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Looks like there might be a completely new player in town. Guy by the name of

Lee Thompson.

Okay. Taking the gloves off here. Gloves off.

You can't save this place.

Nobody can.

Watch me.

They're nearly all military veterans.

Some from here, from England, Scotland.

It's like a wee private army.

What's your favourite gun?

That depends.

We noticed you have a wee doorbell camera there.

I can't give you that, love.

Me and Shane. He must have shared it.

Right. You have to report it.

I didn't want to use the phone.

It's come to that, has it?

I took documents with me when I left.

Agents, handlers, operations, all the dirty wee secrets.

When it comes down to it, I'm the one that's going to make a difference out

there. That's what I'm afraid of.

Stroll in like you're in a night out. Buy a drink, you have a dance.

Just observe who's in there.

We can't just leave him there. I'm not going to be exposed to him.

Bullets! That was Canleen's car.

Go, go, go!

Voluntarily step out of the car. The entrance of the factory Facebook...

Getting your story straight, are you?

Listen, Annie, we... You left him there?

No, listen... I'm talking to him. Hey, hey, hey, hey.

You need to calm down. Don't tell me to calm down.

I saw you drive away.

Look, I heard the chatter on the radio. He's going to be fine. Because we got to

him. He could have been killed.

Mate, you need to put a muzzle on that.

Constable Conlon, my office now.

What the hell were you thinking? Do you know what? Don't even answer that

because as usual you weren't thinking at all, were you? I'm sorry. Sorry? What's

sorry got to do with it? Sorry means absolutely nothing at all. You punched a

senior officer in the face. I know.

Look, I don't want to hear it. Just go home. I'll be in touch.

Helen. Ma'am.

Ma'am, what about what he did to Tommy? That is not your concern. But it's...

Look, I said go home.

Couple of deep cuts.

This one's going to need a few stitches.

The good news is that the CT scan hasn't shown up anything.

What? No brain at all?

Just keep an eye on him? Yeah. Wake him up every hour or so?

Oh, no, it's not. We're not like... Oh, sorry.

Sorry, I thought... It's fine.

Yeah, I can do that.

Cool.

This is excellent intelligence work, Murray.

My methods weren't to everyone's taste, ma'am.

Well, desperate times call for desperate measures.

Oh, that's what I thought too, ma'am. So what now?

Depends on the objective.

Go on.

Is it to take Lee Thompson out no matter what?

Or do we try to contain him, get things under control?

Personally, I'd like to work out who he is, what he wants.

I think he might be better than what came beforehand.

How much did you owe Davey Hummel?

It's a lot, Lee.

He came up to me at the food bank.

Asked if I needed a few quid for Christmas.

You know, for the kids' presents and that, and I said okay.

How much is it?

900.

But I paid that off three months ago.

And you're paying?

100 a month.

How much do you still have to pay?

A thousand.

It's the interest, like, just...

Not anymore.

You can't afford anymore.

We can't even put gas in the meter. The kids, they're freezing in the house. I

mean no more payments.

What?

Your debts are forgiven.

It's wiped, Stacey.

You can forget about it.

Seriously?

Here's 200.

Put it on the gas and electric.

What, um... What is it that you want?

Your brother is a great man.

Next!

Right.

I've just spoken with Tommy.

He's okay.

Good.

That's good.

Annie, we're going to get this sorted, all right?

Do you know why I joined the police?

No.

Because I felt like it.

Went to get a sandwich for lunch one day, saw an ad at the side of a bus stop

and applied that afternoon.

Never really thought about it.

About the fact that I might need to leave home.

Leave all my friends behind.

I just do things and don't think about them. That's my problem.

I just don't want to lose my job.

Come here.

Come here.

We're gonna get it sorted, alright?

Ma'am, is there somewhere we can discuss this more privately?

No, it's not a good time. There's somewhere to be.

Ma'am, I'd really appreciate... What is there to discuss? She assaulted a senior

officer with witnesses. Yeah, ma'am, there was extenuating circumstances. And

just imagine what it would do to discipline in that section if that

officer isn't punished and seemed to be punished.

Ma'am, D.S. Canning sent her colleague into a dangerous situation in direct

contravention of the regulations and then left him there.

I'm making a formal complaint to PST. Oh, for Christ's sake, Inspector.

Listen to yourself.

I'm sorry?

DS Canyon's intel report this morning showed exceptionally good police work.

For the first time in months, we've a definite lead in how these drugs are

being distributed.

We're one step closer to putting a lid on this whole thing.

And you want to punish him? He broke the rules. Shut the fuck up, Helen.

Morning.

Hey, Robin.

I'm Tom Lowry, Crime Ops.

I pissed someone off there.

It looks that way, aye?

So, look, we have to search the house.

There's a team there now.

I'll caution you on the way to the station. Sound okay?

What's the charge?

It's the Official Secrets Act.

Dissemination of stolen documents.

Look, I'm sorry, okay?

What for?

Leaving Tommy on his own or sharing photos of Annie with your mates?

No. Listen, I didn't share any photos.

Jane, I'm not interested, right?

Let's just get through the shift.

Uniform to all call signs, we have reports of a disturbance.

7 Flax Avenue.

Over. A little health case.

Been there before.

740 uniform, responding.

Brandon? Carry yourself!

Chris, Chris. It's alright.

Stupid day!

Brandon?

Hello?

Brandon, mate?

You alright?

Easy, man, easy.

You alright, Brandon? Easy,

Brandon. It's me, Shane.

That's it, that's it. All good. Remember me from last time?

I remember you. Hi.

Do you fancy one of these?

There you go.

You all good now, mate?

Tommy, I told you not to come in. I know.

Vic Skipper, I need to talk to you about something.

And you get under your head.

That's it.

Why didn't you spray him as soon as he jumped me?

Sorry.

So what?

Are we evens now?

Oh, no.

No, not even close.

And you're sure the man that attacked you last night was Keith Wylie?

He said he'd get me someday.

I believe he was back out on the streets.

I mean, how the hell did he even make bail?

Well, we're gonna find him, Tommy.

I promise you that.

Listen, Sarge.

I need to see the video again.

What video?

The video.

Last night worked.

Just about.

But there was a cop in that club.

You know what that means, don't you?

I run to you.

There's only a matter of time.

I'll deal with it.

Who was your man last night?

Dealing with the cop?

Whaley. Dixon's man.

He's going to have to go.

Leave it to me.

No.

I have a better idea.

Where's the wee man?

Wee man?

Henry? Why?

I'll speak to Inspector McNally.

Tommy.

Mate. Well done last night. You played a blinder.

Great work.

Listen, between you and me, Chief Super's delighted.

She's got her eye on you.

Go fuck yourself, Connie.

Grace, I didn't want to leave him there. Yeah, but you did. I told Canning not to

drive off.

Do you realise that Annie could lose her job?

She did punch him.

Well, only because you and your mate Canning could have got Tommy killed.

Canning's not my mate.

Right.

Well, it looks like you've got no mates then.

Hi. Hi.

Oh, erm... For you.

Thanks.

How are you doing?

OK.

You?

Yeah.

Anyway, erm, this is you.

Robin, are you okay?

This is all my fault.

What do you mean it's all your fault?

I used the names in the documents you showed me to contact some of your old

colleagues. They must have reported it.

I'm sorry.

Okay.

It's fine.

No, it isn't.

I shouldn't have done it.

I mean, I should have at least been more careful.

I'm exactly where I want to be.

Henry?

Henry?

Rob?

Have you seen Henry? I thought he was upstairs. He's not.

Have you tried your brother?

Is Henry with you?

It's Grant.

We were just going for a walk.

For how long?

About an hour.

Lee. It's fine, Wags.

Lee. Wags, it's fine.

Bye.

My word.

I'll do as well.

Yeah, me as well. Annie's job's on the line here.

Yeah.

Listen, we all know you're just passing through here. That you think you're

destined for bigger things, that's fine, no problem.

But when it comes to hurting people in this section, it is a problem.

A big fucking problem.

Shane, you heard what he said to her before she hit him.

Oh, come on, you were there.

Look, I know that you are not like Canny, but you need to realise this now.

Not tomorrow, not next week, now.

You need to step up here.

How is she?

She knows she's messed up.

You okay?

Yeah, you know, beauty and the beast.

What?

Come in.

I'm only messing, relax.

Remember when we worked together last year on that shooting with that kid?

Yeah, of course, yeah. You see, I thought you were a team player.

A decent guy.

And now I realise you're just a misogynistic little prick.

Ouch.

With me.

I just need to... Sit with me.

I swear to God, these fucking people, man.

I don't have a clue.

They're angry?

About last night?

Yeah, I don't give a shit.

Okay, listen, this is all about Lee Thompson now. He's our only target.

For surveillance?

No, fuck surveillance.

We need to reach out to him.

Reach out to him?

Are you serious?

Yeah, of course.

I want to see where he's going with all this.

Does he have a sensible head on his shoulders?

Look, I need to get the measure on. We'll go see how he feels about having a

wee word with us.

Listen, Sarge.

This whole thing with Annie Conlon.

What about it?

Well, is there any chance you could let it lie?

Let it lie?

What? And have every peeler in Belfast know I was slapped by some wee girl and

didn't do anything about it?

Don't think so, mate.

Look, find me on this house train next time, alright?

Look, get changed.

Meet me in the car park.

Yes? Ma'am, can I talk to you about something?

Keep an eye out for the pillars.

Are you sure about that?

Yeah, I am.

What do we say to the bad people around here?

We tell them to go away.

Somewhere else.

Well, I'll talk away.

Henry's all right.

Look, Lee, mate, what happened the other night with the cop at the club?

I'm sorry, mate, I do.

I was just, like... Why were you there?

Look, Lee, I want to work for you, mate.

That's the truth, and then I saw that cop there, and I thought, I thought,

that's a problem for you.

You know?

So I thought if I can take him on now, it would cause a bit of a commotion, you

know? And that way you would know that they were there and watching you.

I did you a favour there.

I mean, I did that for you.

You know?

Helping you out, like.

You know?

I abide that.

You went there.

Because you always go there and you didn't know what else to do and then you

saw that cop and just couldn't stop yourself.

Do you know why, Keith?

I said, do you know why, Keith?

No.

Because you are stupid.

Really, really stupid.

No, I'm not.

Henry, do you know who Adolf Hitler is and the Nazis?

The Nazis?

They were really bad.

Yeah.

Really bad.

That's what Keith is.

Amen. I'm not into that stuff anymore.

Combat 18.

So... The A and the H of Adolf and Hitler are the first and the eighth

letters of the alphabet.

Hence, the 18 in Combat 18.

Now, this is the really important bit, sons.

Our forefathers went to fight the Nazis.

King and country.

And they gave their lives for that.

So, what...

kind of loyalist would want to be a Nazi?

I mean, what does that make

him?

A bad man.

A bad man.

Now leave. For flip's sake, go ahead, Henry.

You have to leave.

Forever.

I don't need it anymore.

Mate, I did that for you.

I was helping you out.

We'll give you an hour to get back.

Because Keith, you are the past.

And we're the future.

One hour.

Believe me.

So, Mr. Graham, you took the documents from your place of employment upon

retirement from Special Branch?

Yes, I did.

Robin, you don't have to comment at this point. I took those as evidence of what

I believed to be moral and ethical wrongdoing on

behalf of myself and my colleagues.

Was it illegal?

Well, that's hard to say.

In the 70s and 80s,

The government gave us no legislation to work from. I think that was deliberate.

Mr Graham, these matters are not germane, if you could please... Germane!

Of course they are!

Robin, please.

I was involved in the management of agents who had foreknowledge of acts of

violence, which, on occasion, I did absolutely nothing to prevent.

In early May of 1978...

I was a 24-year-old handler in special branch.

24 years old.

An agent of mine made me aware of a planned bomb attack.

But, Robin, this is not... Made me aware of a planned bomb attack. Robin! OK, OK,

stop the tape. We're taking a break now. We are not taking a fucking break! We're

taking a break!

Can I have a word?

This has to stop.

What the hell are you even doing here?

This is none of your business.

Have a seat.

No. Thank you.

But this isn't going to go anywhere. It can't.

What? When you filed the case, it was flagged. At government level.

It's a legal case.

Only a judge can stop it.

You've a lot to learn.

Okay. Well, please enlighten me.

Explain to me.

What it is you want, Jen?

I want the truth for Happy Kelly.

Robin Graham knows that truth.

Or a part of it.

They just want someone to listen to them. Someone to acknowledge what

happened to them, what they've been through.

Yeah, they want that.

Or do you?

What?

A year ago, you shot and killed a man.

You have refused all help, all counselling.

You've thrown yourself into a new job. No friends, no socialising, just work.

And now here you are.

Excavating trauma, just not yours.

Looking for the truth, just not yours. I didn't do this because I was... Jen,

can't you see it?

This is all about you.

Listen, um... I've been speaking to the Crown's solicitor.

They're willing to offer a deal.

A settlement for Happy Kelly.

A substantial sum. If you take it, Rob and Graham will be released without

charge. You get your win, Tim.

We all move on.

We?

What do you mean, we?

Oh, my God.

This all comes back to you. Somehow you're involved in this.

I am.

And what?

Well, you arranged all this. The arrest, everything.

No, I didn't. But as district commander, I was informed of it. Right. And here

you are looking to save your own skin. No, it's not like that. That's what it

looks like, Mum.

What did you do?

I wrapped it all up.

What?

Around the time you were born, I was transferred into Special Branch.

I was an ambitious young woman like you are now.

I'd never handled an agent myself. They saw me as a clean skin.

That's why they chose me.

Chose you for what?

I was tasked with downsizing our agent running operations.

But in order to do that, I had to know everything.

Every last detail.

I reviewed every case, read every file, stood down assets, paid others off.

I wasn't a clean skin after that.

How can you just walk around knowing all that?

Being a part of it?

It was worth it.

Worth it?

Are you joking?

The decisions we made back then, they were dreadful.

One life versus ten, two versus seven. We had no help, no guidance, no law.

And yet, in the end, we stopped a civil war. Oh, come on. We did.

I believe that. You played God.

Jesus. Why do you think this government is stopping all legal cases relating to

the past in Northern Ireland?

To protect people like you. Because those cases would reveal the truth. And

the truth is too much. For everyone.

How can you even say that?

It needs to be out in the open. All of it. Do you think it will help him?

Happy Kelly?

Knowing the truth?

Of course it would help him.

And Jerry Cliff?

Jerry?

What about him?

He wanted the truth.

He wanted it so badly he ran towards it without even thinking about the cost and

he took you with him. But Jerry was a good man. Yes he was. Too good.

Like you.

Jen.

Please believe me when I say that there are some things it is better not to

know.

Don't let this destroy your future.

Please.

Don't.

Inspector McNally wants me across this.

Eyes ahead.

Fine.

This had better be worth it.

That guy there.

In the maroon tracksuit top.

He was at the club too.

You sure?

Kilo One, we have uniform in theatre.

Repeat, we have uniform in theatre.

Yeah.

The driver.

That's him.

Again, Lee, if we're back and we're going with Lee Thompson, this is far

worse than we thought.

Yeah.

Look, I, um... I never said sorry.

For what?

This.

Last year... I lost control.

Listen, Jonty.

I think I maybe get it now.

You get carried away and... you don't know when to say stop.

Yeah.

That's it exactly

Is

it true you told Canning to go fuck himself?

Yeah Good work

What? Just here for a wee drink.

I don't think so.

Hmm. Is your brother around?

No.

That's okay, we'll wait.

I'd like you to leave.

That's a tough one.

Maybe you should call the police.

I hear you're confined to barracks.

In case I have a concussion.

Might be hard to tell.

How do you fancy looking into all our contacts with Lee Thompson over the past

few weeks? See if there's some way into him we haven't seen yet.

I thought that was Calming's job. Yeah.

Exactly.

OK.

OK.

Better access to what you need.

Don't go sending any emails.

We have to get all this to the solicitor by Monday.

He'll know what to do with it.

There's peelers here for you.

How many?

Two.

Uniform? Nope.

Okay.

I'm on my way. Leave Henry there.

What? I don't want him to see this.

Leave him there and I'll come get him.

Yeah.

Okay. Get all this back into the safe.

Peelers are waiting for me at the pub.

They've got nothing on us.

You wait there, Matt, okay?

All right. Your mum will be here for you soon.

Hello? Hi, Annie, it's me. Can you come in?

Am I going to lose my job?

Just come in, OK? I'll see you soon.

OK.

OK, bye.

So, do you think he'll stand over it?

Shane, yeah.

I think so.

Maybe we got him all wrong.

Wonders never cease.

Round here, they don't.

That warrant for the doorbell footage is ready to be actioned.

Okay, great. I'll get Stevie and Grace to do it.

Thanks.

I thought they wanted to be separated.

They need to sort it out at some point.

Anyway, what's the worst that could happen?

All right, then.

I just have to keep myself right, love. Do you know what I mean?

Absolutely, Elaine.

Absolutely.

You having some people over?

That's for you, love.

Excuse me?

The wee man rang and said you would be dropping in.

So we made you a few things.

Oh. Oh, Elaine.

We would love to, but we can't. We're up against the day, aren't we?

Well, we can start in a few minutes.

Can't we?

Why not?

Great.

I'll put the kettle on.

Happy tears.

What? Oh, come on.

There she'll go, right?

They're not going to hold you.

What?

Why?

They say that they've retrieved the documents from your house.

They say that in light of your exemplary service for 35 years, it won't be in the

public interest to charge you.

I just want to talk about what happened.

I need to.

I know.

I know.

So?

How you finding the section?

Uh... Yeah, you know... What?

Nothing. Doesn't matter.

Oh, come on. What?

I think... They're all grieving.

You think they're all... What?

I think they're all grieving.

Uniform from 7-0. We've got eyes on Keith Wiley at Ravenmoor Road. Over. 7

-0. Uniform standing back up. All right. Clear front.

Clear back.

Go.

Sir, I need to ask you to put your hands above your head. Now.

Immediately. Marv, could you step back, please? I need to see those hands.

Ah, fuck it.

If I'm going to get arrested anyway, I might as well enjoy kicking the shite

out of a stupid black bitch.

Love's indeed.

Cheers.

Now you can spend the next 10 years in prison thinking about exactly who kicked

your fucking ass.

I see.

That's what you get for being a racist fucking prick.

Thank you, madam.

Thank you. That'll do.

You don't have to say anything, but I must caution you. You do not mention my

questions. Uniform from 7-0.

You can cancel that back up. It's under control. Over.

7-0, routine.

Do you understand the caution?

There'll be once of the family in that album.

Uh, Eileen, you don't mind if we get the footage now, do you? Any minute, love.

That's Kyle Lauer.

He lives in Birmingham.

And that's Rodney.

He lives in the south, would you believe?

Dublin. Didn't see that one coming.

There's Dirk there.

Oh. Only last year he died.

A heart attack.

I'm sorry.

Are you on your own?

On me own.

In them.

What's in those?

They're older ones.

You'll love those.

Now, let's find the ones that done it all.

Oh, there we go. Oh.

It's that Bondorn.

There's my Uncle Bobby, there's my Aunt Jane.

I think that might have been poor Rush.

Isn't he lovely?

Sure you boys don't want a drink?

On duty.

Good for you.

So, Lee, what's the plan?

Plan? Yeah, the plan.

I mean, under Dixie and Hamill, things really went to shit.

Talking chaos, bad for everybody.

You gonna fall on their footsteps?

Listen, mate.

Here's the crack.

I don't like chaos.

I like quiet.

Peace and quiet.

Me too.

Well, that's good to hear, then.

Isn't that good to hear, Shane?

Personally, I'm against the war on drugs.

Is that right?

That is right, yeah.

People drink, people sell it to them, people do drugs, people sell it to them.

Don't see much of a difference myself.

For the likes of me, it's just pushing a boulder up a hill.

All I see is one face after another.

Faces like yours, Lee.

You take one down, another one pops up. It's pointless.

You can't be an idealist in that kind of environment.

You have to be a pragmatist, work with what you've got.

Now, don't get me wrong, mate.

I'm a police officer.

I enforce the law.

For instance, if you fuck up in any way, I'll be there.

That's just what I do.

But if you don't fuck up and you don't cause chaos, well, then we're just a

couple of pragmatists in a mad fucking world, doing what we have to do.

All right?

and he's an idealist.

That is us.

There's your recipe there, love. Just be careful with the castor sugar.

You put in too much, you'll ruin the whole thing.

Thanks, honey.

Are you sure you don't want another cup of tea? No, no, we've really got to go

now. Hi.

Shirley. Come on now.

Shirley's out.

Oh, nutmeg.

Nutmeg.

A wee dash of cinnamon, that's very right and wrong.

She knows what she's doing.

I think she's lonely.

Yeah.

Yeah, I think she is.

Are you okay?

No, not really.

I miss him.

Carl.

I mean, I know, I know he's got to grow up and do his own thing, but just, you

know... I miss him.

You know, me applying to do this job was... ..was the first time that I ever

did something for myself.

And... ..it's gone now, and, er... ..all I've got is

this job.

Come on, Chris.

No.

That's not good, is it?

That's not good?

That this is all that you have?

No, it's not.

I'm sorry.

For what?

Oh, God, for... For,

you know.

For, you know?

I'm sorry too.

Shall we go?

Let's go.

Right, stick on the tune.

You made a big choice today, Shane. Big fucking choice.

T.S. Cannon, Constable Bradley.

A moment.

Put a muzzle on that.

What? That's what you said to Constable Conlon before she struck you. Verified

by witness.

Now, I can, of course, proceed with your complaint to professional standards.

by Constable Conlon, but I'll have to include that in my report.

What, the fact that he compared her to a dog?

Yes.

That.

So would you like me to proceed?

Or not?

You were finished anyway.

My night really fun.

We can never be here again or anywhere like it.

You never will be.

Get back to work.

Okay, here's an absolute banger for you.

Oh, this takes me back.

So what did you hear this for the first time?

What?

It's been the Red Rose Theater.

The Red Rose Theater. Red Rose Theater.

Sounds mental.

Yeah, sounds legal.

Class?