Bloodlands (2021–…): Season 1, Episode 2 - Episode #1.2 - full transcript

Tom continues to search for Pat Keenan's kidnapper, hoping they will lead him to Goliath. But is somebody leading him down a false trail?

The postcard was taped inside
the wing mirror of Pat Keenan's car.
God help us if it's Goliath.

In '98, a handful of us were made
aware of a possible assassin.

He was never identified, but could
only have been an inside man.

We called him Goliath,
after the crane.

These are the original Goliath
disappearances,

David Corry, Joe Harkin
and Father Simon Quinlan.

He also murdered my wife.

Your mum used to say it helped
her see in the dark.

Daddy, this is yours.
Your mum and I both had one.

My daughter's third year medicine.

What's her name?
I'll keep an eye out for her.



David Corry, he has a brother, Adam.

Never bought the official version
of what happened.

We're looking again.

A woman reports suspicious activity
on an island in the lough.

Who did she report it to? You lot.

Why didn't you tell me?

Remember the times
we were living in.

His wife was taken, sir.
She could be here.

You could have been here
20 years ago. Goliath!

You're after Goliath.
It's connected to the Keenan case.

I told you to keep the peace.

Every hour that Pat Keenan
is missing

is another hour of problems
for this service.

Go!



POLICE SHOUT

Pat. Pat Keenan.

It's all right. It's OK.

Boss? We're still on the island.

We've found something.

All right, gentlemen, clear this up.
Don't leave anything behind you.

Niamh. Can I have a word?

What did you see on the island?

The same thing as you.
No, you found them.

You had a longer look.
What did you see?

Three bodies,
not buried in any particular way,

almost like they were dumped
on top of each other.

With two of the bodies, contact
shots to the back of the head,

small entry wounds.

Looked like a nine-millimetre.

Larger exit wounds to the front.

The third, from what I can tell,
is different.

Shot in the side of the head.

This person knew
what they were doing.

These were cold-blooded executions.
Yeah, enough.

The first CSIs on the island
yesterday...

..they couldn't tell me
if any of the bodies were women.

We need to know.

I need to know.

20 years.

I can't imagine
what that must be like.

Awful.

Due to these...developments...

The discovery of Goliath's victims,
you mean.

We don't know that yet. Come on.

We've her detective work
to thank for this, you know.

Good job, Niamh.

But I've said it before,
and I'm not wrong,

all we can do is go after
the live case.

We have someone in the present

who has kidnapped a former member
of the IRA

for reasons that remain unclear.

It's not unclear to us, sir.

It's possible the Keenan case

has been orchestrated by someone
who wants us to find Goliath.

She's right.

There were no calling cards in '98.

Look, you go and see

how the investigation at the hotel
is getting on.

You'll take charge of the island
until we can establish jurisdiction.

Sir.

What's happening?

Nothing to be done.

Because the bodies
have been there a while,

whether we proceed or not
is not our decision.

Whose is it?

Time Team.

You're not familiar
with the nicknames yet, no?

The Independent Commission for
the Location of Victims' Remains.

I've heard of the ICLVR.

Anything that predates
the Peace Agreement belongs to them.

Sorry, I haven't introduced
myself properly.

Justin Bell.
Everybody calls me Dinger.

Niamh McGovern.

Ah, Brannick's new DS.

About six months, but aye.

Do you know him?

Tom, the great enigma?
Ah, we go back a wee bit, aye.

Can you tell me anything,
about the bodies?

Not sure yet.

We have to wait for the ICLVR.

Our hands are tied
until they get here.

Dinger, how are you? Jackie.

This is Mark Cardigan and his team.

The ICLVR say they'll take it
from here.

Get back and join up with Tom. Sir.

How do we liaise with them?

The History Boys might choose
to keep jurisdiction over them.

Any evidence obtained
by the Commission

is inadmissible
in a criminal enquiry,

but the circumstances
of their deaths

stay between the families
and the Commission.

At some point, the past has to die,
DS McGovern.

Is that the only camera?

Yes, it is, aye.

They've already checked through
the footage. They didn't see anyone.

How's that possible?

The camera only watches
the front door.

This side door gets used so rarely.
Only in the off season.

The guests can come and go
without me having to be here.

What have we got?

These were the items found amongst
Mr Keenan's possessions.

Where did you find these?
Trouser pocket.

Sildava.

Is that Viagra?

Don't pretend you don't know.

Huh.

Birdy.

Boss.

I was just saying,
Pat's not accused of a crime.

You don't need to be here.

I'll decide that.

We found these
in your trouser pocket,

along with a supermarket receipt
dated the 15th.

Does your wife know about these?

You been overdoing the wee blueys,
Pat?

Is that why you're having problems
with your vision?

Were you meeting someone
in that hotel room, Pat?

A woman?

Man?

Next question.

Has anyone got an axe to grind?

My client is an upstanding member...
No pun intended.

Were you in too deep
with a rival business, Pat?

Or is it something older than that?

Something you were involved in
all those years ago?

Right, that's enough.
Little point in me coming down.

I'm not finished.

Does this mean anything to you?

I don't give a shite what you've
been up to, who you've been riding.

None of that matters.

I need to find the person
who left you in that hotel room.

I need to know what they're about.

Pat.

Boss. Mmm-hmm?

We got what we need
from Keenan's phone.

Good man, Birdy.

See you in the car.

Now, this is Keenan's call logs
and messages.

I did what you asked and went
through everything on the 15th.

Am I going to get in trouble
for this, sir? No, Birdy.

This is the service provider's
information.

It says he called his wife
and an employee at PJK Haulage,

and his text messages,
they follow a similar pattern.

Is there a way of seeing
where he's been?

That depends on how
tech-savvy he is.

He might have a health or
fitness app he doesn't know about.

Fair play.

Can you bring up the 15th?

We need to find out
where he met his kidnapper.

If I asked you to build a list
of all the specific places

he went on that day,
could you do it?

More or less, aye.

DOOR OPENS

The ICLVR have taken full control
of the dig.

They've shut us out?
They've shut me out?

As long as the possibility remains
that your wife is...

..there, no one,
especially not the ICLVR,

would allow you anywhere near
that investigation.

You have to trust me, Tom.

I'll keep you up to date

if anything comes my way
that I think you should know about.

If she's there,
the ICLVR will reach out to you.

Mrs Harkin?

We're from the
Independent Commission for
the Location of Victims' Remains.

We're very sorry to inform you

that we have found your husband,
Joseph Harkin.

May we step in?

On behalf of the ICLVR,

please accept
our deepest condolences

on the loss of your brother David.

These are his personal effects.

So Keenan went to the hospital
first that day,

then to a cafe in Sailortown.

Then he went to a conference
that we already know about.

Where was that?
It was the Lagan Conference Centre.

I asked them to send over the CCTV
from that day and they have already.

The conference
was for haulage associations

on both sides of the border
and this, this is them gathering.

And that...

That is Mr Keenan.

Good work, Birdy.
I'll wind you forward.

So we know from the call logs
that at 4.19 in the afternoon

he makes a call to an employee,
and that call is 20 seconds.

It is then 4.20
when he messages his wife,

the one to say
he's off to the Europa.

OK.

But, now, wait, watch this.

He sees someone.

Ah, right.

Now he's talking to them.
Who is that?

I...

..can't get an angle on it, sir.
What?

The next camera's
out in the car park.

So then he gets into the car.

And then he stops.

What, is he talking to them?
Are they getting in?

I don't know.
That's all we have.

The next stop for him
is the Mourne View Hotel.

So it could be the kidnapper.

All right. Make sure we've explored

every CCTV opportunity
on that route.

See who's in that car with him.
Aye, sir.

Niamh and I will check out
that cafe.

Next.

Excuse me, ladies.

Yes? Excuse me.

I was wondering, could we have
a wee look at your CCTV footage?

We're trying to identify this man.

I wouldn't know him.

Bear in mind we get 200, 300 people
through that door every day.

You're busy.
Ugh - I should be retired.

And the security footage?

Aye, well, this big fella
showed up before we opened,

shouted his way in here
like he had a hernia.

He wanted all the security footage
from Wednesday last.

Took the lot.

How old would you say?

I don't know, hard to tell
through the helmet, you know?

I'll show you this.

My sister's boy was outside

and he took this picture of the bike
the fella rode in on.

He took the picture in case
I wanted to report it,

but I don't want to report it.
You understand me?

Uniform, Kilo, Zulu,
one, seven, three, three.

That's a blue motorbike, make
unknown, male rider, about 6'2".

I'll be waiting. Here.

Let's get that footage, see who we
can see coming and going from here.

You think Goliath's cleaning up
after himself? Uh-huh.

RADIO: Sierra Romeo Four Five
from Uniform, over.

Go ahead.

Blue motorbike, registration number

Uniform, Kilo, Zulu,
one, seven, three, three,

heading south
on the Andersonstown Road.

Understood. We're on our way.

The plates are cloned
from a VW Polo.

Proceed with caution.

Understood.

There.

Uniform from Sierra Romeo Four Five,
we have the motorbike.

Bollocks, where is he?

There he is, sir. Yeah.

Siobhan Harkin. Is that...?

Joe Harkin's widow, aye.

He's got a gun.
He's going to kill her.

Armed police!

Halt! Armed police.

Halt!

Sierra Romeo Four Five. Shots fired.

Police in contact.
Sunnylands Crescent.

Suspect is on foot. PCI Brannick
is in pursuit. Hey, stop! Stop!

Halt!

Halt! Hands in the air.

Take off your helmet.

It's Keenan's man.

Why would Keenan send his man
to kill Siobhan Harkin?

Let's find out. Come on.

Did Keenan and Joe Harkin
have history, boss?

Aye, they both used to run guns
over the border.

When her husband went missing,
allegedly because he owed money,

she took over the operation.

IRA?

At least, that's what it was then.

So, Mrs Harkin, the man who tried to
assault you, did you recognise him?

He works for Pat Keenan.

How do you know that?

He asked me several times why I had
Pat kidnapped, then he pulled a gun.

I'd say his loyalties
are pretty clear.

Did you have Pat kidnapped?

I'll tell you a thing or two
about Pat Keenan.

He's a liar.

He's always said that my husband
owed him money.

It was the other way round.

How much did Keenan owe him?

Enough to start a company,
a haulage company.

Can you prove that? No.

So it's my word against his,
except he's the big man now,

and my husband, well,
they have just told me

that they found him on an island
out in Strangford Lough,

long buried.

Murdered.

But I suppose yous
already know that.

The original Goliath investigation
thought that Joe Harkin disappeared

because he owed money, but Siobhan
says it's the other way round.

She alleges that Pat took
Joe's money.

Gives her a reason to kidnap Pat.

But why now, after 20 years?

Anyway, she has a solid alibi.

She's been in Dublin
the last two weeks.

So who kidnapped Keenan? And why?

Whoever it is,
they're still out there, sir.

We think they hold the key

to unlocking the truth
about the past, and Goliath.

Have Belfast put security measures
on her house,

and increase the patrol in her area.

And should we keep her
under surveillance? No.

No need.

Hi.

Hello, Jackie.

Siobhan, we need to be careful.

Some others came to see me.

The name was a...

..was a long abbreviation.

The ICLVR?

Mm.

They found my brother.

We know that they found Joe Harkin
in the same place as your brother.

How many bodies altogether?

Three, so far.

Did they identify the third?

They told me how my brother died.

Shot in the back, at a distance,

then finished off up close.

The killer would have been
the last thing that he saw.

Well, now we know it's murder,
I should tell you something.

The last time I saw my brother,
he confided in me.

He told me that he was expecting
a delivery of weapons.

I didn't want to know at the time,
but...

..I reckon whoever killed him

knew who he was
and what he was up to.

The faceless bureaucrats
at the ICL whatnot, well,

they told me that yous
can't investigate these crimes.

Um...

Yeah, um... No, that's right, aye.

It's too far in the past.

Yous won't do it anyway?

I have a boss.

So I hear.

A new one.

Jackie Twomey.

Huh.

Well, don't you worry.

I'm onto it.

I'm going to find out the answers,
all right.

It's all going to come out.

I don't know what he thinks
he can achieve.

He can barely leave the house.

They've, um...

They've stopped
the search for bodies.

Three is all they found.

Closer examination says
all three were male.

But you'd have guessed that by now,

the fact that the ICLVR
haven't been to see you.

I'm sorry.

Hi, darling. Hi, Daddy.

There's something
I need to tell you.

Are you OK? It's going to be
on the news.

They found bodies out
on the lough...

..but none of them are your mum.

Well, I hope you all thought
that was an interesting case.

My next list is on Wednesday,

so I look forward to seeing
you all there. Thank you.

I thought you did very well today.

Thanks.

I was nervous, like.

No, you've nice instincts.

Are you the only doctor
in the family?

First to go to university.

What does your mum do?

Um...

..she died when I was wee,
during the Troubles.

I'm sorry.

She went missing
while she was looking after me.

They thought she was kidnapped.

Jesus.

I don't remember it,
so all I have is this...

..empty space.

It's my daddy I feel bad for.

I know that he, um...

..he carries the guilt.

Having a drink?

I won't, thanks.

Listen, thanks for coming.

I, er... I had to provide signature

for the handover
to the Time Bandits.

Got a wee look at their findings.

It's been confirmed.

The third body is
Father Simon Quinlan.

Jesus.

Is this the Goliath murders?

Or is someone trying to get
the case reopened?

You've had markers
on your Pat Keenan case.

Postcards.

Whoever left those postcards
has serious balls.

Goliath scares the guts out
of the people who know about him.

Don't let them
tell you any different.

The peace talks at that time,

the last thing they needed
was a kidnapping story,

never mind four high-profile
murders,

so they really suppressed it.

And, underneath it all, poor Tom
just trying to find his wife.

Nobody helped him?

Not even his good mate.

DCS Twom...

Hello, there.

Jackie?

Aye.

Look,

if Goliath is real,

that's over 20 years ago
that he manipulated police files

to make it look like people
were fleeing the country.

20 years.

Still out there, not caught.

And to go after
a fellow officer's wife...

She was more than just "the wife".

Mmm, indeed.

14 Intelligence Company.

A spook.

What's to say she didn't engineer
her own disappearance?

If anyone could, she could.

ON VIDEO: Is that Izzy?
Is that Daddy?

BABY GIGGLES

Give Daddy a wave.

Where's Daddy?

Lovely little wave.

You're a good girl.

Did your dad always make time
for you?

Aye.

He was always pretty good at that.

He knew when to give me
my freedom,

even when I could tell
he didn't want to.

Must be tough.

He'd say no,

but I swear that man's getting
more emotional in his old age.

You know, I lost my dad
when I was young.

Ach, he was older, but...

..but I miss not having had
that relationship, you know.

But you're lucky.

Your dad sounds like a good man.

I know it's cheesy, but I like him.

Well, he sounds likeable.

Are you single?

TV: Dunfolan Police have confirmed
that they have conducted

a forensic search of an island
in Strangford Lough

after human remains were found.

A police spokesman declined

to disclose
the nature of the investigation.

The island is currently
under the control

of the Independent Commission for
the Location of Victims' Remains.

The ICLVR was established
to locate... Are you OK?

Mmm.

..the remains of victims
of the Troubles...

If I hadn't spoken to my daddy
earlier, I'd...

..I'd be worried it was Mummy.

Three bodies have been discovered
so far...

But he said it's not her.

..have been informed.

Their families have given permission
for their names to be released.

They are David Corry,
a Loyalist paramilitary,

and Joseph Harkin,
a Republican paramilitary...

Daddy thinks
the third one's a priest.

..It is understood the Commission
is still attempting to trace

relatives of the third victim.

Where did you meet your kidnapper,
Pat?

KNOCKING, DOOR OPENS

Boss, Keenan did pick up someone
at the conference.

The ANPR cameras drew a blank,
so we had to manually go through

the few other cameras we thought
we would be on Keenan's route.

We got this.

This is Keenan's car on its way
to the Mourne View Hotel.

So it's a woman.

Is this the best image we've got?

Same dark-haired woman leaving
the cafe shortly after Keenan.

You need to start telling me
what you know, or it won't be long

before I'm back here with a warrant
and we're tearing your life apart.

I'd like to see you try.

We think the woman in that photo

was working with the person
who kidnapped you.

Yeah,
she was working for Siobhan Harkin.

We don't think so,

but the kidnapper is connected

to the murders of Joe Harkin
and Simon Quinlan.

Old friends of yours, Pat.

Maybe she knows
what happened to my wife.

Tell me who she is, or I'll make
sure your wife sees those photos.

It doesn't need to come to this.

Looks like it already has.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

CROWD SING

Yo!

You been waiting long?

Fucking donkeys'. I mean,
it's only a few more grey hairs.

I think you met my dad.

At the hospital.

You were lost.

That's right.

Tom. Tori.

She's going to take Larry's ticket.
I said that would be grand.

Yeah, of course.

Um...

..shall we go?

So, er, are you a fan of the game?

Well, I'd like to say yes.

Izzy tells me
you used to play for Ulster.

He could have played for Ireland.
That's a wee bit of a leap.

Why only "could have"?

It was a long time ago.

I picked up a hip injury,
so they advised me to give it up.

That's a shame.

Well, you know, the game was turning
pro, and I had a job already.

Go on...

Go on, go on!

Well, I'm a fan now!

You always lived in Belfast?

No, I just came back last year.

I was living in London there
for many years.

What made you come back?

I've a sick mum.

She lives in a home
out by Belmont Park.

What about you? How long
have you been in the police?

Coming up on 30 years.

You must have seen it all.

Yeah, and some.

Where's Izzy?

Izzy?

Izzy? Izzy?

She must have just stopped, or...

No, no, she was...
She was behind us.

Izzy?

Izzy!

Izzy! Izzy!

Izzy! Izzy!

Izzy!

BRAKES SCREECH

Daddy! Izzy!

IZZY SCREAMS

Izzy!

Go, go, go, go, go!

IZZY SOBS

It's all right. I've got you.

It's all right.

Tell me. What happened?

There was a man, and he grabbed me
and he just said...

Yeah, it's OK.

He said, "Threaten my family
and I'll threaten yours."

Did you see his face?

Shall I call your station? No, no.

No, it's best I get her home.

IZZY SOBS

It's all right. You're all right.

IZZY SOBS
I know, I know. We'll get you home.

It's OK now.

It's OK. It's OK.

ANSWERPHONE: This is Tom Brannick.
Leave a message.

BEEP

This is Pat Keenan. I hope that you
and your daughter enjoyed the rugby.

It's a rough game, that.

I'm sure you wouldn't want to be
playing any more.

PAT HANGS UP

Mum.

They found him.

Dad.

He was murdered.

SHE WAILS

RADIO: The families of the men found
on an island in Strangford Lough

have today spoken out about their
hopes for a thorough investigation

into the men's disappearances,

22 years after they were first
reported missing.

The discovery of the bodies brings
with it new evidence

that families say could be crucial.

Back again?

I hope you don't mind.

Ah, no, take your chances
while you can.

There's more fog coming in.

Does all that activity out there
mean bodies?

Aye.

Unfortunate business.

You'd have a hard job getting them
out there in the first place.

And from where would
the boat have come?

It seems to me there's
any number of possibilities.

Too many. Ah, no.

It's a very tricky stretch of water.

You have to know your tides
and your currents, so you do.

Do you know anybody who might have
that kind of knowledge?

Aye.

Hey.

That's the man you want.
An encyclopaedia on these waters.

Be warned, though,
he's never met a bar of soap.

I used to stand here for hours,

waiting for you to get home
from work.

I know.

Your babysitters told me.

Wee bitches.

I've always known your job
was dangerous.

I feel selfish because I never
asked about that part. No.

I think I was too scared to know.

That's not selfish.

I'm terrified, Daddy.

But I know that you would do
anything...

..to protect me.

PHONE RINGS

Hello.
Finbar Dodd, the harbourmaster,

he says he was asked about Goliath
four months ago.

Someone phoned him.
Said their name was Frank MacFeale.

Did he get a read on the voice?
No.

Just said it was a man. That's it.
It was a bad line, apparently.

Boss? Are you there?

OK, I'll see you at the office.

Got to go.

OK?

Mm-hm.

There's a Frank MacFeale
lives out in Minerstown.

No previous. He sells caravans.

Thanks very much.

OK.

Go out to Minerstown. Have a look.

I'll circulate the name to
districts, Int hubs and the Garda,

see what they've got. OK.

How did you know it was me
pretending to be MacFeale?

My grandfather was at Thiepval.

I remember, as a wee boy,
his tales of the local lad

who was a First World War hero.

Brave young Frankie MacFeale.

In fairness, you didn't look
far for your inspiration.

Uncle Frankie to you, wasn't he?

How did you come to know
about Goliath?

Well...
you can blame the drink, as usual.

That, and loose-lipped peelers. Huh.

You found out about Goliath.

Since then,
we've had a similar crime -

the kidnapping of Pat Keenan.

All the hallmarks
of the man himself.

And that.

A calling card designed to make us
reopen the case.

Who have you told?

Who have you been having round
for wee cups of tea?

Who have you been talking to?

Where are you going?

Here, you leave things
well alone in there.

That's private!

Hey!

Who is it? Who?

You don't name them, but I know
you've been meeting with the person

who is trying to unmask Goliath.

Why did you not
ask about the teacups

when your colleague was here?

I saw you notice something.

Why did you not just ask?

You're avoiding my questions.

Help me out, Adam.

You know this is personal for me.

I don't know where my wife is.

Me and you, we're not so different.

You've lost your brother.
Me, my wife.

But you can go to his grave.

That's not available to me.

If only I could go to his grave.

Well, if you tell me who you've been
talking to, I can take you there.

Aye?

I found these.

All the remains
have been taken away,

but this was your brother's
final resting place.

I looked for you.

I swear.

HE SOBS

So...

I brought you here.

Now tell me.

The person involved in Keenan's
kidnapping was a woman.

Did she come to your house?

Who is she?

Tell me who she is.

No.

Tell me.

Why did you come alone?

Why don't you arrest me?
Bring me in for questioning?

Who are you protecting?

Jackie Twomey?

Jackie blocked this investigation
22 years ago.

Now he's doing it again.

Why would you, of all people,
cover for him?

You know he's Goliath.

He murdered your wife.

Emma was the last victim
of a man who...

..of a man who...

What?

My brother...

..he wouldn't say who, but...

..he was having an affair
with another man's wife.

So?

She gave him a necklace,
a pendant with an owl on it.

There was an initial on the back.

E.

Emma.

Was my brother sleeping
with your wife, Tom?

Stop.

They loved each other.

Tom Brannick, did you want Jackie
to kill my brother?

Or is it you?

Are you Goliath?

I said, stop.

Tom Brannick, are you Goliath?

Why are you
saying my name like that?

When you've wanted the truth for as
long as I have,

you take the risk.

No one will ever hear it.

I came here to see my brother.

You will.

GUNSHOT