03x01 - Episode 1

[bunniefuu]

[phone ringing]

[man]: Are you alone?

My family's still here.

Get rid of them.
You have five minutes.

[call end tone]

[plates clinking]

[Alice]: Put it down
and get ready for school.

-Get your bag.
-Why?

I've an evening clinic
so you're taking Ollie to practice.

Yeah, well, you'll need to get
a move on because you'll hit traffic.

Will you just leave that. For God's
sake, you're going to be late.

Good luck finding his boots.

Come on, Ollie. Let's go.

Alice.

I'm going to be late.

[doorbell]

[doorbell]

Nick Heaslip?

What's this about?

I'm Detective Sergeant Claire
Wallace of the Criminal Assets Bureau.

Is this to do with one of my
clients?

I've a warrant under Section 6.

All my files are at my office,
so...

Don't worry.
We have officers there already.

We'll be seizing anything we believe
to be the proceeds of crime

or purchased with the proceeds of
crime,

or any evidence that pertains to
such.

I want to call my solicitor.

Well, you can do that, but it's not
going to stop us executing this warrant.

Or the search warrant for your
office.

Best let us in.

Yeah.

Mr Heaslip, I need your phone.

Phone.

Make a start in the kitchen, Liam.
-Of course, boss.

You need to tell me what this is
about.

What I do for my clients is legal.

Revenue would disagree.

All I do is help limit
clients' tax liabilities.

It's not a crime.

That's not the only
reason we're here.

[phone ringing]

[dial tone]

[Claire]: Detective
Sergeant Prendergast.

Detective Inspector Wallace.

Ah, it's a bit premature for that.

Ah sure, if they'd move me
up through the ranks,

you're definitely getting that
promotion.

Is that why you called?

We found a safe.

And?

Receptionist says Heaslip's the
only one who knows the combination.

What's the combination for your
safe?

Is this really the best
use of CAB's time?

Force it.

Look, I'm happy to cooperate.

But if I break client confidentiality,
my business is finished.

Those the same clients
you've been embezzling money from?

Is that why you don't want us
opening the safe?

You afraid we're going to find
the 27 million in there?

g*n!

Hold.

[Liam]: Call for backup.

Claire!

Claire!

Put the g*n down, Nick.

You don't want this.

Talk to me, Nick.
You don't need to do this.

You've no idea.

Then tell me.

It's too late for that.

Whatever it is, we can...

[g*nsh*t]

Claire!

[theme music]

[woman, in Spanish]: I can't give
you what I don't have, Amaia.

No, I'm still working
on the outline.

Yes.

I'll have something for you
by the end of the week.

[Amaia, in Spanish]:
You said that last week.

[man, in Spanish]:
Try again, Olatz.

Can you at least tell
me what it's about?

No. [car engine turning over]

I'm not ready to share anything yet.

Hang on, Amaia.

Mikel, just leave it.
The guy's on his way.

Olatz?

Yes?
-Mum, look.

Not now, love.

And definitely not over the phone.

-Then I need you to come in.
-No.

Finally.

Are you coming back soon?

Yes.

I'll be back in a couple of days.

[g*nsh*t]

-[girl screams]
-Olatz? Olatz!

Down. Down! Down!

[girl]: No!

[screams]

[whimpering]

[two g*nshots]

[police radio, in Spanish]:
Control to Askar 12.

Charlie 44 is at the location

of a possible homicide.

They are reporting a sh**ting

with four possible victims:
two adults and two children.

Forensics and first responders
are en route to the scene.

Requesting a detective
on the scene immediately.

[forensic photographer]:
Oficial Beitia.

[in Basque]: Hey.

[in Spanish]: My God.

[whimpering]

[Oficial Beitia, in Basque]:
She's alive. She's alive!

[♪]

[reporter, in Spanish]:
The police ask for anyone

who was in that area of Bilbao
the morning of the killings,

and who has any relevant
information, to come forward.

Olatz Alzola was a highly
respected investigative journalist

and, moreover,
a beloved colleague to all of us.

We send our deepest condolences

to the family and friends
of Olatz, Mikel, and Unax.

We'll take a short break
and come back with more.

[Amaia, in Spanish]: We're out.

I know this is tough.
But we'll get through it.

Tell Oficial Beitia where my
office is. I'll meet him there.

[in Spanish]: Okay, Amaia.

[reporter, in Spanish]: Returning
now to the breaking news

of the death of award-winning
reporter Olatz Alzola.

Looking to reassure citizens,

the police have said
they will use all available means

to bring the K*llers of Olatz Alzola
and her family to justice.

How're you holding up?

Don't know what happened, Sean.

Did you call the superintendent?

Where's Liam?

Inside, talking to GSOC.

Come on, I'll drive you
back to the office.

They... still need to talk to me.

Just... needed a minute.

Should I be worried?

I've been through this before.

Just take your time.
Don't feel pressured or rushed.

The legal rep will guide you
through the whole thing.

Is that necessary?

It's protocol.

[man]: Detective
Sergeant Wallace.

Would you come with me, please?

[Amaia, in Spanish]:
How is Idoia?

[in Spanish]:
She's still in surgery.

Mikel's sister
won't answer my calls.

I think she blames me.
Like she blames Olatz.

Why?

Her last piece was an exposé
on a Balkan organised crime g*ng.

It caused quite a reaction.

We put her up in a hotel
as a precaution.

Her and her family.

Was Olatz still
working on that story?

Why?

When we got to her house
it had been ransacked.

I believe the two facts are related.
-I don't think so.

Could she have been
working on a new story?

-I wouldn't know. I have to get back.
-Wait.

I'll need everything
from Olatz's desk.

Of course.

[in Spanish]:
Hey, do you have a stamp?

Listen, I'm in a hurry.

Where's the nearest police station?

[in Spanish]: I'll look it up.

How are you?

Is this everything?

Until we get back
into Heaslip's house, yeah.

Why don't you take some
time off and...

Any leads from his office?

This is from Heaslip's safe.
It's a list of his new clients.

-Ones we didn't know about?
-Yeah.

And the money?

Still no sign of it.

Doesn't make sense.

Something like this
never makes sense.

That's not what I mean.

Why don't you take a breather?

Something changed in Heaslip
when I mentioned the 27 million.

He was terrified.

And it wasn't us he was scared of.

[phone ringing]

Yes?

Okay.

Thanks.

Heaslip's wife is downstairs.

Well, she has been informed.

Doctor Heaslip was in
surgery all day.

It was sheer luck the family
liaison officer got her here

before she heard about her
husband from the press.

How the hell did this happen?

We ran a thorough risk assessment.
It threw up no red flags.

And you're sure about that?

The superintendent
signed off on it.

Is the GSOC
investigation underway?

Did you all follow protocol?

We confirmed that Heaslip
didn't have a firearms license.

So, where did the g*n come from?

Forensics are tracing the weapon.

This team has had
several big wins.

What I'm asking myself now is,
has that made you complacent?

I don't think that's
entirely fair.

I don't care if it's fair.

I need to know if it's true.

There's more to this
than we thought, sir.

There's more to it?

That would suggest
your team missed something.

A man took his own
life on our watch.

Let that sink in.

I don't need
you making excuses for me.

This wasn't your fault.

[Liam]: Don't look at me.

I wasn't in the room
when he pulled the trigger.

There's no need for that.

I'm just stating the facts.

Looking out for yourself,
more like.

Lads, calm down.

It's easy for you to say. You don't
come under GSOC's jurisdiction.

I'd like to be in the room
when you speak with Alice Heaslip.

Get your incident report done.
You're going home.

I should be there, sir.
What if she knows something?

Not happening.

If I could just ask a few
questions.

I'm about to break the worst
possible news to that woman.

Now is not the time
to question her. Leave it.

Do you have negotiation training?

No, sir.

Well, the last thing you want
to do is make yourself a target.

It wouldn't have made a difference.
He wanted out.

He wanted out?

Well, put that in your report.

Everyone's going to be
covering their arses,

and you need to do the same.

Yes, sir.

Given the circumstances,
your promotion is on hold for now.

[Nick]: ..after the tone. [tone]

Nick? This is my third message.
I need you to call me back.

What the hell is going on?

Doctor Heaslip.

This woman can't or
won't tell me anything.

I'm Chief Bureau
Officer Martin Dunlop.

Let's go to my office.

Here you go.
-Where's my husband?

Why isn't he answering his phone?

As part of an ongoing
investigation

into allegations of financial
impropriety made against your husband,

CAB conducted a search
of your home this morning.

-This is ridiculous.
-During the course of that search,

a fatal incident occurred.

-No.
-On behalf

of the Criminal Assets Bureau...
-No. My husband is not dead.

...I would like to extend
my deepest condolences

to you and your family.

[Alice breathes heavily]

Is there someone I can call?

My sister.

I need her to get my son.

Of course.

Where are we with the
comms strategy?

The press pack outlining the details
of the expansion will be ready by Friday.

-When this goes through...
-No more scrambling for resources.

Exactly!

Oh, here we go again.

[man]: You're a bloody disgrace!

Should be ashamed of yourself!

You're nothing but a front for
bringing migrants into this country.

You know that's not what we do,
Daniel.

Tar Le looks after refugees
in the clinics on the ground.

We don't bring them here.

You wouldn't stop them coming,
though, would you?

-[man 2]: That's right.
-[man 3]: You tell her, Dan.

You're making them well enough
to travel here, aren't you?

You're not going to bait me,
Daniel. Now, I need to get to my office.

And what about her? Is she another
one you're bringing in?

I was born in the Rotunda.

Just coz you were born
in a Dublin hospital

doesn't make you Irish.

What does it make me, then?

Is there a problem here?

What, you call the cops?

-Niamh Bennett?
-Yes.

Can you come with me, please?
It's about your sister.

[man, in Spanish]: f*ck.

[chaser, in Basque]: Stop!

Get out of my way!

[police radio, in Spanish]:
All units close to...

[in Spanish]: Stop!

Help!

Get up!

This is the last of them.

Thank God. [phone alert]

[phone alert]

[Sean]: sh*t.

It's hit the news, Claire.

It was just a matter of time.

I'm fine.

We just need to stay focused.

[chaser, in Spanish]:
Get in, quick.

[in English]: f*ck!

[in Spanish]: You were carrying
something. Where is it?

[in English]:
No, no. Please. Please!

[in English]:
Don't make me ask you again.

sh*t!

[reporter, in background]:
Fear surrounding the m*rder...

THE SUSPECTS OF THE BALKAN OCG...

...against those
who publicly oppose them.

Journalists, reporters,
and judicial authorities

are left in a state of high alert
for their personal safety.

Will we be forced to choose

between telling the truth
and protecting our families?

Joining me now
is political journalist Ana Gastesi

to discuss these brutal murders...
[phone ringing]

[in Spanish]: Oficial Beitia...
yes.

Nothing.

I see.

No, no. OK, thanks. Bye.

[footsteps approaching]

It was a toss-up
between ham and tuna.

Thanks.

But I'm not hungry.

You need to eat something, Claire.

Welfare officer's free
if you want to see her.

It can't do any harm.

[phone alert]

Oh, sh*t.

I have to go.

I'll be five minutes.

{\an8}-[Aidan]: You're late.
-I just have to change my shirt.

{\an8}I already cancelled.

I take it something came up at work.

You promised Dr Mulloway
this wouldn't happen again.

How are we supposed to fix things if
you can't even be bothered to turn up?

I can't be the only one
putting the work in.

Please...

We had a situation.

The raid.

On the news. That was you.
-I'm OK.

I'm OK.

Maybe this is a sign
that you need to move on from CAB.

Claire.

[police sirens]

[in Basque]: Thank you.

[in Spanish]: You're Miren Garate,
Idoia's aunt?

[in Spanish]: Is Idoia in danger?

It's just a precaution.

Until we know what's going on.

How is she?

The b*llet punctured her lung.

She lost a lot of blood.

Has she said anything?

They're keeping
her sedated for now.

I will need to speak with her.

I asked Olatz to stop
so many times.

[sniffles]

It was only a matter of time
before something like this happened.

[echoing g*nsh*t]

[reporter]: ..died in the course
of a routine CAB raid

yesterday in his Dublin home.

You've spoken of the
need for caution

in the reporting of the events
leading to Mr Heaslip's death.

[Dunlop]: Deepest condolences
to Mr Heaslip's wife and family.

We also need time
to conclude our investigation.

Could the price of CAB's success
be putting lives at risk?

Our record is exemplary.

CAB's response to organised crime

has resulted in millions
in assets being seized

and the moneys returned to the
Exchequer.

Protecting human life
is paramount in everything we do.

CAB takes its
responsibilities very se...

[car locking]

[Norah]: How are you getting on,
Sean?

Once I've scanned Heaslip's files,
I'll show you how to run the analysis.

A red pen is all I need.

Checked in with the guys
from Serious Crime.

Nick received a phone call
five minutes before you arrived.

-From who?
-A burner.

Sorry, Claire.

When he opened the door, he looked
like he was expecting someone.

That's who the g*n was for.

Protection?

Or was he going to use it
to threaten them?

Either way, we need to figure out
who was supposed to be there.

Pull CCTV from the area.

Doorbell cams, anything you can get.

You know what they're like about
privacy in that neck of the woods.

We'll be lucky if we can get
anything.

[Liam]: Yeah, I understand.

Heaslip's financials have given us
a clearer picture of his setup.

He operated out of
the United Arab Emirates.

Ras Al Khaimah.
-Of course he did.

High yields, less tax,
complete confidentiality.

Now, we know about the Cyprus
holding company and the embezzling.

What we've learned is
he also had these.

He deposited money
from these two companies

to this bank account.

In Lichtenstein.

They're going to be a
pain to deal with.

We've a paper trail
showing he then paid his clients

in the form of "loans" from this
account. [phone ringing]

Thereby evading tax.

I'm compiling a list
of names for Revenue.

This operation was clever.

Until it started to unravel.

Property markets took a downturn.

Investments failed to deliver.

-So he was in trouble?
-That's an understatement.

Been hopping all morning.

The clients looking
for their money back.

Tax dodgers are calling CAB?

Not his high-net-worth clients.

These are the new ones. Retirees.

Ones Nick went after to buy time.

And they've just seen
that their portfolio manager

is not just dead,
he's being investigated by CAB.

I found emails going back months
from Nick's original clients

also looking for their money.

That could explain
why he cashed in his nest egg.

But it doesn't explain
where the money is.

Staff won't be much help with
that.

They admit to knowing
about the tax evasion,

but they'd no idea
he was stealing clients' money.

Backed up by their financials.
Nothing suspicious there.

If he had help,
it was coming from someplace else.

[phone placed in cradle]

Another one that's lost her
pension.

Whatever chance they had
to get their money back

when Heaslip was alive...

I didn't expect to see you today
with all the bad press.

What the hell? [phone ringing]

Alice Heaslip's here.

She's asking to see Dunlop.

He's with the Minister,
so you'll have to go down.

OK.

DS Wallace.

I'm so sorry for your loss,
Mrs Heaslip.

[Niamh]: We asked to speak
to Chief Dunlop.

He told Alice to get in touch
if there was anything she needed.

The Chief is unavailable.

How can I help?

My sister needs her family's
passports. They're in her house.

We can't get access.

I'll send an officer.

Do you plan on leaving the country,
Mrs Heaslip?

Alice is taking her son away
until...

until Nick's body is released.

-We still have questions.
-Then contact my solicitor.

You've no idea
what it's been like for Ollie.

His dad's death all over the news.

The press found out
where we're staying

and now they're camped
outside Niamh's house.

Shoving cameras in our faces.

I'm sorry.

Just get me the passports.

She's under a lot of pressure.

We will need to arrange
an interview.

Can I get the name of the hotel
that Alice will be staying at?

Of course.

It's our family's holiday
home in Bilbao.

OK.

Alice Heaslip is on her
way to Bilbao.

Says she needs to get away
until the funeral.

Well, you're not buying that.

Find out what you can
about this property.

Get the passports
from the Heaslip house.

Drop them off at the sister's place.

And no rush. Buy some time.
-Boss.

[Amaia, in Spanish]: Come in,
Oficial Beitia. Come in.

[Beitia, in Spanish]: The forensics
report on Olatz's car just came in.

It was tampered with.

Whoever k*lled Olatz and her
family had it well planned.

Yesterday I spoke to Interpol.

They're still monitoring
the Balkan g*ng's movements.

But it wasn't them.

Amaia.

Are you sure Olatz
wasn't working on a new story?

There was something.

She said she'd fill me in
when she got back.

After the...

I found these in her desk.

I'll need to take those.

Olatz never revealed her sources.

She was fearless and determined.

A real pain in my a*s,
but it's why people trusted her.

If this got her k*lled,
her sources could be in danger.

She wouldn't have wanted that.

I hope I can trust you.

[in Basque]: Thank you.

[Sean]: The Bennetts bought
their holiday home in the late 80s.

It's been in Alice's name
since her father died.

Explains why it wasn't listed
with Nick's properties.

You're thinking the


He was hiding assets.

Makes sense he'd keep them
somewhere we didn't know about.

We found nothing in our investigation
to indicate that Alice was involved.

We didn't find anything
to indicate Nick had a g*n, either.

Dunlop was right.

We need to look
at what we could've missed.

[Norah]: Claire.

Recent transfers from Nick's Irish
bank account to the Lichtenstein account.

But we already knew this.

He was facilitating loans
from that account.

Correct, but those were
transfers to his clients

from the Lichtenstein account.

So...

all previous transfers were going
through his holding accounts?

He was cute enough
to have no direct connection

between the Lichtenstein account
and his Irish bank account.

These transactions
connect him directly.

-That's risky.
-Sloppy.

You said he was desperate.
He needed to move this money.

Maybe this is how he did it.

These are all small amounts.


We're looking for up to 27 million.

Small transactions
would avoid detection.

It's worth a gander.

Alice Heaslip has booked in a
flight out this afternoon.

Follow the paper trail.
See what comes up.

And book us on the next flight to
Bilbao.

You coming?

We need to know why Alice Heaslip
is really going to Bilbao.

Let's talk to Dunlop.

[thud/grunt]

[man]: Give me a name!

[thud/grunt]

[thud/grunt]

[man]: Tell me who you sent
that envelope to and this ends.

[coughs]

You don't understand
who you're dealing with.

[man]: What did your man
have to say for himself?

From what I could get out of him,

he had no idea what
the boss was doing.

Then what the f*ck
were they digging for?

Your guy at the plant, Torres.

Sounds like he's running
his own operation.

Christ. I'll take care of that.

Find that envelope. [dial tone]

[over intercom]: Ladies and
gentlemen, this is your captain speaking.

We are wishing you
a warm welcome to Bilbao.

Temperature outside
is approximately 22 degrees here.

[beeping]

[Alice]: You OK, love?
We're nearly there.

[car motor]

[car motor stops]

[muffled car door shuts]

Keep your mouth shut.

[car lock beep]

[keys fall to ground]
-Dammit.

[in Spanish]: Help!

-[Ollie]: sh*t.
-Ollie.

I need to plug in.

-I only packed one adapt or.
-And?

And I need to charge
my phone first.

But I'm about to go up a level.

I'm too tired for this.

Dad would've remembered
to pack more.

[muffled]: Ollie.

[heavy breathing]

Just give me five minutes.

I'll see if there's a spare one
in the house.

Don't you f*cking breathe.

[woman, on phone]: When I said
to wait for me at the airport,

that wasn't a suggestion.

[Claire]: I'm sorry, Oficial
Velasco,

but we need to get to that house
as soon as possible.

I'm on my way, but DS Wallace,
I don't like my time being wasted.

[dial tone]
-[Sean]: If time's the issue,

Velasco could've picked up
Alice when she landed.

If the money is in that house,
or if Alice is meeting someone,

I don't want to risk
tipping them off.

-Hungry?
-I don't want anything.

You've got to eat something.

I'm making your favourite.

[beeping]

[sighs]

Ollie!

Ollie.

[muffled]: Oliver Heaslip.

Oliver Heaslip!
You come here right now!

Not now, Ma. I'm busy.

[gasps]

Ollie!

Ollie!

It's not fair!

[g*nsh*t]