1 00:00:04,880 --> 00:00:06,720 Okay, okay. How about this? 2 00:00:06,840 --> 00:00:08,520 I heard a rumor there's this beef farmer, 3 00:00:08,600 --> 00:00:10,440 {\an8}not too far from here, feeding angel dust to his cattle. 4 00:00:10,520 --> 00:00:11,240 Nope. 5 00:00:11,320 --> 00:00:13,160 {\an8}Okay, what about an article 6 00:00:13,280 --> 00:00:15,440 {\an8}on untreated sewage in the drinking water? 7 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:16,079 Nah. 8 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:18,360 {\an8}- Nepotism in the council? - No. 9 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:22,880 {\an8}A yoga teacher who is also running a brothel? 10 00:00:23,240 --> 00:00:24,440 Emerson... 11 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:26,960 {\an8}we need to give the locals 12 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:29,160 {\an8}a reason to buy a local paper. 13 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:31,680 {\an8}People around here couldn't give a toss if their water smells funny. 14 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:34,200 {\an8}They don't question why their steaks are big and juicy. 15 00:00:34,320 --> 00:00:35,960 {\an8}Or why John Joe gave John Joe Jr 16 00:00:36,040 --> 00:00:37,160 {\an8}the contract to cut the hedges. 17 00:00:37,280 --> 00:00:40,440 {\an8}Well, what do they want? You tell me and I'll write it. 18 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:43,440 {\an8}In a small town, 19 00:00:43,520 --> 00:00:45,920 {\an8}not more than 50 miles from here, 20 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:48,560 {\an8}there was a robbery in a post office. 21 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:52,800 {\an8}Now, tomorrow, their local paper is going to run a story on it. 22 00:00:52,880 --> 00:00:55,560 - It's a cracker. I presume you've heard. - No. 23 00:00:56,040 --> 00:00:57,680 9 am. 24 00:00:57,960 --> 00:00:59,840 A guy walks into the post office. 25 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:02,040 He's all alone in the place. 26 00:01:02,320 --> 00:01:04,959 - Well, apart from the tellers, right? - Teller. 27 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:07,040 There's only one working this morning 28 00:01:07,120 --> 00:01:09,520 because her co-worker called in sick, so... 29 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:11,080 The guy that walks in, 30 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:14,200 is holding a fistful of helium balloons. 31 00:01:14,440 --> 00:01:16,240 And when he releases them... 32 00:01:16,360 --> 00:01:18,680 They float up and cover the security camera. 33 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:20,520 - Look who woke up. - Camera covered, 34 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:22,320 the robber pulls down his hoodie-- 35 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:25,680 And he pulls out a gun and he points it at the teller, 36 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:28,360 whose finger is about to press the alarm. 37 00:01:28,680 --> 00:01:30,440 "I didn't press it," she says. 38 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:33,760 "I know," says he. "How do you know?" she says. 39 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:36,200 Because you'd be dead if you did. 40 00:01:37,320 --> 00:01:38,240 That's a nice line. 41 00:01:38,320 --> 00:01:40,480 Totally invented by the fella writing the story. 42 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:42,800 - I'll tell him you said so. - Do! 43 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:46,080 So, with the gun pointed at her, the teller grabs a big envelope 44 00:01:46,160 --> 00:01:47,760 and she starts to pile the cash into it. 45 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:51,000 And when she's done, she gives it to the robber, and... 46 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:53,320 And what? 47 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:55,920 And that's it. 48 00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:58,040 He leaves with the money. 49 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:01,280 Now, what have you learned from this? 50 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:03,040 That stories need better endings than that. 51 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:03,880 True. 52 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:05,200 But think big picture. 53 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:07,840 That story is like something you'd see on TV, 54 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:09,320 not something that happens here. 55 00:02:09,639 --> 00:02:12,440 That's what the readers want. 56 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:14,520 Guns, crime, twists, turns. 57 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:17,240 Not 400 words about their local yoga teacher 58 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:18,760 being a bit of a prozzie. 59 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:20,880 But most importantly, 60 00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:23,520 good stories aren't something I can look out the window 61 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:25,120 and see for free. 62 00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:33,680 Oh... what happened to the robber? 63 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:34,520 Did he get caught? 64 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:37,440 There's only one way to find out. 65 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:40,320 You'll have to buy a newspaper. 66 00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:50,440 Killing is like eating. 67 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:54,080 Put it off for too long, and you become ravenous. 68 00:02:56,880 --> 00:03:00,080 Where and when this all ends, who knows. 69 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:04,000 I only know that I've given Tom here, enough rope. 70 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:08,320 And he's decided to hang himself. 71 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:21,400 The man's had every opportunity 72 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:22,920 to prove that he doesn't deserve this. 73 00:03:24,040 --> 00:03:27,520 That he shouldn't be the one to put a smile on my face. 74 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:30,240 And yet... nothing. 75 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:34,640 Only confirmation that a life must end. 76 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:37,440 Shut up! To fuck! 77 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:39,200 Shut up! 78 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:41,640 And that I get paid. 79 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:43,000 Hold on, Mammy. 80 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:45,840 He's your son. You deal with him. 81 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:48,240 He can say what he wants. 82 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:50,040 It's my land. 83 00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:51,960 My cattle go wherever they like. 84 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:53,600 Hang up. 85 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:54,600 He said what? 86 00:03:55,080 --> 00:03:56,320 Come on! 87 00:03:57,240 --> 00:03:58,720 Stay where you are! 88 00:03:58,800 --> 00:03:59,760 I'm on me way. 89 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:05,560 All he did was put off the inevitable. 90 00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:06,800 His death, 91 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:08,400 and my happiness. 92 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:10,280 Oh, I'm not done with Tom. 93 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:12,520 Not by a long shot. 94 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:15,960 Good morning. 95 00:04:16,399 --> 00:04:17,760 I got your mail by mistake. 96 00:04:21,880 --> 00:04:24,560 - Do you have any Panadol? - I don't believe in taking pills. 97 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:27,440 Why? Do you believe in pain? 98 00:04:27,640 --> 00:04:30,120 No, I believe in paying for your fun. 99 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:32,760 Good night out with Mal? 100 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:33,920 I know. 101 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:37,480 He's attractive, and smart, and my type. 102 00:04:37,840 --> 00:04:39,400 But he's with her now. 103 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:41,360 And I have bigger fish to fry. 104 00:04:41,640 --> 00:04:43,760 Hey, do you fancy going on the hop? 105 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:48,040 It's just Hughie. He keeps knocking me back. 106 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:50,880 What the hell is this? 107 00:04:53,440 --> 00:04:55,560 And who the hell wrote it? 108 00:04:55,960 --> 00:04:58,000 So I thought, you know what? 109 00:04:58,080 --> 00:04:59,600 I'll ask Elvira. 110 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:02,480 Thought you might inspire me. 111 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:04,640 Uh... post office. 112 00:05:05,760 --> 00:05:06,880 Okay, I'll take a look. 113 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:08,840 Dad's collecting his dole. 114 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:11,000 I said I'd run him home. 115 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:23,400 Have you no shame, Ward? 116 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:26,520 Do you not care what people think? 117 00:05:27,840 --> 00:05:30,520 Scrounging off the government like that? 118 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:33,520 Why not do something with your life? 119 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:36,440 Show some initiative. 120 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:39,240 You're right, Veronica. 121 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:41,560 You're absolutely right. 122 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:45,120 How are ya, Joan? 123 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:50,200 - 40/1. You got a tip? - No, it's all me own work. 124 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:53,920 Some balls you got, Ward. 125 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:55,280 It's not balls, Joan. 126 00:05:55,560 --> 00:05:56,840 It's initiative. 127 00:05:57,240 --> 00:05:58,640 Touch me for luck? 128 00:05:59,640 --> 00:06:01,040 Slán abhaile! 129 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:03,880 I'm owed and you're betting on the ponies. 130 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:07,560 Patsy, you know the drill! 131 00:06:07,680 --> 00:06:11,920 All financial transactions are to be conducted in my office. 132 00:06:12,440 --> 00:06:14,320 And I will see you, over there! 133 00:06:17,320 --> 00:06:18,960 First pint's on me! 134 00:06:35,840 --> 00:06:37,840 I'll tell you what, that horse is a dead cert. 135 00:06:37,920 --> 00:06:39,920 It won't touch a twig. 136 00:06:42,840 --> 00:06:45,160 You should've heard what she said to me, that Veronica Sloan. 137 00:06:45,520 --> 00:06:47,760 You'd think my dole money was hers, the way she was acting. 138 00:06:47,840 --> 00:06:49,440 - Somebody should really-- - What, do something about her? 139 00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:55,320 You said you were getting paid. 140 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:57,240 I also said we've bills overdue. 141 00:07:01,400 --> 00:07:02,760 That's not even the price of admission. 142 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:05,040 There's eight quid over! 143 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:09,640 - You couldn't get two pints for that! - Then buy three glasses. 144 00:07:10,400 --> 00:07:11,640 What's got into you? 145 00:07:18,960 --> 00:07:20,480 Anonymous hate mail. 146 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:23,120 The writer claims that I'm a-- 147 00:07:23,200 --> 00:07:25,800 "You're nothing but a third-rate reporter 148 00:07:25,920 --> 00:07:28,040 "working for a failed newspaper. 149 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:31,480 "A sentimental hack with a limited vocabulary. 150 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:34,400 "Your prose is laborious, with a grasp of... 151 00:07:34,480 --> 00:07:38,920 "... grammar so poor, it would make a six-year-old blush." 152 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:40,000 Callum, you're six. 153 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:40,880 Does Elvira's grammar 154 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:42,160 make you blush? 155 00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:46,840 "Each column arrives D.O.A, 156 00:07:46,960 --> 00:07:49,120 "with articles possessing the... 157 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:55,120 "... emotional resonance of instructions on the side of a Lego box." 158 00:07:55,680 --> 00:07:56,440 Whoa. 159 00:07:56,720 --> 00:08:00,240 "You, Miss Clancy, make Maeve... Binchy? 160 00:08:00,520 --> 00:08:03,160 - "... look like--" - Dostoevsky. What do I do? 161 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:06,320 - Bin it. - And let it eat me alive? 162 00:08:10,840 --> 00:08:11,840 Buy it. 163 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:13,920 It will give you a lift. 164 00:08:14,400 --> 00:08:16,440 Dad dropped 50 quid on a horse today. 165 00:08:16,720 --> 00:08:18,720 50 quid, we don't have. 166 00:08:24,880 --> 00:08:27,640 Our English teacher, Mrs Bourke. 167 00:08:28,440 --> 00:08:30,240 - You think she wrote it? - No! 168 00:08:30,320 --> 00:08:34,039 She made us write an essay once. You got 62%. 169 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:36,360 Flipped. Do you know what marks I got? 170 00:08:36,760 --> 00:08:38,640 Less than 62%. 171 00:08:38,960 --> 00:08:40,679 You always took that stuff in your stride. 172 00:08:40,760 --> 00:08:42,440 I was too busy defending you. 173 00:08:42,559 --> 00:08:45,000 I spent that week clattering anyone that said a bad word about ya. 174 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:48,080 - And for that I'm grateful. - Yeah, well, I wish I hadn't. 175 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:51,920 We got names for ourselves. 176 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:54,040 Names we never shook. You... 177 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:56,560 The space cadet with the dead mother. 178 00:08:56,640 --> 00:08:59,360 - And you... - The dumb jailbird with the dead aul' wan. 179 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:05,280 Wasn't there another one? 180 00:09:06,080 --> 00:09:08,240 Callum, where's your baby brother? 181 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:12,640 Well, go get him then. 182 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:15,360 Christ on a bike! 183 00:09:16,880 --> 00:09:18,480 Does babysitting pay well? 184 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:20,200 It does when you're on the dole. 185 00:09:21,360 --> 00:09:23,160 - It's definitely written by a man. - Oh my God! 186 00:09:23,280 --> 00:09:25,000 Did you not hear what I just said? 187 00:09:25,080 --> 00:09:26,520 Ignore it. 188 00:09:26,880 --> 00:09:28,200 Do what you do best. 189 00:09:28,640 --> 00:09:30,440 Which is what, exactly? 190 00:09:30,520 --> 00:09:33,600 Write something so good this wanker never lifts a biro again. 191 00:09:45,720 --> 00:09:47,320 No letter talk, I said. 192 00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:48,440 No, It's funny. 193 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:51,640 - Why, 'cos it laughs at me? - No, it's full of tell-tale signs. 194 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:54,000 Look! Unusual penmanship. 195 00:09:54,760 --> 00:09:55,800 That is basically 196 00:09:55,880 --> 00:09:57,240 a trail of breadcrumbs. 197 00:09:58,440 --> 00:10:00,640 It's like our poison-pen friend 198 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:02,520 is begging to be caught. 199 00:10:03,240 --> 00:10:05,280 If they wanted to be caught, they'd have signed their name. 200 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:06,440 They virtually have. 201 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:09,440 What use is it knowing that this person dots their I's funny, 202 00:10:09,560 --> 00:10:10,840 or that their T's slant at an angle? 203 00:10:10,920 --> 00:10:12,160 Where are you going? You're broke. 204 00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:14,080 Who says I'm buying? 205 00:10:14,440 --> 00:10:17,360 - Oh Dad, don't leave me like this. - You don't need me. 206 00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:18,720 You're going to be in the box room, 207 00:10:19,040 --> 00:10:20,520 chasing after your breadcrumbs. 208 00:10:20,760 --> 00:10:22,000 They're all in there. 209 00:10:22,440 --> 00:10:25,240 - Go find him! - No, no... the box room? 210 00:10:35,640 --> 00:10:41,040 I loved you as I loved you 211 00:10:41,360 --> 00:10:44,800 When you were sweet 212 00:10:45,600 --> 00:10:50,680 When you were sweet 213 00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:57,000 Sixteen 214 00:10:58,000 --> 00:10:58,920 Thank you! 215 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:00,920 It gets a bit wild in here on dole day, huh? 216 00:11:02,080 --> 00:11:04,200 Nothing compared to when the children's allowances come out. 217 00:11:04,280 --> 00:11:05,640 Now what about you? Are you going to get up and sing? 218 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:07,680 I heard you do a pretty good "Stayin' Alive." 219 00:11:08,640 --> 00:11:11,200 - Remind me of our deal again? - Drinks for a chat. 220 00:11:11,560 --> 00:11:13,640 - A rum and coke, right? - Good man. 221 00:11:13,840 --> 00:11:15,760 Someone's done their homework. 222 00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:26,800 Ach, now Patsy! 223 00:11:27,120 --> 00:11:29,240 I want my fiver. 224 00:11:29,640 --> 00:11:31,280 Well, you're not getting your fiver. 225 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:33,560 You're getting a tenner. 226 00:11:34,040 --> 00:11:35,280 I just want the fiver. 227 00:11:35,560 --> 00:11:36,480 I know... 228 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:39,040 But you give me a fiver, and I'll give you a tenner. 229 00:11:40,120 --> 00:11:42,040 Think of it as interest. 230 00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:46,720 Good man, Patsy! 231 00:11:47,560 --> 00:11:48,400 Right. 232 00:11:49,360 --> 00:11:50,360 Where is it? 233 00:11:51,040 --> 00:11:52,240 Oh, dole day. Dole day. 234 00:11:53,600 --> 00:11:54,920 Right Patsy, hop it! 235 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:56,360 There's a young buck here I need to school 236 00:11:56,440 --> 00:11:57,640 on the ins and out of his new town. 237 00:11:59,960 --> 00:12:01,800 Now! Do you know Patsy? 238 00:12:01,880 --> 00:12:03,640 - Yeah. - Great singer. 239 00:12:03,720 --> 00:12:04,480 Gifted. 240 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:06,600 Cheers, Patsy. I'll catch you later. 241 00:12:18,280 --> 00:12:19,600 Now, about this story. 242 00:12:19,920 --> 00:12:21,440 Yeah, it's about Kilraven. 243 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:23,720 You know, half the people in this town are on the dole. 244 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:24,720 And the other half, 245 00:12:24,800 --> 00:12:26,800 the good people, they work, right? 246 00:12:26,880 --> 00:12:27,800 I don't. 247 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:30,360 No, no. You stopped working a few years back. 248 00:12:30,440 --> 00:12:32,560 Listen, if you're going to write a story 249 00:12:32,680 --> 00:12:34,440 about dole spongers by the sea, 250 00:12:34,520 --> 00:12:35,800 please leave me out of it. 251 00:12:35,920 --> 00:12:37,040 Why did you stop working? 252 00:12:37,760 --> 00:12:41,440 It was... around the time that woman was killed, wasn't it? 253 00:12:41,560 --> 00:12:43,040 That Austrian, or Swiss or-- 254 00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:44,640 - German. - German. 255 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:47,880 But I guess you already knew that. 256 00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:50,720 See, I think you've been talking to Clive Cavendish. 257 00:12:51,800 --> 00:12:53,680 And he's been putting ideas in your head. 258 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:55,600 I tell ya, it's a dangerous game. 259 00:12:55,680 --> 00:12:56,720 You know the night she was murdered, 260 00:12:57,240 --> 00:12:58,600 she drank right here. 261 00:12:59,920 --> 00:13:02,160 - You were here too, right? - Do you know, 262 00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:05,920 people in this town get a bit testy when the subject is broached. 263 00:13:06,760 --> 00:13:09,480 You're probably better off sticking with your dole-fraud story. 264 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:12,040 Well, Ward. 265 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:14,880 They're not the ones buying your booze now, are they? 266 00:13:30,760 --> 00:13:31,760 Mam! 267 00:13:32,520 --> 00:13:35,080 - But I didn't really know Maria. - Yeah, but you knew of her. 268 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:37,480 I knew she was a novelist, or something, you know? 269 00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:40,320 She said she was heading home. She'd a one-way ticket to Hanover. 270 00:13:40,440 --> 00:13:42,760 Her handbag, her passport and her ticket were never found. 271 00:13:43,600 --> 00:13:45,520 - Yeah, I know it's tragic. - Ya think? 272 00:13:45,800 --> 00:13:48,200 Well, she was an outsider here. The people just didn't take to her. 273 00:13:48,440 --> 00:13:49,320 Yeah, why was that? 274 00:13:50,320 --> 00:13:51,480 Because they're fucking weirdos. 275 00:13:53,200 --> 00:13:54,480 Look, take me through that night. 276 00:13:54,560 --> 00:13:56,200 Now I heard you left after she did. 277 00:13:56,360 --> 00:13:58,040 Look, I was blotto. 278 00:13:58,640 --> 00:14:00,840 My head was this gaping abyss. 279 00:14:00,920 --> 00:14:02,480 You see now, that's where I have a problem. 280 00:14:04,400 --> 00:14:06,360 You see, up until that night, people say-- 281 00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:07,920 What people? 282 00:14:08,280 --> 00:14:10,320 These fucking weirdos. 283 00:14:10,920 --> 00:14:12,000 They say you were a quiet man. 284 00:14:12,080 --> 00:14:14,680 Took no more than a few jars in your local and then... 285 00:14:14,760 --> 00:14:15,920 I dunno. Something changed. 286 00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:18,000 I wasn't the only one that was in here that night. 287 00:14:18,480 --> 00:14:20,000 But you were here, and you were sober. 288 00:14:20,080 --> 00:14:23,120 Well, Mallory and... uh... Hughie were here. 289 00:14:23,680 --> 00:14:24,560 I'll get to them. 290 00:14:24,640 --> 00:14:25,960 But they're not going to tell you anything. 291 00:14:26,040 --> 00:14:27,240 I'll tell you who you're better off talking to, 292 00:14:27,480 --> 00:14:28,800 Garda Mulcahy. 293 00:14:29,360 --> 00:14:31,480 Yeah. I tried that. No luck. 294 00:14:31,800 --> 00:14:33,920 That's the thing about rogues, you see? 295 00:14:34,040 --> 00:14:36,360 You scratch her back, she'll scratch yours. 296 00:14:36,800 --> 00:14:39,640 Like a lot of people in this town, I don't think she likes me. 297 00:14:41,040 --> 00:14:43,760 Well I think you've got a fresh problem now. 298 00:14:43,840 --> 00:14:44,520 Which is? 299 00:14:44,960 --> 00:14:47,000 I drink faster than you ask questions. 300 00:14:47,360 --> 00:14:48,720 On you go. 301 00:15:13,480 --> 00:15:15,040 - I left at 11. - Maria was gone. 302 00:15:15,480 --> 00:15:17,560 I went to the chipper, and then straight home. 303 00:15:17,640 --> 00:15:19,360 And Elvira can confirm this. 304 00:15:19,800 --> 00:15:22,320 - What, that I went to the chipper? - No, that you came home. 305 00:15:22,960 --> 00:15:24,200 Are you accusing me of something? 306 00:15:24,280 --> 00:15:26,000 No, no, no... 307 00:15:26,680 --> 00:15:29,120 I'm just trying to put together a timeline here, okay? 308 00:15:29,280 --> 00:15:31,400 My daughter was going through a rough time back then. 309 00:15:31,960 --> 00:15:34,080 Elvira... wake up! 310 00:15:38,960 --> 00:15:40,160 She can't remember a thing. 311 00:15:40,480 --> 00:15:42,040 Well, she seems way better now. 312 00:15:42,440 --> 00:15:44,520 Yeah, well she's a work in progress. 313 00:15:47,080 --> 00:15:51,160 Listen, I don't want you mentioning any of this to her, ever. 314 00:15:51,240 --> 00:15:51,920 Okay? 315 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:55,280 Say I do... what happens then? 316 00:15:55,360 --> 00:15:58,360 Do I end up in the forest with a bullet in my gut? 317 00:15:58,920 --> 00:16:00,080 As I said, 318 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:02,320 that's a dangerous game. 319 00:16:03,280 --> 00:16:04,280 What is? 320 00:16:06,120 --> 00:16:08,280 Putting ideas into people's heads. 321 00:16:13,440 --> 00:16:15,200 Get yourself a wee drink. 322 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:20,000 Among all this banality, 323 00:16:20,120 --> 00:16:22,320 there is a match in here somewhere 324 00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:24,520 and I won't quit until I find it. 325 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:50,440 Does a Mr. Stewart live here? 326 00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:52,880 Andrew's my husband, yeah. 327 00:16:52,960 --> 00:16:54,760 Yeah, well, your husband has been writing to me. 328 00:16:55,320 --> 00:16:56,200 Nasty letters. 329 00:16:56,280 --> 00:16:59,000 - I don't think so. - The man is... sick. 330 00:16:59,440 --> 00:17:01,360 - You've made a mistake. - Really? 331 00:17:02,800 --> 00:17:05,319 I'd like to hear him say that. 332 00:17:09,920 --> 00:17:12,119 You're right. He is sick. 333 00:17:13,160 --> 00:17:15,640 He also hasn't written in years. 334 00:17:16,880 --> 00:17:20,319 - I'm sorry, I didn't-- - Next time you try this, 335 00:17:20,520 --> 00:17:22,119 you better be sure. 336 00:17:23,920 --> 00:17:25,280 I've done this wrong. 337 00:17:26,280 --> 00:17:28,480 Rather than look at how something is written, 338 00:17:28,560 --> 00:17:31,400 I need to look at what is written. 339 00:17:53,160 --> 00:17:56,120 "Make Maeve Binchy look like Dostoevsky." 340 00:18:01,040 --> 00:18:02,600 Peggy Brunswick! 341 00:18:11,920 --> 00:18:12,960 As I said, 342 00:18:13,040 --> 00:18:14,800 intel is essential. 343 00:18:19,560 --> 00:18:22,280 So it's time to see what Peggy fills her day with, 344 00:18:22,400 --> 00:18:25,680 when she's not writing those delightful letters. 345 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:39,400 Anything else? 346 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:48,160 Hey, Toni. 347 00:18:48,920 --> 00:18:51,120 Orders the same bowl of soup every day. 348 00:18:51,440 --> 00:18:52,880 And takes over an hour to eat it. 349 00:18:55,160 --> 00:18:57,120 - What's with the-- - The hiccups? 350 00:18:57,240 --> 00:18:58,320 She's had them for years. 351 00:18:58,920 --> 00:19:01,760 Something to do with her heart. Not that she has one. 352 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:03,880 Sorry, but fuck that old woman. 353 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:06,640 My first day here, she goes on about how-- 354 00:19:07,280 --> 00:19:09,560 - girls who have abortions are murderers. 355 00:19:10,880 --> 00:19:11,680 And the worst part? 356 00:19:14,360 --> 00:19:16,400 Not once has the bitch ever tipped me. 357 00:19:28,720 --> 00:19:31,040 While Peggy plays with her soup, 358 00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:34,320 I've got one whole hour to find what I need. 359 00:20:58,520 --> 00:21:00,200 How did you get on with that letter? 360 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:02,000 I burnt it. 361 00:21:02,280 --> 00:21:03,800 Jeez, I couldn't do that. 362 00:21:04,560 --> 00:21:06,280 I guess that makes us... 363 00:21:06,360 --> 00:21:07,680 more different than I thought. 364 00:21:09,440 --> 00:21:12,200 Dad... am I a good person? 365 00:21:16,640 --> 00:21:18,920 - Where's this coming from? - I met someone today. 366 00:21:19,160 --> 00:21:21,360 He's a real cool dude. Bill? 367 00:21:22,160 --> 00:21:24,640 - He has down syndrome. - Yeah, Bill Butler. 368 00:21:25,040 --> 00:21:25,920 He's quite the character. 369 00:21:26,520 --> 00:21:30,240 Did you know that he goes out of his way to do an old woman's shopping? 370 00:21:30,840 --> 00:21:32,880 Just made me think, you know, 371 00:21:32,960 --> 00:21:35,160 that maybe I could be a better person. 372 00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:39,640 I don't think Bill does Peggy's shopping out of choice. 373 00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:41,560 - Really? - Yeah. 374 00:21:41,840 --> 00:21:44,120 You see, the boy Bill 375 00:21:44,760 --> 00:21:47,520 broke Peggy Brunswick's window with a sliotar. 376 00:21:47,600 --> 00:21:49,880 And poor Bill's mammy doesn't work. 377 00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:52,120 So to pay it off, 378 00:21:52,800 --> 00:21:54,720 Peggy makes Bill do her daily shop. 379 00:21:55,520 --> 00:21:56,840 That's awful. 380 00:21:58,480 --> 00:21:59,480 Yep. 381 00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:02,360 That's me done for the day. 382 00:22:06,320 --> 00:22:07,600 Elvira... 383 00:22:08,320 --> 00:22:09,800 am I a good father? 384 00:22:10,480 --> 00:22:12,240 You made me, didn't you? 385 00:22:12,880 --> 00:22:15,640 I mean, doesn't that answer your question? 386 00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:23,240 That... bitch! 387 00:22:26,640 --> 00:22:28,280 "Third-rate reporter!" 388 00:22:28,760 --> 00:22:30,440 "Laborious prose." 389 00:22:31,480 --> 00:22:34,520 "A grasp of grammar so poor, it'd make a six-year-old blush!" 390 00:22:35,640 --> 00:22:37,800 No, no, no! Can't be having that. 391 00:22:38,520 --> 00:22:42,760 Sorry Peggy, but this won't be some half-assed suicide. 392 00:22:43,920 --> 00:22:44,800 This? 393 00:22:45,280 --> 00:22:46,400 This will be 394 00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:48,080 a work of art. 395 00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:55,520 And there's nothing more artful than a letter from Peggy, 396 00:22:56,280 --> 00:22:57,960 killing Peggy! 397 00:23:25,640 --> 00:23:27,640 Like sit-ups and skate-boarding, 398 00:23:28,160 --> 00:23:30,280 turns out forgery is a lot harder than it looks.' 399 00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:45,720 Dear Bill. 400 00:23:45,800 --> 00:23:47,000 I turn to you 401 00:23:47,080 --> 00:23:48,400 in my time of need. 402 00:23:49,320 --> 00:23:51,160 There's a job that needs doing, 403 00:23:51,240 --> 00:23:53,320 so delicate, no one may know. 404 00:23:53,720 --> 00:23:55,080 My affliction, 405 00:23:55,160 --> 00:23:55,840 hiccups, 406 00:23:55,920 --> 00:23:58,080 requires an urgent cure. 407 00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:01,040 A shock to the system, that will make my life, 408 00:24:01,120 --> 00:24:02,400 finally bearable. 409 00:24:03,080 --> 00:24:06,720 I am enclosing 150 euro as payment. 410 00:24:07,080 --> 00:24:08,840 The task is simply... 411 00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:12,760 "... wear a mask, then on a night of your choosing, 412 00:24:12,840 --> 00:24:14,280 "so that I'm unaware, 413 00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:16,280 "frighten me with a fright so frightening, 414 00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:19,320 "it would almost scare me to death. 415 00:24:20,360 --> 00:24:22,240 "For this Bill, I will be forever grateful. 416 00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:25,200 "Your friend, Peggy." 417 00:24:28,080 --> 00:24:29,280 She was heading to bed 418 00:24:29,360 --> 00:24:31,360 and you came charging out of a room. 419 00:24:31,440 --> 00:24:32,280 You gave her a shock 420 00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:35,000 and she fell back down the stairs. 421 00:24:35,560 --> 00:24:37,160 Is that what happened? 422 00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:44,960 Peggy's obit, to die for! 423 00:24:47,320 --> 00:24:48,120 I love you. 424 00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:57,520 A girl can dream. 425 00:24:58,640 --> 00:25:01,680 But a girl can also make those dreams a reality. 426 00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:38,160 Killing is a race. Not between you and the victim. 427 00:25:38,240 --> 00:25:41,640 But between you and God. And I don't like to lose. 428 00:25:42,440 --> 00:25:44,240 - Someone do something! - I think she's gone. 429 00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:47,640 No, no! If she dies, I won't get to kill her! 430 00:25:50,720 --> 00:25:51,840 Come on! 431 00:25:55,320 --> 00:25:57,960 Well, at least those hiccups have stopped. 432 00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:10,200 Shit. 433 00:26:12,160 --> 00:26:13,480 Clancy? 434 00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:20,760 - That was fast. - I've not read it yet. 435 00:26:20,840 --> 00:26:23,480 Speaking of fast, how did you write it so quick? 436 00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:26,120 - It just flowed out of me. - Yeah? 437 00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:28,920 - Well, I wish it hadn't. - Why? 438 00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:30,320 Is there a problem? 439 00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:31,360 Yeah... 440 00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:32,480 Peggy. 441 00:26:34,240 --> 00:26:36,840 From day dot, she wasn't a fan of yours. 442 00:26:37,760 --> 00:26:39,880 She made it clear that as long as you worked 443 00:26:39,960 --> 00:26:40,680 in this paper, 444 00:26:40,760 --> 00:26:42,440 she didn't want you writing her obit. 445 00:26:42,840 --> 00:26:44,560 - I should have said! - But... 446 00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:47,480 I tried to save her life! 447 00:26:47,560 --> 00:26:49,280 You know what old people are like. 448 00:26:50,040 --> 00:26:51,640 So who's going to write it then? 449 00:26:57,960 --> 00:26:59,520 Does that mean I don't get paid? 450 00:27:01,440 --> 00:27:02,440 Hughie, I'm broke. 451 00:27:02,520 --> 00:27:04,560 And now deeply depressed. 452 00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:06,200 Sorry, Clancy. 453 00:27:07,320 --> 00:27:09,040 No pay if you're not in the paper. 454 00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:12,240 Is there anywhere else you can get some cash? 455 00:27:15,720 --> 00:27:16,840 Something's up. 456 00:27:17,240 --> 00:27:19,000 My letter should have arrived by now.' 457 00:27:19,080 --> 00:27:21,000 - Morning, Bill. How are you? - I'm good! 458 00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:24,240 Oh, come on! 459 00:27:29,080 --> 00:27:31,120 I posted it four days ago. 460 00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:34,520 Letters arrive, when they arrive! 461 00:27:35,760 --> 00:27:38,600 Eh... now keep your voice down. 462 00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:40,920 Have... have you been drinking? 463 00:27:41,720 --> 00:27:43,880 Oh, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. 464 00:27:44,280 --> 00:27:45,880 Excuse me? 465 00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:48,160 - People are looking. - So? 466 00:27:48,880 --> 00:27:49,760 Who's next? 467 00:27:52,960 --> 00:27:53,800 Him, 468 00:27:53,880 --> 00:27:55,200 if I have my way. 469 00:27:56,880 --> 00:28:00,000 Well, Veronica. 'Tis younger you're getting. 470 00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:02,080 This is my favorite part. 471 00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:04,760 "Poorly written and lacks any sort of meaningful content." 472 00:28:07,280 --> 00:28:09,000 Oh... sorry, Elvira. 473 00:28:09,080 --> 00:28:11,040 I got your post by mistake. 474 00:28:11,120 --> 00:28:13,440 It's just Hughie messed up again. 475 00:28:13,520 --> 00:28:17,760 Wow, this concerned reader seems really concerned. 476 00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:20,520 Our readers pay our salary, Kate. 477 00:28:21,280 --> 00:28:23,840 Their concern are our concerns. 478 00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:33,560 Peggy posted this the same day as I posted my letter to Bill. 479 00:28:34,560 --> 00:28:37,280 Who happens to be a nice kid, only nice doesn't pay the bills. 480 00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:39,840 My money comes home with me. 481 00:28:40,360 --> 00:28:42,080 Before writing obituaries, 482 00:28:42,160 --> 00:28:44,920 I like to grab a word with the nearest and dearest. 483 00:28:45,280 --> 00:28:47,360 Since Peggy didn't have any family, 484 00:28:48,280 --> 00:28:49,880 you're it. 485 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:52,440 So, anything you'd like to add? 486 00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:53,840 Peggy was a bitch! 487 00:28:55,120 --> 00:28:56,840 He never talked like that before he met her. 488 00:28:57,360 --> 00:28:58,760 That bitch! 489 00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:02,360 - Can you quote him on that? - You agree with him? 490 00:29:02,760 --> 00:29:04,360 Worst person I've ever met. 491 00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:07,160 - Wasn't she, Bill? - A total bitch. 492 00:29:07,720 --> 00:29:09,320 Okay, but uhm... 493 00:29:09,440 --> 00:29:12,080 I suppose I like to dig deeper. If someone dies 494 00:29:12,160 --> 00:29:13,640 - and they were-- - Despised. 495 00:29:14,560 --> 00:29:16,200 Well, there's a reason for it. 496 00:29:16,520 --> 00:29:18,320 You really want to know what made her so messed up? 497 00:29:19,120 --> 00:29:20,360 Absolutely. 498 00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:24,680 The reason she was horrible was... 499 00:29:26,520 --> 00:29:29,280 - Hey, I'll get that. - No, I'll do it. 500 00:29:36,640 --> 00:29:38,320 Hear you're into hurling. 501 00:29:38,800 --> 00:29:40,200 Bill... 502 00:29:41,040 --> 00:29:42,560 Oh my God! 503 00:29:45,280 --> 00:29:49,000 - Wait 'til you see this letter! - I get so many mental letters. 504 00:29:49,320 --> 00:29:50,280 What is it? 505 00:29:50,480 --> 00:29:52,960 She's named Bill as a beneficiary in her will. 506 00:29:53,320 --> 00:29:54,400 I get her money? 507 00:29:54,840 --> 00:29:55,840 Her house. 508 00:29:56,200 --> 00:29:57,200 Which means... 509 00:29:57,280 --> 00:29:58,480 whatever happens to me, 510 00:29:59,560 --> 00:30:00,920 you'll be okay. 511 00:30:09,240 --> 00:30:11,000 About that stuff we said. 512 00:30:11,320 --> 00:30:12,480 Peggy was a saint. 513 00:30:12,880 --> 00:30:15,720 And we'd hate for anyone to think we thought different. 514 00:30:16,320 --> 00:30:18,560 Oh, but my job is about being truthful. 515 00:30:18,680 --> 00:30:22,720 - So painting Peggy as some saint-- - Which she was! 516 00:30:23,120 --> 00:30:26,080 I'm sorry, but we won't have a bad word about her. 517 00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:35,880 Relax, Patsy. 518 00:30:36,560 --> 00:30:37,400 You'll get your money. 519 00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:40,200 Not outside, give it to me in here before we go. 520 00:30:40,280 --> 00:30:41,480 I'll give it to you in here, right? 521 00:30:41,560 --> 00:30:43,960 - Now, will you get off me back. - Just, I'm asking... 522 00:30:49,160 --> 00:30:51,120 Put everything in an envelope. 523 00:30:51,560 --> 00:30:52,800 I'm all out. 524 00:30:53,120 --> 00:30:54,440 Well, a bag then. 525 00:30:54,520 --> 00:30:55,080 Sorry, 526 00:30:55,160 --> 00:30:56,200 scumbag. 527 00:30:56,560 --> 00:30:57,560 I'm out of those too. 528 00:30:59,880 --> 00:31:01,240 I read about you. 529 00:31:01,480 --> 00:31:02,560 Say something? 530 00:31:02,640 --> 00:31:05,400 I was just saying, you shouldn't let her talk to you like that. 531 00:31:05,880 --> 00:31:07,320 What do you want me to do, pop her? 532 00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:09,800 Bit more work for the daughter! 533 00:31:09,880 --> 00:31:10,880 You're telling me to kill her? 534 00:31:11,280 --> 00:31:12,440 I didn't... I didn't say that. 535 00:31:12,520 --> 00:31:14,240 What kind of a town is this? 536 00:31:14,320 --> 00:31:16,840 Look, I'm a thief, okay? Not a murderer. 537 00:31:24,160 --> 00:31:25,240 D'ya know what, bud? 538 00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:28,360 Maybe you're right. 539 00:31:28,600 --> 00:31:30,040 Maybe I am a killer. 540 00:31:32,480 --> 00:31:33,280 What did you say? 541 00:31:33,360 --> 00:31:35,000 Well, I said, there's somebody behind you. 542 00:31:40,960 --> 00:31:43,160 No, nah, nah. 543 00:31:47,480 --> 00:31:49,560 What am I supposed to do now Ward, look! 544 00:31:49,920 --> 00:31:51,960 Patsy, can you not see I'm a bit busy at the moment? 545 00:31:52,040 --> 00:31:53,200 But I need my money. 546 00:31:54,240 --> 00:31:58,360 Look... 40/1 shot, dead cert. There you go. 547 00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:07,760 What? 548 00:32:08,680 --> 00:32:09,760 No. 549 00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:15,160 Where's my money? 550 00:32:32,600 --> 00:32:35,760 - Is he okay? - No, I asked him if he wanted a drink. 551 00:32:36,080 --> 00:32:38,400 - He said he'd have a coffee. - Jesus. 552 00:32:39,520 --> 00:32:40,800 Thanks for staying with him. 553 00:32:40,880 --> 00:32:42,520 - I really appreciate it. - Yeah. 554 00:32:43,360 --> 00:32:44,560 Do you mind if I... 555 00:32:44,640 --> 00:32:45,880 stay a little longer? 556 00:32:46,640 --> 00:32:49,080 It's a cool story. I want to see how it ends. 557 00:32:54,240 --> 00:32:56,760 Hey... how are ya? 558 00:32:57,320 --> 00:32:59,800 God forgive me for the things I said about Tom Quigley. 559 00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:00,960 That man's a hero. 560 00:33:01,720 --> 00:33:03,000 He did what anyone else would do. 561 00:33:03,280 --> 00:33:04,520 Yeah, but if he wasn't there... 562 00:33:04,960 --> 00:33:06,240 You mean if I had killed him. 563 00:33:06,560 --> 00:33:07,640 I'd be dead. 564 00:33:08,080 --> 00:33:09,040 He saved my life. 565 00:33:09,240 --> 00:33:10,360 Yeah, well... 566 00:33:10,720 --> 00:33:12,720 It looks like he saved his own life too. 567 00:33:12,880 --> 00:33:14,840 And that Veronica Sloan. Do you know, 568 00:33:14,920 --> 00:33:17,520 she pulled down the shutters on her window. 569 00:33:17,960 --> 00:33:18,760 That cow acts 570 00:33:18,840 --> 00:33:21,080 like every penny in that place belongs to her. 571 00:33:21,760 --> 00:33:23,120 Of course, she does. 572 00:33:23,240 --> 00:33:24,960 Because she's stealing from it. 573 00:33:25,760 --> 00:33:27,760 That envelope reeked of glue. 574 00:33:28,680 --> 00:33:31,680 Give me two ticks. I'm just gonna see this race. 575 00:33:36,800 --> 00:33:37,840 What's with the look? 576 00:33:38,760 --> 00:33:41,600 - Oh, just something Dad said. - About the robbery? 577 00:33:41,680 --> 00:33:43,200 Huh, which one? 578 00:33:43,280 --> 00:33:45,120 Come on, Emerson, take the bait. 579 00:33:45,480 --> 00:33:47,400 Shit... the teller. 580 00:33:47,480 --> 00:33:48,480 There you go. 581 00:33:48,800 --> 00:33:49,720 The one who acts 582 00:33:49,800 --> 00:33:51,000 like every penny in the place belongs to her? 583 00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:53,680 - Look, I know you need this. - Well, there's an understatement. 584 00:33:53,760 --> 00:33:56,160 But... I don't like gossiping. 585 00:33:56,240 --> 00:33:57,360 Then consider yourself a source. 586 00:33:57,800 --> 00:33:59,680 Everything is strictly between us. 587 00:34:00,320 --> 00:34:01,640 Come on! 588 00:34:02,080 --> 00:34:03,840 I'm already doing a story on the robbery. 589 00:34:03,920 --> 00:34:06,760 This is the cherry on top. It's the perfect ending. 590 00:34:06,840 --> 00:34:09,560 - The locals will love it. - Of course, they'll love it. 591 00:34:09,880 --> 00:34:11,400 - Just tell me. - Come on, to me! 592 00:34:11,480 --> 00:34:13,719 Have there been rumors that this Veronica person 593 00:34:13,800 --> 00:34:14,560 has been stealing? 594 00:34:14,679 --> 00:34:16,800 Yes, I don't believe it! Ha, ha! 595 00:34:17,080 --> 00:34:19,440 Good man, Ward. That was some tip, boy. 596 00:34:20,520 --> 00:34:21,960 A stunning performance... 597 00:34:22,080 --> 00:34:24,080 Yeah, well done Patsy. 598 00:34:24,199 --> 00:34:26,400 I couldn't be happier for you. 599 00:34:39,400 --> 00:34:41,520 I was wondering when you'd call. 600 00:34:43,880 --> 00:34:45,440 Where's the photographer? 601 00:34:45,840 --> 00:34:48,760 You are here to talk about the robbery, 602 00:34:49,440 --> 00:34:50,000 right? 603 00:34:51,440 --> 00:34:53,400 Well, it depends, 604 00:34:53,679 --> 00:34:54,400 Veronica. 605 00:34:54,480 --> 00:34:55,400 On what? 606 00:34:56,159 --> 00:34:58,040 On which robbery we're talking about. 607 00:35:12,640 --> 00:35:15,640 - Make it quick. - I've a story about to go. 608 00:35:17,840 --> 00:35:19,080 On Maria Riedle? 609 00:35:19,160 --> 00:35:20,440 On someone stealing money 610 00:35:20,560 --> 00:35:21,840 from the people of this town. 611 00:35:22,360 --> 00:35:24,240 We're talking 20 grand over ten years. 612 00:35:25,120 --> 00:35:27,240 Have you talked with this criminal mastermind? 613 00:35:27,360 --> 00:35:28,200 She admitted everything. 614 00:35:28,280 --> 00:35:29,200 She? 615 00:35:29,480 --> 00:35:31,360 Said she did it right under everyone's nose. 616 00:35:32,200 --> 00:35:35,680 Now, when people read this story, they'll ask, 617 00:35:36,360 --> 00:35:37,600 "How did this happen?" 618 00:35:37,960 --> 00:35:38,960 Then they'll ask, 619 00:35:39,080 --> 00:35:40,520 "Who let it happen?" 620 00:35:41,640 --> 00:35:44,120 And you know who they'll point the finger at. 621 00:35:44,840 --> 00:35:46,600 You want to make a swap. 622 00:35:47,480 --> 00:35:48,640 Otherwise, you wouldn't be here, 623 00:35:48,720 --> 00:35:49,600 you'd publish it. 624 00:35:49,680 --> 00:35:52,400 I'll hold off. Give you time to... 625 00:35:52,880 --> 00:35:54,440 get the jump on me. 626 00:35:55,600 --> 00:35:57,000 And in return you want...? 627 00:36:02,320 --> 00:36:03,840 The DPP file. 628 00:36:04,240 --> 00:36:05,000 For Riedle? 629 00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:07,680 No chance. It's in a vault. 630 00:36:07,760 --> 00:36:10,040 Was. 'Til last year. 631 00:36:10,960 --> 00:36:11,920 How do you know that? 632 00:36:12,800 --> 00:36:15,040 On the sly, Cold Case are taking another look. 633 00:36:15,160 --> 00:36:16,560 They digitized the whole file. 634 00:36:16,640 --> 00:36:18,200 A file I'd really, really love 635 00:36:18,560 --> 00:36:20,000 for you to print off for me. 636 00:36:23,600 --> 00:36:25,280 I could lose my job. 637 00:36:25,640 --> 00:36:27,600 Or with what I'm about to give you, 638 00:36:27,720 --> 00:36:28,920 you could help your job. 639 00:36:33,240 --> 00:36:34,880 Do you know, you remind me of someone. 640 00:36:35,200 --> 00:36:36,480 Oh, cool, who? 641 00:36:37,200 --> 00:36:38,840 I can't remember. 642 00:36:39,840 --> 00:36:42,040 But they annoy the shit out of me. 643 00:36:44,280 --> 00:36:46,880 - Well, that's not very nice. - Oh, and neither are you. 644 00:36:48,280 --> 00:36:49,280 Now, 645 00:36:50,960 --> 00:36:52,640 this thief have a name? 646 00:36:58,840 --> 00:37:01,560 Veronica! Open the door. 647 00:37:29,840 --> 00:37:31,920 Ah, Veronica. 648 00:37:43,840 --> 00:37:45,640 - Another problem? - Huh? 649 00:37:45,960 --> 00:37:47,880 With Veronica's obit? 650 00:37:48,440 --> 00:37:49,200 No. 651 00:37:49,600 --> 00:37:51,560 It's a solid piece of work. 652 00:37:51,680 --> 00:37:53,840 You tell the reader, without telling the reader, 653 00:37:53,920 --> 00:37:57,080 that this was a complex and lonely person. 654 00:37:58,880 --> 00:37:59,760 I kinda feel for her. 655 00:38:00,560 --> 00:38:02,680 Veronica's life was a cry for help. 656 00:38:03,920 --> 00:38:06,800 Hopefully, when this town reads it, they won't see a... 657 00:38:07,160 --> 00:38:08,160 monster. 658 00:38:08,960 --> 00:38:12,120 They'll see someone who did bad things, but had their reasons. 659 00:38:12,600 --> 00:38:16,400 Veronica had unmet needs, needs we can't understand, 660 00:38:16,520 --> 00:38:17,760 and if stealing 661 00:38:18,200 --> 00:38:20,920 helped that, then it's a price worth paying. 662 00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:21,840 Right. 663 00:38:24,880 --> 00:38:27,120 I can't understand 664 00:38:27,800 --> 00:38:30,320 why Veronica killed herself. 665 00:38:30,400 --> 00:38:32,880 Call me old-fashioned, but she was a tough cookie. 666 00:38:33,000 --> 00:38:35,840 It's always the last one you suspect. 667 00:38:37,040 --> 00:38:38,160 I dunno. 668 00:38:38,640 --> 00:38:39,960 It feels off. 669 00:38:40,240 --> 00:38:42,800 Veronica doesn't strike me as a suicide. 670 00:38:42,880 --> 00:38:46,040 I'm sorry, Hughie, but that's kind of an insensitive thing 671 00:38:46,120 --> 00:38:46,880 to say. 672 00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:48,720 Not if it's the truth. 673 00:38:52,600 --> 00:38:53,400 Hold on, 674 00:38:54,080 --> 00:38:55,120 I'm not done. 675 00:38:58,520 --> 00:39:00,240 Emerson's in a bad way. 676 00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:03,400 I think he blames himself for going too hard on Veronica. 677 00:39:03,520 --> 00:39:04,240 Can you have a word? 678 00:39:04,720 --> 00:39:06,840 - Oh, I don't think I-- - Please. 679 00:39:07,440 --> 00:39:09,600 This is... your kinda thing. 680 00:39:10,440 --> 00:39:11,400 Suicides? 681 00:39:11,640 --> 00:39:12,520 The bereaved. 682 00:39:14,280 --> 00:39:16,200 And right now, Emerson is grieving. 683 00:39:38,400 --> 00:39:40,480 I think we look at death all wrong. 684 00:39:41,360 --> 00:39:43,640 I think we should look at it as freedom. 685 00:39:44,760 --> 00:39:46,560 Talking to families, after a death, 686 00:39:47,000 --> 00:39:48,560 they always say something like: 687 00:39:48,640 --> 00:39:52,840 "They're finally at peace." Or, "At least they're free now." 688 00:39:53,680 --> 00:39:54,440 Give them time. 689 00:39:54,520 --> 00:39:56,840 They'll tell you how much pain this person was in. 690 00:39:57,560 --> 00:39:58,960 Because everyone's in pain. 691 00:40:00,040 --> 00:40:01,200 And Veronica, 692 00:40:02,240 --> 00:40:03,560 she was no different. 693 00:40:04,760 --> 00:40:06,240 You didn't hurt her. 694 00:40:07,200 --> 00:40:08,400 You freed her. 695 00:40:10,080 --> 00:40:12,880 She lived in fear. The shame of being caught. 696 00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:14,840 And now that fear is gone. 697 00:40:15,800 --> 00:40:17,680 That's how you need to look at it. 698 00:40:18,680 --> 00:40:20,640 That's how I look at it and... 699 00:40:21,400 --> 00:40:23,200 it works for me. 700 00:40:25,240 --> 00:40:27,320 I'm not cut up because of what Veronica did. 701 00:40:27,920 --> 00:40:29,520 - No? - No. 702 00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:31,240 I can tell you this, right? 703 00:40:31,800 --> 00:40:33,440 Yeah, you can tell me anything. 704 00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:36,120 Veronica made her own decisions. 705 00:40:36,320 --> 00:40:37,200 Right, to steal. 706 00:40:37,480 --> 00:40:38,760 - Then to end her own life. - Exactly. 707 00:40:38,840 --> 00:40:39,480 That's not on me. 708 00:40:39,560 --> 00:40:40,600 - No, it's not. - No. 709 00:40:40,680 --> 00:40:42,880 What bothers me is... 710 00:40:44,640 --> 00:40:47,800 That it took someone dying for you to write something this good. 711 00:40:49,200 --> 00:40:49,880 You've read it? 712 00:40:50,200 --> 00:40:51,040 Twice. 713 00:40:51,440 --> 00:40:54,040 - And? - It's the best thing I've read in yonks. 714 00:40:59,040 --> 00:41:00,400 So that's what's bothering you. 715 00:41:00,800 --> 00:41:02,680 That you benefited from someone's death, 716 00:41:02,800 --> 00:41:04,000 and it made you feel... 717 00:41:04,400 --> 00:41:05,440 Happy. 718 00:41:08,080 --> 00:41:10,160 Don't worry. 719 00:41:10,240 --> 00:41:11,680 I won't tell anyone. 720 00:41:11,760 --> 00:41:13,360 Not even, Mal. 721 00:41:14,160 --> 00:41:15,880 No, I already told Mal. 722 00:41:18,400 --> 00:41:19,600 Really? 723 00:41:22,040 --> 00:41:23,080 What did she say? 724 00:41:23,400 --> 00:41:25,080 That I should talk to you. 725 00:41:25,720 --> 00:41:28,640 That no one gets this stuff better than Elvira Clancy. 726 00:41:43,640 --> 00:41:45,160 At least someone's getting some! 727 00:41:45,680 --> 00:41:47,560 Oh here, I got you something. 728 00:41:47,800 --> 00:41:48,760 For me? 729 00:41:50,200 --> 00:41:51,520 Can you afford this? 730 00:41:51,600 --> 00:41:53,440 Oh, what am I saying? 731 00:41:53,520 --> 00:41:54,840 Of course, you can. 732 00:41:56,080 --> 00:41:57,560 Not anymore, I can't. 733 00:41:57,880 --> 00:42:00,120 - I lost the babysitting gig. - What happened? 734 00:42:00,200 --> 00:42:02,560 - That little shit Callum. - That we took shopping? 735 00:42:02,640 --> 00:42:03,400 Squealed to his Mam. 736 00:42:04,040 --> 00:42:05,920 I had his baby bro doing a little 737 00:42:06,560 --> 00:42:08,440 off-the-books retail therapy. 738 00:42:09,240 --> 00:42:12,400 - Including this. - I taught him everything I know. 739 00:42:12,800 --> 00:42:14,440 But that's not even the worst part. 740 00:42:14,680 --> 00:42:16,760 His mother reported me to the dole. 741 00:42:18,760 --> 00:42:20,280 I might have to get a real job. 742 00:42:20,520 --> 00:42:22,200 Look, I've had a good week, 743 00:42:22,280 --> 00:42:23,760 - if you need cash. - Nah. 744 00:42:24,080 --> 00:42:27,240 I got an upgrade on my phone. Found a dude who wants to buy it. 745 00:42:30,640 --> 00:42:32,280 That lippy was to cheer you up. 746 00:42:32,640 --> 00:42:34,440 Looks like you don't need it. 747 00:42:36,040 --> 00:42:37,240 I took your advice. 748 00:42:37,560 --> 00:42:38,640 About the letter. 749 00:42:39,360 --> 00:42:43,480 Ignored it, went home and wrote up a storm. 750 00:42:43,760 --> 00:42:44,880 Good for you. 751 00:42:47,000 --> 00:42:49,160 - You're not sticking around? - Gotta bounce. 752 00:42:49,240 --> 00:42:51,000 Celebration drink with Emerson. 753 00:42:52,040 --> 00:42:53,680 He's had a good week too. 754 00:42:57,520 --> 00:42:59,960 I used to be able to hear Sandy scream. 755 00:43:01,200 --> 00:43:03,280 That memory is fading now. 756 00:43:04,480 --> 00:43:06,360 That must be how this goes. 757 00:43:06,760 --> 00:43:09,440 Still, new memories are forming. 758 00:43:10,320 --> 00:43:11,960 Better memories. 759 00:43:12,640 --> 00:43:15,920 Memories I could only dream of. 760 00:43:26,440 --> 00:43:27,600 Changed your mind... 761 00:43:28,240 --> 00:43:29,320 Sorry. 762 00:43:29,400 --> 00:43:31,800 - I thought you were my friend. - Not yet. 763 00:43:33,120 --> 00:43:34,680 Do you come here often? 764 00:43:36,000 --> 00:43:36,640 I do. 765 00:43:37,240 --> 00:43:38,120 Every day. 766 00:43:40,560 --> 00:43:42,520 Even that day Mr. Benson fell. 767 00:43:42,640 --> 00:43:45,080 Oh no... no, no, no! 768 00:43:45,320 --> 00:43:46,840 I can still hear him scream. 769 00:43:47,240 --> 00:43:48,800 Seeing him fall like that... 770 00:43:49,520 --> 00:43:51,840 It plays in my head over and over-- 771 00:43:51,920 --> 00:43:53,080 I'm sorry, do I know you? 772 00:43:53,560 --> 00:43:54,600 Not yet, Elvira. 773 00:43:56,040 --> 00:43:57,920 But we're going to do something about that. 774 00:43:58,600 --> 00:43:59,840 See you around. 775 00:44:02,040 --> 00:44:03,920 Not if I see you first.