All language subtitles for North.Sea.Connection.2022.S01E05 - Bowline

In you go.

- No, no, give me that.
- I think I can manage.

Give me.

No, you sit down. I'll get that.

I can make coffee.

Sit.

You shouldn't be
having coffee anyway.

I'm not in a wheelchair yet.

Well, you will be if you
don't do like I tell ya.

I'm fine. They
did all the tests.

Yeah, I'm sure they did,

but what do doctors know really?

Well, medicine?

You know fine what I mean.

Bjorn.

Don't act like it was nothing.

Please.

I'm sorry.

When have you ever
had a panic attack?

What got you in that state?

Was it that woman?

What woman?

That policewoman.

Poking her nose in.

She's not poking her nose in.

She was asking enough
questions about you.

What questions?

About where you are from,

are we thinking of
going back to Sweden.

You're not, are you?

- Is that what this is about?
- No.

I don't even know the woman.

Well, you were chatty
enough the other night.

It was nice talking in Swedish.

Okay.

Bjorn's back home,
he'll be fine.

Are you hangin'?

There's Paracetamol by the sink.

Oh, God.

24:23.

Come on, that's good. Oh!

You sure you're gonna
make it upstairs?

Oh, God.

Are you working today?

Yep. I've a client
strategy meeting in Galway.

Sami the social's due at 12:00.

You best think about
tackling that shower then.

- What's wrong?
- What do I say?

Look, we're so close, I just... I
don't want to mess it up, you know.

No, you won't, you won't.
Just be honest with him.

Yeah, but how honest?

We don't want him dredging
up old history, do we?

Yeah. Well, as honest
as you need to be.

Just be yourself.

To be fair, who could fail
to be impressed by this?

What?

I'm glad we came here.

This is a good place
to raise a family.

Yes! See? Didn't I tell you?

When I make you a promise...

No, please. Go away.
Go away, you're sweaty.

I said 24/7.

Hana, Hana, Hana, Hana, Hana!

- You're not going, are ya?
- Not forever.

See you when you
land back on Earth.

There we are.

The only thing for a
hangover. Dad swore by eggs.

Must be true, so.

- The bucket's there if you have to puke.
- Not even funny.

That wind's getting worse.

Pots need looking at. Nets too.

- Hana.
- Is she okay?

I don't know, I haven't
spoken to her yet, have I?

I mean last night. Do
you think she's okay?

Are you asking if she's
okay, or if we're okay?

I don't know. Both.

Yeah.

Right.

Lenny was my friend too, Shane.

- Was he, yeah?
- Yeah.

Will you get off your fat arse and
knock at the door like a normal person?

Not now.

Social worker's due, and
I haven't showered yet.

- So, why are you here?
- Your phone's off!

No.

- Your other phone.
- I turned it off.

You know we have to be
available 24/7, don't you?

- We?
- Quinn wants us at the unit at two.

- Why?
- I don't know.

He didn't give me the
opportunity to ask.

Was that the boss, was it?

- Better jump to it.
- Quinn wants to meet.

All of us.

My coffee not good
enough for you?

No.

Oh, so rude.

The car with the Belfast registration,
the one Lenny was driving.

I know the one.

It was caught on
CCTV at a gas station

in Sligo two weeks ago.

And who was driving?

Don't know who
yet, but not Lenny.

The number plates were fake.

You can't think Lenny
stole it off a gangster.

I mean, he was mad as a box of
frogs, but he wasn't stupid.

So not the kind of
man that accidentally

set fire to his own
caravan and himself.

You want a full postmortem.

Yep.

Those don't come cheap or easy.

We'll have to have more than
educated guessing to get one.

If Lenny was working for the
gangs, he wasn't working alone.

What's this?

A list of every boat and skipper
in the harbors you're looking at.

Not one of them is
a drug smuggler.

- What makes you so sure?
- Because I know them.

The Sea Star, the Brigid B,

Emmet's Ocean Rover,
Ciara's Loveen.

Trevor Garvey, Martin Nevins.

I'm not saying those guys are
squeaky, they're fishermen.

That's no easy living.

On the long winter lay-up, they
look about for what they can get,

and what they can get
isn't always theirs.

I mean, Martin Nevins and Gerry
Kenny, now, there was a pair.

Got to be where I'd had more
than my fill of those two.

But Gerry's long dead, and Martin,
he's too old for any of that.

- You...
- But he's on the list.

Most of them are friends.

- Will they talk to me?
- No.

Will they talk to you?

- Hana.
- Hi.

What are you doing here?

I had deliveries, so
I was just passing by.

Is Shane in?

Yeah.

All right?

- Hi. How are you?
- Head's pounding.

Do you want tea?

Uh, no, I can't stay.

Right.

It was really lovely, what
you did for Lenny last night.

It was just right.

Do you want to go
for a walk later?

We could chat about Lenny.

Sure. I'll give you a shout.

Okay.

Did... did he, like, call
you about going to Dublin

or were you out at his place?

I think maybe when I
was out at his place...

And you didn't see the car, no?

What car?

He had a Range
Rover in his barn.

- Lenny did?
- Yeah.

He had it the last time I
saw him and he sent me this.

Look.

Oh, nice.

He didn't tell you about it, no?

No. I'd have remembered that.

Yeah.

Did he tell you he
was going to Dublin?

Yeah. On the Thursday.

I needed a hand 'cause Shane
was laid up with his leg, so...

Lenny was my first call,
said he was heading off.

- Didn't he?
- Yeah.

Spontaneous Lenny, you know.

Yeah. Okay, um...

- Well, I'll see youse later.
- See you later.

See you later.

Why didn't you back me?

How am I supposed
to know what to say?

But you're happy to go
off for little chats?

Yeah, 'cause she wants
to talk about Lenny.

She wants to talk about the car

that links us to a dead man
and a hundred kilos of meth.

Do you not see how
dangerous that is?

- Hana's not dangerous, Ciara.
- Yes, she is, Shane.

So long as she's asking
about that fucking car!

All right, okay, I'll
sort it. She trusts me.

Fuckin' idiot.

Family's important, obviously.

One of the reasons why we moved here.
Even though I swore we never would.

But with Adamma's family's so
far away, like... I don't know.

I think a child
needs that sense that

everyone around them cares
about them, don't they?

- Yeah.
- And everyone's on board with it totally.

I mean, I think, to be honest,

I'm gonna find it hard
prising mammy off the kid.

But that's normal, isn't
it, with grandparents?

And about your mother,

you and Ciara, you spent
a brief time in care

when you were kids.

Can you tell me a
bit more about that?

Yeah. It was just
for a few days,

and it was for nothing,
absolutely nothing.

And that wasn't about my
ma, that was about my dad.

Gerry. Ach, he wasn't
an easy man, you know.

Liked a drink.

Temper. Violent.

With me, sometimes,
and that was like...

Yeah, I don't know. With my
ma, it was something else.

He'd go off on a
bender for days, weeks.

Wouldn't catch sight
of him or his money.

So, it was just for a bit of shoplifting.
Like a tin to put on the table.

And not even for herself,
but just for me and Ciara.

Then he died.

That was a shock.

But my ma came through
stronger. I mean, we all did.

But we were tested to
breaking, like, me and Adamma.

In what sense?

We had a break, I
suppose you can call it.

In Dublin. We'd been
together since uni, like.

Things weren't working, so...

But we got through it.

Stronger.

Really looked at
ourselves, you know?

At what we wanted.

And why did you move back?

- You swore you never would.
- House prices for one.

I don't know.

It's nothing like what
it was when I was a kid.

Like, it's just so
much more connected.

Like, in the city, it's really easy to
get caught up in the whirl of it all.

It's hard to make
your mark, I think.

The space, pace of life.

Beautiful place to
bring up a child.

And that's all that
Adamma has wanted.

All she ever wanted was a baby.

To complete the picture.

Of course.

This can't be about
the passports.

No. It's about the loan you
"facilitated" for Aidan.

My role was as an intermediary.

I believe I'm still bound
by client confidentiality.

Bullshit. Whose money was it?

I'm not telling you that.

Maybe you'd rather
tell the authorities.

You're in no position
to threaten me.

And you're in deeper
shit than you realize.

There's a detective
here asking questions

about meth being
smuggled from Sweden.

Who are you working for?

I am not able to answer
that. You understand?

If there's anything else,
just give us a shout, yeah?

- Of course.
- Well, here we are.

Bjorn. Oh, Sami, this is
Bjorn, granddad to be.

- Hello.
- Nice to meet you.

Listen, uh, I'll
give you a call.

Yeah, great.

Come on in.

I think that went really well.

How do you say
"grandad" in Swedish?

It's good to see you
back on your feet.

What can I do for ya?

That loan, the one I
gave you the contact for.

The one you said was "more
trouble than it was worth."

You took the money, didn't you?

This is a bit of a gear change.

- No, I didn't.
- Don't lie to me.

Okay, yeah, I did, but the thing is,
it didn't quite give me what I needed

to secure the deal on the
unit and then to fit it out.

So you turned to your mother?

I know you don't like me
borrowing money from Mam

and I hate doing it, but I just
needed that little bit extra.

What were you doing the night before
last working in the unit so late?

It was our first day, like
there was a lot of work to do.

What kind of work?

Let me think, it's a
fish processing unit.

So, uh, what kind of
work do you think?

The police believe that Lenny's
death is connected to drug smuggling.

What? God, that's terrible.

Are you involved?

What?

No.

Did that panic attack mess
with your head or something?

That social worker's about
to sign off on us adopting.

Why would I ruin our
one chance at a baby?

You're a selfish man.

Okay.

Well, now I know exactly
what you think of me.

Thanks for coming.

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- Chop-chop.
- Where have you been?

Hey, sorry I'm late. Had a
meeting with the social worker.

It's not something I
could miss, you know.

Like, it's our only
chance to adopt.

Ah, bless.

It takes six days for the ships
to arrive here from Sweden.

The product they're carrying
has to be collected,

cut and delivered to Dun
Laoghaire, by you, within 48 hours.

Some of it is to develop
the local Irish market.

The rest goes on ships to various
international destinations.

Time, timing...

is the very essence
of what we do.

So do not be fucking late!

When Brexit screwed
the Belfast connection,

they wanted to move
through Scotland...

Who's they?

The people we all work for.

If you can't deliver,
you're of no use to me.

If you can, I deliver back.

Look, I totally get the importance
of rapid and reliable delivery.

It's actually the same
in the seafood industry.

Soon as it's in, it's out.

Not all of that
goes in your pocket.

Your little ice
trick is expensive.

We lose some distilling it
at the other end, but...

it is secure.

So I think it's worth it.

Some of that buys you
a bigger ice machine.

We don't want you working your
little fingers to the bone.

Small gains. That's
what it's about.

There's a drugs cop in town.

Well, that would be the
nature of the business.

I'm sure you'll find
ways to deal with it.

Where's your paper?

What?

Said you were going
for the paper.

I did, yes, uh... they were out.

What?

On a Sunday, maybe.

Bjorn.

Did you forget what
you were going out for?

No.

You're awful hot.

I'm fine.

- No flutters, swimmy head?
- No.

Okay.

Meet me at the boat
house in 15 minutes

Who was that?

Oh, I said I would
fix Sean's outboard.

- You're not going out again?
- I won't be long.

You should be resting. Bjorn?

Why didn't I call him?

Why didn't I go up there sooner?

Why didn't he tell me
he was going to Dublin?

- What, Shane?
- Nothing.

What is it?

I don't have all the details,
all right, but, uh...

Lenny got involved with some
people he shouldn't have.

Drugs people? Is that
what you're saying?

Wasn't his fault, you know?

He just did someone a favor

and one thing led to
another thing, and then...

God knows what.

No.

Like, not Lenny.

He got around, like,
but nothing heavy.

Where do you think
he got the car?

You knew about it?

Aw, Lenny. You stupid, stupid...

Sorry.

No, it's not your fault, is it?

They're fishermen.

Good people. I've had a
drink with most of them.

Emmet's son did steal a
car, but he was young.

What about Martin Nevins?

Well, if you want cigarettes,

I have heard Martin Nevins can get
them for you at a very good price.

He smuggles them?

Yes, according to rumours.

How long has he been doing it?

Moira's husband was lost
at sea about 15 years ago.

He and Nevins were...

not friends...

colleagues of a kind.

What was their business?

I don't know.

I'll be in touch.

Hey, gorgeous, how
was the meeting?

It would have gone better if I thought
they'd actually take my advice.

What about yours?

- Hey.
- Hi.

How do you bribe
an Irish policeman?

It was a nice
ceremony last night.

The fire, the sea. Very moving.

What do you want?

I don't think Lenny
was a gangster.

He was part of it.

Picking stuff up, driving
it where it needed to be,

a delivery guy.

Did you know about it?

No...

Is that "no, not much"
or "no, not at all"?

Not at all.

Smuggling is not an unusual
activity in fishing communities.

Alcohol, tobacco, fuel.

It probably happens
in Roskillane.

I can't say I'd be surprised.

Would you be surprised to
hear the name Martin Nevins

in connection with
that kind of activity?

Lenny did say Nevins had the
harbors sewn up, back in the day.

If someone was bringing
something in, he'd tax them.

- Him and Gerry.
- Gerry Kenny?

Way before my time.

Okay. If there's anything else
you think of, I'd be grateful.

Right.

I was totally upfront like
you said, and you know what,

I think it went really well.

Well, this is
brilliant news. Great.

Yeah, like, I just got a really
good vibe off him, you know.

I mean, he didn't
mess about, either.

Asking about when me and Ciara
went to the care that time.

Oh, did he think
that was a bad thing?

No, no, no, it's good,
it's good, it's good.

Just a chance to tell him
the real story, you know?

When are you coming home?

Uh, still have stuff to
do at the unit, so...

not late, just later.

You're a gas, man.

Yeah... Seamus, I have to
go. I'll ring you back, okay?

Good luck, good luck, sln.

Martin Nevins used to smuggle
contraband. Does he still?

- What you've got to understand...
- Why didn't you tell me?

Fishing and farming's all there is
around here and that's a scratch.

When I say it's a hard living,

I don't mean "might not manage a
holiday in the Canaries this summer,"

I mean "might not put
food on the table."

You're a police officer.
Does he pay you?

If a Dublin cop said that
to my face, I'd deck him.

I am 100% certain that nothing
stronger than tobacco's

come through any
harbor I know of.

Before now.

Is Nevins smuggling?

I can't get a
warrant on a rumor.

But you have
arrested him before?

Oh, yes.

And every time I turned the key in
the cell door, I danced a fecking jig.

Look, Nevins might be a gobshite,
but he's no Paddy Escobar.

No. But he might
be working for one.

Is that pot fresh?

- You could top it up.
- Yeah.

Did you take your pills?

- I'll take them now.
- I knew it.

It's stress, it's
affected your memory.

First the paper...

We were at the
hospital all night.

There's a lot going on.

You know, Lenny dying like that.

They're saying in the
village that it's drugs.

But I can't see that, can you?

Gerry never used to tell
me anything about anything.

If he did, I knew he was lying.

But you would tell
me, wouldn't you?

If you were worried
about something?

Of course I would.

Nice day for fishing.

Oh, and you'd know, would ya?

No. Never been
much on the boats.

No, you never have.

You been bringing in anything
more than bait fish recently?

Why would you be asking me
a question like that, huh?

Because someone round here's looking
to earn more than a little extra,

and I don't like the
way they're doing it.

Oh, I see.

And when you don't like something,
I'm the man you try to pin it on.

- Is that it?
- I've learned from experience.

Fancy opening
those doors for me?

Or letting me look
around your boat?

Fuck off, Egan.

No, I'll tell you what.

Why don't you go get
your warrant first,

and then you can fuck
off with that as well?

- It's just a polite request.
- Polite me hole.

Do you want me to take those
empties to Myra, save you the trip?

- Yeah, sure.
- Throw them in the back.

Shane get ahold of ya?
We didn't go out today.

- Yeah.
- How'd you get on?

I'm not trying to steal your
boyfriend, if that's what you mean.

He's not my boyfriend.

Don't know what we are.

He said something, uh,
about Lenny, kind of...

What?

You've spent time with him,
you know, out on the boat.

Did he ever...

was he involved in
smuggling drugs?

Lenny?

Ah, No. God, no.

- Not that he'd tell me, like.
- Yeah.

No, of course.

Hana, if the Gards are
giving you any bother,

you tell them to piss off, yeah?

Yeah.

Thanks.

- See ya.
- See ya later.

- Sorry, I think I left my phone here.
- Come in.

I am so sorry to trouble you.

No, no, don't be silly.
We've all done it.

The times I've been halfway home
from Galway and had to turn round.

Ah, yeah.

Let me have a look.

Yeah, here.

Thank you so much.

Coffee?

No, thank you, I have
other appointments.

Social work isn't
exactly a nine-to-five.

Aidan said it went very well.

I think... I think I'd rather
discuss that at the next session.

Of course, yeah.

But he told you
about being in care?

- He did, yeah.
- And would that be a problem?

Ah, no, I don't...
that's not the issue.

- It's just...
- Oh, there is an issue then?

What kind of issue?
What did he say?

I just think you and Aidan
need to properly reflect

and reassess your priorities before
going further with the adoption process.

What? What are
you talking about?

Uh, we can offer support with
that, but I really do need...

No, listen, listen, listen, I've
done more than enough reflection.

I can't have a baby. I
want to adopt. That's it.

Right. And that's actually part
of why I think we need to pause.

You're stopping? That's it?

Just... for the moment.

Adamma, I have concerns.

And I think you need to
address those concerns.

We've done everything
that you've asked.

You know, we've jumped
through every hoop.

It has taken years to
get this far. Years.

I understand how
important this is for you.

No, you don't understand.
You have no fucking idea.

Well, what did he say?
What did he tell you?

He told you about the
gambling, didn't he?

Didn't he?!

What?!

Empties are in the shed.
Plenty to keep you going.

All right?

You all right?

Yeah. I'm fine.

I'll be off then.

Have you spoken to
that Swedish detective?

No.

She's been around the boats,
spoke to a few skippers.

- About what?
- The usual.

She's worried boats are bringing
in stuff they shouldn't.

Paranoid about quotas and VAT.

She didn't talk to you?

Nope.

See you later, then.

All right.

Sln.

So, it was a panic
attack, wasn't it?

Yes, yes, everything's fine.

So what's the craic?

How's business?

It's early days, but we
got off to a good start.

To my surprise.

Which business is that?

Kenny Seafoods.

Fair play to him, Aidan's
got some good deals going.

And is that for
fish or for drugs?

What?

The deals he's making.

- I don't know what you're talking about.
- Please.

- It's not like we're not doing...
- Ciara.

This is you and me.

How did you know?

Just tell me what
you've been doing.

I can't say. I can't.

I don't want to know
anything I don't have to,

but I do need to know
if you are involved.

Okay.

We didn't have a choice.

It was a one-time thing, nobody
was supposed to ever get hurt.

Lenny was involved?

This is Aidan's doing.

No.

No. It was the both of us.

Are you in danger?

I don't think so.
Not anymore. No.

Will you do it again?

No, absolutely
not. It's finished.

It was awful.

But it's over.

Bjorn, I promise you.

Does Mam know?

You won't tell her, will ya?

No, no. There's no
need to worry her.

There is a detective here.

You've spoken to her?

No.

But she's made quite the impact.

It would be good for all of us if she
was satisfied her job here was done.

Yeah.

Is Martin Nevins involved?

No.

Perhaps he should.

Ciara Kenny.

- I need some of your stuff.
- Taking up a new hobby?

No, but a guy called
Nevins might be.

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The thing about you is you're
going about it all wrong.

If you want to get to know people
around here, you start at the pub.

I was hoping to avoid
cultural stereotyping.

Ah, but you see, every clich
carries a seed of truth.

And here we are.

What are you doing here?

Is that an actual question?

Well, you're a
long way from home.

It's not a job that
suits everyone.

What, am I ambitious, looking
to impress, earn promotion?

Looking to make amends,
or take revenge, maybe?

It's my job.

And if it does some
good, that's good enough.

Well, if we talk in the right
way to the right people,

I wouldn't be at all surprised
if we find someone here

who bought something they
shouldn't have off Martin Nevins.

And that gives us just
cause for a search warrant.

Ah, it's Aidan Kenny. Just
following up on your email.

I'd be delighted to talk to you
about what we can offer you.

Yeah, what about
Thursday afternoon?

Two o'clock?

Okay, brilliant.

Talk to you soon.

- Was it worth it?
- You almost gave me a heart attack.

Was it worth it?

I can explain.

This is what you got, is it?

This is all of it?

When did it start?

When did you choose to burn it
all down and to destroy my life!

It was for... It was
for... It was for this!

It was for us.

- For the baby.
- There won't be any baby.

- What are you talking about?
- There won't be any baby.

They turned us down.

They turned me down.

They won't let me have her.

- What?
- They won't let me have my baby.

I should have known.

All the vows,

all the promises...

all the words just...

spilling out of you,
just pouring out.

"This time it'll be different."

"This time I will follow through and
I won't mess up like I always do."

"This time...

I won't look down at
the shit that I've made

and wait for someone else
to come in and clean it up."

Listen, please, Adamma.

You dragged me to this
godforsaken shit hole.

You've ruined my life.

Why? So that you
could play the boss?

The big man?

The family man?

You'll never be a man.

It was never supposed
to be like this.

Please tell me you didn't
tell them about the drugs.

Because you know it's not just going
to be the cops, do you understand?

These people are cold,

they are so beyond ruthless.

What drugs?

I'm talking about the betting.

What? No, that's...

No, that's...

Oh, my God, I've just
been so stressed.

Like, it was just a few hundred.

You know?

I knew it was a bad
idea when I did it,

I don't want to fall
in that hole again.

I'm not gambling.

I swear on my life.

And you must believe
me when I say that

because I really know
what that means now.

What drugs?

It was just for this place,
you know, to get it started.

But it's gotten out of control.

It's gotten so out of control.

Don't do that.

Do not do that, this is your shit.
I'm not going to make it better.

You promised me a family.

You promised me a baby.

You never follow through.

And now I'm going to tell
the whole ruthless world

what you've been doing.

Subtitles

Okay. "Listen, there's a
problem, something's come up."

Two Kennys in one night.