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SINGLE-HANDED 3
EPISODE 1
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Script

OPENING CREDITS
RTE Drama
Owen McDonnell
Single-Handed
“The Drowning Man”
Written by
Barry Simner
Produced by
Clare Alan
Directed by
Anthony Byrne
END CREDITS
Cast in order of appearance
Daniel O’Malley
Denis Nolan
Anna
Liam Nolan
Andy
Cathal
Garda Finbarr Colvin
Michael Casey
Brede O’Malley
Ciaran O’Malley
Eithne Driscoll
Radio DJ
Maura Dooley
Eugene
Chief Superintendent Lynch
Doctor
Peter Agnew
Daisy Cummins
Sandra Corbally
Colm O’Callaghan
Cathy Hegarty
Ann Warter
Sean Burke
Gary Robinson
Owen Roe
Maude Fahy
Robert Bannon
Cillian O’Sullivan
Brien Gleeson
David Herlihy
Padraic Delaney
Catherine Byrne
Peter Gowen
Ruth McCabe
Paul Phelan
Marcella Plunkett
John O’Dowd
Michael McElhatton
Ross Flannery
First Assistant Director
Second Assistant Director
Third Assistant Director
Trainee ADs
Crowd Co-ordinator
Location Manager

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Joe Walsh
James Mongon
Yvonne Burke
Ross Flannery
Sophie Tebbitt
Evelyn McLoughlin
Matthew Hennessy
Paddy Hession
Gerard Coyne
Donal O’Farrell
Alistair Rumball
Chris Roufs
Julian Pugh-Cook
Alan Butler
Jessica Drum
Brian Dungan
Amy Breen
Paul Tsan
Adam Tsan
Fiachra O’Hanlon
Padraigh O’Mannion
Melanie Downes
Adrienne McGrane
Eleonora McNamara
Assistant Location Manager
Locations Trainee
Production Co-ordinator
Production Assistant
Production Accountant
Assistant Accountant
Transport Captain
Action Vehicle Drivers
Stunt Co-ordinator
Marine Co-ordinator
Script Supervisor
Camera Operator
Focus Puller
Underwater Photography
Video Technician
Camera Trainee
Key Grip
Assistant Grip
Sound Recordist
Boom Operator
Supervising Art Director
Standby Art Director
Standby Assistant Art Director

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Keavy Lalor
Gerry Lanigan
Alan Harvey
Ronan Kennedy
Ciara McKenna
Dave Flanagan
Dave Hill
Nicky McManus
Pat Tighe
Joey Gaynore
Thomas Arkins
Darren Carney
Neville Gaynor
Mark O’Callaghan
Dave Cowley
Simon Farrelly
John Martin Ó Flatharta
Stephen Doyle
Noel Holland
Martin Holland
Denise Watson
Sharon Doyle
Martina McCarthy
Sevlene Roddy
Art Department Buyer
Property Master
Chargehand
Stand-by Props
Assistant Stand-by Props
Dressing Props
Props Runaround
Construction Manager
Supervising Carpenter
Master Painter
Stagehand
Stand-by Painters
Stand-by Carpenter
Stand-by Stagehand
Stand-by Rigger
Gaffer
Best boy
Electrician
Generator Operator
Chief Make-up Artist
Assistant Make-up Artist
Chief Hair Designer
Assistant Hairdresser

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Mary Fox
Katie Guinnane
Peter Murray
Tim Morris
Stephen Lynch
Nikki Moss
Fionán Higgins
Andrea King
Peter Blayney
Shayne Murphy
John Kennedy
Dave Hughes
Wardrobe Supervisor
Wardrobe Assistant
Consultant
Post Production Supervisor
Assistant Editor
Sound Designer
Dialogue Editor
Foley Artist
Dubbing Mixer
HD Online Editor
Flame Artist
Colourist
Produced with the support of investment incentives
For the Irish Film Industry provided by the Government of
Ireland
Filmed on location in Ireland
Footage from Learning Gravity courtesy of Little Bird
Andrew Lowe
Des Martin
Maureen Hughes
Aisling Byrne
Anna Rackard
Niall Byrne
Isobel Stephenson
Darran Tiernan
Executive Producer for Element Films
Line Producer
Casting Director
Costume Designer
Production Designer
Composer
Editor
Director of Photography

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Rob Pursey
Executive Producer
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© RTE 2008

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00:01
WAVES BREAKING & MUSIC
00:17
GASPS OF BREATH.
00:50
A MOBILE PHONE RINGING.
00:58
JACK:
Hello? Jack Driscoll... What
sort of trouble? Where is
this? Okay. Who am I talking
to? Hello? Hello?
01:02
MUSIC
01:27
THUNDER
02:17
MUSIC
02:28
JACK:
02:44
JACK:
Shit!
Daniel! Daniel!
02:52
GRUNTS OF EXERTION.
03:32
LIAM:
ANDY:
LIAM:
CATHAL:
ANDY:
Try his mobile.
He'll be here.
Go on. You've got his
number.
No, we should wait. It was
Daniel's idea.
Give him another ten
minutes.

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LIAM:
Five - then I'm off.
03:41
KNOCK ON THE DOOR.
03:43
ANDY:
ANNA:
Yes! What did I say?
It's Daniel. Let him in.
03:58
DOOR SHUTTING.
04:02
FINBARR:
ANNA:
FINBARR:
ANNA:
FINBARR:
CATHAL:
FINBARR:
CATHAL:
FINBARR:
Well, this is a cosy little
set up on a cold, dark
night. Andy. Liam. Anna.
How are you, Anna?
I'm good, thank you, Garda
Colvin.
That's good. And your mother
and your father? Are they
good too?
They are. Thank you.
So we're all good. And
Cathal here is our host for
the evening. Is er, is that
what they call five card
stud you're playing there?
Actually, we were just
leaving, Garda Colvin.
O yeah, well er I got the
impression you were
expecting someone else.
No. I don't think he'll be
coming now. It's too late.
Well, I’ll tell you what,
why don't you deal me in so
- seeing as there's a spare

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place at the table? And I
think I'll have my usual
please, Cathal.
CATHAL:
FINBARR:
Well, it'll have to be on
the house then - we're
supposed to be closed.
O yes. I forgot that. So,
who’s dealing then lads?
05:05
MUSIC
05:35
MOBILE PHONE RINGS.
05:47
CATHAL:
FINBARR:
I think we're all done here,
Garda Colvin.
Well, I suppose that's just
as well. I have to be up
early in the morning to take
the kids to school. Now,
take it easy on the way
home, won’t you.
06:01
LIAM:
06:03
DOOR SLAMS.
CATHAL:
The bastard's cleaned us
out.
The one thing about Finbarr
is, he's always there when
you don't need him and never
there when you do.
06:08
MUSIC
07:04
JACK:
(On an answermachine)
Finbarr? I'm on my way to

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07:06
FINBARR:
JACK:
FINBARR:
JACK:
get an i.d. on the drowned
man.
Tom. Saoirse.
(on an answermachine)
There's a little holiday
cottage over the bay -
Skerig... ...
Come on. In the car.
(on an answermachine) Can
you find out who owns it or
who it's let to. And,
Finbarr - could you please
turn on your mobile?
07:15
ANSWERMACHINE BEEPS END OF MESSAGE.
07:17
LANDLINE RINGS.
07:27
FINBARR:
Gardai. Eugene. What's the
story?
07:32
MUSIC.
08:40
NOLAN:
FINBARR:
NOLAN:
FINBARR:
NOLAN:
FINBARR:
Will we have some money on
this hole boys?
On my wages?
O come on. Wouldn’t that
make it more interesting.
I wouldn't want to take your
money, Dennis. Not if your
luck's as bad as your son's.
Liam?
Did you know he's playing

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poker after hours at
Mallon's Bar?
NOLAN:
FINBARR:
NOLAN:
And losing too by the sound
of it. How much this time?
You'll have to ask him. But
you'd think these kids were
made of money the way they
carry on these days.
What can you do? They need a
car living in a place like
this. They have to be fed
and clothed. Anyway, he’ll
be wasting his own money
before too long. I told him,
if you think I'm tough on
you, wait till you get your
own boss.
09:16
GOLF BALL HIT.
09:18
FINBARR:
NOLAN:
FINBARR:
NOLAN:
FINBARR:
NOLAN:
FINBARR:
Good man.
Speaking of bosses. I saw
your's last night - out near
the beach.
Is that right?
Yeah. I was dropping a
friend off, you know, and he
came driving along, his
lights flashing and blazing.
Nearly had me off the road.
Yeah, there was, there was a
fatality, I think. Someone
drowned.
Do you know who?
No. Probably some foreigner
off one of those Spanish

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factory-ships, stealing all
our bloody fish.
09:42
MUSIC
NOLAN:
09:46
DJ:
That'll be it.
(On the radio) Talks are due
to resume next week. A look
at the business pages now
and it’s the long expected
deal between Eddie McCann’s
Premium Holdings and Chinese
Investment Bank that’s
making all the headlines. If
you follow the markets
you’ll know that Premium
Holdings is one of the Irish
success stories.
09:55
DOORBELL
09:57
DJ:
MAURA:
EITHNE:
MAURA:
(On the radio) If you follow
the markets you’ll know that
Premium Holdings has been
one of the great Irish
success stories of recent
years, riding out some very
rough financial conditions
when other companies have
been struggling.
(Off camera) Mrs Driscoll?
(Off camera) Yes.
I’m Maura Dooley. I'm a
friend of Jack's from
Dublin? He might have
mentioned me.

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DJ:
EITHNE:
DJ:
10:13
EITHNE:
MAURA:
EITHNE:
MAURA:
EITHNE:
(On the radio) According to
Chairman, Eddie McCann, the
success of the company is
all down to shareholder
loyalty.
(Off camera) He did mention
you, Maura. Come in.
(On the radio) Weather now…
That’s a while ago, isn't it
– since yourself and Jack
were friends?
That's right. Yeah, when he
was still stationed in
Dublin. I'm over here on
holiday for a day or two. I
thought it would be nice...
He'll be thrilled to see
you.
He's not here though?
He was called out somewhere
last night. I'm expecting
him any minute for his
breakfast. He’ll not be
long. So - you're Maura
Dooley. Well, it's nice to
meet you, Maura - at last.
10:37
MUSIC
10:45
BREDE:
CIARAN:
But what was he doing? There
was no reason for him to be
out there on his own.
Was he... you know... when
you got to him?
JACK: He was still breathing -

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just. But he was exhausted.
It was the cold.
CIARAN:
JACK:
CIARAN:
JACK:
BREDE:
JACK:
BREDE:
JACK:
So he wasn't far from the
beach?
No. He almost made it by
himself.
But you were with him - at
the end? He wasn't...
I was with him. I had him on
the beach. I tried
everything. I held him.
Did he say anything?
No. But I think he knew I
was there.
Alone out there. In the cold
water.
D’you have any idea what he
might have been doing out
there? Why he ended up in
the sea?
11.30
MUSIC
BREDE:
JACK:
CIARAN:
BREDE:
No. Normally, you couldn't
get Daniel in to the water
for love nor money. Ciaran
couldn't get him, get him to
set foot on the trawler.
Did Daniel know Dennis
Nolan?
He plays cards with Dennis's
son, Liam, and a few other
lads. Over there at
Mallon's.
That’s where he said he was

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going last night. Then when
he didn't come home I
thought they might have had
a drink or two. Then I
thought he might be staying
over. God!
JACK:
12:13
MAURA:
EITHNE:
MAURA:
EITHNE:
MAURA:
EITHNE:
MAURA:
EITHNE:
Look. I'm going to take you
home. I'll start to make
some enquiries but, if you
hear anything, I want you to
give me a call straight
away.
His father must have been
proud of him.
Well it's not supposed to
happen, as you know - taking
over from your father. A few
strings had to be pulled
there. But Gerry was proud.
And so was I. Having a
husband and a son that
people would look up to.
He’s a good-looking man too.
The whole set of him. The
way he walks. It's Gerry
every time Jack comes in the
room.
It's been a great loss to
you.
He was no age, you know. And
fit as a fiddle.
You're lucky you still have
Jack.
I still have Jack. You don’t
have any children yourself,
Maura, no?

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MAURA:
EITHNE:
MAURA:
EITHNE:
MAURA:
No. Fortunately. I mean, now
I'm divorced I'm glad we
didn't.
And you've left your job in
the guards? That's a shame.
Was that for the same
reason?
My husband was in another
part of the city. It's a
small world. I'd have
forever been running into
him.
And your friend? The one
you're over here with?
He’s just a friend.
13:19
MUSIC.
13:36
JACK:
EITHNE:
JACK:
EITHNE:
JACK:
EITHNE:
JACK:
EITHNE:
Hello?
I’m in the kitchen. God
almighty, where've you been?
These are soaking wet.
You know Brede and Ciaran
O'Malley's son, Daniel? He’s
drowned.
Dear God, no. How?
I wish I knew.
They'll be in pieces, the
pair of them. She worships
that boy.
Yeah. I could see that.
And you might have been
drowned yourself going in to
the water like that. Taking

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those risks.
JACK:
14:16
MAURA:
JACK:
MAURA:
JACK:
14:33
EITHNE:
MAURA:
JACK:
EITHNE:
MAURA:
Well, it made no difference
in the end. I couldn’t save
him.
Hello, Jack.
Maura.
I, I’m sorry, this is a
really bad…
No, no, you’re grand. I just
wasn't expecting... It's
great to see you.
I'm afraid I've been boring
her with old photos and
stories...
Not at all, sure. Jack
never showed me any
pictures. But, like I
said... (this is a really
bad time).
No, stay.
I'm sure Maura can make
herself at home. Look, I
have a meeting that I have
to get to. You have a shower
– or a bath. Make sure he
has something to eat?
I'll try. You should have
that shower.
15:00
MUSIC
JACK:
Yeah. Yeah, I’ll do that.

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17:02
SHOWER WATER RUNNING.
17:10
MAURA:
JACK:
MAURA:
JACK:
MAURA:
JACK:
MAURA:
JACK:
MAURA:
17:50
EITHNE:
You've put on a bit of
weight.
It shows then?
Just a little bit. Round
here.
Give me the towel. Come on.
You'd think we'd be fit
living in the country.
Nobody walks anywhere.
You're probably fitter
living in the city.
Do you miss being in Dublin?
Sometimes.
Your mother told me to make
you something to eat.
Then you'd better do it.
Laughs.
Well, she said they were
just friends - but you only
have to see them together to
know they were more than
that. Thanks Cathal. The
one that's come really good
for us is Premium Holdings.
It's all over the news this
morning so we have a great
chance there as long as we
hold our nerve.
18:05
CHATTER…
EITHNE:
Look at the figures from

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that last quarter there?
CATHAL:
EITHNE:
CATHAL:
EITHNE:
CATHAL:
EITHNE:
CATHAL:
EITHNE:
CATHAL:
EITHNE:
CATHAL:
18:44
CATHAL:
It's only a mug's game, Mrs
Driscoll. Shares go down as
well as up. It's only
gambling in the end.
Well, I know you have to
have a bit of luck but you
must study the form to make
money in stocks and shares.
You’re better off doing the
lottery or something...
...at our age? Is that what
you were going to say?
Have you played poker?
Poker. Would you listen to
him. Why would I want to do
that?
You have the face for it Mrs
Driscoll - you know?
I can imagine sort of riff
raff you get involved with
in a game like that.
No. They're a decent bunch.
Liam Nolan, d'you know him?
His father's a solicitor.
Oh, a solicitor? That’ll
make all the difference.
Daniel O'Malley. He's a good
lad.
What, d’you know him?
18:46
MUSIC

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EITHNE:
CATHAL:
EITHNE:
19:09
JACK:
MAURA:
JACK:
MAURA:
JACK:
MAURA:
JACK:
No-one’s told you? Daniel's
dead. He was drowned last
night.
Where?
In the bay out there. Jack
went in after him but it was
no use. He got him out of
the water and he was gone.
So you're a free woman
again.
I am. I chucked his ring
into the Liffey.
Why?
Well that's what he
threatened to do to me when
he found out about you.
You should never have
married him.
No, punching him wasn't too
clever either.
No, but it felt good. I'm
surprised I hadn't heard
that you'd left the guards -
what are you up to now?
19:39
MUSIC
MAURA:
JACK:
MAURA:
Just temporary stuff. Bits
and pieces. You know...
Nothing permanent.
You should have called me.
I'd already messed up your
life once.

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JACK:
MAURA:
JACK:
MAURA:
JACK:
MAURA:
JACK:
MAURA:
JACK:
MAURA:
JACK:
MAURA:
JACK:
MAURA:
Who's this 'friend' you're
on holiday with?
Just someone I work with.
Your mother mentioned you
met someone. A doctor?
Maggie.
Attractive? Sexy?
Yeah.
Sexier than me?
She went back to England.
It's beautiful here, but
it's not an easy place to
settle.
Many are tempted?
Not many make it past the
winter. Where are you
staying?
Somewhere Michael booked. He
kind of knows the area. So,
tell me about this young lad
who drowned.
Daniel O’Malley? He's local.
Father has a fishing boat.
Decent people. Hard working.
How did he come to be in the
sea?
God knows. He told his
parents he was going out to
play poker and the next
thing they know, I'm
standing at the door telling
them he's been drowned.
So what is it then, a
gambling debt? Suicide?

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JACK:
MAURA:
JACK:
MAURA:
JACK:
MAURA:
JACK:
MAURA:
JACK:
MAURA:
JACK:
MAURA:
21:58
FINBARR:
EUGENE:
FINBARR:
EUGENE:
The poker, you mean? Still
thinking like a detective?
It's a hard habit to break.
It's possible, I suppose.
And what about witnesses?
Well the woman who rang me
must have seen something but
she didn't leave a name.
Still it's a small
community. Not much stays
hidden for long - not if you
know who to ask.
Thank god you're okay. It's
tough out here.
Different.
Lonely?
Are you going to be around
long enough for me to buy
you a drink? That’s if your
friend doesn't mind.
Do you still have my number?
It’s in the memory there
somewhere.
Then give me a call.
Eugene. How are you?
Finbarr. How are you?
So, you’ve, you've lost a
boat, then have you?
The small ‘Dory'. It was
tied up here secure when we

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left it last night.
FINBARR:
EUGENE:
FINBARR:
And, could it have broken
loose and drifted off?
No. It wasn't in the water.
It was up here by the sheds.
The outboard's gone as well.
So, stolen then, yeah?
22:18
MUSIC
EUGENE:
FINBARR:
EUGENE:
Well, that's the way it
looks to me.
Ciaran not about yet?
No, he has his phone
switched off. That's why I
thought I'd better get on to
you.
FINBARR:
22:34
FINBARR:
JACK:
FINBARR:
JACK:
FINBARR:
OK.
Jack.
Where were you in the middle
of last night?
I noticed there were lights
on in Mallon's so I dropped
in to have a look.
Which would be why you
couldn't answer your mobile,
I suppose? Did the poker
players tell you Daniel
O'Malley was supposed to be
in there?
They were expecting someone
- I didn't know it was
Daniel. Why?

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JACK:
FINBARR:
JACK:
FINBARR:
JACK:
FINBARR:
JACK:
FINBARR:
JACK:
FINBARR:
It was Daniel who drowned
last night. So it would have
been his hand you were
playing - if you'd been
playing.
Daniel O'Malley? Good god.
Was there much money
involved?
No. Pocket money that’s all.
Poor kid. I remember him
helping around the pier
during the summer holidays.
Yeah. Seventeen years old.
Well that explains one thing
anyhow. You know Eugene – he
works for Ciaran? He phoned
me this morning to say the
little 'Dory' they have -
the one that they use as a
tender - disappeared last
night. He must have been
fishing.
At night? No life-jacket?
There's a lot of fishermen
don't like wearing lifejackets.
Daniel wasn't a fisherman.
His mother said they
couldn't get him interested
in it so he's hardly likely
to be out hauling nets in
the middle of the night, is
he?
God knows what's running
around in these kids' heads?
Sure, it's like talking with
aliens with them most of the

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time.
JACK:
FINBARR:
JACK:
FINBARR:
JACK:
FINBARR:
JACK:
FINBARR:
JACK:
FINBARR:
I passed Dennis Nolan on my
way out there.
I know you did. I've just
played a round with him.
And he mentioned seeing me?
O yes. Said you nearly had
him off the road. Keen to
tell me he was dropping a
friend home. Wanted to know
what was the hurry with you.
Is this a regular round you
have with Nolan?
You must be joking. I can't
abide the man. That's why it
was a pleasure to take fifty
euros off him for one hole.
Shame we can't get a result
in court like that now and
again.
Did you get that message
about the cottage? Skerig.
Yeah. I'm onto it now.
OK. I'll catch you later.
Righto.
24:39
MUSIC
25:02
NOLAN:
JACK:
This better be quick,
sergeant. I've another case
due on.
Last night. I passed you
near the beach.

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NOLAN:
JACK:
NOLAN:
JACK:
NOLAN:
JACK:
NOLAN:
USHER:
NOLAN:
JACK:
NOLAN:
JACK:
NOLAN:
JACK:
You did. You nearly had me
in the ditch.
Can you tell me what you
were doing out there?
Didn't Finbarr tell you? I
was dropping a friend off
home. He'd had a few
glasses. I didn't want him
taking any risks by driving.
I see the consequences of
that in here every day.
Did you notice any activity
out there? Lights on the
beach? Anything like that?
You know I must have been on
auto-pilot. I’m assuming all
these questions are in
connection with the young
man who drowned?
Daniel O'Malley. His father
has a fishing boat.
I think my son knew him.
Mr. Nolan?
O, thank you. Was it a
fishing accident?
I expect it was something
like that.
Tragic.
You wouldn’t happen to have
the name of that friend of
yours handy, would you?
He's a client, sergeant.
But he would be able to
verify that you were driving

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him home?
NOLAN:
If you had good reason to
ask him.
26:01
MUSIC
26:33
ANNA:
JACK:
ANDY:
CATHAL:
ANNA:
CATHAL:
JACK:
CATHAL:
ANNA:
JACK:
ANNA:
Everyone just turned up. We
didn't know what else to do.
It was Sergeant Driscoll
here who went in after
Daniel.
You all knew him. What sort
of mood has he been in
lately?
Normal? Happy? Always nice
to everyone.
He’d been quite moody
though.
Not to me.
A bit low.
Depressed?
Well... quieter than usual.
You think he might have
killed himself?
I'm just trying to get a
sense of what was going on
in his life. Did he have a
girlfriend? Were they
getting on?
No one special. But Daniel
wouldn't do something like
this. It wasn't in his
nature.

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CATHAL:
JACK:
CATHAL:
JACK:
CATHAL:
He had a big row with his
dad.
When?
A few weeks back.
What was that about?
They weren't getting on.
27:30
A DOOR SHUTS.
CATHAL:
JACK:
But sure, that's normal,
isn't it?
Thanks.
27:49
KNOCKING ON DOOR.
27:59
JACK:
CASEY:
MAURA:
CASEY:
JACK:
CASEY:
28:25
JACK:
CASEY:
JACK:
Jack Driscoll. Garda
Sergeant Driscoll.
Michael Casey.
Who is it?
You've met Maura. What can
we do for you, sergeant?
Can I come in?
Sure. We're a bit
disorganized but..., come
in.
That's a great view.
It's a grand spot, isn't it?
You're enjoying your
holiday?

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CASEY:
JACK:
CASEY:
JACK:
CASEY:
Very much.
Maura told you what
happened?
Yeah. I can't believe
someone was drowning while
we were asleep.
You didn't hear anything?
See anything? Lights on the
beach?
You know, we can't seem to
stay awake here? Can we? It
must be the sea air.
28:48
MUSIC
JACK:
CASEY:
JACK:
CASEY:
JACK:
CASEY:
JACK:
CASEY:
You didn’t hear any
vehicles?
Not a sound. We knew nothing
about this - well, not till
you told Maura.
It’s just that I got a call
you see. To say that someone
was in trouble. A woman's
voice. She wouldn't leave
her name.
Right.
What do you do, Michael?
I work with Maura. Sales.
It's pretty boring sort of
shite but we have a laugh,
don't we?
You're interested in birdwatching?
I'm getting into it.
Cormorants and stuff.

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Obviously, if we do hear of
anything... we'll call you).
JACK:
CASEY:
JACK:
MAURA:
29:58
MAURA:
CASEY:
MAURA:
CASEY:
MAURA:
Obviously. Maura has my
number.
I suppose this happens out
here quite a lot? Get
pissed, go for a midnight
swim, find yourself out of
your depth.
Usually it’s only the
visitors who do that. Locals
tend to know where it’s
safe. Don't forget that
drink, Maura?
No.
What?
The point of going to see
him was to find out whether
he was going to cause us a
problem here.
Yeah, which is what I did.
You also seem to have given
him the impression that
you're available for a cosy
bloody reunion. And maybe
some extras.
Meaning?
30:09
MUSIC
CASEY:
MAURA:
Oh, you didn't see his
tongue hanging out?
I went to see him. I tried
to find out how much he
knew.

30
CASEY:
This whole thing is about to
go arse upwards. You tell me
you know the local guard. I
say, fine, let's use that.
Find out how he's going to
handle this. I didn't say
give him the impression you
were up for a shag.
30:29
DOOR SLAMS
30:30
MAURA:
JACK:
Jack. Jack! What are you
going to do?
When did all this undercover
shite start? Were you at it
when we were together?
30:40
MUSIC
MAURA:
JACK:
MAURA:
JACK:
MAURA:
31:04
EITHNE:
It's my job. No, I wasn't
'at it' when we were
together. I was recruited
after I got divorced.
You shouldn't have dragged
my mother into this.
What could I do? I couldn't
just turn up at the garda
station.
You used her. It’s not fair.
You've given her the wrong
impression.
Jack?
Cathal, could you pass me
the playing cards on the
shelf there? Did you ever
learn any German I wonder?

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CATHAL:
EITHNE:
CATHAL:
EITHNE:
CATHAL:
EITHNE:
CATHAL:
EITHNE:
CATHAL:
32:00
NOLAN:
LIAM:
NOLAN:
LIAM:
No.
Pochen. It's a German word,
I believe. That’s where we
get the word poker from.
Pochen, poker, bluff.
Is that right?
Were you and Daniel close?
We were at the National
School together.
Is this the first time
you've ever lost someone?
Someone my own age. Last
week he was in here banging
on about this terrible
argument he’d had with his
dad. I told him to get on
with it.
And now you wish you’d been
a bit more sympathetic?
Yeah, something like that.
You already know how to
play, don't you?
Liam. Where've you been?
In was out on the beach.
Where Daniel died.
Yeah, it's tough when
something like this happens.
I know that. Did you hear
any more?
No. He was supposed to be
with us at Mallon's. He was
out in a boat. Nobody can
understand.

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NOLAN:
DANIEL:
NOLAN:
DANIEL:
NOLAN:
DANIEL:
Look Liam, if you had any
troubles, you would talk to
me, wouldn't you?
Yeah, of course.
Here.
Dad.
Ah go on. Take this. It’ll
cover what you lost last
night. Don't waste it.
Thanks.
33:00
MUSIC
33:06
FINBARR:
LYNCH:
FINBARR:
LYNCH:
FINBARR:
LYNCH:
Yeah... yeah... right...
That'll be fifty euros the
round trip. Grand. See you
there. Bye bye.
Jack Driscoll?
Garda Colvin. Can I help
you?
Chief Superintendent Lynch.
It's Jack Driscoll I'm
after.
Right. Sir. Well. Sergeant
Driscoll will be back here
any minute now. I tell you
what, why don't you make
yourself comfortable because
you see, er, like I’m a bit
tied up right at the minute
and I have... (to go out).
I can see you're a busy man,
Garda Colvin. You get on
with whatever it is you have

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to do.
33:42
MUSIC
FINBARR:
33:59
LYNCH:
JACK:
LYNCH:
JACK:
LYNCH:
JACK:
LYNCH:
JACK:
LYNCH:
Right. Good luck.
We could get some real work
done if it wasn't for all
this shite. Isn't that
right, sergeant? Chief
Superintendent Lynch.
Organized Crime Unit. If
it's any consolation, the
pile on my desk is twice
what you have here. So you
have a drowned man on your
hands.
That's right.
And is it true that you went
into the sea after him? At
night? At this time of year?
It's not something you stop
to think about.
Oh, I don’t know about that.
That's the kind of thing
they hand out medals for.
Well, I lost him so it I
made no difference.
Yeah. Very sad. But you can
look yourself in the eye and
say you tried. You were
tested - you came through.
Have you filed your report
yet, sergeant?
Not yet.
It shouldn't take you long,
should it? The paperwork on

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a straightforward accident
like that. Simple stuff
compared to all of this
shite.
JACK:
I’m not at all sure about
what happened yet. It might
be an accident. I don't
know.
35:05
MUSIC
LYNCH:
JACK:
LYNCH:
JACK:
LYNCH:
JACK:
Oh. It’s perfectly clear to
me, Jack. I think you'll
find that what happened here
was an accident - at least
until my people have
finished their work.
Your people?
Detective Sergeant Casey and
Detective Garda Dooley are
two of the best officers in
my unit. Now I'm sure I
don't have to remind you of
the protocol involved when
an officer stumbles across
an undercover operation.
I know how it's supposed to
work.
Of course you do. You're an
experienced man. Now what
Casey and Dooley are doing
here is very important to
me, it’s very important to
the state. And I cannot, and
I will not, allow anything
to compromise that
operation.
That might be easier if I
knew what the operation was.

35
LYNCH:
35:50
LYNCH:
JACK:
LYNCH:
JACK:
LYNCH:
JACK:
LYNCH:
36:02
LYNCH:
JACK:
LYNCH:
JACK:
LYNCH:
JACK:
I've told you all you need
to know.
Oh, your partner. The one
with the taxi.
He doesn't know about your
people.
Local paper?
No.
Radio?
No.
Good. That's the way I want
to keep it.
Well, would you look at
that? I'd like to have your
drive to work in the
morning, Jack. Gerry
Driscoll? Remind me.
He was my father.
Of course he was. I bumped
into him once in Templemore.
I think he might have been
doing his Sergeant's Exams.
The early nineties?
That would be it. You could
never tell what that man was
thinking. Of course it would
have been different for you,
being his son and all that.
I'm sure he would have
talked....
He never spoke about work.
He was a very discreet man
when it came to the job.

36
LYNCH:
JACK:
LYNCH:
And that's what I want you
to be, Jack. There's no need
for you to have anything to
do with my people. As far as
you're concerned they're a
young couple enjoying a
quiet break. But if you do
happen to bump into them
again - a little bit of your
father’s discretion wouldn’t
go amiss.
And it's Garda Colvin's
wife's taxi - not his.
O I don’t worry about that
Jack. I knew a Guard once
ran a funeral parlour from
the barracks. Can you
believe it? You're the boss.
You're the sheriff. Be safe,
be well.
39:00
MUSIC
39:26
SHOP DOOR BELL RINGS.
39:56
CASEY:
LYNCH:
CASEY:
I'm sorry. The last thing I
wanted was to bring you out
here.
I didn't want to have to
come here, Michael. I
thought this operation was
in safe hands. I thought I
could concentrate on the
Dublin end of things and
leave this side to you.
We couldn't have planned on
the kid going in the water.
That came out of nowhere.
Did you speak to this

37
culchie guard yet?
LYNCH:
CASEY:
LYNCH:
CASEY:
LYNCH:
CASEY:
LYNCH:
CASEY:
LYNCH:
CASEY:
LYNCH:
CASEY:
LYNCH:
I told him that until you've
finished your work here,
what he has on his hands is
a simple, straightforward
accident.
Did you tell him what we're
doing?
No. He knows who you are but
not what you're doing.
Is he happy with that?
With Driscoll's record, he's
lucky to have a job - he'd
be a fool to risk his career
over this.
He'd be a lot easier to
handle if he hadn't been
mixed up with Maura way
back. That emotional
business... that really
complicates things.
Dooley has good instincts.
She can handle it.
I'm wondering if it wouldn't
be better just to pull out
now.
Are you serious?
Yeah. Rather than have the
thing go off half-cocked.
Michael, this operation
means a lot to me.
And to me.
And this is your chance to
prove it. This is your

38
chance to make your mark.
41:00
MUSIC
LYNCH
WAITRESS:
LYNCH:
WAITRESS:
LYNCH:
41:50
EITHNE:
JACK:
EITHNE:
JACK:
EITHNE:
As you well know, we don't
have a great record with
this target.
More Coffee?
Excuse me?
More coffee?
No. Thank you. The idea was
to keep it simple. Small.
Low-key. Get in, get the
evidence, get out. Now I
chose you, Michael - above
all the others. I chose you.
We have to deliver. You
have to deliver. Now this
operation goes ahead despite
your drowned man. Yeah?
The pockets were full of
sand. I don't know what it's
done to my machine.
You didn't have to do all
that. I could have ironed
them myself.
Like that one you've on, you
mean? Look, it’s a pity you
didn’t bring Maura over to
meet your dad when he was
still alive. They'd have got
on well, I think.
He was always a hit with the
ladies.
She's a lovely-looking
woman.

39
JACK:
EITHNE:
JACK:
EITHNE:
JACK:
EITHNE:
JACK:
EITHNE:
JACK:
43:11
JACK:
DOCTOR:
JACK:
DOCTOR:
And she's a mind of her own
– as do I. Here, big box of
his stuff down at the
station.
And he'd have you to think
he wasn't a sentimental man.
Did he ever mention him?
Lynch. Your father was
always one for keeping up
with who was in and who was
out at the Phoenix Park. But
he's one you would remember.
Bit of a crusader. He's done
well for himself, hasn’t he.
Chief Superintendent. What
did dad say?
The worst thing your father
could say about someone was
that he had no sense of
humour. But your man here
must be good to get where he
is. How do you know him?
His name came up.
Have you any news of Daniel?
No. I'm just on my way to
the hospital now to pick up
the autopsy report. I’ll
see you later.
Any sign of alcohol?
No.
Drugs?
Nothing. Nothing at all.

40
JACK:
DOCTOR:
JACK:
Okay, thanks. Actually, I
thought I might drop his
personal effects and his
clothes back to his parents.
Sure. I’ll ask one of the
nurses.
Great. Thank you.
43:32
MUSIC
43:45
JACK:
CIARAN:
JACK:
BREDE:
44:37
JACK:
CIARAN:
JACK:
CIARAN:
JACK:
I had some paper-work to
pick up from the hospital.
They asked me to drop this
off. Some of Daniel’s
things. Saw you in town.
I was on my way out to the
boat.
Sorry, Brede. There's
nothing yet. It might be
useful for me to have a look
at his room. Would that be
OK?
Will you bring the guard up
and show him Daniel’s room?
Tell me about the argument.
What argument?
The argument you had with
Daniel. What was that about?
There was no argument. The
same as any other family.
About his future. What he
was going to do with his
life.
What was he going to do?

41
CIARAN:
JACK:
CIARAN:
JACK:
CIARAN:
JACK:
CIARAN:
JACK:
CIARAN:
JACK:
CIARAN:
JACK:
CIARAN:
Anything but go to sea. I
can't blame really. The
business is finished.
He was playing a lot of
poker.
Not a lot. Just with his
friends.
For money?
No.
What about 'on-line'?
I told you before. It was
just a bit of fun.
It's an easy way to lose a
lot of money. Easy to let
things get out of control.
You think maybe he was in
debt?
Lads of his age often find
it difficult to speak to
their families. Bottle this
up.
Are you suggesting he did
this on purpose?
No. I don't think it was
deliberate. I think Daniel
went into the water by
accident. What I want to
find out is what he was
doing out there in the first
place. Was Daniel involved
in drugs in any way?
Good god, no. He was never
interested in anything like
that in his life.

42
JACK:
BREDE:
CIARAN:
BREDE:
JACK:
CIARAN:
BREDE:
CIARAN:
BREDE:
Eugene reported your 'Dory'
missing first thing this
morning. Had Daniel taken it
out before?
The 'Dory'? What would he be
doing out in the dark in
that little thing?
Look, nobody knows what
happened. The boat was gone
but nobody knows what it was
he was doing out there. Now
you're asking me about his
poker-playing and drugs and
god-knows-what.
Drugs? That's never Daniel.
And the poker - that's just
a hobby with them all
nowadays.
I have to ask.
I know you do. And it's
true, you do hear these
stories about the young
people. How they have all
this pressure on them and
the parents only find out
when it's too late.
What are you saying?
I'm saying that you hear
these things, that's all.
Good god, man. If my son was
thinking of taking his own
life, I would have known
about it. I loved him. He
was my own blood. I would
have known if he was in
trouble. I don't understand
what all these questions are
for.

43
JACK:
CIARAN:
I'm sorry, Brede. I'm trying
to find out what happened to
your son. Let's get back to
Denis Nolan. Do you have
anything to do with him?
I know him. He loaned me
money....
47:00
MUSIC
BREDE:
CIARAN:
BREDE:
CIARAN:
BREDE:
CIARAN:
BREDE:
JACK:
What?
Couple of thousand.... Five
thousand.
Five thousand euros?
And I paid him back. It was
purely a business
arrangement. A small loan.
What on earth were you doing
taking money from a man like
that? Nolan doesn't do
favours - he doesn't do
anything for nothing. What
has all this got to do with
my son and Dennis Nolan?
Nothing. It has nothing to
do with the man.
The guard's asking you a
question, Ciaran. Why is he
asking? What's he
suggesting?
I'm suggesting nothing, Mrs
O'Malley. I'm just asking
questions.
48:10
KNOCKING ON DOOR.

44
48:15
JACK:
MAURA:
JACK:
MAURA:
JACK:
MAURA:
JACK:
MAURA:
JACK:
MAURA:
JACK:
MAURA:
JACK:
MAURA:
Where is he?
Talk to me.
I want Casey. I want some
answers.
Jack. Be reasonable. Lynch
told you....
Why don’t you come down and
tell Daniel's mother why her
son died? She needs some
answers.
And I can't give them to
her. You know what I'm doing
here.
No. I don't - because you
won't tell me.
You know I can't talk about
it.
You didn't need to lie to
me.
Do you think I enjoyed that?
It's a possibility, isn't
it? Given your record.
Jack - grow up. This isn’t
about us. There is no us.
This is about work. Now,
leave me alone before you
blow the whole thing wide
open.
What exactly is your
relationship with Ciaran
O'Malley?
You're behaving like a fool.

45
JACK:
I have Daniel out there in
Ciaran's boat - alone – and
nobody can tell me why. I
also have a local man - a
solicitor with a dodgy
reputation out near the
beach at the same time. Now,
I think Daniel was trying to
get ashore when he went into
the water.
49:01
MUSIC
JACK:
MAURA:
JACK:
He had no car there so he
must have been meeting
someone.
You're putting all of us in
danger by coming here.
Including, if you only knew
it, Ciaran O’Malley and his
wife and...
No, you did that when you
rang me to say that someone
was in trouble. You were
shit scared and you didn't
know what to do so you
called me. Now I didn't ask
to be dragged into this. Now
that I have been the least
you can do is tell me what
the fuck is going on. Okay.
Let's try Casey.
49:34
CASEY:
JACK:
CASEY:
Why don't you stop and think
before you make a very
serious mistake?
You were both watching the
beach the night Daniel
O’Malley died. Why?
What did I tell you? This is

46
why they sent him out here.
This is why it was a bad
idea to go and see him. How
long have you been in this
job, Driscoll?
JACK:
CASEY:
JACK:
CASEY:
MAURA:
JACK:
Don't treat me like a fool.
I'm sick of lying to decent
people.
Is that so? And would that
be because you have
scruples? Because you’ve got
a duty to perform? You know
what? Fuck your scruples.
Fuck your duty. This is a
major investigation into...
Into what? Well, go on. A
seventeen year-old boy is
lying on a slab because of
what you're doing here. Now
I find out his his father's
involved somehow. I don't
care about your operation. I
don't give a fuck how
'major' it is. I think you
deliberately placed him and
his family at risk. Now do
you expect me to sit here
and do nothing while you
shit on my doorstep and
expect me to clear it up?
One way or the other, Casey,
I'm having the answers.
You're having nothing. Stick
to handing out parking
tickets to tourists.
Jack, be reasonable. There
was nothing we could do for
Daniel. I'm sorry but that's
the truth, believe me.
Ask him why he didn't go in
after him.

47
MAURA:
JACK:
MAURA:
JACK:
CASEY:
JACK:
CASEY:
JACK:
Jack, please.
This has to do with drugs,
doesn’t it? Daniel O'Malley
was mixed up in it, somehow.
Leave it alone.
One death is enough.
Go home to your mother and
leave this to people who are
trained to handle it.
Okay. Let's try a different
approach.
Driscoll. Look, I know what
your problem is. I know what
this is all about. But if
you think she's going to
Michael Casey. I'm arresting
you...
51:03
PUNCH
51:09
SPIT
JACK:
MAURA:
JACK:
CASEY:
JACK:
MAURA:
Assault on an officer will
do nicely.
Jack, Wait. Jack, please
listen.
Now, you are not obliged to
say anything but anything
you do say
...can you believe this?
...may be used against you…
Jack.

48
JACK:
MAURA:
JACK:
in evidence."
You're behaving like an
idiot.
If I find that your friend
here sent a seventeen-yearold
to his death, I swear to
god - I'll bury him. Now
move.
51:36
CAR SCREACHING TO A HALT.
51:39
LYNCH:
You what? This guy is
starting to get on my
nerves. Okay, I'm onto it.
Fuck!
51:55
MUSIC
52:02
LYNCH:
MAURA:
JACK:
MAURA:
LYNCH:
JACK:
CASEY:
Last year alone Eddie McCann
was behind the importation
of 50 million worth of drugs
in to this country…
Jack, I don’t want this to
wreck things for us.
I thought there was no us.
That depends on you.
There’s a bigger picture
here and you’re not seeing
it. Did I get you wrong
Jack?
If you assumed I was my
father, then yes.
She only came on to you
because I told her to.

49
She’s laughing at you.
LYNCH:
CASEY:
JACK:
LYNCH:
JACK:
MAURA:
EITHNE:
MAURA:
JACK:
Michael, enough.
You were told to back off.
You were told you were out
of your depth.
So what happens to Ciaran
O’Malley?
He’s a drug trafficker, do
you care?
I care about his family.
Do you worry about Jack.
The worry never goes away.
No matter what age they are.
I only ever seem to bring
him bad luck.
I think you have an
informant. Someone inside
your operation.

50
TOUCHPAPER
TELEVISION
SINGLE-HANDED 3
EPISODE 2
Post Production
Script

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OPENING CREDITS
RTE Drama
Owen McDonnell
Single-Handed
“The Drowning Man”
Written by
Barry Simner
Produced by
Clare Alan
Directed by
Anthony Byrne
END CREDITS
Cast in order of appearance
Daniel O’Malley
Garda Finbarr Colvin
Denis Nolan
Maura Dooley
Brede O’Malley
Ciaran O’Malley
Michael Casey
Chief Superintendent Lynch
Liam Nolan
Radio DJ
Eithne Driscoll
Eddie McCann
Eugene
Cathal
Andy
Anna
Peter Agnew
Daisy Cummins
Sandra Corbally
Colm O’Callaghan
Cathy Hegarty
Ann Warter
Sean Burke
Garry Robinson
David Herlihy
Owen Roe
Marcella Plunkett
Catherine Byrne
Peter Gowen
Padraic Delaney
Michael McElhatton
Robert Bannon
Paul Phelan
Ruth McCabe
Tony Lynch
John O’Dowd
Brien Gleeson
Cillian O’Sullivan
Maude Fahy
First Assistant Director
Second Assistant Director
Third Assistant Director
Trainee ADs
Crowd Co-ordinator
Location Manager

52
Joe Walsh
James Mongon
Yvonne Burke
Ross Flannery
Sophie Tebbitt
Evelyn McLoughlin
Matthew Hennessy
Assistant Location Manager
Locations Trainee
Production Co-ordinator
Production Assistant
Production Accountant
Assistant Accountant
Transport Captain
Paddy Hession
Gerard Coyne
Alistair Rumball
Donal O’Farrell
Chris Roufs
Julian Pugh-Cook
Alan Butler
Jessica Drum
Brian Dungan
Amy Breen
Paul Tsan
Adam Tsan
Fiachra O’Hanlon
Padraigh O’Mannion
Melanie Downes
Adrienne McGrane
Eleonora McNamara
Action Vehicle Drivers
Marine Co-ordinator
Stunt Co-ordinator
Script Supervisor
Camera Operator
Focus Puller
Underwater Photography
Video Technician
Camera Trainee
Key Grip
Assistant Grip
Sound Recordist
Boom Operator
Supervising Art Director
Standby Art Director
Standby Assistant Art Director

53
Keavy Lalor
Gerry Lanigan
Alan Harvey
Ronan Kennedy
Ciara McKenna
Dave Flanagan
Dave Hill
Nicky McManus
Pat Tighe
Joey Gaynore
Thomas Arkins
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00:00
MUSIC
00:01
MOBILE PHONE RINGS.
00:03
JACK:
00:12
FINBARR:
NOLAN:
00:16
JACK:
EITHNE:
00:24
BREDE:
JACK:
BREDE:
00:31
MAURA:
JACK:
MAURA:
JACK:
Hello? Jack Driscoll. What
kind of trouble?
There was a fatality I
think. Someone drowned.
D’you know who?
You know Brede and Ciaran
O’Malley’s son, Daniel?
He’s drowned.
Dear God, no.
All alone out there, in the
cold water.
D’you have any idea what he
might have been doing? Why
he ended up in the sea?
No.
Hello Jack.
Maura? I’m surprised I
hadn’t heard that you’d left
the guards. What are you up
to now.
Just temporary stuff.
When did all this undercover
shite start? Were you at it
when we were together?

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00:44
BREDE:
00:52
CASEY:
JACK:
00:57
LYNCH:
JACK:
What on earth were you doing
taking money from a man like
that? Nolan doesn’t do
favours. He doesn’t do
anything for nothing.
Why don’t you stop and think
before you make a very
serious mistake.
You were both watching the
beach the night Daniel
O’Malley drowned.
Now I’m sure I don’t have to
remind you of the protocol
involved when an officer
stumbles across an
undercover operation.
I know how it’s supposed to
work.
01:09
Grunts.
JACK:
LYNCH:
You’re not obliged to say
anything but anything you do
say…
This guy is starting to get
on my nerves. OK – I’m on
to it
01:54
SCUFFLING.
01:55
JACK:
Sit. Garda Colvin. This is
Mister Michael Casey - all
the way from Dublin. I'm
bringing him in for
resisting arrest and
assaulting a guard.

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FINBARR:
CASEY:
Is that right?
What do you two farmers
think you're going to do to
me in this shithole? This is
a joke. You're a joke.
02:14
HANDCUFFS LOCKED.
FINBARR:
JACK:
CASEY:
FINBARR:
JACK:
CASEY:
JACK:
FINBARR:
CASEY:
All the way from Dublin and
assaulting a guard? That's
not a joke in my book.
Neither is 'reckless
endangerment' - which is
the next charge I'm looking
at.
D'you think this is going to
impress her?
Oh, yeah. Mr Casey. You'll
be the gentleman staying in
the little cottage? You
know, this isn't the sort of
behaviour we expect from
people enjoying a quiet
holiday.
Mr Casey's being a bit vague
about exactly what he's
doing here. I'm hoping he'll
be able to shed some light
on Daniel O'Malley's death.
Keep hoping.
Let's get some particulars,
shall we?
Right oh. Ah, this can take
a bit of time, Mr Casey.
Because you're making it up
as you go along?

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FINBARR:
CASEY:
FINBARR:
CASEY:
FINBARR:
JACK:
FINBARR:
No, no, I mean with all the
forms and the bureaucracy
and all that sort of thing.
Would you like some tea or
coffee while we're going
through the process?
Enjoy it while you can.
Right, that's a no, is it?
I'd better take a note of
that. Prisoner refused
refreshments. Now, would you
mind emptying your pockets
please, Mr Casey?
Let's assume you're serious.
We both know you can't
charge me here.
I didn't know that. Did you
know that, Jack?
I think you'll find we do
things a bit differently out
here in the Wild West.
Your pockets.
03:28
MUSIC
03:34
HANDCUFFS RATTLE
03:40
JACK:
CASEY:
03:48
LYNCH:
Let’s see if we can get some
details about Mr Casey from
that lot shall we?
If my operation goes down
the Swanee because of your
ego...
Can I speak to you outside,

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sergeant?
04:00
LYNCH:
JACK:
You’ve got the wrong man
there, sergeant.
I have a man who assaulted
me. A man I believe
endangered the life of
someone barely out of
school. Now, I don't care
who you are or what you're
doing here, that’s not
something I'm prepared to
ignore.
04:06
MOBILE PHONE QUICK DIAL BEEP
LYNCH:
Maura, would you get over
here to the station straight
away? Thanks.
04:14
MOBILE PHONE BEEP
LYNCH:
JACK:
LYNCH:
JACK:
LYNCH:
JACK:
Now, I thought I'd made
myself perfectly clear the
last time we spoke. There's
a bigger picture here and
you're not seeing it.
Maybe if you told me what it
was.
Did I get you wrong, Jack?
If you assumed I was my
father then, yes, I believe
you did.
Now, you're a determined man
and I respect that.
So stop treating me like a
fool. I've been involved in
the internal politics of

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this job before and I didn't
like it.
LYNCH:
04:38
FINBARR:
CASEY:
FINBARR:
Get in the car.
Is it true you can even send
emails on these?
That's still my property.
Would you mind not fucking
around with it?
Would you believe we don't
even have a computer? Half
the time the powers that be
don’t even know what we're
up to.
04:52
THUNDER & RAIN
04:58
LYNCH:
I’m going to tell you
something that I don’t tell
many people. I was out near
the border in seventy-nine
in a one-and-one station
like yours. My sergeant was
a great man. He was a great
country copper. One spring
morning he walked into a
post-office and a terrorist
gunman shot him dead. That’s
one of five bullets they dug
out of his body. You can
imagine what five of those
would do to you. That gunman
was never caught - though we
knew who he was. And these
days he's hardly off the
front pages. International
businessman. Public
benefactor. He's a man with
a violent past but he has
one great talent –

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05:43
MUSIC
LYNCH:
JACK:
LYNCH:
He can stop certain people
from rocking the political
boat. D’you follow me? No
one wants to ask awkward
questions about Eddie McCann
or where his money comes
from – just as long as his
old friends stay quiet. Now,
men like us, we might wonder
whether we should be
ignoring them just because
it's politically expedient.
But we're only a couple of
guards, aren't we, Jack?
What do we know? I’ll tell
you what I know? Last year
alone, Eddie McCann was
behind the importation of
fifty million worth of drugs
into this country. He has
ten million worth of cocaine
lying at the bottom of your
beautiful bay as we speak.
Now, we've known for some
time that he's a major
player in the drugs trade
but we’ve never been able to
bring a successful case
against him. I've had two
operations against him fall
at the last fence. Nolan is
the last piece in the
jigsaw. He's the link
between the drugs in your
bay and McCann.
Ah well, plenty of people
are wondering how a country
solicitor like Nolan managed
to do quite so well for
himself.
Well now you know. Our job
is to catch Nolan with his

63
hands on the drugs. Isn't
this what you signed up for?
Wouldn't nailing a man like
McCann make all the shite,
all the bloody paperwork
worthwhile?
JACK:
LYNCH:
JACK:
LYNCH:
Yeah, but surely Nolan's not
going to risk anything now
he knows that I’m sniffing
around.
And that's why you have to
stop sniffing around and let
Michael Casey get on with
his job. Now, as you point
out, they're unlikely to
risk bringing it in to the
same spot now that Daniel's
dead and you're
investigating his death. But
without Daniel, Casey is
going to have to go to his
father and make a new
arrangement.
So it was Daniel who was
Casey's tout - not Ciaran?
I couldn’t tell you before,
I couldn't take that chance.
The more people who know,
the bigger the risk of a
leak. Now, that bullet's
been in my pocket for nearly
thirty years - and I would
dearly like to give it back
to Mr McCann. I'm close,
Jack. I'm that close.
07:59
MUSIC & THUNDER
08:09
JACK:
Finbarr...? Release
Detective Sergeant Casey.
Yeah. That’s right.

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08:21
JACK:
LYNCH:
JACK:
LYNCH:
So what happens to Ciaran
O'Malley?
He's a drug-trafficker. Do
you care?
I care about his family.
He's not the only one at
risk.
Ciaran O'Malley dragged his
own son into this. He's two
mortgages – a house and a
boat. There's Spanish
trawlers out there hoovering
up everything with fins
while his government - the
same government that's in
bed with Eddie McCann - is
telling him that he can't
fish for nine months of the
year because of EU quotas.
So he goes to Nolan - he
borrows a few thousand.
Nolan asks for a small
favour in return. But it
doesn't stop there. Because
with McCann and Nolan it
never stops. Once they've
found a safe way in, they'll
keep coming back. Now as I
say, Jack, you can
understand, you even
sympathise - but you also
have to judge. You have any
problems, give me a shout
before you do anything else.
09:19
FINBARR:
JACK:
So it’s business as usual is
it? Let the professionals
get on with their job?
Leave it to the experts.

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Turn a blind eye – whichever
you prefer.
JACK:
What did you make of
Detective Casey?
09:29
MUSIC
FINBARR:
JACK:
FINBARR:
JACK:
FINBARR:
Did you see the watch on
him? And all those fancy
little gadgets. Sure, nobody
could blame you for wanting
a bit of that if it was on
offer. But these guys aren’t
like you and me, Jack.
There's no honour where
these guys are concerned.
Everyone is expendable.
They should never have
involved a kid like Daniel.
And leave him to drown in
the middle of the bloody
night like that? If Casey
was any sort of man, he
would have gone in there
after him. And if he's
supposed to be the boss why
did he let her call me? Why
didn't he ring me himself?
I tell you what. He called
someone in the middle of the
night. That is his 'lastnumber-redial'.
He thought I
was playing submarines or
something but I thought it
would be no harm to check
who he was calling while he
was here.
That must be Lynch.
Have you got his number?
10:19

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MUSIC
JACK:
FINBARR:
JACK:
FINBARR:
That's not it.
Well, d'you want me to give
it a go?
No. No, hold on. Thanks.
Right.
10:39
MOBILE PHONE RINGS.
10:46
MAURA:
Jack? Are you alright? I
don’t think that’s a very
good idea. Okay, just give
me a minute I’ll think of an
excuse.
11:00
MOBILE PHONE DISCONNECT BEEP.
11:04
NEWSREADER:
DARRAGH:
NEWSREADER:
DARRAGH:
Darragh - this deal we're
hearing about between Eddie
McCann's Premium Holdings
and Chinese Investment Bank?
Yeah, I spoke to Eddie
McCann yesterday and it's
very much in line with his
long-term strategy for the
company.
And yet he's made a name for
himself by insisting on
ploughing a large part of
the company's profits back
into Ireland.
He has. Not taking out of
Ireland what he's earned in
Ireland. It's something of a
mantra with him. He built
the company up from nothing

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and you'd have to say the
policy's paid off
handsomely.
11:32
CASEY:
MAURA:
CASEY:
MAURA:
CASEY:
MAURA:
CASEY:
MAURA:
CASEY:
MAURA:
Okay, let me call you back.
Who was that?
Lynch.
What did he want?
Probably making sure I
hadn't been arrested by your
boyfriend again.
God, he's really got under
your skin, hasn't he?
I'm just fascinated really
how you ever got involved
with a gorilla like
Driscoll. Anyhow, he's
finished as soon as we get
out of here.
What, you're going to get
even now?
Maura, the man shouldn't be
wearing the uniform. Or his
idle bloody sidekick. I
thought you were going to
bed.
No. I need to use the car.
12:03
KEYS.
12:05
CASEY:
MAURA:
What for?
I have to get something in
the chemist.

68
CASEY:
MAURA:
Wait a second. Are you going
to see him?
D'you want to come with me?
12:18
CAR KEYS RATTLE.
12:34
MAURA:
JACK:
MAURA:
JACK:
MAURA:
JACK:
MAURA:
JACK:
MAURA:
See you've had the sermon?
Well-rehearsed is it?
Yeah. But that doesn't mean
it's not sincere though.
McCann should have been
behind bars years ago.
And is Casey the man to put
him there?
He's very anxious, Jack.
He's got a lot riding on
this. And he's jealous of my
relationship with you,
nervous that Lynch is
confiding in you. I've
worked with him before.
Look, I'm not having a go at
you. I know a little bit
about the world you work in.
And I know sometimes you end
up not knowing who to trust.
Do you trust Casey?
I don't like him.
Does it bother you that he
was using a seventeen-year
old as his tout?
Those are the sort of calls
we have to make, Jack.
Daniel was looking for a way
to get his father off the
hook.

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JACK:
Tell me exactly what
happened the night he died.
13:0
MUSIC
MAURA:
JACK:
13:44
MAURA:
JACK:
MAURA:
JACK:
MAURA:
JACK:
MAURA:
Is that why you brought me
here? I had to lie to
Casey....
Maura. It's important.
We were at the cottage
watching Daniel drag that
stuff onto the boat.
On his own?
He was supposed to be with
his father. The two of them
together. That is how it was
supposed to work. We
couldn't make out the
details but we could see
that he was in trouble. He
couldn't manage it on his
own.
So why didn't you do
something to help him?
Casey said that it was too
late, we had to let it run.
And Nolan was on the beach
remember. We couldn't just
turn up. The next thing we
knew the boat was empty and
Daniel was in the water. I
couldn't just stand there
and watch him drown.
But Casey could? Did he do
anything at all?
He called Lynch.

70
JACK:
MAURA:
JACK:
MAURA:
JACK:
MAURA:
JACK:
MAURA:
How do you know?
He told me. Look, Lynch
brought Casey into the
squad. He gave him all his
breaks. They're like father
and son.
Lynch told me that you’ve
had a few cases go down at
the last hurdle before.
Yeah, because it's always
touch and go with operations
like this. Look, you can
catch the street dealers,
and the low-lifes and the
runners – but with people
like McCann and Nolan, it’s
something else. The least
suspicion and they're gone.
That's why you have to let
things run.
Even if someone’s drowning
in front of you.
Sometimes - yes.
Okay. But the fact is, Casey
doesn't have a great track
record, does he?
That's why this is so
important to him.
15:04
PAPER UNCRUMPLED.
15:07
JACK:
This is a list of recentlydialed-calls
from Casey's
mobile. I know. Just look.
That has to be the call
Casey made that you say was
to Lynch. Now is that

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Lynch's number?
MAURA:
JACK:
MAURA:
JACK:
MAURA:
JACK:
MAURA:
It's not the number I use.
Do you recognise it?
No.
Doesn't that make you think?
Lynch told me this was being
kept small-scale so that
there was less risk of any
leaks. But here's your man
Casey ringing god-knows-who
at just the moment when it
all starts going wrong.
So - you have a suspicious
number. What are you going
to do about it?
That’s why I wanted to talk
to you. You know Lynch. What
do you think I should do?
D’you want my advice, Jack?
Think very carefully before
you call him. You've a nice
life here. Another couple of
days and we'll be gone.
Don't mess it up because
you've taken a dislike to
Casey.
16:33
MUSIC
17:04
EITHNE:
JACK:
17:14
EITHNE:
Did you sleep well?
Not great.
Look Jack. I know can't help
you with your work in the
way your father might have
done, but I do know what

72
this job is like.
JACK:
EITHNE:
JACK:
EITHNE:
JACK:
EITHNE:
I know you do.
Look, what I'm saying is, he
had me to share it with. So
if you ever want to talk -
about anything at all.
Was he a worry to you?
You know he was. Every
minute he was out there in
that uniform. Why I thought
it would be any different
with you, I don't know. But
I know you'll always do the
right thing.
Like Dad, you mean?
I'm away for my bath.
18:07
DIAL ON MOBILE KEY PAD.
18:18
MCCANN:
18:21
MCCANN
JACK:
MCCANN:
JACK:
McCann.
Hello?
Hello, is Jimmy there?
Jimmy? No. You've got the
wrong number.
Sorry. I must have misdialed.
18:29
LINE CUT NOISE.
21:00
MUSIC and CAR DRIVING ON GRAVEL.
21:47

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JACK:
LYNCH:
JACK:
CASEY:
LYNCH:
JACK:
CASEY:
JACK:
CASEY:
JACK:
CASEY:
JACK:
Can I speak to you alone?
We're out here in the open,
Jack. I think that's how we
should keep.
I believe you have an
informant. Someone inside
your operation.
Did you bring me all the way
out here to listen to this?
You're going to have to give
me a bit more than that,
Jack.
I think that Detective Casey
is passing on information to
the man you are targeting.
To Eddie McCann.
What? Are you actually
going to stand here and
listen to this bollocks?
I don't have what you'd call
hard evidence.
It's time this man was
relieved of his duties.
At the moment all I have is
circumstantial evidence - at
the moment.
He has no evidence of any
kind. From the moment he
wandered into this thing -
the first moment he caught
sight of me with his old
girlfriend, he's been trying
to put a stick in my wheel.
That's what this is all
about - him and her.
It has nothing to do with

74
Maura.
CASEY:
LYNCH:
CASEY:
LYNCH:
CASEY:
JACK:
LYNCH:
JACK:
He thinks I'm shagging her
and it's driving him mad. Is
that what you think? That
I'm shagging her? Is it?
Alright, Michael. That's
enough.
She only came on to you
because I told her to. She's
laughing at you.
Michael enough.
You were told to back off.
You were told you were out
of your depth.
I want this operation to
succeed as much as you do. I
want to see Nolan go down.
And I want to see justice
for Daniel O’Malley.
You mentioned evidence.
The night Daniel drowned,
Casey dialled this number.
23:07
MUSIC
CASEY:
JACK:
LYNCH:
JACK:
CASEY:
So what?
Do you recognise it?
It's just a phone number,
Jack. I don't know whose.
I called that number this
morning - Eddie McCann
answered it.
This is crazy.

75
23:25
LYNCH:
CASEY:
LYNCH:
23:54
LYNCH:
CASEY:
JACK:
CASEY:
LYNCH:
CASEY:
LYNCH:
CASEY:
Give me your phone, Michael.
This is ridiculous. The
whole thing is in his head.
What do you know? What do
you know? Nothing.
The phone.
You dialled the same number
again last night. What’s
that about?
I'm allowed to make phone
calls. I was checking
something.
What?
I don't have to explain
anything to this man. I
don't have to explain myself
to this failure... this
useless…
No, you don't. But you do to
me?
I told you. I was trying to
get an idea of McCann's
movements. After Daniel
drowned I thought... I
wondered if he suspected
something, so...
So you thought you'd give
him a call? Just to check
in?
How many times have we been
so close to nailing McCann?
I thought, you know, if I
could find another way to
him, a way to make him...

76
LYNCH:
CASEY:
LYNCH:
CASEY:
24:57
LYNCH:
CASEY:
LYNCH:
CASEY:
LYNCH:
CASEY:
Trust you?
Exactly. Yeah. And then I
could use that trust and...
Michael. Michael. You're
clutching at straws.
No. Chief. How long have I
been with you? Ah, come on
man. You know me.
Have I let you down in some
way, Michael? Have I?
You can't catch him. And, if
you do, you'll never get a
conviction. We both know
that. Was I going to be
stuck with you till you
retired and still be chasing
the same man? Is that what I
was supposed to do with my
career?
I trusted you.
All your talk about the big
picture. You can't see the
big picture because you're
obsessed with one man. Eddie
McCann is a protected
species. No one can touch
him because he's too
important. Without McCann
holding things together - we
all know what happens.
So this is how you justify
it to yourself?
No, no. It's what you told
me. Eddie McCann is the
price we have to pay for
peace in this country. You

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26:22
PUNCH FOLLOWED BY COUGHING.
won't catch him because no
one in this country wants
him caught. Why? Because a
trial would be worse than
allowing him to carry on
with his drugs and his tax
dodges and people-smuggling
too for all I know. He's too
big and too powerful and he
knows too much. This is your
crusade, not mine. I could
have been an inspector by
now. Instead I’m stuck here
trying to sort out your
stupid fucking blood feud
with Eddie McCann.
26:28
LYNCH:
CASEY:
JACK:
LYNCH:
How were you going to get
him off the hook this time?
If Daniel hadn't drowned and
we'd got our evidence on
Nolan? Talk to me Michael?
Good man.
McCann can always find
another Nolan.
So McCann would have had
Nolan killed?
Give me your gun.
27:02
FINGERS SNAPPED.
27:13
JACK:
CASEY:
Did Daniel tell you he was
going to be alone that
night?
No. If his father had have
been with him, none of this
would have happened.

78
LYNCH:
27:43
LYNCH:
JACK:
LYNCH:
LYNCH:
JACK:
LYNCH:
JACK:
LYNCH:
28:14
LYNCH:
28:20
NOLAN:
LIAM:
NOLAN:
LIAM:
Go and wait in the car,
Michael.
You were suspicious of him
from the start.
I didn't trust him.
And you were right.
I need you to go to Ciaran
O’Malley and tell him that
the deal is still on. Can
you do that for me?
Yeah.
I'll tell Maura.
What about him?
Oh, don’t worry about
Michael. He'll do what he's
told from now on.
Thanks Jack.
You ready?
Yeah.
You don’t mind going with
your dad?
No, I’ve told the others I’d
meet them there.
28:31
KEYS RATTLING.
NOLAN:
LIAM:
Here, my car?
Seriously?

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NOLAN:
Of course. I trust you - you
know that.
28:43
MUSIC
28:44
RADIO DJ:
No sign of an early
resolution. Returning to
today's top story - shares
in Premium Holdings rose
again when it was announced
that the long-expected deal
with Chinese Investment Bank
now has ministerial
backing...
29:16
CAR DOOR SLAMS
29:51
JACK:
BREDE:
30:08
JACK:
30:16
JACK:
Brede. I'm sorry for your
trouble. I truly I am.
Thank you, Jack. Thank you.
Ciaran. Is there somewhere
we can talk?
At the moment, you don't
think things can get any
worse. I'm telling you now,
they can get a lot worse.
You're mixed up with people
who will do anything to get
what they want. They didn't
care about Daniel and they
don't care about you and
Brede. You are all
expendable. Do you
understand that? It's time
to talk to me Ciaran. You
want to talk to me, don't
you?

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CIARAN:
JACK:
CIARAN:
JACK:
CIARAN:
JACK:
CIARAN:
I have a priest down there
in my own front room if I
want any of that bollocks.
Ciaran. I know - everything.
The deal with Nolan. What
you've been doing. What you
were trying to bring ashore.
Where. Who was waiting for
it. Where it's going. In
fact, I know more than you
do because I know who's
behind it all.
I don't know what my son was
doing in the water but it
was nothing to do with drugs
or.
Listen to me. You're sitting
in the room where he slept.
You can smell his aftershave
off the pillow.
This is a house of mourning.
Will you leave us in peace?
Please?
Peace? There isn't going to
be any more peace. Listen to
what I'm saying. Detectives
from Dublin were onto
Daniel. Daniel was their
tout. Dates, times, they
knew it all because Daniel
told them. And why would he
do that? Why would he betray
you, his own father?
Because I was too scared to
do it myself. I wasn't man
enough. He wanted me to go
to the guards. That's what
the argument was about. He
could see where all of this
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get Nolan off my back. He
wanted us to be free of all
of this. He wouldn't let me
go in the boat with him. And
now I know why.
JACK:
CIARAN:
JACK:
EITHNE:
32:44
CIARAN:
32:49
BREDE:
I think it's time to tell
Brede the truth.
How can I tell her?
She needs to know why her
son died.
But you can't be with them
all the time, can you? You
have to trust them, you have
to let them go.
The guard wants to talk to
us.
You sent him out there on
his own at night in that
little scrap of a thing. I
taught my children what was
right and what was wrong
from the minute they were
born. O god. I always
thought that the danger to
them was out there.
33:10
MUSIC
BREDE:
But it wasn't, was it? It
was in here all the time
with their own father. How
could you do that to my son?
And the detectives that all
came down from Dublin and
even you. I know you risked
your life for him but he was
only a boy and you all used
him - even his own father.

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CIARAN:
BREDE:
CIARAN:
BREDE:
CIARAN:
BREDE:
CIARAN:
BREDE:
JACK:
BREDE:
JACK:
BREDE:
JACK:
BREDE:
JACK:
CIARAN:
Brede...
No. Don't try to explain.
Nolan came to me and he
offered money.
I don't want to know why. I
don't care why.
We were going to lose
everything we had.
God and we did. My boy. My
lovely, lovely boy.
Our boy.
No.
Brede. I'm sorry but this
isn't over. The cocaine that
Ciaran brought in is still
out there in the bay. These
men are waiting for him to
hand it over.
Well why don't you go out
and catch them? Why don’t
you go out and catch them!
They have a fortune tied up
in this and they're not
going to risk it because
your son is dead.
So we're all trapped in
this?
Yes.
Whether we like it or not?
Yes, you are.
They know everything about

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us.
BREDE:
JACK:
BREDE:
JACK:
CIARAN:
JACK:
BREDE:
JACK:
35:28
BREDE:
Oh God. So we’re all in
danger?
If Ciaran doesn't keep his
part of the bargain - then
you're in grave danger.
The children?
Brede. These are
unbelievable sums of money
we're talking about here.
These men will stop at
nothing.
Is there anything I can do?
Please.
Well, you can help us catch
the people behind this. And
then maybe, at the trial...
I can't promise anything,
but I want to help you.
Senior officers want to help
you - but you have to agree
to help them.
You know where the drugs
are. Why don't you just go
out and tell them everything
and have done with it?
That's not good enough
Brede. Denis Nolan has to
believe that this operation
is going ahead exactly as
planned, exactly as Ciaran
agreed. You have to make
Nolan believe that. We need
clear evidence that ties
Nolan to that cocaine.
Thank you for coming, Mr
Nolan.

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NOLAN:
JACK:
NOLAN:
JACK:
NOLAN:
JACK:
NOLAN:
JACK:
NOLAN:
JACK:
NOLAN:
JACK:
NOLAN:
36:24
MUSIC
I'm sorry for your loss, Mrs
O'Malley, I really am.
Ciaran. I’m sorry.
Mr. Nolan.
It’s a sad day, sergeant.
It is.
I hear you acquitted
yourself well. But it's a
strange business, all the
same. In the water at that
hour of the night.
I'm not sure it's all that
strange.
So you have some idea of
what happened?
Daniel was playing a lot of
poker - on-line. It looks as
if he'd run up some big
debts - in his father's
name. Ciaran has his own
financial problems.
Surely you’re not suggesting
that the young lad took his
own life?
Seems the most likely
explanation.
Do they know this?
I've just told them.
Jesus. You and I have some
of experience at dealing
with bereavements, but this
is a tough one.

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JACK:
36:44
MAURA:
EITHNE:
MAURA:
EITHNE:
MAURA:
EITHNE:
MAURA:
I'm sure they'll be glad of
your sympathy. They're very
vulnerable right now.
I'm sorry to be barging in
again like this.
I said any time and I meant
it. Do you have any
regrets? About resigning
from a good job I mean
because of... well, whatever
it was.
I don't know. I suppose time
will tell. Sorry - I don't
mean to be rude.
And you're not. I'm poking
my nose in where I’ve no
business. I just think it's
an awful shame that a young
woman like yourself, with a
good job...
Did you work?
When I met Jack's father. I
was training to be a
teacher.
Really?
EITHNE: It was a very common thing -
the guard and the school
teacher. You worked as a
team.
MAURA:
EITHNE:
People find that very
difficult nowadays, don't
they?
Because they don’t know how
to share is what it is. It's
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37:43
MUSIC
individual now, isn't it?
Not that there’s anything
wrong with that. But it
makes sharing a life
difficult. I don't envy the
youngsters nowadays.
MAURA:
D’you worry about Jack?
EITHNE: The worry never goes away –
no matter what age they are.
I suppose I'd like to see
him settled.
MAURA:
EITHNE:
I only ever seem to bring
him bad luck.
People think Jack’s like his
father – but he's like me.
Once he makes a decision, he
makes his own luck.
38:02
DOOR OPENS.
38:04
EITHNE:
JACK:
MAURA:
JACK:
MAURA:
Look who’s here. I’m afraid
I have to go.
OK. Did she have the photos
out again?
I know you think she's
mothering you but actually,
I think she'd like to have
you off her hands.
Is that right? What's the
story with Casey?
He's with the Chief.
38:21
MOBILE PHONE RINGS.

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38:26
JACK:
38:56
JACK:
38:59
LYNCH:
Ciaran... Okay, what time?
And you know what to do?
That's right. Just make the
drop, take the money, just
be normal. OK. It's coming
in tomorrow morning.
Sir? It's Jack Driscoll...
Well done Jack. Leave it
with me. Call McCann. Tell
him the drop is on for
tomorrow morning.
41:03
MUSIC
41:23
JACK:
MAURA:
JACK:
MAURA:
JACK:
MAURA:
JACK:
MAURA:
He was in the water.
Jack.
I thought I'd saved him.
Jack. Sh. Here Jack.
What time is it?
It's four. It's not even
light yet.
Is that going to keep on
happening?
Yeah. I expect so - for a
while.
41:52
MUSIC
42:14
JACK:
Finbarr? We're on our way.
Just keep out of sight.

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42:24
CAR DOORS SHUT.
43:43
CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING.
43:47
CARS DRIVING TO A STOP.
43:51
CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING & CAR DOORS SHUTTING.
43:57
CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING
44:04
CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING.
44:14
CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING
44:27
NOLAN:
Thank you.
44:31
CAR DOOR SLAMS.
44:32
NOLAN:
44:36
JACK:
What’s wrong?
Come on, man, take it. Just
take it.
44:40
CAR DRIVES OFF.
44:43
CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING
44:49
NOLAN:
By the way, I don’t know
what you and Brede have
decided about flowers - but
maybe you’d get a decent
spray for the boy from me.

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45:10
JACK:
Nolan!
45:24
GUNSHOT
45:43
MAURA:
Ciaran! Put the gun down!
Put the gun down! Ciaran.
Ciaran. Ciaran you can help
us put Nolan and the rest of
them away. Ciaran, please,
you have to be brave about
this. Ciaran please don't do
this. For Daniel's sake.
46:27
GUN CLICKS AS IT’S DISARMED
46:50
MAURA:
I thought he'd hit you.
46:55
MUSIC
46:57
MAURA:
47:12
LYNCH:
JACK:
47:26
LYNCH:
Chief? We've got what we
wanted. McCann's all yours.
Thanks.
I'm on my way back to
Dublin, Jack - now that this
part of the operation’s
over. McCann's already in
custody.
I’d say you're looking
forward to returning that
bullet?
It helped to keep me
focussed. You know I don’t
think that I could ever tire
of that view. But if you do
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don't you come up and see me
in The Park? You and Maura
work well together.
JACK:
LYNCH:
47:53
FINBARR:
JACK:
CIARAN:
JACK:
CIARAN:
JACK:
I might do that. What's
happening about Casey?
Maura's driving him back to
Dublin. Take care Jack.
These guards here will take
you to the District
Headquarters where you'll be
formally charged. D’you
understand that, Ciaran?
Are you sure you won't make
a phone call Ciaran? Not to
Brede?
No.
She has to know what
happened.
You were there. You saw.
Will you go to his funeral
for me?
Yes, I will. Yes, of course
I will.
48:17
MOBILE PHONE RINGS.
48:22
JACK:
I hope you're not going to
say goodbye to me on the
phone. Where are you? Okay,
I'm coming over. Finbarr.
Hold the fort, will you.
48:32
MUSIC
49:17

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MAURA:
49:31
MAURA:
JACK:
MAURA:
JACK:
MAURA:
JACK:
MAURA:
JACK:
MAURA:
JACK:
MAURA:
JACK:
MAURA:
JACK:
He must have decided not to
wait until they came looking
for him.
I would have helped him.
I don't think you could have
done anything.
I could have stopped him
doing this.
Maura. Look at him. He still
has his gun.
I know. I know his gun.
Casey didn’t have a gun. I
saw Lynch take it off him
out there in the forest.
So he gave it back to him.
To the man who just betrayed
him? Why would he do that?
What, you think Lynch wanted
him to do this?
All I'm saying is that, when
I left them, Lynch had
Casey's gun. Now it's back
in Casey's hand.
Jack, I think you should
leave this to me.
Look the other way again?
No.
I can't do that, Maura. I'm
the investigating officer
here. I'm going to have the
Ombudsman and Internal
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want me to lie to them?
MAURA:
JACK:
MAURA:
No one's asking you to lie.
Let them look at the
evidence. Let them decide.
You don't have to say
anything about the gun. This
is Lynch’s problem. Let him
sort it. We can make sure
you don't get dragged in.
This could be just what it
looks like. It could be
suicide.
We know it’s not.
Everyone will assume that it
is. You know I'm right.
Jack, I don't want this to
wreck things for us.
50:28
MUSIC
JACK:
MAURA:
50:58
RADIO DJ:
FINBARR:
I thought there was no us.
It depends on you.
(On the car radio) Some
breaking news just coming in
to us here. Gardai are at
the Dublin Headquarters of
Premium Holdings and the
Killiney home of Chief
Executive, Eddie McCann who
was taken to Pearse Street
station for questioning
earlier this morning. Senior
officers refuse to confirm
reports that the raids are
connected to today’s seizure
on the N7 of cocaine with an
estimated street value of
Euro20million.
Cathal?

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CATHAL:
FINBARR:
51:39
EITHNE:
JACK:
EITHNE:
JACK:
EITHNE:
How are you? Usual?
Yeah. Good man. Liam.
Have you seen the share
price today?
No.
Through the floor. And all
the time you're after these
people and you don't say a
word.
Did you miss out there?
Good god, no. We're not
doing this for fun.
51:51
MUSIC
EITHNE:
JACK:
EITHNE:
JACK:
EITHNE:
We're in it to make money.
We sold at just the right
moment. Everyone will think
I got a tip-off. Of course,
I understand why you
couldn't say anything.
I'm sure you do.
I knew she wasn't what she
said she was. Of course
that’s her doing the job
she's paid to do and keeping
us all safe in our beds.
She's a clever girl alright.
To do well in that world.
She is.
You seemed to be getting on
so well with her. It’s not
over is it?

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JACK:
No. I hope not.
52:54
CAR DOOR SHUTS.
53:07
HOUSE DOOR SHUTS.
53:23
ENVELOPE OPENED.