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1. Mercer Radio Show
An original transcript created by Caleb KnowLes
Production Script
March L7 ?OLG
@ 2OLG Caleb Knowles
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Media - Radio Drama

2. 1. (soulro or can ontvtNe pasr aNp pgopls rAJ,rrNe rN tgg
STREET TRAI{SITTONS TO A QUTETER SETTING IIHERE THERE
PAPERS AS THE BACKGROT'ND NOISE FADES OUT)
2. Bishop: (coughs, clears throat then sighs)
3. (PHONE BEEPS rVrTH MESSAGE)
4. Receptionist: sir, your next client is here for
their appointment
5. Bishop: thank you Darla, send them in
6. (sou![p oF FooTsTEps rN THE rrArLT{Ay FoLLor{Ep By A
KNOCK ON A DOOR)
7 . Bishop: come in
8. (pooR oPENs)
9. Bishop: nice to meet you, f'm Doctor Bishop
10. Mercer: Aedan Mercer, thanks for seeing me on
short notice
11. Bishop: it' s no trouble. Please, have a seat...
or lie down, whichever makes you comfortable and
we'11 start as soon as possible
12 . Mercer: I' 11 sit
13. Bishop: (exhaLes while saying) alright then...
L4. (SOUND OF BOTH MEN SITTING DOTSN)
15. Bishop: ok, give me one minute... (typing of
keys) Uhm... did you say your last name was Mercer?
L6. Mercer: (hums in agreement)
11 . Bishop: strange...
18. Mercer: something wrong?
79. I am sorry but I don't seem to be able to find
any of your files... no medical history, no address
location, not even your name...

3. 1. Mercer: WelI, f did book this appointment. You can
ask your front desk if you need proof
2. Bishop: No, it's fine I remember this appointment
being booked, I have it written in my memo... wel1,
it's probably just Lhe computer, I'Ll have a
technician l-ook at it later.
3. Mercer: shall we start? f'm suddenly a bit rushed
for time
4. Bishop: yes, of course, feel free to sit in a
position where you are comfortable, and if at any
point you feel like you want to lie down, then go
right ahead
5. Mercer: thanks, but I'II manage
6. Bishop: well, if you're sure then we can begin. So,
what's been troubling you?
7. Mercer: well, I suppose you could say that lately
I've been havinq work issues
B. Bishop: stress? Too much pressure?
9. Mercer: something Iike that
10. Bishop: well, what is it you do?
11. Mercer: weII, I work for several employers...
it's a bit of a freelance line of work that involves
taking care of... problems for different people
12. Bishop: so... a private investigator?
13. Mercer: not exactly. My line of work is
actually less preferred than that of a law
enforcer's. And actually less 1ega1. And the
"problems" are other people themselves.
74. Bishop: right... (cJ.ears throat) so what is your
actual occupation? What is it exactly that you do?
15. Mercer: (sighs) honestly? Erom a young age f've
been trained in how to take the lives of others. No
matLer who they are, who they worked for, if they
had a family or not, it made no difference. f've
been raised to kill without remorse and not question

4. why. My "occupation" is that of a professional
killer.
1. Bishop: (clears throat) well... I, um...
2 . Mercer: you said to be honest
3. Bishop: (inhales/exhales) you're being serious?
4 . Mercer: yeah
5. Bishop: so... why exactly are you here?
6. Mercer: I said so earlier; late1y I've been having
some issues following through on my work.
7. Bishop: and why do you think that is?
B. Mercer: no idea. I suppose it could be that f'm
slightly emotionally unstable from my chifdhood and
it's only just taking effect now. Maybe I just don't
want do kill anymore. Honestly, I have no ldea.
That's why I'm here.
9. Bishop: ok, welI... rrhy would you be emotionally
unstable from your childhood?
10. Mercer: can you be more specific?
11. Bishop: can you think of any situation which
might have maybe... traumatised you in some way? Did
you... Iose anyone when you were young?
L2. (A PAUSE THAT I.ASTS AROI'ND 3 SECONDS)
13. Mercer: (sighs) yeah kind of
14. Bishop: family member?
15. Mercer: family members, dLI of them actually
L6. Bishop: oh, well that certainly would be
disturbing for anyone... how old were you when you
Iost them?
71. Mercer: more or less the day f was born
actually. My parents weren't really the "parenti-ng"
type. Not to me anyway. To them f wasn't a family
member... just some kid who l1ved wlth them. Actually
"survived" is a better word to use. What I had
wasn't living, it was existing.

5. 4
2.
Bishop: so you didn't see them as family members
EI LlLUI :
Mercer: no. I had no reason to. My father was too
proud and too ashamed of me and didn't hesitate to
show it. My mother was a good person but she was too
weak. She was too afraid of everything, and when my
father was ashamed of me, she was too scared to
think anything efse for herself and avoided me for
as long as she could.
3. Bishop: so there was nobody at aff?
Mercer: actually, I had a sister. She was my
faml-ly's pride and joy. She was a talented artist
and brought my family a lot of money so that's not
all too surprising. But she was the only one that.
paid me any mind. The only one who tried to look
after me when my parents failed.
5. Bishop: but... you lost her?
6. (AI{OTHER PAUSE ABOUT 3 SECOTIDS LONG)
7 . Mercer: yeah... she was gone f irst actua1ly... then my
f ather... then my mother.
8. Bishop: do mind if I ask how?
9. Mercer: my sister was in a traffic collision and was
crushed before she hit the gtround, my mother hung
herself, and I killed my father with a smashed glass
bottle.
10. Bishop: oh... f'm... sorry for your loss. How old
were you?
11. Mercer: I was nine and don't say "sorry"
hate that word.
I2 Bishop: why is that?
13. Mercer: it's the only thing my mother would
say. She was always sorry for everything. That word
shows weakness. It shows that you have no will of
your own to defend yourself and others can just shit
on you as they please.

6. 5
1. Bishop: So is that why you kilI people? To prevent
people from looking down on you? That's... weII quite
psychotic.
2. Mercer: no. I'm not a psychopath. f'm fully aware of
what I'm doing. I know it's not the right thing to
do. But sometimes a problem can only end with death.
And the reason why I do it? Its because f don't know
how to do anything else. This is all T know. And...
I'm good at it. But know this, Joshua Bishop; I
don't kiII without reason. There is always a reason
someone has to die.
3. Bishop: how did you know my first name? and what
reasons are you talking about?
4. Mercer: you'11 find that I know a lot of things
about you Doctor Blshop. Probably more than you know
yourself.
5. Bishop: r- real1y?
6. Mercer: birth name Joshua Bishop, born 19th October
1960 in St Thomas's hospital, London England,
currently lives in 22 Addison Crescent, Kensington.
Graduated from Goldsmiths University of London in
7981 with degrees in Psychology and Psychotherapy.
Met spouse Mary Coleman in 1990, married in L996 and
became a fu11y trained psychiatrist in 7991.
7. Bishop: hah, is there anythinq else you know?
B. Mercer: I know that you're a psychiatrist by day,
but a child murderer by night and you keep your
victims chained up in a closet in the basement of
your home, and keep recordings of them screaming for
their parents while all of this time, your wife is
none the wiser.
9. Bishop: wh... what are you talking about?
10. Mercer: you know exactly what I'm talking
about. And that ffush of red in your face and that
stream of sweat running across your forehead agrees
with me. So let me ask you something. Who's the
psychopath now?
11. Bishop: what... what do you want? Why are you
here ?

7. 1. Mercer: two reasons. I had an appointment for a
session with you, and someone pald a lot of money
for you to be investigated and killed if rumour
revealed truth.
2. (SOITND OF GI,N BEEN PULLED OUT)
3. Mercer: now take you damn finger away from that
panic button under your desk, put your hands flat on
the table and stand up. Now.
4. (CHAIR IS PUSHED BACK AS BISHOP STAlrpS Up)
5. Bishop: what... what happens now? You're going to kitl
me? Where's your proof? You've just come in here,
made an accusation and pulled a qun on me ! You have
nothing ! You... you have shit I
6. Mercer: I didn't need to bring proof; the
constabulary are already at your house right now
tearing the place apart. And when they find that
closet in your basement, along with all of those
recordings, they're gonna have aIl the evidence they
need.
7 . Bishop: shit...
B. Mercer: shit, indeed.
9 . Bishop: please... please don' t do this, 1et them take
me in- I need... f need help
10. Mercer: how long do you think you will l-ast
after the other inmates find out what you're 1n for?
A day? A week? Not a chance. Frankly I'd rather kiIl
you myself and get it out of the way.
11. Bishop: 1s there any way I can-
L2. Mercer: no, there isn't.
13. Bishop: weII, who are you to judge me? You kill
people for a living and you think that you're better
than me?
14. Mercer: I never said that, but the difference
between you and me is that I don't kiII without
reason
15. Bishop: so that's it. You're just going to kiII
me Iike... Can I... at l-east-

8. 1. (GtN COCKS, MUSrC Ar,itD AI{BIENT NOrSE STOPS)
2. Mercer: no you cant. Goodbye Dr Bishop. Have fun in
hell.
3. (SILENCED GI'N FIRES/ BODY HITS TTIE FLOOR)
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