Be A Man

THE BILL
Be A Man: Episode 024
Thursday 7 January 2009, 21.00 to 22.00, ITV1/Repeated on ITV3 on Monday 11 January at 23:00
*D.C. Will Fletcher’s (Gary Lucy) last appearance*

Sergeant Stone (Sam Callis) and D.C. Mickey Webb (Chris Simmons) investigate an incident between Trevor Berwick (Anton Saunders) and Dr Josh Thomas (Adam Astill) at St Hugh’s hospital.

Trevor went to the hospital to confront Josh about an affair he thought he was having with his wife, Penny (Amelia Curtis) and when Josh said the affair was all in his head, the argument escalated and Josh threw a punch.

At the station, Mickey talks to Trevor, who is determined to charge Josh with assault. The detective gets a feeling that Trevor is a man on the edge and delicately tries to question him about anything else that might be going on in his life, but Trevor clams up.

Stone is tasked with driving Trevor to his car but before letting him go, he tells Trevor he should “be a man” and deal with his domestic battles on his own time, not the Police’s. This hits a nerve with the clearly unstable Trevor and Stone later regrets his harsh words...

Later that day, Mickey is concerned when Trevor subsequently drops charges against Josh and then receives a distressed call from Penny to say her husband has disappeared with their baby son, Stan.

Mickey asks Stone if Trevor revealed anything when they were alone but the Sergeant lies and says he was fine. Stone, adamant that Trevor has just gone for a drive to clear his head, becomes more concerned when details about Trevor come to light.

Penny insists that she wasn’t having an affair and that Trevor had become very depressed in recent months. Mickey finds out that Trevor was made redundant four months ago but was heading out of the house every morning, keeping up the pretence to his wife and children.

Finally realising how unbalanced he is, a search is arranged and Stone jumps into a patrol car, determined to find him. He eventually finds Trevor in his car, but before he gets a chance to speak to him, Trevor puts his foot down and smashes into a parked vehicle.

With the car in flames, Stone manages to pull Trevor out of the car, with the help of P.C.s Nate Roberts (Ben Richards) and Mel Ryder (Rhea Bailey). Suddenly remembering the baby in the back, Stone rushes to his aid, but the car bursts into flames. Later, forensic tests prove that Stan wasn’t in the car as feared and the desperate search to find him begins. Will Stone and his team get to him in time?

Elsewhere, D.C. Will Fletcher (Gary Lucy) spends his last day at Sun Hill before transferring to another station. Before he leaves, a suspicious Mickey talks to him about Stone and Will is unable to alleviate any of Mickey’s worries about the Sergeant...
THE BILL is a talkbackTHAMES production and a direct commission by ITV. This episode was written by Matthew Bardsley, directed by Tim Leandro and produced by Ciara McIlvenny.