her, and mortified that Rob will think it is. Especially since she’s already embarrassed him in a moment of madness. But if Janet thought this was the worst the day could throw at her, she couldn’t be more wrong.

The story of the week involves the suspicious death of care home resident Gerald French. When daughter Catherine (Katherine Dow Blyton) raises concerns about the level of care her father had been receiving, Scott and Bailey are sent in to investigate. And when cripplingly shy trainee, Rosie (Rosie Sansom), is discovered slapping a resident, she is devastated to find that her charismatic mentor doesn’t have her best interests at heart.

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Episode:
7 of 8
Wed 22 May 2013

Episode seven

Having dragged Kevin (Ben Batt) back to Janet’s (Lesley Sharp) house for frantic sex, Rachel (Suranne Jones) is affronted when Janet bursts into her room and tells them both to leave. In her drunken state, Rachel is unable to compute the outpouring of anger that Janet launches at her. She is also unprepared for Kev’s belief that this is the start of a beautiful thing – Kevin and Rachel against the world. For Sean (Sean Maguire), this new liaison is the final straw, and having held his anger in check with Rachel, he is unable to contain himself when face to face with Kevin.

In the cold light of day, the fracture in Janet and Rachel’s relationship is painfully apparent. Feeling used and upset, Janet is barely able to look at Rachel, let alone speak to her, and their working partnership is forced to move onto a different level. It’s in the unexpected form of Rob (Danny Miller) that Janet finds the mature and understanding hand of friendship.

And as Rachel is forced by Gill to take a cold, hard look at the way her chaotic life impacts on her work, Syndicate 9 are left reeling when they’re told the identity of the mole on their team.

The story of the week starts off as a Missing From Home report, but soon becomes a murder investigation when the body of Kenneth Valentine is discovered in Oldham town centre. And while the team ponders the indecent haste with which Kenneth’s son reported him missing, Janet and Rachel discover that a spate of street robberies may lead them to the killer.

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Episode:
7 of 8
Wed 22 May 2013

Episode seven

Having dragged Kevin (Ben Batt) back to Janet’s (Lesley Sharp) house for frantic sex, Rachel (Suranne Jones) is affronted when Janet bursts into her room and tells them both to leave. In her drunken state, Rachel is unable to compute the outpouring of anger that Janet launches at her. She is also unprepared for Kev’s belief that this is the start of a beautiful thing – Kevin and Rachel against the world. For Sean (Sean Maguire), this new liaison is the final straw, and having held his anger in check with Rachel, he is unable to contain himself when face to face with Kevin.

In the cold light of day, the fracture in Janet and Rachel’s relationship is painfully apparent. Feeling used and upset, Janet is barely able to look at Rachel, let alone speak to her, and their working partnership is forced to move onto a different level. It’s in the unexpected form of Rob (Danny Miller) that Janet finds the mature and understanding hand of friendship.

And as Rachel is forced by Gill to take a cold, hard look at the way her chaotic life impacts on her work, Syndicate 9 are left reeling when they’re told the identity of the mole on their team.

The story of the week starts off as a Missing From Home report, but soon becomes a murder investigation when the body of Kenneth Valentine is discovered in Oldham town centre. And while the team ponders the indecent haste with which Kenneth’s son reported him missing, Janet and Rachel discover that a spate of street robberies may lead them to the killer.

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Episode eight

Thursday 23 May 2013

With Janet (Lesley Sharp) and Rachel’s (Suranne Jones) friendship in tatters, Rachel’s sadness finds expression in bitchy comments behind Janet’s back. But she struggles to find anyone who wants to join in. Janet tries to stay professional, but the lack of communication between them means that the simplest of tasks get compromised, and Rob (Danny Miller) has to step in as referee.

It takes a call from MIT Command, alerting the team to Gill’s disappearance to galvanise Scott and Bailey to put their differences aside and work together as a team. With Julie Dodson (Pippa Haywood) as commander of the operation, Janet and Rachel are called to join her at CID HQ. A fixed wing plane and a tracking vehicle soon have Gill’s (Amelia Bullmore) car in their sights, and Janet and Rachel are once again in sync, quickly identifying the driver and passenger.