Blackshore

We're investigating the death of Roisin Hurley and we are treating

this as a murder investigation.

Why did you kill her?

Oh, that would make things all nice and neat for you, wouldn't it!

Charlie looked me in the eye right before he pulled that trigger

and said he didn't kill Roisin.

Tell her I'm sorry.

GUNSHOT

Whatever else your father did, he was never guilty of Chloe Whelan.

Someone came in, I heard his voice.

Thanks sunshine.

Charlie Reid wasn't driving the car that night Chloe Whelan died.

It was Bill Maguire.

He's behind everything.

Bill...

Fia, what brings you over here?

Can we do this inside, with clothes on?

It's Detective Lucey, if you don't mind.

What can I do for you detective?

I just wanted to ask you a few questions.

What about?

The events of 20 years ago.

What has your personal tragedy got to do with me?

I actually meant Chloe Whelan's death.

But now that you mention it, it was pretty close in time to what happened

to my family, wasn't it?

I remember.

It must be why people said what they said.

About my father and Chloe?

But they're not saying that now, are they?

I mean my father wasn't one to mess around with young girls.

He wasn't a sick fuck like that.

She was just 16, 17, and that's practically paedophilia.

17. Only just.

Funny how you remember that just off the bat!

Were you close?

If you're trying to imply I somehow knew about her relationship with

Charlie Reid, I certainly didn't.

She didn't have a relationship with Charlie Reid.

Someone else was driving the car that night.

And you know that how exactly?

Evidence found, in the car.

Oh well if it's evidence, there'll be no time at all until

you've solved the mystery.

There was also a witness.

Who?

My father.

Jack, well I'm no expert in Garda matters, but what can a dead witness tell you?

The dead can be very informative, Bill.

But of course you wouldn't know that, not being versed in Garda matters.

I'd love to hear more, but just the bullet points, I'm starting to run a bit late.

I know.

I know what you did, Bill.

Did she reach for you as the car filled up with water?

Do you still hear her scream?

Really Fia? Yeah.

I remember you as a child.

A real daddy's girl.

Always out on that boat.

I'd see ye from the shore.

Envied Jack, if I'm honest, envied that bond between father and child.

Of course he envied what I had.

There was no secret he didn't like my plans for the distillery, lodged

objections, would have said it was environmental concerns,

but it was just plain old jealousy.

I single-handedly dragged his town out of the muck and into the future.

I made it into a place that could hold its head up high.

Whereas Jack, Jack couldn't stop looking down into the depths,

into the darkness.

Everyone knew he wasn't well.

People were shocked, but not surprised when he did what he did.

Even if he was alive to say what he wanted against me, nobody would believe him.

So whatever you think you know, Fia, your theory has less than nothing

going for it.

I'm sorry.

Oh no, you've been more helpful than you realise, Bill.

Maybe next time make an appointment.

Next time I won't need one.

The only thing that links Bill to Chloe's death and therefore

potentially to the events of the barn, is Niamh's memory.

And whatever way you look at it, that's not proof, not after 20 years.

I know you know it's all circumstantial.

I know you're just trying to prove to yourself that you're right...

I am right.

I proved it to myself this morning when I looked him in the eye.

You did what now?

I went to Bill's.

Why?

I have a memory.

It would have been the night of Chloe's death.

Dad was in the barn, changing out of his wet clothes.

He had them draped over this clothesline.

Charlie must have been told to get rid of the clothes.

Charlie!?

Well it was Charlie who Bill went to for help after he crashed into the lake.

It stands to reason...

It doesn't stand to any reason, Charlie saying his car was stolen to

help Bill is one thing, committing out and out murder is another.

Why would Charlie Reid do such a thing for Bill Maguire?

I don't know...

Yet.

How are you feeling?

Fine.

Just trying to keep my head straight.

Trying to keep things out of it.

So you're going tonight?

Yeah.

Do you not think maybe you should...

It's not as simple as that, okay. Yeah, but...

KNOCK ON DOOR

KNOCKING ON DOOR

KNOCKING

What the fuck is so important it couldn't wait?!

Ah Niamh, you're here, great.

We could really do with some space.

Charlie had a history of cheque fraud, kicked out of three separate

jobs for the same scam. Cheques?

When was this? Late 90s.

So?

So explain to me how a degenerate loser like him ended up with a

share in a prosperous business.

I checked his credit history this morning, it's a complete joke.

Carrie told me that Charlie and Roisin had done some sort of deal

back in the day.

A deal that involved killing your family.

Can you prove it?

I need a little peek at someone's accounts first.

System Arming.

CAR STARTS

ALARM BEEPING

System unset.

Deirdre, Bill, hi.

Niamh, and Cian!

So lovely to see you both out.

We'll leave you both to it.

No, sit down please.

Will you have another Bill?

Yeah, go on, better drain the spuds so.

Bill!

I don't know what I'm going to do with that man.

PHONE BEEPS

PHONE BUZZES

Everything okay?

Yeah, just babysitter.

Hello?

Charlie bought the restaurant two days after your family were killed.

The same amount was moved from an account the day before.

Bill paid Charlie the money to buy the restaurant.

Yeah, and look at this.

Charlie wasn't the only one to get a shot at a future he didn't deserve.

Roisin Hurley, same setup.

Jesus!

Charlie must have told Roisin what he did.

So, what, she blackmailed Bill into giving her a share of the hotel?

Look at the date.

She was paid first.

She didn't just hear about what he did, she was in on it.

When Roisin told Charlie, it's all coming out, she wasn't talking about

the girls, was she?

But none of this is gonna stand up in court, everything's inadmissible.

Even without all the accounting chicanery, I'd still have to explain

where we got all this information from.

Fia, Bill knows how to cover his tracks, that man plans ahead.

What if there was one time he just couldn't?

One time he just had to act fast.

I don't believe Charlie killed Roisin.

Ultimately he was just a coward.

A sick, slimy bastard who preyed on young girls.

I mean Roisin's wounds...

It was something else.

It was real anger.

I mean that was rage.

Bill?

PHONE BUZZES

Webster.

Super wants to see you now.

You had no authority to go to his house like that.

Bill Maguire is guilty, sir.

There is reams of evidence. There is circumstantial nothing!

It would be negligent to ignore it.

Is this is how you were in Dublin?

Deciding for yourself what's the law and what's not.

You accused the man of murder, multiple murders.

He didn't personally carry those out.

He's too clever for that.

That's how he's been able to get away with it all these years.

Do you even hear yourself?

You have nothing that says he had a part in Chloe Whelan's death,

less than nothing that he had anything to do with what

happened to your family and yet you see all this as evidence that he's

hiding something.

It never occurred to you that the reason there's no evidence is

because he's not guilty!

He's been able to cover his tracks in the past, but in Roisin Hurley's case...

Roisin Hurley was killed by Charlie Reid, the case is closed!

It isn't sir.

I've requested that we hold it.

You what?! At least until we examine...

I was with him!

When?