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♪ and if I see a sign in the sky tonight ♪

♪ no one's gonna tell me it's a trick of the light ♪

♪ may never come but I'm willing to wait ♪

♪ what can I say? I'm a man of the faith ♪

♪ and there's an ocean in my body ♪

♪ and there's a river in my soul ♪

♪ and I'm crying ♪

Another bad night.

I kept you awake again, didn't it?

It's fine.

I'll survive.

You didn't sign up for this.

It's okay.

I keep telling you it's okay.

We're in this together, remember?

Stop it.

Stop making me love you.

Get off, I haven't brushed my teeth.

I don't care.

Paul?

There's a van here. I think it's for you.

I'll go, I'll go.

No, no, no, no, no.

No way, jose.

Paul, you can't be serious.

Now I've got you where I want you.

Okay, thanks, anna.

Just let him in, will you?

How are you?

Where do you want the boxes put?

I couldn't care less, to be honest.

Right. Shall we put them in the hall so?

Okay, right.

Where's mummy?

Working all hours again, is she?

We'll have to do something about that,

Won't we, sweet cheeks?

So, I've been signing in every day at the station.

No, I know.

I just wanted to drop in and check on you personally.

Not to hound you, understand.

You've done your time.

But it's in my interest you stick to the probation rules.

There's a history of bad things happening

When you get involved with the ahern family.

I'm staying out of trouble.

Let's keep it that way.

Get a job, keep the head down,

Stay away from val ahern and her family.

I heard you turned up at the wedding last week.

I was invited.

But did val make a complaint?

Should she have?

I went because jacob asked me to.

He does live in that house.

Your access to young jacob is contingent on sobriety.

Are you sober?

Totally.

Going to aa meetings?

Um, that's difficult, because--

Everyone knows my business.

I get that, but the meetings are

About today, not about the past.

Yeah.

I know.

Well, I'll start going again.

Okay.

Good woman.

This is a small place.

Put one foot wrong and I'll know about it.

Well, it looks like I'm officially moved in.

Yeah, no more snatched weekends.

This is your home now.

There's no escape from me, my family,

The whole shooting gallery.

You're so fucked.

Yeah, I've been kind of

Getting that impression, actually.

It's a lot.

Yeah, look at this face. Full of regret.

Maybe not right now, but we'll work on you.

Doesn't help when my daughter is hammering

On the door first thing in the morning.

I'll have that chat about boundaries today.

Right, love.

Sign here.

That's it.

The box was open.

I remember your mum on the telly when I was a kid.

She was very--

Formidable?

She made toast of the other panel guests.

Yeah. Sharp as a tack right till the end.

Three years.

I miss her.

Why haven't you answered any of my texts?

I wasn't sure what you want.

We should talk.

I know it's a good while ago now,

But it's awkward, don't you think?

Living under the same roof.

One person's talk is another person's confrontation.

Depends on the context.

Please. Don't try any psychiatry mumbo jumbo on me.

It's just to talk.

Figure out how we're gonna make it work.

I mean--

What's our story if mam ever finds out?

Story?

What do you mean, story?

It was one night, and it was before I met your mother.

Yeah, well, maybe someone saw something.

Drop by the hotel later on, we can speak in private.

Where you been?

I had a couple of morning calls.

Without this?

Why are you lying to me, jen?

You've been lying all week, haven't you?

Sergeant o'rourke called in at elaine's this morning.

Elaine's? You've been going there?

What the hell for?

I don't know.

I'm just keeping an eye on her, okay?

I think that she could be dangerous.

You know what?

You're dangerous.

This obsession of yours is just--

And what if I'm right?

What if she had something to do with grace's death and I--

What, just sit around and wait for her

To come for the rest of us?

I spoke to the guards in donegal.

They're completely convinced it was an accident.

Yeah, and if I can prove that elaine followed her up there,

Then would you still think it was an accident?

Would you?

Look, you're full of guilt about your sister.

I get it, believe me.

But this has got to stop, jen.

Elaine will slap a restraining order on you

And you're already on a caution.

I know about these things,

And this is going no place good.

You've gotta promise me you'll stop this, jen.

I won't make a promise that I can't keep.

These things have a way of blowing up,

Especially in this family.

At least promise me you won't say anything to your mother.

That I will promise, for now.

Now will you take nell to nursery?

I really do have to get into work.

It's your turn, jen.

It's your turn.

- Jennifer ahern? - yeah?

I have to ask you to sign for it.

Sure.

Thank you.

Right, we can fit most of these things into denis's old study.

This'll go up first and foremost.

But I'm so sorry, I wanted

All the renovations done before you moved in,

But it's just so typical, you know,

The men slowed down, frank's nowhere to be seen.

I mean, where is he anyway?

I'm gonna have to have a word with him later.

We could always postpone the work till summer.

Well, we could, but we won't.

We're just gonna rip that bandage off.

It's always better in the long run.

anna!

Joe!

How you doing?

Er, about the night of the wedding--

Look, you don't have to say anything, joe.

I didn't read more into it than what it was.

Two lonely people, looking for a bit of comfort.

It shouldn't have happened.

If it's grace's memory you're worried about, it's, er--

I loved her, anna.

Like--

In my bones.

I know you did, joe.

I think she loved you the same way too.

Did she, though?

I'm not so sure.

Joe!

You know, you're right about you and me.

Just two lonely people.

But nothing helps, really.

She's a little bit cranky.

She didn't get much sleep last night, so--

Good luck.

Bye, now.

All right, you got my attention.

What the hell do you want, leon?

Er, a coffee'd do right about now.

Well, I'm late for work already.

Ooh, get you.

Come on then, quick takeaway.

Yeah, don't want to be seen with me.

Yeah, I get ya.

Some things never change?

Jacob!

Jacob.

Please, that sound is doing my head in.

Who stole your creamy bun?

You know,

I don't want to bother val, but

Between the builders and jacob bouncing that bloody ball--

Pure madhouse.

You're very good to put up with us all, really.

Now you're mocking me.

A swift kick up the hole would

Sort the little fucker in a heartbeat.

Yes, you, you I'm talking about.

Come on, I've been beeping. The car's round the front.

I have to get my phone.

Okay, well, I'll wait in the car.

No, wait in here.

This is where I live.

I can ask my mother inside, can't I?

Um, okay.

Yeah, sorry, frank, I'll be five more minutes.

Yeah, I've just, just got to sort summat out.

Okay, yeah, bye.

You all sorted at work?

Yes boss, no boss.

Frank's not like that.

He's mr. Construction.

Jenny's the blonde on the beach.

Doctor jenny.

And then there's val.

What are you checking my family out for?

I thought I was family.

We're not family.

Well, foster family, same thing.

And then there's little nell.

Man, she's, she's cute.

Why are you here, leon?

What do you want?

Want? What could I possibly want from you, finn?

What could I possibly deserve? You know what you owe me.

Still, it's a nice scenery type thing.

I guess you could get used to it.

Look, I'll try and pull something together for you.

Then I want you to get the hell out of here.

And don't come back.

Well, that depends on what you get for me.

From what I can see, you've got a lot now.

Cheers.

What's taking jacob so long?

I think he's working to his own agenda.

It's a family thing.

Jesus christ!

See, this family, you have no idea what they have done to me.

Why don't you tell them, elaine?

Come on, why don't you tell them your sob story?

You knew grace was gonna get me put away

And you knew anna spiked my drink.

You know everything your daughters do,

And they do it because they're your daughters.

I think we should do this another time.

I can handle this. Listen.

I admit I didn't see the signs that grace was falling apart,

That she couldn't live with the lies I'd--

Lies,

Try bringing apart from your children for seven years

Because you think you almost killed them in a fire.

Was rory's lie.

I'll get to see my children again if I sign over

Custody to anna.

Denis's lie.

And of course, rory killed denis.

Your lie.

To protect the boys.

You agreed, elaine.

But they knew the truth by the time grace decides she

Can't live with the lies any longer.

You put it in her head

Because I was expendable by then.

You get rid of me, anna gets my sons.

Nothing, nothing gets in your way.

Alright. Well, I for one have had enough,

So I think you should leave now, elaine.

You know, I knew when the guards

Came to my door, you know, you'd all leave me

To take the fall while you got away with the rap

On the knuckles and now you are up to your old tricks.

Guards hounding me, jenny stalking me.

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

Get your fucking hands off me.

Your daughter is dead because of you.

- that's enough! - and your lies.

your lies, val!

Get out of this house.

Get out of here. Don't come back.

Jacob-- don't.

Jacob, she won't, she won't--

Just let me out here.

What about the--

Just stop the car.

I just wanted you to sit there like

A normal person, like a normal mother.

I mean, did I?

Is grace dead because of me?

No, of course not.

Elaine is an extremely damaged and angry woman.

Just eats away at me all the time.

I mean, to cut herself off from her entire family like that.

And was she lonely, was she afraid, all alone in the sea?

If I could just have spoken to her.

I was trying to let her go.

I just didn't know it would be forever.

I know, love, I know.

I think elaine had something to do

With grace's death.

This is the stuff from grace's inquest.

The garda file is in there too.

I guess they have to make a report even if it's

Misadventure.

What exactly where you hoping to find?

I don't know.

Phone records, some connection to elaine, something.

I reckon the guards only check phone records if

They think a death is suspicious.

But there's no record in there of them

Finding her phone or her laptop.

I'm not disagreeing with you, jen, but I mean maybe it wasn't

Just the family that she wanted to cut ties with.

We couldn't look at anything when you and joe

And finn went to bring her home.

It was too...

I know.

Now that I look at this, right,

That is distinct bruising on the back of her neck.

It's in the written report too, frank and, and I know rough

Seas but, but that could be from someone holding her down.

You saw elaine at the wedding.

She could barely control herself.

Yeah, she was on a mission alright.

And she told me that grace went to see her before going up

To the retreat and we all thought that she went

Home to london after the garda caution.

So, elaine was the only one who knew that she was going up

To donegal and she hates us, frank.

She hates us.

It is like a, like a heat coming off of her.

I mean, am I mad to think that she could have...

She did kill denis.

You must be frozen.

No, just enjoying the view.

It's so peaceful here.

It's like you're away from the rest of the world.

Yeah.

It's why I sit here.

I feel close to grace.

I feel as if she's out there somewhere.

I don't know, it's the essence of her.

It's kind of soothing.

Yeah, it's, it's what a healing place should be.

Paul?

What is it?

I really don't want to spoil this place for you.

No, tell me.

I mean if you're finding it all too much.

- Are, are we too much? - Not, not for me.

But I can see maybe too much for you.

What do you mean?

See I'm, I'm in a kind of an awkward--

Um, cos there's, there's the husband that sees

Things and there's the professional that...

Look, your family makes huge demands on you,

Right, and that, and normally that's fine,

You're a strong woman.

You like being the centre of their world.

But they're struggling with grief too,

So they demand more and you can't take their pain away.

You can barely cope with your own.

We're toxically co-dependent.

Don't, don't put words in my mouth please, val.

- That's-- - no, no, I get it.

I mean, truth is I've always got it.

You're gonna have to help me, you're gonna have to stop me

Before I jump in and get all tangled up in there.

I, I will listen to you.

Even if I, I mean you don't, you don't have to put up

And shut up for my sake, you, you, you can be honest with me.

I do need to be honest about something.

It's to do with anna.

Elaine, what can I do for you?

Well, we told jacob you'd get me a job, so here I am.

There isn't anything suitable at the moment.

Not for someone with your qualifications.

Huh.

It's just that nowhere local will

Give me so much as an interview, so.

Well, you can't be that surprised.

You have a job.

If people knew what you did?

Please, elaine, let's not start.

I saw an ad in the window for a cleaning job.

Is that still going?

- Well, yes, but-- - because I'll take it.

Val, come back, please.

Let, let me explain.

It was before I met you.

It was one night.

I was staying at the hotel, there were drinks in the bar

After hours a couple of times and one thing led to another.

One night.

This changes everything.

It meant nothing.

You slept with my daughter, and it meant nothing?

No, that's--

Listen, I met you and mairead on that walking

Tour a couple of days later and that was it and when

I realized anna was your daughter,

I wanted to tell you straight away but,

You know, anna didn't want that.

You discussed it?

You, you both got together, and you

Left me out of that conversation?

Jeez.

Why now?

Why are you telling me now?

I wanted you to hear it from me.

Anna keeps calling and texting me.

For what?

For what!

I'm not even sure myself.

I won't unpack if, if that's what you want,

And I'll just go.

You can tell your family you made

A mistake and I turned out to be a shit.

Well, are you a shit, paul? Are you?

Cos god knows my track record isn't great.

My mistake was not telling you straight away and in that

Sense I married you under false pretenses

And for that I am truly, deeply sorry.

Was that anna?

Give it to me.

Do you think anna still wants to continue her

Relationship with you?

I don't know.

For god's sake.

I have just seen elaine out there with a mop and a bucket.

What the hell is going on, anna?

I got conned into giving her a job for jacob's sake.

Right, well you need to get rid of her, anna.

What choice do I have?

I think elaine might be dangerous.

I think it started with grace and now here she is

Where you work.

You need to stay away from her and keep jacob away

From her too.

She would never hurt jacob.

We need to establish if she was even in donegal at the time

Of grace's death.

Then we go to the guards.

Don't do anything stupid, jenny.

Promise me.

- Okay. - And nothing to mam, not yet.

I saw that.

Well, you're always watching, jenny.

What did you see this time?

You, drinking.

It's that why you've been stalking my house?

Trying to catch me breaking the rules.

Were you already on the downward

Slope when grace came to see you?

God.

Downward slope.

Just listen to yourself, it's pathetic.

Just piss off back to your patients,

Jenny, there's nothing to see here.

What?

You afraid?

Sorry for just turning up.

Should I have phoned first?

Er, lunchtime wine and the chance to catch up?

No, I'm really glad you came.

So, tell me more about paul from like, the early days.

You've known him since college.

Yeah.

We met when we were two wunderkinds on scholarships

In new york.

Is that where he met his first wife?

Yeah.

Her death was the reason he left the states.

Just sent him into a spin.

I guess it tore him up because he couldn't help her.

He kind of attached himself to various

Clinics around europe after that.

Spent a year at my clinic in bristol when it opened.

Well, he certainly gets around.

You're not worried he'll get itchy feet.

No!

No, I, I just don't think val could cope with much more.

He is semi-retired and ready to settle.

Maybe the odd guest appearance at conferences and the like.

And I wouldn't be surprised if he writes a book

Like his mother, leave his mark on the world.

He looks very happy to me, mairead.

So, I know something's going on.

Paul has told me something

That changes everything.

I don't know who to trust any more.

But he did tell you.

Didn't wait for you to find out like with denis?

Was it your pride that's hurt,

Or your heart?

My heart, of course.

Well maybe my pride too, I don't know.

This thing, was it before the marriage or after?

Before.

And now you're wondering if you should burn

Your bridges before there's an after.

Well shouldn't I be wondering?

Remember the house in raheny?

Dad gambled the house.

And conveniently popped his clogs

Before he had to deal with the fallout.

I was on the point of leaving him.

Would have left you two girls with him.

You'd have left us?

Maybe I thought it would straighten him out,

I don't know.

I couldn't stand him another minute.

Jesus!

You really were the crap mother mair always said you were.

Then I saw you locked into the same old,

Same old with denis.

Mind you, you had this big house.

Jesus christ, mam.

It's the truth.

You stuck it out because you chose to.

I stuck it out because I had to.

And this touching heart to heart is supposed

To help me how?

Well, this time, do you have to stick it out

Or do you choose to stick it out?

Boss.

Have you got something to tell me, anna?

About what?

Just answer the question.

Have you got anything you need to say to me?

I'm waiting, now this is your chance to tell me the truth.

Mam, I can't say anything, because I don't know

What you're talking about.

Who, whom we're talking about. Does that help?

- Mam. - So, you need more help.

Well, here's a name, paul.

- What about him? - Anna, this is your chance.

I'm warning you.

Now at least he had the decency to look me

In the eye when he told me.

Told you what?

You're really gonna do this?

You're just gonna straight up lie to my face.

You slept with him, anna, you probably

Want to go on sleeping with him.

- That's not true. - Which bit?

The past or the future?

All you had to do was be up front like paul was.

I gave you the chance.

You know what, you can pack your

Bags and be out by this evening.

- Mam, please. - I am past caring.

I can't believe how talented you are.

It's just a hobby, since I retired from art teaching.

But I sell a few in the local galleries.

If I buy one, will you ship it?

Take one with you.

Seriously, pick one you like in memory of your trip.

I like you, mairead.

I like your family.

We are going to drive paul nuts,

Dropping in night and day.

I'm trying to get him some space.

He'll be fine and he's totally committed to val.

He'll sort whatever he has to sort about family

In his own way.

Yeah, and I know this sounds really childish,

I just kind of miss my sister.

Well, we've barely met...

But I think I'll miss you.

Can I keep in touch?

Yeah, I'd like that.

Jacob, come on, I'm trying to work.

I was here first.

Why should I change anything just cos you live here now?

Because that's, that's kind of how it works,

You know? You make changes then,

Then I make changes to accommodate you.

Look, I'm asking for a second time.

I waited a, a full hour of listening

To that effing ball before coming out here.

Another hour won't kill you.

You're not being reasonable.

Maybe I'm not being reasonable cos I don't want to be.

Maybe you need to watch your back around me.

I know where they've hidden the guns.

Grow up.

What's going on?

- Anna's moving into the hotel. - Why?

That is between me and anna, jacob.

This is my home.

How can I stay here without her?

Well, stay, go, it's up to you.

Paul's making you do this.

Well, you can stay with elaine, if that's what you want.

- It's not what I want. - Look, I don't care, jacob.

Right now, I couldn't give a flying...

I have to get on with my own life.

Now you make your decisions, I make mine,

That's how it is from now on.

Sergeant o'rourke.

I need to speak to you about elaine lynch.

- What about her? - I caught her drinking.

Where was this?

At the bar at the coast hotel.

- Is she still there? - Yes, she, she works there now.

She's working behind the bar.

No, no, er not bar work, she's cleaning.

She um, she conned my sister into giving her a job.

So, your sister gave her a job and you're not happy about it?

No, anna's not happy about it either.

She er, she really only gave her the job for jacob's sake.

I see, so you're both not happy about it.

You don't believe me.

Why would you say that?

That you think we want her locked up again.

Well, she will be, if she's breaking her probation rules.

Shame for her sons.

I'm not making this up.

I'm a bit pushed today but I'll check her out in my own time.

Thanks for the information.

- Hi, maria. - Hi jacob.

Is mum in her office?

Yeah, I think so.

- Hey. - What are you doing?

Er well, it was the only job available, so.

You came in a suit.

You didn't expect to be scrubbing floors.

Well, it's fine, I mean it's fine for now, you know.

Floors have to be scrubbed, it's a fact of life.

They don't have to be cleaned by you.

The suit looks ridiculous.

You look ridiculous on your hands and knees.

Jacob, I, er--

I try to be on your side, try to stick up for you.

Can you even begin to imagine the sick jokes at school.

Well look, I know, I know how...

No, you don't. You've no idea.

I try to laugh them off but inside,

You make me ashamed.

You know um, anna doesn't have to leave on my account.

It's on my account.

Paul...

What's this?

Yeah, um I've been meaning to get rid of it.

It's um, I mean, I don't use it anymore but it's,

It's a memory box.

When they told us my wife's cancer was terminal,

She suggested this.

She wrote down her memories when she was still alive,

And I wrote down mine after she was gone.

Years later I did it when my mother passed too.

Did it help?

Not gonna lie...

Some days it did and some days it didn't.

I'd take some days.

Well...

You know, I wasn't, I wasn't gonna tell you this,

But um... Actually it's connie's anniversary today.

- Really? - Yeah.

Maybe, maybe I should get back to doing this.

Absolutely, I mean, I, I want you to

Write memories of her.

Come on, people shouldn't be forgotten.

Sorry, I, I, I didn't mean to um...

Frank, it's good of you to come round.

I mean, it's about bloody time.

Come on, let's talk to those wasters you have working here.

Look at it. Seriously, just look at it.

I mean, they were meant to finish

Days ago, so what is going on, frank?

They're bart cooper's kids, they've been with me for years.

If they say they need more time, they need more time.

And all I know is that the work was a lot

Faster when you were overseeing it.

I'm not your personal foreman here, val.

So you do it for denis, but I don't

Deserve the same treatment?

Look, if you're not happy with the work,

Bring in your own builders. - Right, I will.

Tell them to wrap it up.

- What, right now? - Yeah, frank, right now.

I'm sorry, but family is one thing, but work is separate.

Is this what you really want, val?

You need to keep a better eye on your crew, frank.

Let's just call it quits. I'm sorry.

Alright, you heard her, wrap it up.

You think I was too harsh.

I didn't say that.

You said I let family take the piss.

Come on, I didn't say that either.

You let people figure things out for themselves.

All this today, that's our proper start.

Decks cleared, full disclosure.

On our way.

On our way.

jenny?

Jenny!

I went to look for elaine after you called.

She'd gone.

Not even a word.

She didn't even clean half the rooms.

I told o'rourke I caught her drinking again.

So maybe she called her in.

I doubt it.

Is this the coroner's report?

Yeah.

You can see the, um, the bruising.

My god.

Jenny, look at this.

Her phone.

It's in this one, it's not in that one.

That means--

Someone took it.

Mam?

Yeah, I'm in here.

We need to talk.

Alone.

That was really rude, jenny.

Look, I wasn't gonna say anything,

But there are just too many things.

I think elaine had something to do with grace's death, right.

She's drinking, she hates us so much,

And she said that grace came to call on her, and--

Enough!

This is just more of the usual family bullshit.

Paul is so right, you just suck me into your dramas.

Mam--

Get out, jenny.

Get out and don't come back

Unless it's for a normal family visit.

I'm serious. Get out!

Get the fuck out of my house!

I've had it with the lot of you, get out!

Well done.

Mum?

You home?

Mum!

Mum, no!

wake up. Please wake up.

Wake up.

Turn her head to the side if you can, jacob.

Try and slide a pillow under.

I'll be right over.

Elaine is comatose.

Jacob isn't even sure if she's alive.

I'll grab my bag.

I'll bring nell next door.

Here, help me roll her on to her side.

Yeah, her pulse has slowed right down.

It's ethanol poisoning.

We haven't got long.

Fill a bag for the hospital.

Yeah, it's dr. Jennifer ahern.

I need an ambulance immediately to moy cottage, lahinch.

Make sure you've got an emetic.

Bring a saline drip and a shot of adrenaline.

Jenny!

What?

♪ and if I see a sign in the sky tonight ♪

♪ no one's gonna tell me it's a trick of the light ♪

♪ may never come but I'm willing to wait ♪

♪ what can I say? I'm a man of the faith ♪

♪ and there's an ocean in my body ♪

♪ and there's a river in my soul ♪

♪ and I'm crying ♪

♪ and we carry the sun ♪