03x15 - Episode 15

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Come on. Roll!

No, I should really
just be in bed.

It's the best part
of the day, this.

CHUCKLING

What? You're so weird.
Oh, look who's coming.

Hey! Well...

So what happens here, then?

Ah, it's just a bit of fun. A few
of the local kids on horseback.

Only, this year there's a
star attraction. What's that?

Blue Wonder is making
a star appearance.

Blue Wonder? The horse
that won the Havelston Cup?

The very one. Hmm,
I'm impressed.

So, Mr Irwin, your
horse has been stolen?

I went to bed, the
horse was here.

I woke up, it was gone.
What's the horse called?

Blue Wonder.

Ah! Is that the horse that
won the Havelston Cup?

Aye, that's right, son.

Must be worth a few quid.

Tens of thousands!

I noticed some CCTV
cameras dotted around.

Don't get your hopes up.

They smashed your cameras up.

I didn't hear a sound. What
time did you go to bed?

About half ten.

Woke up to exercise Blue Wonder.

When I got to the stable,
the... the door was wide open.

Dad?

I saw the police car.
What's happening?

Blue Wonder's been stolen.

That makes no sense. He's
chipped, he's distinctive looking.

Dad, no. What?

I'm sorry, Tamara.

Do either of you have any
idea who could have done this?

No.

I need to call
Nicole Devine. Why?

I promised I'd bring Blue
Wonder to the Strand Stakes.

Oh, she's going to flip.

We need a crime number.

Oh, there they are,
smashing the camera.

In case we have to
claim on the insurance.

Well, we can sort that.

Could we get a copy of
this, please? No problem.

Where were you when the
horse was stolen, Tamara?

It's just routine.

I was having a night to myself at
Ballymountain Manor, the spa hotel.

Present from my dad.

I decided Tamara deserved some
pampering. Since she got back

from uni, she's been working
her socks off around here.

Could you do your
best to find him?

Of course. I know some people
will say, "It's only a horse,"

but I've been looking after Blue
Wonder since the day he was born.

DOOR OPENS

Can either of you
tell me what this is?

Where did you find it?

In Blue Wonder's stall.

What does that mean?
Did they sedate him?

Do these people have no
idea how dangerous that is?!

HORSE WHINNIES

I have always wanted to
see inside that house.

Ever since I was a wee lad.

And what did you think?

Honestly? Disappointing.

See, if I had their kind of money,
I'd make it way more bling, like.

You should nip back, then.

Ask Justin if he's in the
market for an interior designer.

HE CHUCKLES

Stolen! Can you believe it?

Aye, poor Tamara. She
dotes on that horse.

Poor Tamara? What about me?!

I can just hear
Claudia Preston now,

"Oh, that Nicole
Devine-Dunwoody's deluded.

"She promised us an appearance
from a prize-winning racehorse

"and all we've got are
these old donkeys!"

Sweetheart,
people'll understand.

The whole thing's
for charity anyway.

Well, I feel a bit of a
fraud about that now. Why?

Raising money for research
into infertility...

when I'm with child. Sh!

We said we weren't going
to tell anybody about that.

There she is.

Your mother.

Just go easy on her, OK?

Don't worry, kid, I'm going
to be the perfect gentleman.

Aidan.

Assumpta.

Can you answer one
question for me?

Did you know you were pregnant with
Finn when you left for the States?

Yes.

I'm sorry.

What for?

For making you feel so frightened
that you couldn't tell me.

I must have been a monster.

Correction...

I was a monster. I didn't
deserve to be a father.

I thought you'd go crazy
when you found out.

Back then, I would have.

But meeting Finn, spending
time with his family...

it's a gift I never
expected to receive.

That's so lovely to hear.

So why go to the trouble
of sedating a horse?

Um...

To keep him quiet?

We don't know for sure that
this vial contained a sedative.

Most of the label's
missing. Yeah.

You fancy ringing
around some vets?

Yeah, sure thing. While you're at
it, call the ports and the airports.

The only value that animal will
have is as breeding stock abroad.

I really wasn't expecting that
kind of reaction from Aidan.

I don't buy it.

Barry, time passes,
people change.

I wouldn't trust that guy
as far as I could throw him.

HE EXHALES

Thank you.

For being nice to Assumpta.

HE LAUGHS

You know, between me
and that crazy woman,

goodness knows how you
ended up so grounded.

Listen, I got a phone call
last night from my mate...

who works up at
Hill Point Prison.

Declan has made his own
bed. He can lie in it.

He's really not coping, Aidan.

My friend's worried that he
might do something stupid.

What do you want me
to do about that?

Go and visit your son.

Listen, I know me and Declan
didn't exactly hit it off, but...

he is my half-brother.

Maybe do it for me, as a favour?

Have you, um, seen
Callum lately?

Don't be starting all that
again. It was a one-time thing.

I know, I'm not accusing. I'm
just wondering how he'd react

if he knew this
baby might be his.

Well, he won't know
anything unless we tell him.

Unless you've changed
your mind about that?

No. What with him and
Jo going to Belfast,

they won't really want a
baby in tow, will they?

True.

So we'd actually be
doing Callum a favour,

letting him and Jo go and start a
proper future in Belfast together.

That is a good point.

Oh, here's Justin
and Tamara now.

Nicole, I am so sorry.

Oh, Tamara, don't be ridiculous.
It's hardly your fault.

Ach, and anyway, the poor
wee horse! Let's pray he's OK

and the police can
find him. Amen to that.

Have you seen Seamus anywhere?

Seamus Cassidy? Um,
can't say that I have.

Is it anything important?

Nothing that can't wait.

OK. Well, sure, come on in and
get yourselves a drink, eh?

Oh, thanks.

HE SIGHS

All right, kid? All right, mate.

So, um...

you know all those terrible things
you did that got you sent to prison?

What were they exactly?

I'm sorry, I just don't
get the whole horse thing.

You and the Sarge both.
Marlene hates horses.

Yeah, nearly as much as
she hates pigeons. Pigeons?

It's a long story.

There's only one road
up to Justin's property.

And there's only one
CCTV camera on it.

Don't tell me it got
smashed up like the others.

No, it didn't.

But I searched through all
of last night's footage

and I didn't see a vehicle that
could carry a racehorse in it.

It has to be a local who
took the horse, then.

Who around here would do
something as nasty as that?

Well, I can't imagine that was
the reaction you were expecting.

To be honest, no, it wasn't.

But maybe Aidan
really has changed.

I'll tell you what
hasn't changed.

He still fancies YOU. Why
else would he be so forgiving?

And you still fancy him. It's
written all over your face.

Don't judge me by your
own standards, Siobhan.

We're not all man-mad.

Oh, I just found Seamus. Where?

Oh, he's up there with Tamara. Don't
worry, I gave them some privacy.

Tamara and Seamus,
it's so romantic!

How long has it been going on?

A while.

Your daughter and your best
friend, you must be over the moon!

We need to go and
get bread rolls.

HE KNOCKS

Mr Irwin. Did you find
out who stole Blue Wonder?

It's early days.

Stop looking. I know
who did it. Who?

Seamus.

You mean your best
mate, Seamus Cassidy?

That man stole my horse.

So you had another
look at the CCTV?

Certainly did.

Press pause.

There you are. Um,
what are we looking at?

That watch.

That's Seamus Cassidy's watch.

I'd recognise that
watch anywhere.

How come?

Cos I gave it to him.


So Seamus used to work for you?

I knew he wanted a
place of his own,

so when the farm next door came
up for sale, I helped him buy it.

And now he does this to me!

OK.

Why do you think Seamus
would steal Blue Wonder?

How should I know? You need
to ask him that question.

Yeah, we will. Just as
soon as we find him.

PHONE RINGS

Taylor!

PHONE RINGS

Oh, for heaven's sake!

SHE SIGHS Hello, Taylor's phone,

this is Nicole
Devine-Dunwoody speaking.

CALL ENDS

How rude. Was that my phone?

Yes. They hung up.
You answered it?!

Well, what else was
I supposed to do?

That horse, do you think
it'll end up as pet food?

Blue Wonder is a
prize-winning thoroughbred!

Do you hear this, hon?

Pet food indeed!

OK, that's the last
couple of boxes.

I'll run them down to the beach.

I'm going to stay
here for a wee bit.

It's a while until
the race starts. OK.

Excuse me, mister! Aren't
you forgetting something? Oh.

That's more like it.

All right, Marlene?

All right, Clint?

Mm-hm.

Heard you two were
back together again -

after a week in Ibiza of, "I never
want to see that eejit again!"

Well, you know what me
and Clint are like -

hot and cold, on and off.

Mm-hm. What's changed?

Nothing. Taylor, what's changed?

Look at the state of those tables.
I'd better give them a wipe.

SHE CLEARS THROAT

Why are you even here?

It's my day off. I was going
to head to the beach, but...

you know me and horses, like.

Oh, yes, after the incident
at the Point-to-Point.

Exactly. I just don't like the
way they look at me, Nicole.

But anyway, I won't be near the
beach today, so I thought I'd come

and drop off my donation
to the infertility charity.

That's very generous of you.

I'm sure the infertile women
will be... very grateful.

No, no, no, what's going on?
You're being really weird.

You might as well tell me, love,
because I will get it out of you.

Did you know that Tamara Irwin
is seeing Seamus Cassidy?

No, I didn't. That's
actually really interesting.

But stop changing the subject.

Why are you and
Clint back together?

Because I'm having a baby.

What?

Oh, love, that's so amazing!

How long have you known?

Oh, just a couple of days.

I'm sorry I didn't tell you.

No, I'm... I'm sorry I
forced it out of you.

Just, with our history and
you offering to be surrogate

and everything that we've
been through together,

I-I wanted you to be
the first to know.

OK, so why were
you holding back?

SHE SIGHS Clint will
k*ll me for this.

There's a chance that
it might not be his.

There's a chance
that it might be...

Callum?

You cannot tell
anybody, Marlene.

Not even Callum?

Especially not Callum. But...

doesn't he have a
right to know, love?

Well, if the baby's his, yes.

But we're not going to
know that until it's born.

Seamus Cassidy isn't
answering his phone,

and Callum's been to
all his usual haunts.

Yeah. No-one's seen
him since earlier on.

KNOCK ON DOOR

Aidan?

I've been to that place we
spoke about. Can I have a word?

Sure.

Must be weird, having
a new dad at his age.

So my friend at the prison
wasn't exaggerating?

Not even slightly. Declan's
in a really bad way.

Stupid eejit. He can't
hack it in there.

You should've seen the state
of him - shaking, crying.

A son of mine. So what
are you going to do now?

I don't know.

All I know is I have
to do something.

Mum, Aidan wants to, um, show me
round his old stomping grounds,

the places he grew up. When?

I don't know. Soon.

You know, he was
telling me, actually,

he was robbing houses when
he was younger than I am.

Give me strength!

Hey! All right.

Look, all I'm saying is maybe the
criminal gene skipped a generation.

I fancy myself a
bit of a gangster.

Listen, don't let your dad hear
you saying that, even in jest.

Ah. Look at the state of that.

Hey! Assumpta!

You and me, I think it's
time we cleared the air.

Is it?

Um, I need to be
somewhere else. Excuse me.

Now, you've been on my case
since the moment you got here.

The first thing I
found out about you

was that you'd cheated
on my son. Your son?

Who you cared so much about that you
gave up without a second thought?

Is that what you think,

that I just handed him
over and forgot he existed?

Well, you give a good
impression of that, yeah.

Well, YOU give a good impression

of someone who's only
out for themselves.

The only reason you
got back with Finn

was because bad boy Al was
found out and did a runner.

What's going on?

Ask your mother, Niamh.

And you, ask yourself if events
had played out differently,

would you still
be in Port Devine?

What is she talking
about? What events?

Ah, ignore her, Niamh.
She's lost her mind.

I've been looking at this again

and there's definitely
somebody else there.

Look.

Can you see that shadow?

Ah, yeah. You've got
eagle eyes, Constable.

So Seamus Cassidy
had an accomplice.

Well, if Justin's right
about him being the thief.

At last! What's up, cub?

I finally found out where that
vial of medicine came from.

So Justin's regular vet is away
at a family wedding in Mauritius.

Oh, nice. He's got a locum in.

The locum was round at Justin's
place seeing Blue Wonder

a couple of days ago.
She diagnosed him with...

laminitis. What's that
when it's at home?

It's a disease that
affects the horse's foot.

Um... It requires total rest,
or box rest, and painkillers.

That's what was inside the vial,

an anti-inflammatory drug that's
injected in the horse every day.

Right, so what does that
mean for a racehorse?

Well, if it's not caught
early, it can be a disaster.

The horse might
never race again.

And was it caught
early in Blue Wonder?

Not according to the
vet I spoke with.

She reckons Justin
left it too late

and she almost didn't go
down to see him herself.

Why?

Justin hasn't been
paying his vet's bill.

The only way the
locum would go round

and see Blue Wonder is
if Justin paid in cash.

Mr Irwin? Can we have a word?

Have you arrested Seamus?

We haven't been able
to locate him yet.

What was that about Seamus?

Your father is convinced that
Seamus stole Blue Wonder.

Did you report
Seamus to the police?

I had to.

I couldn't withhold evidence.

When my colleague showed
you a medical vial earlier,

neither of yous recognised it.

That's right. What
about you, Justin?

I'm sorry. I told a lie. Why?

Because Blue Wonder has been
diagnosed with laminitis.

Laminitis?! Why on earth
didn't you tell me?

I didn't want to upset you.

I can't believe Blue Wonder is sick
and I'm not able to look after him.

So what about the vial?

I must have dropped it when I
was giving him his injection

yesterday evening. PHONE RINGS

Ryan, go ahead.

Great. OK, thank you.

Seamus Cassidy has just walked
into the police station.

OK.

Officers.

Seamus wouldn't do this
to us. He just wouldn't.

There must be some mistake.

Tell me, Seamus, where were you

between ten last night
and six this morning?

At home.

Caught up on a
boxset, went to bed.

Why? What's this all about?

Do you wear a watch, Mr Cassidy?

Sometimes. Why?

What sort of watch?

Well, I have a few.
Nothing very special.

Wait.

You're not seriously
saying that's me, are you?

I mean, that could be anybody.

Is that your watch, Seamus?

No. Right. Well, you won't mind

if we take a look around
your house, then, will you?

What was all that
with Mum earlier? Oh.

Your mother accused me of
just giving my baby away

without a care in the world.

She doesn't know you
very well. And you do?

I know that you gave my dad up
because you felt you had no choice.

That's possibly the nicest thing

anyone's said to me
in a very long time.

Now, do me a favour?

Make it up with Mum.
She's a good person.

And Dad loves her.

You're a clever wee thing.

You must get that from
my side of the family.

Is this your watch, Seamus?

Looks a bit like mine, yeah.

All right. Well, we
found it in your bedroom.

There is also an
engraving on the back -

"To SC..." Seamus Cassidy.

"from JI..." Justin Irwin.

"thank you for everything."
Does that ring any bells?

Yeah, all right. OK, right,
Justin gave it to me.

So why did you steal his horse?

Look, just because that's
my watch does not prove

that I am the person
in the CCTV, OK?

A lot of watches look like that.

You've worked with horses
all your life, Seamus,

so you know full well
how much it takes

to look after a thoroughbred
like Blue Wonder.

Is that horse being
looked after, Seamus?

No comment.

Hey. All right?

I've just had Justin
Irwin on the phone.

He wants his crime number so
he can claim on the insurance.

I bet he does. Why?

Have you seen the state of his
place? Especially the stables?

Hasn't had a lick
of paint in years.

Yeah, and he hasn't
paid his vet bills.

Plus, his star
racehorse is sick.

Don't those things cost
a fortune to look after?

I don't know, maybe he thought,
"Get rid, claim on the insurance."

I don't know. Justin
would just get rid?

I can't see it. I mean,
he loves his animals.

Might be worth having
a wee chat with him.

Sure. Yeah, where's Justin now?

He's at home. Shall we?

Yeah.

WHISPERS: Jo.

The vet told Ryan that Blue
Wonder needs regular injections.

We both know how much
Justin loves that horse.

Let's just hang back,
see what he does.

CLANKING

There you are. Good lad.

I'll look after you. Have
you better in no time,

back on your feet
there. You trust me now.

Hello, Justin. I take
it this is Blue Wonder.

It's not how it looks.
It's exactly how it looks.

OK. Justin Irwin, I am arresting
you for conspiracy to commit fraud.

You do not have to say anything,

but I must caution you, if you
do not mention when questioned

something which you later rely on
in court, it may harm your defence.

It seemed like a
victimless crime.

Oh, I don't think Tamara
would agree with that.

She's been beside
herself all day.

I was planning on telling
her that Blue Wonder was OK.

Eventually.

So what was the idea
of storming in here

and pointing the
finger at Seamus?

I found out he was seeing
Tamara behind my back.

Right, and that's a
problem because...?

Because they didn't tell me.

And the thought of
them together...

He's old enough
to be her father.

How did you get mixed
up in this, Seamus?

Did Justin offer you a cut
of the insurance money?

No!

No, I...

Look, I was just
trying to help Justin,

the way he helped me
when I bought my farm.

By ripping off the
insurance company?

Look, I didn't approve
of that. Honest.

But Justin...

he was going to go ahead
whether I helped him or not,

so I thought maybe I could
keep him out of trouble.

And... I felt guilty...

about the way that me and
Tam had been lying to him

about our relationship.

So... I went along.

I could k*ll the pair of them.

You had no idea your dad
was having money troubles?

He doesn't tell me anything.
Treats me like a child.

Well, just so you know,

Seamus thought that stealing
Blue Wonder was a terrible idea.

So why the hell did
he help my dad do it?

I think he was doing it for you.

He was trying to keep
your dad out of trouble.

Idiot.

What will happen to them?

Well, if your dad had
filed the insurance claim,

he and Seamus would
be in big trouble.

But as it stands,

they'll just be given a caution
for wasting police time.

Oh, thank you! Thank you.

And I'll make sure they know how
much of a narrow escape they've had.

Thank you. PHONE RINGS

Whoa!

That's not alcohol, is it?

Of course not! I wouldn't
do that to the baby.

Yeah, I can talk.

Everyone's wondering why
you're not at the beach.

Since when?

Oh, I can't face it.

Sit tight. Why?

I'll work something out. Cos
Callum might be there. Bye.

I can't look him in the eye.

Well, you're going to
have to face him sometime.

Seeing as it's dead in here,

is there any way I could
head out for an hour or so?

It's kind of an emergency.
No. We're going to the beach.

It's fine, Taylor.
I'm going nowhere.

Off you go, then. Thank you.

There's your father.

So, you're a couple, then?

I'm sorry, Dad, that
I didn't tell you.

I was being a
coward. It's a shock.

He's so much older than you.

We fought it, Justin. Honest.

Just when Tamara came
back from university,

something between
us had changed.

You pair, you're the most important
people in the world to me.

Can we find a way
to make this work?

I'm sorry, Seamus, for trying
to drop you in it. I...

totally lost my head.

Despicable thing
to do. All right.

Not to mention lying to me
that Blue Wonder was stolen.

If either of you ever pull
a stunt like that again,

you won't see me for dust.

Hey. The very man.
Can I have a word?

Sure.

Declan phoned me,
begging me for help.

OK. That's really tough.

If I don't sort
something out, Finn,

he's going to be leaving
prison in a coffin.

What evidence do they
have against him?

They have a mobile phone proving
that he paid that footballer

to throw a match. And that's
it? It's pretty compelling.

Where is it?

It's in our evidence store.

What if that phone
were to disappear?

I am not going to bury my son...

We are not having this
conversation. I am a police officer.

What if you were in my position?

What if it was Shay?

Shay hasn't broken the law!

Lucky you.

Dad?

Someone showing
their true colours!

Um, I didn't want to
say anything but...

But you knew? Well, I saw
how he treated his other son,

but you were so excited, I
didn't want to burst the bubble.

Who needs a new dad
at my age anyway?

I've got my family right here.

Siobhan?

Hiya. Hi.

Um, hi.

I know you're not on duty,
but my friend is really sick.

Oh, right. Can they
call the helpline?

There's a reason why they really
can't do that. It's urgent.

OK. Where is this person?

Thanks, Siobhan. It's a fair
way away. Can we use your car?

Yeah, sure.

All right, our kid? Yo.

So that tour of my old
haunts - fancy going now?

Yeah. What about the race?

A bunch of teenagers and
farmers on old nags -

you're not interested
in that, are you?

Course not. Come
on, then. Let's go.

I used to come here all the
time when I was your age.

It's something else.

I'm just going to phone your
dad, let him know where we are.

All right.

CHEERING

PHONE RINGS

Aidan Hunter.

Hey.

Well...

I've someone here who
wants to talk to you.

Yeah?

Hey, Dad. You'll never guess
where me and Aidan are.

Where, son?

Up on White Water cliffs.

You can see for miles.

Oh, here.

Oh, yeah, yeah.

Why don't you join us, son?

And maybe bring that item
we talked about earlier?

I've got to go. Are you sure?
You're going to miss the race!

Barry, you stay here and look
after the people I love, OK?

But Aidan wouldn't hurt Shay...

Finn, wait for me! What
has Aidan done now?

Ryan, I need you
to do me a favour.

Hiya. I thought you two
would be down at the beach.

Ah, change of plan.

But are you not
doing a barbecue?

Not any more. Nicole
had other ideas.

I take it Clint isn't
coping very well?

Oh, no, Clint's been amazing.

Has Callum ever talked to
you about wanting kids?

Can't say that he has, no.

You are planning on telling
Callum about the baby, yeah?

Of course.

Mind you, I can't imagine
Jo would be too happy

if it did turn out
to be Callum's,

given the whole them moving
to Belfast and everything.

Everything all right?

Oh, I don't believe you two.

What? You've no intentions
of telling Callum, do you?

That he actually
might be the father.

I thought we weren't
telling anybody anything?

She wormed it out of me!

Thanks. Are you going
to give that to Aidan?

I don't know what
I'm going to do yet.

Ryan, can you go up the path that
side. I'll meet you at the top.

Inspector.

It's better if you
stay here, Assumpta.

When have you ever known
me to do what I'm told?

Well, there's something you've got
in common with your sister. Ha!

Come on.

WIND WHISTLES There
you go. Thank you.

When all this is over, I'm
going to leave you alone.

I've brought you
nothing but trouble.

I went looking
for you, remember?

You know, I can't get
over what you're like -

handsome, moral, kind.

Oh, if anything happens
to your beautiful boy,

I will never forgive myself.

You're not to blame
for any of this.

Now that I can see who Aidan really
is, I know that you had to leave.

And I understand that
you HAD to give me up.

Thank you.

Let's go get your grandson.

Where's my son? Where
the hell is Shay?

Give me the phone
and I'll tell you.

You know I can't do that, Aidan.

I'm a police officer,
and you know that.

You've got it on you!

Where is Shay?

Finn, just give me the phone.

Argh! Finn!

Dad! What have you done?!

PHONE RINGS

Hello, Siobhan.

Well...

My dad's really sick.

PHONE RINGS

OK.

Now, let me take a look at you.

You need to keep
Finn out of this.

We'll cross that bridge.

Seeing you...

I've missed you so
much, Siobhan. Oh, God.

You sure you're not
going to miss all of this

when you're all alone
with me in Belfast?

Nah.

I think I'll cope.

You know better than
anyone, Marlene,

how much Clint and I
have longed for a baby.

Clint will love this baby no matter
who the biological father is.

Yeah, but...

me, Callum and
Finn, we're a team,

and if that lad
finds out that I knew

and I didn't say anything,
Nicole, he'll never forgive me.

He's finally happy.

Are you really prepared to
tear all of that to pieces?

Will we go and catch some crabs?