Original subtitles

Your grandson Calum, well he attacked Alfie and some of his

friends yesterday evening.

Maybe the Guards do need to be informed.

No, no, Sandra no!

There's a missing sum that can't be accounted for.

Is it much? 100 grand.

That's not nothing.

He's a good father, you know that. I saw him hit Calum.

LOUD CRASH Dad! Rory!

Mam Calum's missing, his bed's not slept in.

I woke up and you weren't here.

I wasn't gonna say anything.

TITLE MUSIC

LOUD MUSIC

Come on, jump in.

LOUD MUSIC

That was some night last night, wasn't it.

It was great craic. I wasn't even meant to go out.

All right posh boy!

This rocket fuel this stuff!

This is all your fault.

Calum's gone because of you.

He's just trying to scare us a bit.

That's it, I'm going to the guards.

Anna, he will turn up, at least wait until Frank and Jamie get back.

For all we know they may have already picked him up someplace.

I'm not sitting on my hands while he's out there God knows where,

I mean he hardly knows the place. I'll go with you.

No, you won't! Why wouldn't I?

No, I'll go with her.

Someone should be here in case he turns up.

Come on.

There's no sign of him yet.

If they're going out the old road, we should head towards Ennis.

I'm going to the guards first to report him missing.

Look I'd really like you not to take this to the guards, Anna.

It just, it makes it very big, very official.

Official? Do you not think this is a bloody emergency mam!

TINKLE OF BREAKING GLASS

Give us a tug on that.

Move the party on then.

Actually, I think I'm gonna go now lads.

Relax, chill out.

We're only getting started.

SCREECH OF TYRES

I know about the fights.

The fights he has with Rory.

Jenny told me she saw Rory hit him.

Jenny should have kept her gob shut.

And there wasn't just a little slap Anna.

And then there was last night.

Rory was pissed, it got out of hand.

I want you to think about that before you walk in there.

Think about whether this is a good idea.

Maybe Sergeant Manning already has Callum in his sights.

A woman from town told me Callum attacked a bunch of lads and left

them in a right state.

That's the first I've heard of it.

Well couldn't that make you wonder what else there is?

When Dennis was found he was found wearing Rory's jacket.

Maybe Callum saw Dennis in that jacket in the dark and thought

perhaps it was Rory standing there.

Get out! Ah Anna, love.

Out of the car!

Anna please.

Can I borrow your car? Oh, hello to you too.

Just give me your keys Mairead.

Yeah, when you tell me whatever's happened to put that look on your face.

Isn't Callum missing enough?

Have you been to the guards? No, and we're not going to either.

Jesus Val, why the hell not? Play nicely children, take it outside.

What's going on?

Just give me the keys.

I'm not giving you the key until you tell me what's actually happening.

Would you just stay out of it Mairead.

This is family business.

I'm sorry, I didn't mean it like that.

Yeah, you did.

You don't even know how much you did.

Look, I'm shattered, Mairead, you know that.

Val, stop behaving like Dennis.

I mean it, covering up, trying to control everything, the children,

the girls, now the grandkids with the whole glittery Ahern pageant.

No, no, I am not like Dennis.

I'm -- I've done nothing but protect my girls.

That's exactly what he'd say.

You know I love those girls from the tips of my toes.

They have a sense of entitlement that is off the Richter scale.

Dennis did that, you did that too.

Come on Val, you and me have always been honest with each other.

I was the poor eejit had to tell you about Dennis and Alannah.

Do you think that was easy for me? No.

No, I don't think you got the tiniest pang of pleasure too.

You know what, I am trying to hold this family together.

Yeah, by covering up more secrets and lies, you mean.

You know what, why don't you worry about your own family lies.

You know, I kept my mouth shut during your entire marriage.

It's one set of rules for your family and another set of rules for

mine, is that how this works?

(Sharp intake of breath) (Soft groan)

PHONE RINGS

Calum, it's mum, again.

You answer your phone.

Please just let me know you're all right.

(Voicemail) Hi, this is Anna.

I can't take your call right now, but if you leave a message I'll get

back to you as soon as I can. (Beep)

Anna, phone me will ya.

It's just a total waste of time.

I have enough on my plate without my mother sending us in a wild goose chase.

About the money?

Doing my best to fix things, Jen.

Your father left us in the right mess.

You have no idea.

Is there something you're not telling me?

Go down the cliff road, Frank.

All right.

LOUD BANG

For God's...

Of course we have, blown a tire.

Oh very good.

(Laughs) Jesus!

Let's see you keep up this sense of humour when I go into fecking labour

on you here Frank.

Well then!

If you let me go now I might have to kill you.

Then you might want to kill me when I tell you I've come here looking for Ingrid.

Calum's gone missing.

You really have no idea where he might be?

No, he hasn't answered my texts all morning.

It'll be to do with his Dad.

I know he's hit him... his dad has like.

Sounds like he's definitely got some crazy temper.

Do you think he hates his father?

Yeah, I do.

Dad, wait!

If you find Calum you're going to get in a fight.

I'm ringing mum. Close the door.

Look I'm running out of patience now, will you close the door.

Dad, wait dad!

LOUD THUD

Dad!

Dad, dad wake up, please wake up.

PHONE BUZZES

Is that Calum? No, it's Jacob.

I've got to go. Okay.

Dad get up, please!

Please get up, please dad.

Please wake up!

Rory! Jacob.

Okay, I've got you, you're okay.

Rory?

Rory.

What was that?

It's okay, I'm going to call an ambulance, it's gonna be okay.

No, no, no ambulance. Dad!

No, it's all right, tell you what, can you put the kettle on?

He needs hot sweet tea, go on.

It's gonna be okay.

Why no ambulance, you need a doctor!

I know what they'd tell me, that's why.

What do you mean by that?

I mean... I'm fine.

Okay.

Want some?

No, not at all, sure you need it.

I'm pregnant, Frank, not dying!

You often looked out for me more than dad ever did.

Ah would you stop.

You should've had kids.

Why did you leave Rita?

Actually, I didn't leave Rita.

Rita left me.

Sorry, come again?

It's just, just a yarn that we spun, you know?

It made your father feel better about it.

I mean, we were happy in London.

Actually, we were very happy.

And then he -- Dennis phoned up and sold me on the idea of the pair of

us getting rich here together.

But he said he couldn't do it without me, he needed me.

Sure look I was, I was always weak when it came to your dad.

So we moved over and she hated it here.

So she went back and then I was supposed to go back the next month.

But then the next month.

Yeah, look, it was my own greed really that kept me here, that and

Dennis' hold over me.

Till after a while there was no Rita to go back to.

I think that comes under the category of your own fault, Frank.

Yeah.

Yeah, it was.

Although a few years later, I began to think maybe that Dennis had a

hand in it as well, you know.

How do you mean?

I met up with Rita over in London, you know, for a drink,

just for old times sake, we'd both moved on.

And as she was leaving the pub, she just said to me, no hard feelings.

She said that she hoped that I was still with the woman who'd split us up.

Sure there was no woman that split us up!

So I thought at first that maybe she just assumed it, but later when I

was talking to Dennis he, you know he had that look on his face.

The cat that got the cream.

You think he told her that story to keep you here?

Or he got someone else to do it for him.

It must have been hard not to hold that against him?

Who says I didn't?

No word from him since?

Then I need to get back out there.

No you don't, you sit tight for a minute.

For God's sake Val, I'm fine.

What the hell is going on with his family?

Do you have any idea the trouble Calum's in here?

He's attacked a bunch of young fellas in town and then there's the

pair of you fighting, you crash a car!

I mean something is seriously off.

And now he's run.

You know what, if my father was beating me senseless I'd run too!

Now you tell me because I want the truth.

Do you think he could have been involved in any way with what

happened to Dennis? What?

It's the violence in him Rory, that you put in him.

I don't think it's such a massive reach.

You know think about it, he was a young boy, everything around him was

out of control, his mother, then there was the fire and now you.

It's not him all right.

It's me.

I've a brain tumour.

I'm dying Val... I'm dying.

(Laughter)

What's the gear for?

Hurling, is it?

I noticed the hoodie, do you play local?

Singapore.

Funny that, some jumped up prick about your age battered my little

brother the other day!

He was over from Singapore.

What the fuck!

SCREECH OF BRAKES

Come on!

I'm terrified what it's done to me.

It's changed me.

I'm terrified that this version of myself -- it's the one that the boys

will be left with as a memory.

I think Calum hates me now.

And he's right to.

The boys will understand better once they know.

You have to tell them.

(Laughter) We just want to talk.

Come here.

You think I've had my craic you little gobshite?

I'm only getting started!

Robbie grabbed his bags, can we go now?

DOORBELL

I'll be right back.

Could be Calum!

Val, is Calum in?

Calum?

Yeah, we've had a report.

Have you now, a report?

Apparently he's assaulted some young lads.

It's nothing official...

...yet, but I would like a word with him.

Put him right.

No. No?

Well you said it yourself it's nothing official.

And anyway he's not here, so no.

Look Val, this could be very serious if the parents of the boys wanted it to be.

Listen, I am a very busy woman and I don't know what else to tell you

except that he's not here, so mind how you go.

He's not here, could be anywhere.

LOUD BANGS

He's not here. What do you mean he's gone?

How far can you get in the space of 10 seconds?

Can we go? We're not going anywhere!

Where do you want to go? I'm fuckin' starving.

I'm gonna fuckin' kill this lad, do hear me.

He has to be up there.

What's the matter? Has something happened?

Nothing mam, I'm just tired from the flight.

Maybe leave her be, she's just tired.

Dennis knew didn't he?

Yeah, Anna told him, months back when they found out it was terminal.

She didn't want you to worry.

You'll have to ask Anna.

Calum?

Calum?

Ah, are you all right?

You can go home now, thanks.

Panic over.

Do you mind if I ask what sort of panic it was to start with?

Yeah.

Fair enough.

Oh, I have half a sandwich from lunch if you...

Calum, why are we here?

Let's just say this wasn't plan A.

Listen.

Would you mind if I hung around?

You're here now.

There's a relief, I don't think my backside is up to the drive back

just yet, after the road here.

Potholes are like bloody swimming pools!

Excuse me.

Have you seen this boy?

I haven't, I'm sorry.

(Laughter in the background)

Do you know Calum Lynch?

Your man, lives out the old road, does basket weaving.

Why are you wearing his clothes?

If you laid a finger on him! We didn't touch him.

All right.

He got a fright, took off running.

Took off running where?

That's for you to find out lady.

Come on boys.

I ran away myself when I was about your age.

Real pain in the arse.

Not much has changed.

Yeah, yeah.

I went on being a pain in the arse.

I'm sorry, it's not you I mean to lash out at.

You can trust me, Calum.

It's like he's gone mad, at home.

You never know which version of dad's gonna come through the door.

There's nothing you can do right.

And when Jacob asked me about it...

I don't know how to keep pretending like it's not all falling apart.

And for me with dad...

I just can't do anything right.

He can't stand the sight of me!

Same as you.

No, no, no, it was never you.

Don't think that.

Oh God...

I always, always loved you.

And right this minute my heart feels like it could burst.

You know? (Makes an explosion sound)

(Chuckling)

Now I remember you.

Hello.

I thought I could do better than a wave from across the road.

How are you recovering?

Myself and Cathy, we went into the hospital.

I'm grand.

Good, good.

And actually, I do have a bit of a question for you while I'm here.

We're having a little meal out for my birthday tomorrow night,

nothing mad, just a few friends.

Cathy, she'd really love you to come.

Would have asked you herself like but she was afraid she wouldn't be let

through the door.

Does Cathy know about what happened, Joe?

No, she doesn't.

I'll not be coming to your dinner.

Sorry.

There's an answer.

Is that it?

No, actually, there's something else I wanted to say to you.

Could we?

About that time in London.

You know, it must have been awful.

You must have been angry with him.

Dennis, I'm angry with him.

You're angry with him?

For London? Yeah of course I am.

All these years I assumed it'd be me you'd be angry with.

No, you were just a kid.

We were both just kids.

But he took it out of our hands like, we didn't even...

I just wanted to come and say that to you.

And to invite me to the Mad Hatter's Tea Party.

Yeah, yeah, I get it, you're not coming.

Thanks.

Didn't dad try to help.

Of course he did!

But it was impossible to help me.

And... he did have you two to worry about.

May I?

FIRE ALARM BEEPS

Ah Jesus Christ.

Ah Calum I'm so, so sorry.

Stop, I'm fine.

We're fine.

I'm so, so sorry, I'm sorry!

Right, that's everyone told now.

Are you happy?

Got enough attention yet?

What the hell is wrong with you?

Anna, Anna, there will be plenty of time...

And you! We're demented with worry and you've known where he is this entire time.

She didn't mum, I texted her.

Why would you do that?

Well, I guess he was afraid you'd kick off just like you're doing,

I told you where he was.

Let's just look at that for a second you didn't even tell me he was missing.

Come on Calum, let's go. No, hang on.

Calum knows why he ran, you know why he ran, I think I have a right to

know... It's none of your business.

Did you really just say that?

Do you've any idea what you put us through?

Let's rewind here to why.

We'll get to that part when he's back with his family!

He's actually with part of his family, that would be me.

Go on ahead Calum, wait for me in the car.

No wait up Calum.

Have you told him? Did you ever tell Jacob?

No, no, I didn't think so, me with horns in my head,

you with your shiny halo. Stop it Elaine!

I think he has a right to know.

You know, the woman who wants to be their legal mother. Elaine!

How long were you Rory's personal assistant before you put the moves on him?

Was it a month, two months, I mean you certainly were with him years

before our marriage broke up.

But we don't talk about that do we?

Calum!

Are you happy now?

I let you and Rory wipe me out of the picture, I can't go on like that.

Hi, would you be able pick me up?

Not nice is it, feeling ashamed, feeling judged.

I never set out to break up your marriage.

Maybe I did say it to knock your halo off a bit.

I don't know how much was my drinking and how much the marriage

was in trouble anyway.

If you make Rory happy, good luck to you.

I know it's hard seeing them after all these years,

all the years you missed, I get it.

I know you do.

I can see how much you love them.

With all of my heart Elaine, with everything that's in me.

I was there for Calum's nightmares after the fire.

Jacob's first day at school, for birthday parties, for football runs,

for everything Elaine, everything!

I tried to hold back at the start, I told myself I didn't give birth

to them, I'm not their real mother.

But then I see them, lost, confused...

And I opened up my arms to them, I let them run in and I've held on ever since.

Why, why haven't you had...

I can't.

PHONE BUZZES

Look at your phone.

My guess is you got one too.

Thanks.

Are you all right? Yeah.

CRASH OF WAVES

You can always go home now that they found him, Jen.

You sure you want to be here?

I want to see where dad...

What's going on Calum?

You okay?

You know can talk to me about anything.

Can you pull over?

I know they don't want to tell me... that he has a brain tumour.

I found the scans on the computer a couple months ago.

You knew? Yeah, just today.

You know, I looked it up, they like -- tumours affect behaviour.

I mean, I guess he's scared, but I'm just so angry with him.

I think for pretending, for making us all pretend like everything's

fine when it's all gone to shit.

You don't know what it's like being stuck in the middle of someone

else's lies, pretending.

Believe me, I do, I do know what it's like Calum.

Did you know mum and dad were together while he was still married?

Yeah.

Yeah, they told us once they were sure they wanted to be together.

I didn't know.

Does it really make any difference?

I don't know why, but somehow it does.

You know, no one can change the past, but right now you have a

chance to spend some time with your father on your own terms.

Try to remember the man he was before the illness.

I try, I really do, but then he starts on Jacob.

And it makes me even more more mad at him.

I don't want to be angry all the time.

No, I know, I know.

This is Dennis' card.

I clocked his pin when I met him at the airport.

Why would you do that?

A way out, in case things got so bad.

Have things really been that bad between you and your father?

I'm so sorry.

For what it's worth your father's sorry too, more than you could

possibly ever imagine, Calum.

Do you want to go for a coffee or something?

I think I want to go home.

Okay.

Can I have one of those?

Thanks.

I don't let the boys see me.

They've seen a lot worse.

Well Calum's found, but not with either of us.

Yep.

Right this minute we are both shit mothers, the pair of us.

They used to be best buddies, Rory and Calum, what changed?

I never saw him raise a hand to either of them, not even a tap.

Stress, long flight, you saw a one-off.

I'm not sure I believe you.

Right now I don't care if you believe me or not, we're not likely

to be friends ever.

To be perfectly honest I'm not sure I want that either.

Why couldn't he love me, the way he loved Anna and Grace?

He did love you Jen, in his way.

But I wasn't his own blood.

I took any crumb.

I remember we'd come up here after every Sunday lunch.

It's part of our lives.

He'd look around, maybe not as grand or as majestic as the Cliffs of

Moher, he'd say, but these are my cliffs, that's my sea.

Jesus Frank, he even owned the landscape.

And then Anna continued the tradition with the boys before they left.

They love that.

The girls stopped coming, but I would hike up here with him.

I was glad to have him all to myself.

This is where he first asked me to invest in Seaview.

He said it would all be okay.

And I believed him.

We're closed.

Oh, it's you again.

I didn't say it, Grace, and I need to say it.

I wish you felt you could tell me.

Like it must have been hell at that age to go through that alone.

Well I wasn't alone.

He doesn't count.

It, it should have been me.

I've been laid in bed the last few nights and it's all I can think about

you know like, if that's what you wanted, then it should have been me

there with you.

And it should have been me there with you to take you home.

And I can't imagine it's any help now, but I want you to know that.

It does help, actually.

We had some good times too didn't we?

That time you taught me to surf, well half surf, whenever I get the hang of it.

I'll get out of your hair.

Joe...

I'll go to your dinner.

Tell Cathy I'll be there.

You're in so much trouble.

Where's dad?

Come on you.

Me?

Why do I have to come?

Cause I'm asking you to.

Alright, fine.

But just so you know, it was dad crashed the car.

Going out to look for you.

He's going to be pissed.

Hello?

Is he here? Anna!

Listen, listen, why don't you leave them alone for a minute?

Are you all right?

Look, mum, I'm sorry about...

No, no, please forget it, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said what I did,

I'm so sorry.

Rory's told me.

You know I'll do everything I can to get your money back, but would

the father not help out at all?

I don't think that's how sperm donation works, Frank.

That's definitely how you conceived, is it?

It's complicated, Frank.

Maybe it's just easier to say the sperm bank thing.

Stops questions.

It's a very small part of the world, nothing stays a secret for long.

If there is a father, one of these days there's gonna be a bang on the

door and there'll he be standing there.

PHONE BUZZES

It's from mum, she's doing dinner for everyone tonight.

Drop me back at my place will you, I'm in no mood for family dinner.

I think I'll head home myself.

PHONE RINGS

Hey, Val. Hey, listen, I'm sorry.

I should have got back to you, but the day just ran away with me.

No, as long as Rory and Callum are all right.

What time, what time should we expect you here?

What?

Listen, I'm so sorry, I'm just, I'm fixing dinner here for everyone now.

You said you were eating with us tonight.

I know, I know, but things just got ahead of me.

Listen, I promise I will be there tomorrow, okay.

I will be with you tomorrow.

You're with your family, I get it.

DIALTONE

Karl?

Anna, why didn't you tell me about Rory?

What could you have done?

Well, I could have helped, no?

My husband's dying, mam.

You can't take that away from me and make it not real.

No, I know, but I can take away the part where you have to weather it all alone.

I mean, for God's sake just, just let me.

We couldn't tell people about the tumour.

Why not?

Who did that help?

We need Elaine to sign us over the boys, before she hears he's dying

and claims them herself.

My God!

That's why we got married.

You didn't tell me because you knew I'd tell you that that was wrong.

Wrong isn't even the word, Anna!

I don't know anymore what's wrong.

Can you just think about this?

You cannot cheat those boys away from Elaine like that.

On every level this is not right, I mean, you must know that.

They're everything I have. No, you're not thinking straight.

We will talk about this tomorrow.

But tonight what you need is to sit at our table and be surrounded by the

people that love you, Anna.

I think what we need is to get out of this house.

Ah for God's sake.

Anna, please, after the day we've had I'm trying to bring us together.

We need to get out of here.

I'm going to town, get pizza or whatever.

Please don't... Look mam, I want to.

I want to spend time with them.

While I still have any.

PHONE BUZZES

CRASH OF WAVES

See you Frank.

Kevin!

I hope they lock you up and throw away the key!