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01x03 - Breaking Waves

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "North Sea Connection". Aired: September 4, 2022.*
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The stunning scenery of Ireland's west coast conceals a dark secret in 'North Sea Connection', in which Ciara must confront the dramatic consequences of her brother Aidan's decision to transport drugs at sea.

01x03 - Breaking Waves

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What are you doing, huh?

Uh...

Huh? Huh?

I can't hear! I can't hear!

What? I...

Hey, seen my ciggies?

I, uh, I thought I left
them in here, in the car,

but I didn't want to wake
you, so, so cute you were,

all curled up tight like
a cute little puppy,

like a lovely gorgeous
little cute lovely puppy.

It wasn't your feckin'
ciggies you were after.

Hey-eh, ooh. Fancy
a wake-me-up?

Hmm? Greet the morning with
the old chemical smile?

- I've work to go to.
- Hana!

- C'mon, c'mon, c'mon.
- Puppy, yeah?

Hana, Hana, Hana, Hana!

Good!

C'mon! What about
me ciggies, though?

Now I do need a smoke,
don't I? Yeah, yeah.

In the car!

Now that's the tricky bit.

Arrgh, where are
they? What's this?

Hmm.

Early start.

I'm gonna bring in the Loveen.

Do you mind getting the nav unit
back off Lenny while I'm out?

We'll need it to
get back working.

We need to fish to
pay for the diesel,

so we can fish some more.

To fill Aidan's massive tanks.

To pay my deckhand's
extortionate wages.

Your deckhand is feeling
like he deserves a raise.

- Yeah?
- Yeah.

- Yeah?
- Yeah.

He best get on and bring
me that nav unit, then.

- Cuppa tea?
- Don't push your luck.

Yes!

That's it!

Good man.

Ah, cheers.

Good man.

Oh, look, I've no cash on me.

But if I was you...

Chi-Chi Fernandez, the
five ten at Punchestown.

But you didn't
hear that from me.

Thanks a lot, pal.

- Is Lenny here?
- Why would he be?

'Cause you said you'd have work
for him setting this place up.

Maybe.

I said maybe I would.

Right. Well, whatever it is you're
planning on getting up to in here,

you can count me out.

Hey! How's the leg?

Like you give a shite!

Yeah, about 10, 15 years ago?

Lundberg, maybe?

No, it was more a
white-collar kind of thing.

Thanks.

Fine morning.

Do you always start this early?

Only when it's urgent.

- How was the room?
- The room was fine.

The breakfast was
very... fried.

That's me for the day, I'm done,
that was just a little pick-me-up,

get the old starter
going, know what I mean?

Ha ha! Stay. Go on.
Give yourself a break.

Treat yourself right. You work
too hard! You deserve a holiday.

Self-care. That's
what you need.

- Self-care.
- I'm doing that by getting myself to work.

Yeah, yeah, I know, I know,
but, Hana, Hana, Hana.

I'll do you an Irish.

Beautiful Full Irish, majestic,
whole sheboogie, one of me specials.

- Puddin', beans, eggs, the sausage...
- Lenny. Lenny.

- Come on, you must be starving, I am.
- Lenny, Lenny!

- What-what-what?
- Shh, shh!

See you when you
land back on earth.

Ya great gom.

You're not going, are ya?

Not forever.

Don't you want your breakfast?

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Make yourself at
home, why don't ya?

Ahh.

I see you speak copper.

It's a universal language.

That bit of work the
tide washed in yesterday.

Your methamphetamine.

Part of a bigger load, is it?

Look, I'm not touchy
about sharing me office,

but it's starting to look like you
plan on being here for a while.

We tracked a trawler suspected
of smuggling methamphetamine

across the North Sea
down the west coast.

That bag on the beach
wasn't the whole load.

It might have been
washed overboard...

Or it might have been part of
a larger cargo dropped at sea

to be picked up by a local boat.

That's why I need
their tracking logs.

If the harbormaster's dead, I
thought I might get the logs

from the Sea Fisheries
Protection Authority.

You'll be here for the long haul

if you go down that road.

Then I need to speak to
the skippers in person.

Well, like I said, they
won't like you asking.

But better that than going grey

waiting for the
Fisheries Authority...

and eating me out
of house and home.

Don't break your toys
the day you get them.

What do you think?

Quinn pay for all this?

What the hell does
he want us to do?

Bring it in when he says and
move it on when he tells us.

I don't know the detail.

I did a really stupid thing.

But I only did it because
I want a better future

for me and Adamma,
for the whole family.

And you are included in that.

This is a real business,
we can make real money.

I mean, Martin's already
said he'll give us a go,

throw his catch through
here for a few weeks.

Martin Nevins?

He's trying to push
his oysters on you?

You'll need to rewire the place.

Yeah, I know, but Bjorn can
give us a hand with all that.

And who's gonna
process the catch?

- You'll need more hands.
- Oh, my God.

This is you every single
time, do you know that?

You only see the problems,

you don't see the opportunities.

You don't see the
whole of the moon.

You're so busy
looking at the moon,

you'll drive us all
off the feckin' road.

They were going to k*ll us.

I can apologize to
you every five minutes

until we're both in our graves.

It's not gonna
change the situation.

I liked "Fisherman's
Blues" better.

Well, of course you did.

Dad's favorite.

Is that what this is about?

Trying to impress Da?

It's a bit late for
that now, isn't it?

That is what we've gotta do now.

We've gotta put Quinn and
all his sh*t in a box.

Gotta put the family and
the business in another.

Keep 'em locked, keep 'em
separate, keep on going.

Because you need
this as much as I do.

Like, one man, one boat, keeping
a house and feeding a family?

Those days are gone,
and you know it.

Bollocks.

Shane, man. Story
with ya, buddy?

- S'going on?
- Just after the nav unit.

- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- Big night last night, was it?

Aw, totally, man, totally,
man. Hana came over, you know.

It was a big old
night, big old night!

- Hey, you got lucky with her, man.
- Yeah!

What exactly were
you doing last night?

Best thing ever happened to
me, that girl, best thing ever.

I'm... I'm hanging for me breakfast,
like, if you'll excuse me.

- What about the nav unit?
- The nav unit! Yeah.

That's what I'm saying,
it's in the barn.

What's...?

- Lenny, Lenny!
- Nothing. Nothing at all!

Just gotta get to the shop!

Just go to the shop, grab
a few rashers, is all.

Start! Come on, start!

- Lenny, gimme the key...
- Get off!

- Gimme the key! Lenny!
- Get off!

- Lenny!
- No, no, no, no, no!

- You want it?
- Gimme the key.

You want it?

There's your nav unit, McDonagh!

Medium-term, I'm
thinking smokehouse.

Vacuum pack, sell online.

"Kenny's Kippers: from
the sea to your door."

I mean, come on, that kind
of branding is gold dust!

Smoked mackerel, crab.

- What's that Swedish stuff...
- Gravlax.

Gravlax. There you go.

I mean, I betcha Bjorn's
got a secret recipe.

We can put his face on the box.

"Born in Sweden,
crafted in Connemara."

You got ahold of
that nav unit yet?

- Yeah, we got problems.
- Come on, Shane, man.

What are you doin'? Who
do you think you are, man?

- Lenny.
- This is my home.

Lenny.

Oh, hi.

- Good morning.
- Good morning.

How are you finding the place?

It's very beautiful.

I never tire of it.

We do get a lot of tourists
here in the summer.

No, I'm not here for the sights.

What are you here for?

Just work.

Sounds intriguing.
I love a mystery.

The reality of police work
is rarely that interesting.

That's a pity.

Well, I best be off.

Meeting my daughter-in-law,

and the rain's comin'.

Sounds like I'll see
you around the place.

- Yeah, might be so. Bye.
- Bye.

Hello?

A rave, is it, Michael?

I doubt that.

Four 12-year-olds
with a bottle of cider

and a Bluetooth
speaker, more like.

I appreciate that, but...

Well now, if it's putting
your cows off milking,

that's another matter entirely.

I'll be right there.

What about that St.
Patrick's at Karma's?!

I near had to peel
you off the ceiling!

Didn't bother me, Shane, because
that's what friends do, man.

- Please make him stop.
- Hi, Ciara, man.

It's a diabolical
liberty, an outrageous

infringement of me
God-given human rights.

All I'm after wanting is a bit of
breakfast, and will you look at this?

- Where'd you get the gear?
- I don't see that's any of your business.

- Did you break in, did you?
- Had to get me money, didn't I?

What money?

To make the car go away.

Yeah, that's a bit of a problem.

- Aidan.
- What? What?

I told you to get rid of it!

And so I did.

So I thought.

No, you paid Lenny to
get rid of it for you.

- That's like paying a drunk in whiskey.
- Look, yeah?

No one is gonna come all the way
out here without good reason,

and Lenny's hardly that,
so we just do it now, yeah?

Like you told me to
do in the first place.

What about Lenny?

He's obviously
been at the stash.

How much did he take? 'Cause I guarantee
Quinn will know his cargo's light.

Look, he's not going
to tell anyone.

Shall I put the kettle on?

- You think?
- Okay.

Under the circumstances, I think we
can persuade him to make the effort.

- We need to get rid of it now.
- How?

- What was Lenny gonna do?
- I don't know, he just said...

That's a problem too:
the battery's dead

and Lenny chucked the
keys into the field.

Okay, you find the key.

I'll get some jump leads.

Hey. Hi.

No trips. I don't
do sightseeing.

Neither do I. Especially
not from a boat.

I get seasick.

I'm Inspector Tuva Pallson
of the Swedish police.

I wanted to ask about your boat's
movements over the last few days.

Why would that be?

It's part of my investigation.

Does Egan know you're here?

He's cooperating fully.

Now I know you're full of shite.

I'd really like to see your
tracking log if that's possible.

You do have GPS?

My boat's movements are the same

as every other
skipper's in this bay...

Follow the fish and
catch as many as you can

before some ballbag
beats me to it.

Officer.

It's definitely there, man.

It just like... it couldn't
have gone anywhere.

I was just after
my breakfast, like.

Got it.

Can I get a cup of tea now?

I'm gagging here!

How'd it go?

If skippers aren't
impressed by my badge...

And they're not... I suppose
yours won't do any better.

And, besides from having
no actual jurisdiction,

you're far too
foreign and female.

What you looking for?

A way back to the 21st century.

All right, I'll
see what I can do.

But right now I have
some real policing to do.

Upset cows.

No, that was Siobhan
Reilly, me Dad's mother.

"Granny Shush" we called her,
couldn't stop her talking.

The stories she come out with.

If even half of them were true,

we'd be in a whole
lot of trouble.

And what about
Aidan's father's side?

Oh, the Kennys?
What about them?

Well, Aidan was hazy about
some of the names, and...

"Hazy" is the word when
it comes to the Kennys.

Yeah. He said he never
met his grandparents.

Oh, no, he met
them right enough.

He was probably too young.

They were probably too
pissed to remember.

What was Aidan's father like?

As a dad?

Hazy.

With a temper.

But you married him?

I did, yeah.

And for the home we made

and the kids I brought up,

I do not regret that
for one little second.

But, you know, people
like Gerry's family,

they don't change.

They can swear it till
they're blue in the face,

but they can't get away from what
they were always going to be.

You forgot your cake.

It's not half bad.

Why do you want
to know all this?

Um, the social worker
said that we...

I mean, I can understand why it
might be valuable for the child

to know the history of the family
it's coming into, you know, so...

It just takes so long, you know?

So I'm just tired of wanting
it to happen so badly.

So tired.

Well, you'll have to get used to
that with a baby in the house.

Yeah.

And, love...

if there's anything I
can do, anything at all.

And I don't mean just money.

No, I mean more emotional
support, advice, like.

What money?

For the unit.

Did he not say?

That is so Aidan.

Isn't it?

Hazy.

Yeah, but not in that way.

No. No, no, no.

I'm sure it just
slipped his mind.

He wouldn't have asked
if he didn't need it.

I should go.

Thank you for
filling in the gaps.

Well, if there's anything
else you need to know...

Yeah, I'll... I'll
be sure to call you.

Oh, sh*t.

Lenny.

- Lenny.
- Eh?

Ciara, man.

How much gear did you take?

Just enough for a bit of fun.

Heh. And don't take
this the wrong way...

you know, you could do with
a little fizz yourself,

Ciara Kenny.

Loosen the auld joints

and brighten up your
general demeanor,

you know what I mean?

Eh.

While we're talking hush-hush...

it was...

it was an awful lot of gear.

Here.

How about a bit of
toast and butter?

Don't think coffee's
going to do the job.

No milk?

Have you seen the
state of your fridge?

Sure, no one's going to notice
you're a baggie or two short.

Really, Lenny? You think?

Go on.

I could just slip out,

you know, lose
myself for a while.

It's not like I've
not done that before.

It's not that simple, Len.

What have you got yourself into?

Huh?

You're not the
drug-dealing type.

No, none of us are.

This is Kenny business
though, right?

And where goes Captain Kenny,
so goes Shane McDonagh.

Shut up, Lenny.

You know, when we do let you go, you
can't say a word of this to anyone.

Did I squeal on you for French
kissing Roisin McCormack?

We were ten years old.

Exactly.

Twenty years I've
kept that secret.

What about the time we
took the boards to Easkey

and you nicked Mullins' van?

I borrowed Mullins' van. He
got it back the next day.

If he'd known it was
you, he'd have ripped

your head clean off
your shoulders, man.

Yeah.

That was some trip though, eh?

When I caught that wave?

Slotted it right
down the barrel, hmm.

Hmm.

Deadly.

Yeah, it was some trip.

Great trip.

I could help you out, maybe.

You know, I've done
some bits and bobs.

Personal use really, but...

ah, if you need a hand...

No, Lenny, these are
serious people, man.

Serious, serious people.

Yeah. That's what
I'm saying, Shane.

Everyone needs friends
they can trust, like,

people they can depend on,

people who'd do
anything for them.

Shut up, Lenny.

Ahh, I thought I
heard something.

- Just me.
- So, you're not coming in?

No, no. I'm just, uh,
looking for something.

Right. Well, what do you need?

Jump leads, a booster
pack, ideally.

Adamma's car's flat, you know,
and I don't have one, so...

I'll see what I can do.

Moira told me she
lent you some money.

For the unit.

Ah, she did, yeah.
Yeah, absolute godsend.

Couldn't have got going
without it, you know.

I thought you had enough.

Didn't you get the
number I gave ya?

What number?

To my old colleague in
Sweden, for the loan.

No, no, no, that was more
trouble than it was worth.

Okay. Well...

Yeah. Well, thanks for this.
Give Mam a kiss for me,

and tell her I'll come in
for a cuppa tea tomorrow.

I'll do that.

Someone's comin'. I
don't think it's Aidan.

sh*t!

- Egan.
- What's he want?

- How would I know?
- Typical Egan.

Poking his nose where
it's not wanted.

- Shut your trap, Lenny.
- No need to be so touchy, Ciara.

Let's just stay
here till he goes.

No, your scooter's out there.
He'll know you're here.

You'll have to go
and put him off.

- Why don't I go out there and have a few...
- I said shut it!

All right there, Sergeant?

You and Lenny having
yourselves a party?

Lenny maybe. Looks
like I dodged a b*llet.

Just came up to see if
he was working tomorrow.

- No sign of him?
- No. You know Lenny.

Oh, I do.

Was there music playing when
you got here, by any chance?

Yeah. It was dead loud,
too. I turned it off.

Good man. Good man.

I think Mozart's
more to their taste.

- What's up with your leg?
- It was just on the boat.

Big wave, wasn't
paying attention.

- It's my own fault.
- Risky business, the fishing.

Yeah.

I thought you and Lenny
had an eye for the waves?

Not that one.

You still smoke?

It's a bad habit.

I'd stick to Irish tobacco
for a while, if I were you.

See you about.

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Oh, you're back.

I don't think she likes me.

Of course she does.

I don't want to drive
them back to Dublin.

Well, you won't.

You're a loving mother
who cares for her family,

and you've made Adamma
part of that family.

Bjorn, when the baby comes...

Eh-eh-eh!

All right, if the baby comes,

if it's a baby,
doesn't matter to me

what its shape, color...

Could be fuchsia
with green spots,

I'd love it the same...

But if the baby comes,
she'll be yours...

- Eh...
- Or he will be yours as much as mine.

And Adamma and Aidan's.

Ach, you know what I mean.

Yeah, I know what you mean.

Maybe it's all too much,
you know, for everyone.

The adoption, the new
unit, the business...

I saw your new friend
in the village.

What friend?

That Swedish policewoman.

She's not my friend.

She's not here for me.

I'm glad to hear it.

Chicken and leek do you?

Lovely.

Will I untie him?

No.

Not till he's awake and sober

and understands the heap
of shite he's dumped us in.

It was Aidan's job to
get rid of the car.

I know, but it's
our problem now.

We have to deal with
it, the three of us.

Do we?

Shane, even if we manage
to explain the dead guy,

the missing drugs...

even if we drove the boat
west and kept on going,

Quinn will never let it go.

Won't be your leg next time.

I could go.

New job, new country.

I'm not tied to here, I'm
not tied to the Loveen,

I'm definitely not
tied to feckin' Aidan.

I could go.

Why don't ya?

- Right, I got it, here it is.
- Egan turned up.

- What?
- It's fine.

Shane talked him
off, about the music.

All right, come on.

Ciara.

- Did Bjorn ask any questions?
- No, no.

He's the kind of guy that likes
to make himself useful, you know.

Right.

Lenny?

- Lenny?
- What's the problem?

- Lenny, Len.
- Ciara.

Len, is this your phone?

Dude. Why would I want a
crappy phone like that?

- That's James's phone.
- So what? Just chuck it in the sea.

What about GPS, "find my phone"?

Ah, come on, Quinn's
not gonna track that.

He'd be stupid not to. He doesn't
seem like a stupid man to me.

He's f*cking stupid...

Lenny, did you turn it on?

Yeah, why?

- Quinn's probably on his way.
- I'll go.

- You?
- Yes, me, and I'll do it right.

- Give us the keys.
- I-I should go with you, like.

- Are you sure?
- Yep.

Hang on, Aidan.

Take that with you.

Turn it on when
you reach the city.

Dump it when you trash the car.

- If Quinn's coming, it'll put him off.
- Right.

Give it a go.

Drive safe.

Yes, that's him. Younger,
but definitely him.

I told you it was
a berg, didn't I?

No, that's not why I'm here.

Really? You really think that?

Okay. Fine.

I'll see what I can do.

"Embezzling Accountant on
the Run with Ten Million"

C'mon. Yeah?

Yay, yay...

Hah!

Listen... what's done is done.

Your business is your business.

You know I won't say
a word, don't ya?

Yeah, I know.

h*-h*-h*, my head.

Ohhh!

I been thinking...

I should get the auld
beast back on the road

before she rusts
away from under me.

- Yeah?
- Yeah.

Head south for the winter.

Portugal, maybe.

Yeah, man, great
surfin'. Eeeee...

Savage!

Get Hana to come with.

- Hana?
- Why not? Huh?

Another lousy
winter in Roskillane

or the sunny Algarve?

Plus me as a bonus.

You think she sees
you as a bonus?

Absolutely.

Let's face it, I could do
with a bit of liveliness.

Getting boring in me middle age.

You are?

No James?

- I just want to say...
- Lenny.

Lenny, by the way. I just want
to say I totally put my hands up.

- You know, it's low impulse control.
- Lenny, not now.

Well, I'm surprised.

Because his phone's here.

And we came across
Aidan driving his car.

Which is also
surprising because...

you told me that he drove
off a couple of nights ago

with a load of my product.

Now, don't get me wrong, it's
a lovely part of the world,

but it does seem odd
that he would choose

to hang around after
stealing from me.

Quinn.

I'll be honest with you, I'm
quite concerned about it.

And I'm not the only one.

His wife says he missed the
boy's football training.

James coaches the team

and apparently he's
never missed a session,

not one single wet,
miserable morning.

It's not like him.

It's not like him at all.

It was an accident.

He slipped when we
were hauling in.

He cut an artery.

- There was nothing we could do.
- It's true.

It wasn't a fight or a struggle,

it was just one of those
stupid, stupid things.

And we didn't know
what you would do,

and we couldn't go to
the cops, so we just...

well, we, uh...

You put the body in the water?

Yeah.

Thank you...

for your honesty.

Although it would have been
a lot easier on all of us

if you'd just said
that from the start.

I was joking about the kid...
No one is gonna miss James,

apart from his mother,
and possibly not even her.

My problem now is essentially
a human resources issue.

You see, it's vital in
a business environment

not only to be a good leader
and an effective manager...

Two roles which are different,
though many people confuse the two...

but to employ personnel
that you can trust

and depend on to deliver.

Would you mind?

Now, unfortunately...

that is a lesson that I
had to learn the hard way.

Thank you.

Oh!

- Lenny!
- Lenny!

- Lenny!
- Lenny!

- Lenny!
- Len!

Lenny! Aidan, put
pressure on it.

- Lenny, come on.
- Lenny, look at me!

Lenny, look at me. Lenny.

And now you've learned it too.

Aidan.

Your prints.

I own you.

When I say "jump,"
you hit the roof.

- Now, if you can do that...
- Lenny...

I can foresee a bright and
lucrative future for us all.

Stay with me, stay with me.

- What are we supposed to do?
- Your man, your problem.

Please, Lenny.

Please, Lenny!

Lenny, stay with me.

Please, please, don't go.

Lenny, up here.

Hey.

Hey...

Ugh! Ugh!

Come on, Lenny.
Come on, Lenny!

Come on!

- Come on, Lenny!
- Aidan, stop.

Come on, Lenny!

Aidan, stop.

She said stop!

What are we gonna do?

What are we gonna do, Ciara?

Ready.