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Lord, it's the same old tune, fiddle and guitar.

Where do we take it from here?

Rhinestone suits and new shiny cars.

It's been the same way for years.

We need change.

Woo!

Hello.

Oh!

I hope we ain't going this way.

You don't want to hear it.

All right, folks.

Welcome to basic public order here at Kent Marsh Training Camp.

I'm Inspector Tennant.

Over the next three days, you'll learn crowd control, police in a hostile

environment, and we'll be refreshing your tier one first aid qualifications.

Now, you'll be learning from an officer who knows what he's talking about.

He has policed some of the most difficult public order events in the UK.

Listen to him.

Do exactly what he says.

Please welcome your course instructor, Constable Jerry Cliff.

All right.

Well, hello, Constable.

Oh, shut up.

OK.

Lots in this.

It's now a pinot grigio.

Patrol.

Ten points.

What else?

We call this the builder's tea.

You put three sugars in it. Anybody know why?

Because it helps the petrol stick to the target.

You get hit by one of these fellas, you're going to light up like a

Christmas tree.

Now, the good news about a petrol bomb is it's not that accurate.

Well, unless you know what you're doing.

You'd be good at that.

Dean, shut up. Yeah, yeah, you would. Do you remember what he said? Dean, I'm

short. Is there something you'd like to share?

Yeah, I was just saying that my mate's good at that kind of thing. Oh, my

actual God.

Is that right?

Yeah.

Come on up, then.

No, I mean... Ah, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on. Eh, Constable

Cliff, we'd never let a trainee throw a malative cocktail.

First time for everything.

Come on.

It'll be an experience. Yeah, an experience.

Helmets on.

Visors up for now.

Okay. So, I want you to hit that car without setting yourself alight.

And before I give you the bottle, you put your visor down.

Then you're going to hold the bottle high and wide.

Then I'm going to light the fuse.

Then you've got about four seconds to throw it.

Actually, you are... Inspector, turn it when you're ready.

You can't back out now. You can't back out now.

What's that for?

In case you take longer than four seconds.

Fires are done.

Hold the bottom.

You ready?

Four, three, two...

I'm

sure you're not from Belfast.

Dagenham till I die.

Someone always brings

a... Oh, God, relax.

We're on holiday.

Dee, we're not on holiday.

Keep the change.

How is it?

Pitch water.

Doesn't travel well.

Why did you order it then?

It's my duty.

So, you've worked a lot of riots?

Back in Belfast?

One or two a year. A year?

Somebody's always annoyed about something.

What's it like then now?

A lot of...

Poverty.

Drugs.

Trauma.

But I have bus tours now.

Oh, well, that's all right then.

You want another one?

Nah, big day tomorrow.

Oh, you're going?

I gotta take a beat.

If I have two, I'll have ten.

So I have ten. I'm gonna.

Do you?

Make sure you bring some paper towels tomorrow.

What?

Osby Greens.

My ladies.

Yeah. Good night.

What room's he in?

Piss off, Dee.

Seriously, though. No wedding room. Dee?

Baby, come on. Come on, I'm just saying. He's gorgeous.

Why don't you do a little drive by his room, eh? A little stop and search.

All right, that's it.

I'm going to bed.

Oh, bloody hell, not you two.

You can have that.

Be good. Yeah, I'm always good.

Yeah, right. Yeah, right.

Right.

Who wants a drink?

I can't! What?

You enjoying yourself?

Maybe. Yeah.

Fuck's sake.

Oh, fuck me.

Try and eat something.

Do you mind if I... Tell your bits.

Cool.

So you're into your health and fitness, then?

Well, we all have our vices.

I just happen to have all of them.

A good time, not a long time.

No, Sam.

That was just something my dad used to say.

I'm here for a good time, not a long time.

That's good. I like that.

Oh. You died of a heart attack.

I'm really sorry.

I'm kidding.

He lives in Dagenham.

Turns out he is here for a long time.

for you two cover that go go go get between those two groups right we're

gonna link arms get her out and if they turn on us then we retreat immediately

all right yeah yeah let's go

How do you think that went?

But she was badly injured.

She was, mate.

So we're there to protect life, right?

Aye.

Including her own.

Come on, mate.

Try this.

What the hell are you doing?

Cools you down, focuses the mind.

Try it.

Mind you, you're alive.

Come on.

Time for a pint.

What? We're the halfway through the day.

Exactly.

Here you go.

Cheers.

Don't be telling anybody you saw me doing this.

What? No, nothing.

You just... Just what?

You're just... unusual.

Well, thanks very much.

So... do you like it, then?

Belfast?

It's my place.

Never been?

It's not on my list of holiday hotspots.

Do you mind me asking?

I mean, it's fine if you do.

How come you're still a constable?

I'm sorry.

It's none of my business.

No, no, no, no, no. I'll tell you.

Okay. So, um... My inspector calls me in.

I'm in.

I was, uh... I was only a young fella. This was back in, uh... 95... 96.

Anyway, he calls me into his office and he sits me down.

And he says to me, Jerry...

I know you want to be promoted.

You deserve to be promoted.

But I need you out there on the streets working response.

Why? That's what I said.

And then he fixes me with this stirrer and he says,

you're too handsome to be stuck behind a desk.

That's what he said? Yeah, right.

I would have saved her.

In real life, I would have done what you did.

Just don't, um... Don't tell anyone you said that?

You're a quick learner.

Remember,

walk. Do not run.

Why can't I run?

In case you fall, just march on through, one step after the

other. And when you get through, stamp your feet to get any burning materials

that might be on your legs.

No, no, I can't. Hey, I'm going to be right behind you.

No.

Okay, what's your favorite song?

My favorite song? Your favorite song. What is it?

Ain't Nobody, Shaka Khan.

Ain't nobody loves me better.

Makes me happy.

Makes me feel this way.

Yeah? Come on!

Sing it. What?

Sing it. I just don't.

See you in the bar.

What's the matter, Dee? You not thirsty?

I'm never drinking again.

No.

You just chose the wrong night to get pished.

Ham's the best of us.

Okay, everyone.

Okay, well.

Congratulations to all of you for passing public order level one.

And we have a big thank you to Jerry for his excellent instruction over the last

few days.

I think you'll all agree that these PSNI officers are made of stern stuff.

Now, Gerry, it has become customary on the final evening for you to give us a

song.

Is that your guitar?

Come on, everyone, make a bit of noise for him here.

I've been waiting for you. It's been so long.

I knew just what I would do when I heard your song.

You filled my heart with your bliss. You gave me freedom.

You knew I could not resist.

I needed someone.

Now we're flying through the stars.

Hope this night will last forever.

And nobody loves me better.

Makes me happy.

Makes me feel this way.

And nobody loves me better.

Do it. No.

No way. What's the worst that can happen?

I'll make a complete tit on myself.

Babe, you threw a petrol bomb. You walked through flames.

You are the queen of fire.

Fucking hell.

Yes, girl.

Queen of fire. Dude, shut up.

Hiya. Hiya.

You're thin.

Yeah, back to civilization.

I find England a wee bit like mustard, you know.

Best enjoyed in small doses.

Still, it'd be nice to see the family, I suppose.

Well, it'd be a shock.

I didn't have one when I left.

Right, well, you know, thanks for the...

Instruction and all that. It was... It was fun.

It was, aye. Fun.

So, look, um... If you're ever... You know, if you're ever in Dagenham... Give

me a call.

Dagenham?

I'm sure I'm barely out of the place.

It was nice to meet you, Sandra.

Yeah.

You too, Jerry.

All right, man.

Hello.

How was training?

I ain't gonna say my own shout.

Any crack here?

Have you seen last week's call logs?

Three kneecaps, six ODs, pre-gablin'. McIntyres?

Fuck.

Where's the gear come from? Don't know.

Chanty Sam?

He mentioned he was thinking about buying a jet ski.

Prick. Aye. So, welcome back, mate.

Miss me.

Okay, the Halloween shift.

I know.

I know, I drew the short straw.

Again?

Again.

Okay, I want you to keep a close eye on anything going into and out of

Carrickview, especially anyone connected to the McIntyre family.

If you're going to choose a night to move product when we're likely to be

looking the other way, this is it.

Let's have some mobile patrols on the edge of Carrickview.

Stevie and Claire, you're 7-0, north.

Kevin Angus, 7-2, stay west.

Gerry and Colin, 7-4, sit around the southern perimeter.

You see anything of interest, let us know.

And here, folks, with the night that's in it, try not to get involved with any

spooks.

Ideally, yes.

OK?

Sharp eyes save lives.

Have a good one.

Oh, that's a bit weird.

Huh?

Dublin car parked outside Cargate.

No?

Lights on, engine running.

What are you doing?

Oh, just having a closer look. No harm in that, is there?

Shit. Had it.

Uniform from 74, super super suit, metallic grey, Volkswagen Polo, cross

-border plate, north in Clivesend Park towards Carrickview, over.

Fuck.

Food Street, straight on Ross Island Street, we're heading into Carrickview.

Uniform, they need some battle.

Let them.

7-4 from Bravo, Lima 1-0.

Discontinue pursuit.

This is Inspector Johnson.

Carrickview is double OB, out of bounds.

Discontinue pursuit, over.

7-4, that's an order.

Jerry!

Jerry, we have to stop!

Fuck that.

Let's go, get out!

Sully!

Sully! Get the guy in the car!

I can't get out! Come on, get out! Get the guy in the car, I'm sorry!

Ah! Fuck!

The police!

Don't move!

Oh, fuck.

What's going on?

Don't move!

Get out of the car!

7-4, withdraw immediately.

Just continue pursuit and withdraw immediately.

Jerry, Jerry!

7-4, your obs is in trouble.

Discontinue pursuit and withdraw immediately.

What the fuck?

Get away from the car.

On our way home.

Send away home to your ma's.

What the hell is wrong with you?

Well,

where is it?

Where's what?

What do you mean, where's what?

The fucking car I left you with and the guy who was in it. Yeah, but he got

away, didn't he?

Wait, scumbags came at me. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Do

not use that word. What word?

Scumbags? Sure, it's what they are, Jerry. No, they're not.

And you keep thinking that way, you won't last six months, son.

Yeah, why not?

It's a hard place.

to police some.

But it's also a hard place to live.

Okay?

Ho, ho, ho.

Fireworks.

Well, that was a good one.

It's just fireworks.

Podfleer will take care of that.

Jerry,

I have to go to the station.

Why, what's up?

I had an accident.

Did you piss yourself?

Oh, for fuck's sake.

Window down.

Right.

Why's up, Jerry?

Why's up, man? Come on. Come on. Why's up?

Do not do it.

Oh, you dick, you fucking dick.

Shit. Hi.

Hiya. Hi.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry for texting so late.

You just off a shift?

Yeah.

How was it?

It was kind of shitty.

Join the club.

So, um, you've invited yourself to Dagenham, have you?

I might have done.

Yeah.

It's just... I've never been to Belfast.

Great.

Great.

Oh, my God.

Look at you.

What?

Oh, no, you just look, um... Look what?

You look great.

Um, those for me?

Oh, God, yes. Sorry.

Yeah.

Thank you.

So, now what?

Well... I thought we could do a wee tour.

Like a bus tour?

No.

A real tour.

Oh, my God.

So this is to keep people apart?

Well, it's kind of like our Berlin Wall.

Except we liked ours too much to take it down.

Jesus. Exactly.

Eh?

Well, is he a Catholic Jesus or a Protestant Jesus?

That's the question.

So this is Belfast?

Oh, God, no.

This isn't Belfast.

Now that is what I call a pint of stout.

Go on.

Come on, now.

You're in Belfast now. It's mandatory.

All right.

It's all right, actually.

All right?

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

That is not all right.

That is God's gift to the working man.

Or woman.

A foretaste of eternal bliss.

You're such a dickhead.

This is mad.

What is?

Just this.

Me, being here.

You took a chance.

Yeah.

Me too.

All right.

You gonna tell me what the catch is?

That we can get it over with?

What catch?

Oh, the incredibly complicated private life?

The ex-wife and kids?

Please don't say current wife. No.

No.

There's never been anyone.

I mean, like, long term.

How come?

I didn't want to... I didn't want to inflict myself on anyone.

Are you hungry?

I'm always hungry.

Good laugh.

So, yeah, after seven years, that was it.

It was just over.

After that, I sort of... I'd had enough, you know?

I stopped dating and all that sort of stuff.

Felt like it was too much trouble.

More trouble than it was worth.

Present company excluded.

You don't know how much trouble I am yet.

Well, that's true.

Are we out of our minds?

Well, you definitely are.

Well, I mean, I live in England.

I'm sorry for your troubles.

Sorry.

I'm getting ahead of myself, aren't I?

Let's just enjoy tonight.

Lovely.

Here's your bill.

Oh, thank you.

Shoot.

No, no, no, no, don't, don't, like, don't.

I saw that guy a couple of weeks ago.

He was in a car we were pursuing.

We didn't get him.

Oh, come on then.

You're not serious.

Of course I'm serious.

Come on, let's go.

Carrick to you.

Halloween. It's on system.

Okay, thanks.

Call us out somewhere.

Shit.

I'm gonna try and stop him.

Taxi! Yeah, sorry,

that's mine, yeah?

Yeah, I don't see your name on it. Get the fuck off. Hey!

Get out of the car of your own. Who the fuck are you?

Police! Hold still.

Hold still.

Your carriage awaits.

Arresting officer.

Constable Jan Robinson, 204972.

What are the circumstances?

Suspect was apprehended by an off-duty police officer, subsequently arrested by

me for resisting arrest and dangerous driving.

Lovely.

Name? Name?

Oh, hiya.

So, you booked him in then?

Oh, he's gone.

I'm sorry, the suspect?

Yeah.

Inspector recommended Bale.

I think all the cells are full or something.

Dunno.

Hi, Helen McNally.

Sandra DeLuna.

Cup of tea?

Do you know what?

I'd kill for one.

Have you lost your fucking mind? Have you forgotten your rank, Bale?

He'll never be back north of the border.

We don't even know who he was. Leave it. Jonty, he was driving that car.

I chased him into Carrickview.

Somebody wants to see you.

Who? Warbler.

So how long have you two known each other?

Outside of a training course?

About 12 hours.

What's he like?

Jerry?

He's the best of us.

The very best.

An op?

What kind of op?

Surveillance. Wasn't one of ours.

Vox.

Apparently you walked into the middle of it and arrested their fucking target.

So who is he?

Fuck's sake, Collie!

I'm telling you to leave it, Gerry.

Is it linked to him?

7428? James McIntyre? We don't use names.

Well, I do!

All I know is...

I got a phone call asking me to tell you to cool your jets on this one.

Do you ever think about it?

Do you ever think about what?

The fact that you created a monster?

I think about the fact that we managed to start... Stop a civil war, yeah,

yeah. Heard that before.

It was a hard time, Gerry.

Hard calls.

So what about now?

What about now?

James McIntyre's running the West.

We can't touch him.

Go near him and it's a double OB.

Try and make an arrest like we did tonight and walk out of the station

without even leaving a name.

So what about now?

You're a monster.

Still worth it?

You don't have long left, Jarry.

Neither do I.

Maybe this is all over. We can go and have a pint and talk it out.

Mind yourself.

See all this shite?

It's not worth it. Let it go.

It's the ancient history myth.

Well, for a man who never dates, you definitely do a memorable one.

Sorry we're done.

So they just let him go?

You

have

a very long story, don't you?

You don't have to tell me anything. I mean, we basically just met.

No, no.

No, I want to tell you.

You asked me, um, why I was still

a constable.

Do you know what the RUC Special Branch was?

Yeah, of course.

And you know, you know that it was, it was, it was different here back

then. You know, you know what they did?

During the Troubles they ran agents, informers, intelligence policing.

I was part of it.

You were in Special Branch?

I was in my early twenties.

So, did you do something?

No.

No.

I wouldn't do something.

Sorry, I don't understand.

When I was a kid, me and my wee mate, Alan Kelly, were near a car bomb.

And Alan lost his dad and his brother in it.

When we saw it happen... Oh, God.

I'm so sorry.

Years later, I'm a special branch.

A bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.

And my partner and I were pitching a potential tout.

Sorry, you?

Well, approaching an informant, high-level, Republican. So

I run a background check on him and I see... I see

that his name is connected to that same bum.

And he was just... He was 16 years old. He was a getaway driver, you know,

but... I just said no.

No? I just... I couldn't recruit

him, you know?

My partner went ahead and landed him.

And this guy, this guy's getting into...

into drug dealing, you know.

Ecstasy.

Bit of coke. And we're running him.

So I write a letter to the bosses telling them, you know, we need to

reconsider. We need to get him off the books. I mean, the guy is becoming a

proper gangster.

I sent that letter up to senior management.

What happened?

They give me a choice.

Resign.

Or go back to response.

Forever. Oh my God.

Why didn't you just leave?

I didn't want... I didn't want... I didn't want them to think they had me

beat.

How long have you been back in response?

25 years.

And over all that time, this guy's done it all.

Drug dealing, kneecapping, murder.

He wasn't even arrested.

I think they were protecting him back then.

Same as they're protecting him now.

And I can't do a thing about it.

It's kinda, well, it's kinda fucked my life up to be honest.

So far.

What?

It's fucked your life up.

So far.

Mm.

Good to see you again. Yeah, you too.

Another sunny weekend in Belfast?

Lucky me.

Can't be easy for you both going back and forth.

It's not ideal.

Do you see the fellow over there playing the boar on? That's Barney.

He's been our custody sergeant at Black's on for about ten years.

But he's leaving because he's taking a job as a call handler, which means...

I currently don't have a custody, Sergeant.

Yeah, but you can't do a direct transfer from another police force to here.

Well, you can if the role cannot be filled by internal applicants, and the

CVs I'm seeing, they are not the best.

And now, do you see the fellow over there in the grey sweater?

That's Inspector Johnson. He's a wee bit down about himself, wants to be chief

someday, but he's the man who makes all the decisions around here, and if I were

you, I'd go and buy him a drink.

I don't know if I'm ready for Belfast. No one's ever ready for Belfast.

By the power vested in me, and by the strength of your commitment to each

other, it is my honor to pronounce you husband and wife.

You may kiss.

Oh, my God.

You guys know how to throw a party.

That's all we know how to do.

Shots. Woo!

So many shots.

Listen, um... Now that we are, uh...

There's, um...

There's something I want to show you.

What's that?

The truth.

The truth of it?

No.

Jerry, no. Listen.

In here is the agent file. Everything we had on James McIntyre up

until... Why are you showing me this? Why now? Why tonight?

Put it away. Put it away.

Four years.

What?

You want to finish out four years so they didn't beat you.

Well, let me tell you how it's gonna go.

We're both gonna go to work and we're gonna do our jobs to the best of our

ability and every night we're gonna come back here and

eat dinner and drink wine and

do whatever

And then someday, when all this is over, we're going to go somewhere else.

Somewhere warm and sunny.

And we're going to live there.

And we're going to drink a lot of beer.

So here's the deal, Constable Croy.

From this moment on...

We're not gonna think about the past anymore.

All of it.

Everything in that file... is over.

From now on, me and you, we're just gonna think about the future.

How's that sound?