 After completing work on "In The Club", Hardiman was approached to direct the two-part fourth series finale (2014) of the ITV1 crime drama "Scott & Bailey", also produced by Red Production Company.Hardiman felt the "Scott & Bailey" differentiated itself from standard police procedurals in so far as it was "noir-ish" "gritty" and possessed "a very consistent and specific voice" which she felt to be close to her own aesthetic approach to storytelling.Hardiman also appreciated working on a show that was female-led, yet not thematically dominated by the gender of its protagonists.