Striking Out (2017–…): Season 1, Episode 3 - Episode #1.3 - full transcript
Tara Rafferty has to deal with a case of apparent bigamy when two women claim to be married to the same dying man and fight for the right to be acknowledged as his next of kin.
Go on, son!
Go on!
-[ Whistle blows] -Referee!
REFEREE: All right. Calm down.
Come on!
You -- You're off the pitch. Go on.
Are you blind or bent, you ignorant fecker?
Well done, kid. Well done.
Go on, Finbar! You're doing great, lad!
[ Grunts ] Don't drop it, Steve.
What is this? Am I paying for this?
RAY: It's all taken care of.
Can you give us a hand, though?
It looks very heavy.
RAY: That's a mark of pure quality, that is.
PETE: Do you got it there, fellas?
Yeah. Cheers, Pete. [ Grunts ]
Great help.
That is so ugly.
That...is perfect is what that is.
That's perfect.
Hey, Pete, we need to sort out a lease.
Don't worry. You're grand.
If I'm gonna register this place as my office,
I'm gonna need some sort of security of tenure.
I can do the paperwork if you like.
Yeah. Sure.
Cool.
-Tara? -Yeah?
You're gonna be late.
I don't have any meetings.
Your mother.
See you later.
Here. Hang on a sec.
What?
Da?
Da!
Da!
Da.
Connor! Call an ambulance!
..
MAN: Are we going straight to resource?
Barry O'Brien, 57.
Post-collapse following hematemesis.
He's hypotensive.
Systolic is 80. Tachycardiac at 120.
Date of birth -- 2nd of the 4th, 1960.
WOMAN: Yeah. We've got him here on file.
MAN: I'm sorry. Please, can you wait here?
Hello. Mrs. O'Brien?
I'm calling from St. Jude's General Hospital.
Yeah, Mum. Hi.
Da's in the hospital.
WOMAN: What?
Okay.
I understand. Yeah.
I'll be straight there.
Kids?
I have to run into town, okay?
He's in here, Mrs. O'Brien.
MAN: Blood count's still dropping.
Oh, Barry.
Get me two more units of packed red cells --
one for PFP and another pool of platelets.
-Set him up for dialysis. -Well, what is it?
Acute organ failure.
We're doing what we can to support him.
He's been overdoing it with painkillers,
it seems, mixed with alcohol.
He's in a very serious condition, I'm afraid.
Oh, Barry, sweetheart.
-What is going on? -I don't know.
They -- They let some random woman in,
and she says she's Mrs. O'Brien.
What do you mean, she said she was Mrs. O'Brien?
FINBAR: That's just what she said.
I'd presumed it was a different O'Brien,
but she's sitting there beside Da now.
Is this my Barry?
Yes, it is.
-What's going on? -Excuse me. Who are you?
I'm Corrine O'Brien. I'm his wife.
So what -- what, is he dying or what?
-His condition is very serious. -And who's this?
Mrs. Mouse?
I'm Julie O'Brien, Barry's wife.
Are you some sort of ambulance-chasing nut?
-Why don't you just -- -I am his wife.
-I don't know who you are. -I've had enough of this shite.
-Get your arms off -- Stop it! -Get up.
-Get your hands off of me. -MAN: Call security now.
Let go of me. Stop it. Please!
Please stop it. Please. Somebody --
Hey! Hey there!
I don't know who you think you are.
Get rid of that nut.
She's one of those ambulance chasers.
-Mum. -Hello, love.
Hi.
-Have you changed your hair? -No.
It looks nice.
Thank you.
You busy?
Yeah.
Good.
Can we just order?
-Sorry. -It's fine.
Do you know I've never had the cream tea here?
Well, you don't have to worry about your weight
now that the wedding's --
One cream tea, please.
Um, two. Thanks.
WOMAN: Thank you.
Dad sends his love.
Does he?
Well, maybe not in those words, but...
And you're getting work?
Mm.
You're not missing Dunbar's?
No.
A regular salary, job security.
Eric across the office.
No, not missing Dunbar's.
Eric is...
Your new workmates -- I hear they are quite...
Wholly unsuitable?
-[ Laughs ] Yeah. -Yeah.
But I like them.
And I like my office.
I don't have to think about the people that I've let down.
Um, I can just focus on my work.
You will never find anyone quite like Eric, you know.
Well, that is a comfort.
Mum, I know that Eric is a wonderful man
and that I should be so lucky.
You say that Dad was no angel, whatever that means.
And I know I've wasted hours of your time
and loads of your money on my abandoned wedding.
But...it's gone.
Darling, I only want you to be happy.
Stop it.
It's just this constant need to mold me and manipulate me.
You've always done it.
Every day on the drive to school,
never happy with how I did my hair
or what I was wearing or who my friends were.
This is my life, okay, Mum?
These are my choices.
Why can't you just let me be?
-Thank you. -Thank you.
Ray?
Hey, Tara. There's a new client for you.
Okay.
I'm at St. Jude's now. I'll wait for you here.
I'm on my way.
Ray.
No. Uh, your man here, Barry O'Brien,
he's a serious punter, like.
What, bigamy?
Well, two women claim the same man's their husband.
I don't know the legal term and all, but...
No. That's bigamy.
RICHARD: I can't stress the importance of this enough, Eric.
This is very delicate, so I want to bring it down quietly.
ERIC: Quietly?
We're talking about Corrine O'Brien here.
Exactly. Which is why I'm sending you.
Good luck.
Thanks, Dad.
CORRINE: Yeah, that's what I mean.
And you should see the state of her.
Horrible little mousy thing, she is.
How can I help you?
Martin Swanton, head of the hospital legal team.
Yes. Tara Rafferty.
My soliciter.
-Hi. -Hi.
Oh, that's how it is, is it? Battle of the briefs?
Well, good luck with that.
Eric. Just in time.
JULIE: You have to get me to him.
He's my husband, and he's fighting for his life in there.
Of course. Let me take your full details.
Okay. Name?
Juliet Hannah Antonia O'Brien.
Okay. And you don't have a soliciter?
Well, I contacted Dunbar's, and they said I should call you.
Okay.
And, uh, what year did you get married?
Sorry. Could you just give me one second, please?
Sorry to interrupt.
Could I just speak to Mr. Dunbar for a moment, please?
Excuse me.
Did you pass her on to me?
Of course not.
Your office did.
I'm telling you, I didn't know. I'd much rather --
Look.
Perhaps you should pass on this, give it to someone else.
Excuse me?
Conflict of interest.
It's gonna get messy, and not for our side.
Really?
-Sorry. -2005.
That's when we were married -- 2005.
Ask her does he have any distinguishing marks.
Sorry. Can we have a moment, please?
He has four scars on his abdomen from a gallbladder operation.
They're not from an operation.
He was shot four times in Spain by an amateur.
[ Whispering ] I told you it was pretty tasty.
It was keyhole surgery in this hospital.
-I was with him. -Oh, were you with him?
Tara, that consent form is probably here.
-Do you want me to get it? -Yes.
Sorry. Could you just give me one more moment, please?
Meg, I need you to check someone out for me.
Barry O'Brien.
Uh, 2nd of the 4th, 1960.
Just marriage records, background details --
anything that you can find.
Who is the next of kin?
I am.
DR. LEVINS: Mr. O'Brien has acute liver failure.
-I need consent before I -- -I am his wife.
-You are in your hole his wife! -Calm down. Corrine --
Calm down. This will get sorted. Now, don't worry.
-Right. Okay. -MAN: Dr. Levins?
Consent form -- gallbladder surgery,
signed by Barry O'Brien.
So?
So he wasn't shot.
What?
Keyhole surgery naming Julie O'Brien as the next of kin.
Is that Barry's handwriting and signature?
I am his wife and the mother of his two children.
His children?!
-Keep her away! -Corrine, please!
-Please! -Corrine, please!
He needs a new liver, and he needs it now.
A related donor would be best,
but I'll also contact Vincent's and see if they can help.
Might I suggest
that the team continue their preparations for a transplant
and the two parties present their marriage certificates
as soon as possible
so you can decide who might have access?
-That sounds very sensible. -Okay.
Corrine, please.
Please.
-What do we do now? -Where is your marriage cert?
-It's at home. -Okay.
-We need to go and get that. -Ray.
ERIC: Tara?
This must be hell for the two women.
We've got to keep things civilized for their sakes.
Of course.
Julie, we'd better get a move on.
-Will I come with you? -Yes.
Dad. Pretty tricky, to be honest.
Not helped by the fact
that Tara's heading up the opposition.
Yeah.
TARA: What's Barry like?
JULIE: He's lovely. Different.
Free spirit. Yeah.
TARA: Did you have any idea?
Not a clue.
And he never mentioned a previous marriage?
No.
Was he in a relationship when you two got together?
Not that I knew of.
He travels a lot on business,
at the drop of a hat, wherever the wind takes him.
He's always been like that.
-And you never suspected? -[ Cellphone ringing ]
Sorry. I need to take this.
Please, carry on.
Meg?
I hear Eric's on the case, as it were.
Yeah.
Have you got your client with you?
-Yep. -Not got the loudspeaker on?
No.
Right.
Your man Barry is big in property import/export,
possibly involved in organized crime.
Took me five seconds to find mention of Corrine.
Nothing on your girl -- almost as if she doesn't exist.
He's kept her very quiet.
Okay.
Do you think your woman knew about the other wife?
I think so. Yeah.
Well, mind how you go.
Talk to you later.
-If you'd like to go on through. -Yeah.
-Hi. -How's Dad?
Oh, Daddy is fine.
Now, you run upstairs and play for a bit.
I need to pop out again.
-WOMAN: Yeah. Sure. No problem. -JULIE: Thanks.
Right. Um, let's get you that certificate.
It's in here somewhere.
-Here it is. -Great.
It was heavenly.
Cancun. Beautiful day.
Are you married?
No.
We'd better get going.
Lovely place.
I have a gift.
It's like a needle in a haystack.
When did you last see it?
I don't know. When we were married.
He's so messy.
He's hardly ever here.
He's away on business a lot.
What a fool I am.
You'd think maybe a bit on the side.
You hope he doesn't catch anything.
But two kids?!
If he dies, they'll have to revive him
so I can kill him all over again.
How could he?
But you can tell it's true, can't you?
Yeah.
Well, she's gonna pay.
She is going to pay.
SWANTON: Yes. I see.
Cancun, 10th of April 2005.
-It all seems -- -Hello, everyone.
We have a marriage certificate, original, 1996...
...nine years earlier.
Well, there's still the matter of next of kin.
A next of kin from the bonds,
when Barry went for cardiac work,
signed by him, naming Corrine.
But mine was more recent.
As, I am afraid, is your marriage certificate,
which has no legal standing, as Barry was already married.
Well, it's very clear
you two ladies cannot coexist peacefully in this hospital.
And I can't have a medical team disturbed
in the way they were earlier.
As Corrine O'Brien's marriage certificate appears to be valid,
she is best placed to represent Mr. O'Brien
in his ongoing medical treatment.
What are you getting at? Represent what?
How can you leave him in the hands of that woman?
I have to be with him.
Come on, Julie.
I'm sorry.
The surgeon will come and find you, Mrs. O'Brien.
He would like a word.
Where have you been?
Nowhere.
Hiya, Da.
He can't hear you.
Yeah. Maybe he can.
Here you go.
I can't bear to think of him in there and with that woman.
I don't trust her. You have to get me to him.
Okay. I've been thinking.
We could apply for an emergency hearing before a judge
to make a ruling about access
or you having some say in medical decisions, but...
What?
Well, it's just that a judge
is only really interested in the law.
I mean, the fact that there are two children
is unfortunately neither here nor there.
But it's Corrine's Irish marriage certificate
that predates yours by nine years.
That's another thing.
Julie, I have to be honest with you.
We don't have any cards to play at the moment.
But this is unbearable.
I mean, he needs me.
And if he dies, we'll be left with nothing.
He was sorting out a trust for me and the children.
But for some reason or another, it never got signed.
Why?
Things just got a bit overwrought.
What do you mean?
Okay. Tell me exactly what you mean by "sorting out a trust."
We went to see Barry's solicitors, Dunbar's,
a year ago, and...
We'll have nothing, Ms. Rafferty.
We'll be broke, penniless.
Uh, thank you for... being so kind up there.
Without you, that woman would...
It's been a shock for her, too, of course.
But I'll do what I can.
Thank you.
I'll leave you to it.
Tara.
Eric.
Did you meet him when you went to Dunbar's?
No.
I don't know why, but I'm totally overthinking this.
I tend to do that.
You will tell me if I'm acting like an oddball?
You're acting like an oddball.
So how are you getting on with Barry? Any leads?
Um, 7:43.
7:43?
I presume we're on the clock if we're talking about work.
I'm sorry.
So what -- what will we talk about?
When you're gonna pay me?
Yeah.
-I'll get this. -Oh.
Hey, thank you for tonight.
It was very...
Very.
So I will crack on with my lead on Barry's business dealings.
Um, I'll let you know how I get on.
What is this? Is this -- Is that for...
It's for teething.
Oh, my God. I've been out of the singles game too long.
What is teething?
It's when your child grows teeth.
Yes.
It's for my kid.
Do you want a lift or...
Um, no. There's a rank up the road.
But thank you.
Mum, your phone. Your phone.
Ah. Doctor. How is he?
He's critically ill.
The only liver available in the country is a poor match.
There's no better than a 30% chance it'll take
and much less chance he'll survive the operation.
But your son has asked me if he can donate.
I'm sorry. What?
We've taken samples to see if there's compatibility.
Without my permission?
He's only 16.
In medicine, 16 is the legal age of consent.
Well, not in my house, it's not.
The liver is remarkable.
-It'll regenerate itself. -No.
-No. It's not gonna happen. -I told you.
We have to respect your mother's wishes.
The operation is not without risk for the donor.
Well, that's true, but I think --
Then that's that.
But I...
Barry always said he didn't want any heroics.
He wanted to go out with a bang
and not be a vegetable and all that.
All right.
I will say the chances of finding a suitable liver in time
are receding fast.
I suppose all we can do for now, then,
is to make him comfortable.
What were you thinking?
TARA: So Julie has no online presence at all?
MEG: Nope.
I've put together a lamb tagine. Will you stay for some?
Yeah.
Okay. What have you got for me?
Barry's companies, his properties.
Neither of these lists is comprehensive, by the way.
Here on a Dunbar golf day.
"Valued lifelong client."
Is he a golfer?
No. You can't run two women and play golf.
How could he do it?
Two families, two homes, two wives.
I don't get it.
So no mention of any divorces, no other wives?
Nothing.
Cold, cold, cold, cold, cold.
Boss?
Where are you?
Morocco. More to the point, do you know where Vincent is?
I can't get ahold of him.
I'll tell you.
But don't tell him I told you.
VINCENT: How did you know I was here?
TARA: Ray told me.
Um, I'm sorry.
I-I lost my, uh, my phone charger, I guess.
What's going on, Vincent?
Hmm? Oh.
I just needed a little time away from the family.
You know, there's, uh, so much work to do on the inquiry
and, uh, well, it...
Drink?
No. I'm okay. Thanks.
And you, Tara... have a career-defining case.
You could work a lifetime and never get a bigamy case.
It could make your name.
Yeah, as an idiot, maybe.
It's really tough, Vincent, you know?
She's got two children with him and this gorgeous home.
And it's all been blown apart,
and I'm completely unable to help her.
Would you mind looking?
I'll just, uh...
Thank you.
Next-of-kin form... two marriage certificates...
trust-fund details,
which may indicate some intent from Barry towards Julie.
It's worthless.
You could get into serious trouble
wasting the judge's time with this.
I'm also pretty sure Julie knew he was married --
maybe for some time.
If you take this to court,
she could be walking into a whole world of pain,
and so could you.
On top of which, Barry and Corrine are dangerous people.
.
.
Ray?
Tara.
It's not what it looks like.
What are you doing here?
What's he doing here?
He came over last night.
He was wanting to see you, but I was here, so...
Why didn't you call me?
It was midnight.
He fell out with his mother.
He was desperate. He was wandering the streets.
So he wanted to talk and didn't want to go home,
so we talked.
It's true. She just won't listen to me.
He wants to be represented separate from his mother.
Ray, I can't do that.
He wants to give a part of his liver to his da.
And his ma is just getting in the way.
She's not helping at all with anything.
Listen to me. You don't know how serious this is.
Finbar, you're the son of the respondent.
You can't be here.
Please just go.
I'm a match, and the doctor's right up for it.
He says 16 is the legal age of consent.
I'm 16. I don't see what the problem is.
Finbar, you're not listening to me.
You can't be here.
Just leave.
Ray, what are you doing? I could get struck off for this.
He won't say anything.
I'll call him later and make sure he keeps stone.
Nothing happened -- nothing penetrative.
This isn't a joke, Ray.
Did you touch him?
No, I didn't! Who do you think I am?!
What is this? Have you been staying here?
Little bit.
I trusted you.
You get out as well.
What?
Ray, I'm firing you. Just go.
Leave it.
LUCY: Hi, Tara.
Lucy.
I passed a case on to you, one they flicked on.
Don't tell Richard, whatever you --
JULIE: You'll be hearing from me again.
Hello.
We're here to see Eric.
I called the hospital.
They won't even tell me how Barry is.
They said I should ask his wife.
And they've shut off my account, frozen it.
-Do you need money? -No.
There's bags of cash at home -- literally bags full of cash.
Okay. I didn't hear that.
Mr. Dunbar will see you now.
Okay.
If they've shut off your account, that could mean that...
Corrine has control of some of Barry's accounts.
And despite me trying to dissuade her,
she has decided to exercise that control.
She is absolutely furious,
and, well, we all need to tread rather carefully
to stop things escalating.
Your office was preparing
a trust arrangement for Julie last year?
Oh?
I need those papers and any relevant minutes
to meetings that my client attended.
Well...I imagine it was a private client's account.
I'll check.
Chinese walls and all that. Excuse me.
-What are Chinese walls? -Can I speak to Fiona, please?
It's when one part of the company
pretends it doesn't know what the other part is doing.
It's legal fantasy.
ERIC: Hi. Could I see...
Oh, he was there -- at the trust meeting.
ERIC: Correct.
Can you bring me a copy? Thank you.
It seems they were never formally completed,
but they're on their way.
Julie, rest assured that with the DNA results,
which, of course, will be a formality,
and this great soliciter by your side,
your children will be more than amply provided for when Barry...
What, Eric?
W-When he what? What's going on?
It has been agreed to --
Oh, my God. She's letting him die?
It's a purely medical decision not to try any extreme measures,
just to make him comfortable.
Comfortable as in dead?
They don't have a suitable donor.
Yes, they do.
What do you mean?
I'll explain.
What are you planning to do?
I'm gonna get this in front of a judge.
You have nothing.
You'll be humiliateed.
Maybe.
Tara?
Be careful.
You did know that Barry was married.
You found out at that trust meeting.
-That's why ended abruptly. -What can I say?
We have two children together, a home and a life.
I love him, and he loves me. The rest is just paperwork.
Well, does this mean you can't represent me anymore?
No. Of course not.
You go home. I'll call you later.
I was really enjoying working there, you know?
I thought Tara found me useful.
So I don't know how I'm going to do my structured repayments
on my fine and all.
They'll chuck me in the Joy.
You can't employ me, can you?
[ Laughing ] I can't even employee myself!
-It's Tara. -Yeah. I'm too stoned.
TARA: Vincent, I'm moving for a hearing this afternoon.
I need you to front it up. Call me.
Get me a bucket of ice.
Of course Judge Redmond was half asleep, as I was.
Oh, you do make me laugh.
You're ridiculous.
Caroline.
Tara.
Can I borrow him for a bit?
He's all yours.
I've been thinking about us working together again...
...remembering how it was I felt about you.
Same here.
It's kind of caught me off guard, you know,
just how sensitive you've been
about the whole Corrine-and-Julie situation.
I have to say, it's been making life difficult for me,
seeing you that way.
And then I looked through this.
Julie always said that the trust never got signed
because things became overwrought at that meeting.
I think you and I both know why that was.
Because it was at that meeting that Julie discovered
that Barry was married.
And who was at that meeting?
Your father -- R.W.D.
Which means that he knew about Barry having two wives.
What of it?
He wasn't Julie's wedding planner.
Setting up a trust for a second wife in full knowledge.
What did you think the Law Society were gonna say?
Eric, your father is an officer of the court.
He's not protected by client privilege.
He could also be considered to have aided and abetted
his "valued client" Barry
in fraud and bigamy and whatever else.
Your Mr. Big Heart act was just about keeping things calm
so your father didn't get hurt.
You gonna use this?
I need you to consent to short service
and an immediate hearing for a direction on Barry's treatment.
You're gonna have some battle against us and the hospital.
Maybe.
But it's all that we have to try and save a man's life.
Not going great, huh?
Oh, I-I have affidavits to prepare,
I've got other people's affidavits raining in,
I'm before a judge this evening, I can't get Vincent,
and I sacked Ray.
I told you he was unemployable.
Hey, you tried.
This -- This sofa bed! I-I just -- I can't get it to...
I'm just a bit overwhelmed.
You know it's gonna work out.
Come on. Get up.
-Come on. -Oh. Oh.
Let me -- Let me -- Let me help. Let me help.
You're not gonna be able to do it because it doesn't work.
-Give us a minute. -It will not fold over.
It will fold.
Oh, that was -- that was a bit of luck.
See? I told you it was -- It's easy.
You just have to fold it in.
-PETE: Ta-da. -TARA: Nice.
I'm good at the cushion arranging.
-You're -- [ Laughs ] -That is what I am good at.
-Give me that. -[ Laughs ]
Cavalry's here.
Oh. Thank goodness.
Pete.
-Thanks, Pete. -Yeah.
Uh, what time is the hearing?
-5:00. -Mm.
Well, we're walking into a shit storm,
but we'll go down fighting.
Affidavits?
Yes. I have plenty.
RAY: Barry and Corrine fight like cats and dogs
whenever they're together.
That's why Barry's traveling all the time.
And Finbar said when his dad's away,
his mum is out most nights -- all night.
Yeah. A bit on the side.
Have you told Tara?
She sacked me, remember?
Anyway, I-I figured if you were gonna be using foul means,
she's best not knowing.
-You have a good memory. -Almost photogenic.
Uh, this is Corrine's mobile number, home address,
e-mail address, and car reg.
Can I leave it with you?
Yep.
Coffee is awful, by the way.
Ah. Nuala.
-Vincent. -Thanks for making it.
-No bother. -Shall we?
Yeah.
DR. LEVINS: ...taking into consideration the poor match
and other factors
and the high chance the available liver
will be rejected anyway.
But his son's liver would not be rejected?
There's less chance Finbar's liver would be rejected.
But it's questionable now
in the light of Mr. O'Brien's ever-worsening condition,
whether he'd survive the operation.
Can you tell us how the decision to allow Mr. O'Brien to die --
...uh, to not make further interventions was taken?
It was a medical decision
with reference to the legal team in the hospital
and also taking into consideration
the views and feelings of Mr. O'Brien's wife.
Her stated view that, uh, if a circumstance like this arose,
Mr. O'Brien would not want heroics
nor the risk of becoming a vegetable
but would rather go out with a bang?
Yes.
And if Corrine O'Brien had supported her son's wish
to donate his liver, you would operate?
This is hypothetical, as Finbar is not available as a donor.
But let me say it would not be without risk
for Finbar to donate.
The liver is a vascular organ.
There'd be a great deal of bleeding,
transfusions, the risk he may bleed out,
infections, clots in the leg, pneumonia.
We collapse the lungs during the operation.
Chronic pain, not without risk, sir.
So when you took into consideration
the views and feelings of Corrine O'Brien,
did you also take into consideration
the fact that Corrine O'Brien was angry with her husband,
had just found out he had two children by another woman?
Mr. Pike.
Uh, sorry, Judge.
I have a medical expert to call -- Mrs. Nuala Phipps.
No. I don't believe it.
Ray, can you get to Roycoft's in Bride Street?
In 15 minutes?
Then run.
NUALA: As the liver donation is elective surgery
performed in controlled conditions,
I would characterize the risks as very low,
particularly when measured against the fact
that you would be saving another person's life.
But you have not seen Mr. O'Brien in the flesh?
I've read all of his notes.
Not seen his color or taken his pulse?
There hasn't been the time.
Have you any other questions for Mrs. Phipps, Mr. Pike?
No, Judge. Thank you.
I would like to know whether it's intended
to hear the evidence of Mrs. Corrine O'Brien.
As I see it, that's a matter for Mrs. O'Brien
and her legal advisers.
Do you have any further witnesses
you would like to call, Mr. Pike?
No, Judge, but I am anxious to have the opportunity
to cross-examine Mrs. O'Brien on the content of her affidavit.
Frankly, I think that justice in this case requires it.
What's your client's attitude to this request?
JUDGE CAHILL: It appears your request has been granted,
Mr. Pike.
We'll hear from Mrs. Corrine O'Brien.
I swear to tell the truth, the whole truth,
and nothing but the truth.
Mrs. O'Brien, we have no questions.
But you might answer any questions
my friend may have for you.
VINCENT: Corrine, we've heard that your feelings
affected the decision of Mr. Levins
to make no further efforts to save your husband's life.
You swore an affidavit for the hospital
which says that Barry would choose to die
if such a circumstance arose.
Did it make you angry
to find out he had another wife and two bonny children?
It didn't stop me loving him.
Credit to you.
And your support for the no-heroics policy
was not affected by the thought that should he survive,
he might make proper provision for Julie and their children --
his children?
Not affected by that, no.
VINCENT: And your decision was not affected by the fact
that should you allow him to live, he might leave you
and legitimately marry Julie O'Brien?
The thought never crossed my mind,
because that would never happen.
Corrine, Ivan Camier -- That name mean anything to you?
Do you know him?
I'm sorry, Judge, but no evidence has been presented
in relation to this.
There's the DVD, and there's the stills from the CCTV.
Uh, Mr. Pike, what on earth is going on here?
Uh, new evidence has been presented to me.
Uh, in the context of this being a life-and-death matter I --
We have a DVD to play for the court, please.
VINCENT: Acknowledging in the fact
that it's not on affidavit and out of sequence --
This is completely unacceptable
and not properly before the court.
We are not on notice.
Where did you get this photo?
Have you been stalking me?
Mrs. O'Brien, you accept
that you are the woman in these photographs?
No.
Well...
Yeah.
JUDGE CAHILL: I wish to hear this.
Proceed, Mr. Pike.
These photos were taken from CCTV this afternoon at 3:30
in Leslie Roycroft Jewelers.
We have the CCTV ready to play here now for the court.
And if necessary, we can arrange for Mr. Roycroft to attend
and give evidence for himself.
Corrine...do you know the man in this photo?
Uh...yeah.
I think he works for my husband.
He's a business associate of my husband's.
Does he mean anything to you on a personal level?
You're under oath and required to answer questions.
I know him. So?
So you were in the shop together.
If we might roll the film, Judge?
And there we see Corrine O'Brien,
clearly not awash with grief, trying on rings with Mr. Camier.
That doesn't prove anything. I was just --
You and Mr. Camier were ordering wedding rings, weren't you?
That's rubbish. I was only --
Having chosen the style and size,
you instructed Mr. Roycroft to make the rings
in white and yellow gold, twisted,
with "Ivan forever" engraved in the smaller
and "Corrine forever" engraved in the larger.
And for the avoidance of doubt,
you even wrote the exact wording and spelling for Mr. Roycroft.
Isn't that right?
Your motives regarding your husband's health are malign,
malicious, and self-serving.
Your affidavit and your intentions are not bona fide.
Mrs. O'Brien, can you confirm that you are indeed the woman
in these stills and also on the CCTV footage?
Yes.
JUDGE CAHILL: Have you anything to say?
No.
Step down, please.
Young man.
Have you heard the risks you might run
were you to be allowed to donate part of your liver?
Yeah.
What might they be?
Uh, bleeding out, pneumonia, um, clots and stuff.
Knowing those risks and that the operation
might even then not save your father's life,
why would you be prepared to take such risk?
Well, I want to help my da.
You know, and if, uh, if giving part of my liver
means I can... can do that, then...
Well, whatever he's got going on with, uh, with -- with work
and all the other stuff, he's...
he's still the only dad who was there
at the ground every pissy Wednesday,
you know, shouting his lungs out while I'm playing football.
And, uh...
I feel like I'm just getting to know him.
And it seems like I've got a new brother and sister,
so...I want Da to introduce me.
I see no legal impediment to you consenting to this procedure.
Therefore, I dictate that the hospital carry out the donation
in line with Finbar's wishes.
I wish you well, young man.
Thank you.
Meg, how did you that?
It wasn't me. It was Ray.
Ray.
Sorry, Tara.
I'm sorry.
And thank you.
Oh, if I breathalyzed you right now.
And the rest. How does he do it?
[ Chuckles ] I owe you all dinner.
Yeah -- and a couple of grand.
-Ditto. -And severance pay.
You can forget that.
WOMAN: Excuse me, Doctor.
Could you sign a release for me, please?
Hiya, Tara.
Oh, Tara.
Julie.
Finbar, how are you doing?
I'm grand. I'm grand. Yeah.
BARRY: So you're the one?
Thanks for coming.
You're looking a bit better
than the last time I saw you, Mr. O'Brien.
You're famous, Rafferty.
Thank you.
Any news on Corrine?
She's in Spain.
And Ivan Camier?
Somewhere hotter.
Well, thanks for this.
Wait. Hang on a second. This is --
-This is way more than -- -BARRY: You helped save my life.
That's what I owe you.
TARA: He's the one who saved your life.
I know that. He'll get his due.
Now, I want your little firm to act for me from now on.
Well, um, thank you.
But, um, I think we're gonna mostly focus on family law,
so...
We're a family.
I'll leave you to eat your food.
Bye, Julie.
Bye.
We've been paid!
Who is this? Barry, was it?
-Yeah. -Hey, I've got wine.
Nice. More good news.
♪ We can't get enough ♪
♪ We're just catching up ♪
♪ Nothing can go wrong ♪
♪ With a little luck ♪
♪ Leave it all behind ♪
♪ Trouble fade away ♪
♪ Wait to feel the love ♪
♪ The camera goes away ♪
♪ The city's ours ♪
♪ The city's ours ♪
♪ Watch us shine ♪
♪ Neon birds in our eyes ♪
♪ I'm queen, my king ♪
♪ We rule the dawn ♪
♪ The city's ours ♪
♪ Do what we want ♪
♪ Moving in between ♪
♪ The pleasure of the sleeps ♪
♪ Faces come along ♪
♪ Artificial beings ♪
♪ Nothing here is real ♪
♪ But oh, how good it feels ♪
♪ This is what matters ♪
♪ This is all we need ♪
♪ The city's ours ♪
♪ The city's ours ♪
♪ Watch us shine ♪
♪ Neon birds in our eyes ♪
♪ I'm queen, my king ♪
♪ We rule the dawn ♪
♪ The city's ours ♪
♪ Do what we want ♪
♪ The city's ours ♪
♪ The city's ours ♪
♪ The city's ours ♪
♪ The city's ours ♪
♪ Do what we want ♪
Go on!
-[ Whistle blows] -Referee!
REFEREE: All right. Calm down.
Come on!
You -- You're off the pitch. Go on.
Are you blind or bent, you ignorant fecker?
Well done, kid. Well done.
Go on, Finbar! You're doing great, lad!
[ Grunts ] Don't drop it, Steve.
What is this? Am I paying for this?
RAY: It's all taken care of.
Can you give us a hand, though?
It looks very heavy.
RAY: That's a mark of pure quality, that is.
PETE: Do you got it there, fellas?
Yeah. Cheers, Pete. [ Grunts ]
Great help.
That is so ugly.
That...is perfect is what that is.
That's perfect.
Hey, Pete, we need to sort out a lease.
Don't worry. You're grand.
If I'm gonna register this place as my office,
I'm gonna need some sort of security of tenure.
I can do the paperwork if you like.
Yeah. Sure.
Cool.
-Tara? -Yeah?
You're gonna be late.
I don't have any meetings.
Your mother.
See you later.
Here. Hang on a sec.
What?
Da?
Da!
Da!
Da.
Connor! Call an ambulance!
..
MAN: Are we going straight to resource?
Barry O'Brien, 57.
Post-collapse following hematemesis.
He's hypotensive.
Systolic is 80. Tachycardiac at 120.
Date of birth -- 2nd of the 4th, 1960.
WOMAN: Yeah. We've got him here on file.
MAN: I'm sorry. Please, can you wait here?
Hello. Mrs. O'Brien?
I'm calling from St. Jude's General Hospital.
Yeah, Mum. Hi.
Da's in the hospital.
WOMAN: What?
Okay.
I understand. Yeah.
I'll be straight there.
Kids?
I have to run into town, okay?
He's in here, Mrs. O'Brien.
MAN: Blood count's still dropping.
Oh, Barry.
Get me two more units of packed red cells --
one for PFP and another pool of platelets.
-Set him up for dialysis. -Well, what is it?
Acute organ failure.
We're doing what we can to support him.
He's been overdoing it with painkillers,
it seems, mixed with alcohol.
He's in a very serious condition, I'm afraid.
Oh, Barry, sweetheart.
-What is going on? -I don't know.
They -- They let some random woman in,
and she says she's Mrs. O'Brien.
What do you mean, she said she was Mrs. O'Brien?
FINBAR: That's just what she said.
I'd presumed it was a different O'Brien,
but she's sitting there beside Da now.
Is this my Barry?
Yes, it is.
-What's going on? -Excuse me. Who are you?
I'm Corrine O'Brien. I'm his wife.
So what -- what, is he dying or what?
-His condition is very serious. -And who's this?
Mrs. Mouse?
I'm Julie O'Brien, Barry's wife.
Are you some sort of ambulance-chasing nut?
-Why don't you just -- -I am his wife.
-I don't know who you are. -I've had enough of this shite.
-Get your arms off -- Stop it! -Get up.
-Get your hands off of me. -MAN: Call security now.
Let go of me. Stop it. Please!
Please stop it. Please. Somebody --
Hey! Hey there!
I don't know who you think you are.
Get rid of that nut.
She's one of those ambulance chasers.
-Mum. -Hello, love.
Hi.
-Have you changed your hair? -No.
It looks nice.
Thank you.
You busy?
Yeah.
Good.
Can we just order?
-Sorry. -It's fine.
Do you know I've never had the cream tea here?
Well, you don't have to worry about your weight
now that the wedding's --
One cream tea, please.
Um, two. Thanks.
WOMAN: Thank you.
Dad sends his love.
Does he?
Well, maybe not in those words, but...
And you're getting work?
Mm.
You're not missing Dunbar's?
No.
A regular salary, job security.
Eric across the office.
No, not missing Dunbar's.
Eric is...
Your new workmates -- I hear they are quite...
Wholly unsuitable?
-[ Laughs ] Yeah. -Yeah.
But I like them.
And I like my office.
I don't have to think about the people that I've let down.
Um, I can just focus on my work.
You will never find anyone quite like Eric, you know.
Well, that is a comfort.
Mum, I know that Eric is a wonderful man
and that I should be so lucky.
You say that Dad was no angel, whatever that means.
And I know I've wasted hours of your time
and loads of your money on my abandoned wedding.
But...it's gone.
Darling, I only want you to be happy.
Stop it.
It's just this constant need to mold me and manipulate me.
You've always done it.
Every day on the drive to school,
never happy with how I did my hair
or what I was wearing or who my friends were.
This is my life, okay, Mum?
These are my choices.
Why can't you just let me be?
-Thank you. -Thank you.
Ray?
Hey, Tara. There's a new client for you.
Okay.
I'm at St. Jude's now. I'll wait for you here.
I'm on my way.
Ray.
No. Uh, your man here, Barry O'Brien,
he's a serious punter, like.
What, bigamy?
Well, two women claim the same man's their husband.
I don't know the legal term and all, but...
No. That's bigamy.
RICHARD: I can't stress the importance of this enough, Eric.
This is very delicate, so I want to bring it down quietly.
ERIC: Quietly?
We're talking about Corrine O'Brien here.
Exactly. Which is why I'm sending you.
Good luck.
Thanks, Dad.
CORRINE: Yeah, that's what I mean.
And you should see the state of her.
Horrible little mousy thing, she is.
How can I help you?
Martin Swanton, head of the hospital legal team.
Yes. Tara Rafferty.
My soliciter.
-Hi. -Hi.
Oh, that's how it is, is it? Battle of the briefs?
Well, good luck with that.
Eric. Just in time.
JULIE: You have to get me to him.
He's my husband, and he's fighting for his life in there.
Of course. Let me take your full details.
Okay. Name?
Juliet Hannah Antonia O'Brien.
Okay. And you don't have a soliciter?
Well, I contacted Dunbar's, and they said I should call you.
Okay.
And, uh, what year did you get married?
Sorry. Could you just give me one second, please?
Sorry to interrupt.
Could I just speak to Mr. Dunbar for a moment, please?
Excuse me.
Did you pass her on to me?
Of course not.
Your office did.
I'm telling you, I didn't know. I'd much rather --
Look.
Perhaps you should pass on this, give it to someone else.
Excuse me?
Conflict of interest.
It's gonna get messy, and not for our side.
Really?
-Sorry. -2005.
That's when we were married -- 2005.
Ask her does he have any distinguishing marks.
Sorry. Can we have a moment, please?
He has four scars on his abdomen from a gallbladder operation.
They're not from an operation.
He was shot four times in Spain by an amateur.
[ Whispering ] I told you it was pretty tasty.
It was keyhole surgery in this hospital.
-I was with him. -Oh, were you with him?
Tara, that consent form is probably here.
-Do you want me to get it? -Yes.
Sorry. Could you just give me one more moment, please?
Meg, I need you to check someone out for me.
Barry O'Brien.
Uh, 2nd of the 4th, 1960.
Just marriage records, background details --
anything that you can find.
Who is the next of kin?
I am.
DR. LEVINS: Mr. O'Brien has acute liver failure.
-I need consent before I -- -I am his wife.
-You are in your hole his wife! -Calm down. Corrine --
Calm down. This will get sorted. Now, don't worry.
-Right. Okay. -MAN: Dr. Levins?
Consent form -- gallbladder surgery,
signed by Barry O'Brien.
So?
So he wasn't shot.
What?
Keyhole surgery naming Julie O'Brien as the next of kin.
Is that Barry's handwriting and signature?
I am his wife and the mother of his two children.
His children?!
-Keep her away! -Corrine, please!
-Please! -Corrine, please!
He needs a new liver, and he needs it now.
A related donor would be best,
but I'll also contact Vincent's and see if they can help.
Might I suggest
that the team continue their preparations for a transplant
and the two parties present their marriage certificates
as soon as possible
so you can decide who might have access?
-That sounds very sensible. -Okay.
Corrine, please.
Please.
-What do we do now? -Where is your marriage cert?
-It's at home. -Okay.
-We need to go and get that. -Ray.
ERIC: Tara?
This must be hell for the two women.
We've got to keep things civilized for their sakes.
Of course.
Julie, we'd better get a move on.
-Will I come with you? -Yes.
Dad. Pretty tricky, to be honest.
Not helped by the fact
that Tara's heading up the opposition.
Yeah.
TARA: What's Barry like?
JULIE: He's lovely. Different.
Free spirit. Yeah.
TARA: Did you have any idea?
Not a clue.
And he never mentioned a previous marriage?
No.
Was he in a relationship when you two got together?
Not that I knew of.
He travels a lot on business,
at the drop of a hat, wherever the wind takes him.
He's always been like that.
-And you never suspected? -[ Cellphone ringing ]
Sorry. I need to take this.
Please, carry on.
Meg?
I hear Eric's on the case, as it were.
Yeah.
Have you got your client with you?
-Yep. -Not got the loudspeaker on?
No.
Right.
Your man Barry is big in property import/export,
possibly involved in organized crime.
Took me five seconds to find mention of Corrine.
Nothing on your girl -- almost as if she doesn't exist.
He's kept her very quiet.
Okay.
Do you think your woman knew about the other wife?
I think so. Yeah.
Well, mind how you go.
Talk to you later.
-If you'd like to go on through. -Yeah.
-Hi. -How's Dad?
Oh, Daddy is fine.
Now, you run upstairs and play for a bit.
I need to pop out again.
-WOMAN: Yeah. Sure. No problem. -JULIE: Thanks.
Right. Um, let's get you that certificate.
It's in here somewhere.
-Here it is. -Great.
It was heavenly.
Cancun. Beautiful day.
Are you married?
No.
We'd better get going.
Lovely place.
I have a gift.
It's like a needle in a haystack.
When did you last see it?
I don't know. When we were married.
He's so messy.
He's hardly ever here.
He's away on business a lot.
What a fool I am.
You'd think maybe a bit on the side.
You hope he doesn't catch anything.
But two kids?!
If he dies, they'll have to revive him
so I can kill him all over again.
How could he?
But you can tell it's true, can't you?
Yeah.
Well, she's gonna pay.
She is going to pay.
SWANTON: Yes. I see.
Cancun, 10th of April 2005.
-It all seems -- -Hello, everyone.
We have a marriage certificate, original, 1996...
...nine years earlier.
Well, there's still the matter of next of kin.
A next of kin from the bonds,
when Barry went for cardiac work,
signed by him, naming Corrine.
But mine was more recent.
As, I am afraid, is your marriage certificate,
which has no legal standing, as Barry was already married.
Well, it's very clear
you two ladies cannot coexist peacefully in this hospital.
And I can't have a medical team disturbed
in the way they were earlier.
As Corrine O'Brien's marriage certificate appears to be valid,
she is best placed to represent Mr. O'Brien
in his ongoing medical treatment.
What are you getting at? Represent what?
How can you leave him in the hands of that woman?
I have to be with him.
Come on, Julie.
I'm sorry.
The surgeon will come and find you, Mrs. O'Brien.
He would like a word.
Where have you been?
Nowhere.
Hiya, Da.
He can't hear you.
Yeah. Maybe he can.
Here you go.
I can't bear to think of him in there and with that woman.
I don't trust her. You have to get me to him.
Okay. I've been thinking.
We could apply for an emergency hearing before a judge
to make a ruling about access
or you having some say in medical decisions, but...
What?
Well, it's just that a judge
is only really interested in the law.
I mean, the fact that there are two children
is unfortunately neither here nor there.
But it's Corrine's Irish marriage certificate
that predates yours by nine years.
That's another thing.
Julie, I have to be honest with you.
We don't have any cards to play at the moment.
But this is unbearable.
I mean, he needs me.
And if he dies, we'll be left with nothing.
He was sorting out a trust for me and the children.
But for some reason or another, it never got signed.
Why?
Things just got a bit overwrought.
What do you mean?
Okay. Tell me exactly what you mean by "sorting out a trust."
We went to see Barry's solicitors, Dunbar's,
a year ago, and...
We'll have nothing, Ms. Rafferty.
We'll be broke, penniless.
Uh, thank you for... being so kind up there.
Without you, that woman would...
It's been a shock for her, too, of course.
But I'll do what I can.
Thank you.
I'll leave you to it.
Tara.
Eric.
Did you meet him when you went to Dunbar's?
No.
I don't know why, but I'm totally overthinking this.
I tend to do that.
You will tell me if I'm acting like an oddball?
You're acting like an oddball.
So how are you getting on with Barry? Any leads?
Um, 7:43.
7:43?
I presume we're on the clock if we're talking about work.
I'm sorry.
So what -- what will we talk about?
When you're gonna pay me?
Yeah.
-I'll get this. -Oh.
Hey, thank you for tonight.
It was very...
Very.
So I will crack on with my lead on Barry's business dealings.
Um, I'll let you know how I get on.
What is this? Is this -- Is that for...
It's for teething.
Oh, my God. I've been out of the singles game too long.
What is teething?
It's when your child grows teeth.
Yes.
It's for my kid.
Do you want a lift or...
Um, no. There's a rank up the road.
But thank you.
Mum, your phone. Your phone.
Ah. Doctor. How is he?
He's critically ill.
The only liver available in the country is a poor match.
There's no better than a 30% chance it'll take
and much less chance he'll survive the operation.
But your son has asked me if he can donate.
I'm sorry. What?
We've taken samples to see if there's compatibility.
Without my permission?
He's only 16.
In medicine, 16 is the legal age of consent.
Well, not in my house, it's not.
The liver is remarkable.
-It'll regenerate itself. -No.
-No. It's not gonna happen. -I told you.
We have to respect your mother's wishes.
The operation is not without risk for the donor.
Well, that's true, but I think --
Then that's that.
But I...
Barry always said he didn't want any heroics.
He wanted to go out with a bang
and not be a vegetable and all that.
All right.
I will say the chances of finding a suitable liver in time
are receding fast.
I suppose all we can do for now, then,
is to make him comfortable.
What were you thinking?
TARA: So Julie has no online presence at all?
MEG: Nope.
I've put together a lamb tagine. Will you stay for some?
Yeah.
Okay. What have you got for me?
Barry's companies, his properties.
Neither of these lists is comprehensive, by the way.
Here on a Dunbar golf day.
"Valued lifelong client."
Is he a golfer?
No. You can't run two women and play golf.
How could he do it?
Two families, two homes, two wives.
I don't get it.
So no mention of any divorces, no other wives?
Nothing.
Cold, cold, cold, cold, cold.
Boss?
Where are you?
Morocco. More to the point, do you know where Vincent is?
I can't get ahold of him.
I'll tell you.
But don't tell him I told you.
VINCENT: How did you know I was here?
TARA: Ray told me.
Um, I'm sorry.
I-I lost my, uh, my phone charger, I guess.
What's going on, Vincent?
Hmm? Oh.
I just needed a little time away from the family.
You know, there's, uh, so much work to do on the inquiry
and, uh, well, it...
Drink?
No. I'm okay. Thanks.
And you, Tara... have a career-defining case.
You could work a lifetime and never get a bigamy case.
It could make your name.
Yeah, as an idiot, maybe.
It's really tough, Vincent, you know?
She's got two children with him and this gorgeous home.
And it's all been blown apart,
and I'm completely unable to help her.
Would you mind looking?
I'll just, uh...
Thank you.
Next-of-kin form... two marriage certificates...
trust-fund details,
which may indicate some intent from Barry towards Julie.
It's worthless.
You could get into serious trouble
wasting the judge's time with this.
I'm also pretty sure Julie knew he was married --
maybe for some time.
If you take this to court,
she could be walking into a whole world of pain,
and so could you.
On top of which, Barry and Corrine are dangerous people.
.
.
Ray?
Tara.
It's not what it looks like.
What are you doing here?
What's he doing here?
He came over last night.
He was wanting to see you, but I was here, so...
Why didn't you call me?
It was midnight.
He fell out with his mother.
He was desperate. He was wandering the streets.
So he wanted to talk and didn't want to go home,
so we talked.
It's true. She just won't listen to me.
He wants to be represented separate from his mother.
Ray, I can't do that.
He wants to give a part of his liver to his da.
And his ma is just getting in the way.
She's not helping at all with anything.
Listen to me. You don't know how serious this is.
Finbar, you're the son of the respondent.
You can't be here.
Please just go.
I'm a match, and the doctor's right up for it.
He says 16 is the legal age of consent.
I'm 16. I don't see what the problem is.
Finbar, you're not listening to me.
You can't be here.
Just leave.
Ray, what are you doing? I could get struck off for this.
He won't say anything.
I'll call him later and make sure he keeps stone.
Nothing happened -- nothing penetrative.
This isn't a joke, Ray.
Did you touch him?
No, I didn't! Who do you think I am?!
What is this? Have you been staying here?
Little bit.
I trusted you.
You get out as well.
What?
Ray, I'm firing you. Just go.
Leave it.
LUCY: Hi, Tara.
Lucy.
I passed a case on to you, one they flicked on.
Don't tell Richard, whatever you --
JULIE: You'll be hearing from me again.
Hello.
We're here to see Eric.
I called the hospital.
They won't even tell me how Barry is.
They said I should ask his wife.
And they've shut off my account, frozen it.
-Do you need money? -No.
There's bags of cash at home -- literally bags full of cash.
Okay. I didn't hear that.
Mr. Dunbar will see you now.
Okay.
If they've shut off your account, that could mean that...
Corrine has control of some of Barry's accounts.
And despite me trying to dissuade her,
she has decided to exercise that control.
She is absolutely furious,
and, well, we all need to tread rather carefully
to stop things escalating.
Your office was preparing
a trust arrangement for Julie last year?
Oh?
I need those papers and any relevant minutes
to meetings that my client attended.
Well...I imagine it was a private client's account.
I'll check.
Chinese walls and all that. Excuse me.
-What are Chinese walls? -Can I speak to Fiona, please?
It's when one part of the company
pretends it doesn't know what the other part is doing.
It's legal fantasy.
ERIC: Hi. Could I see...
Oh, he was there -- at the trust meeting.
ERIC: Correct.
Can you bring me a copy? Thank you.
It seems they were never formally completed,
but they're on their way.
Julie, rest assured that with the DNA results,
which, of course, will be a formality,
and this great soliciter by your side,
your children will be more than amply provided for when Barry...
What, Eric?
W-When he what? What's going on?
It has been agreed to --
Oh, my God. She's letting him die?
It's a purely medical decision not to try any extreme measures,
just to make him comfortable.
Comfortable as in dead?
They don't have a suitable donor.
Yes, they do.
What do you mean?
I'll explain.
What are you planning to do?
I'm gonna get this in front of a judge.
You have nothing.
You'll be humiliateed.
Maybe.
Tara?
Be careful.
You did know that Barry was married.
You found out at that trust meeting.
-That's why ended abruptly. -What can I say?
We have two children together, a home and a life.
I love him, and he loves me. The rest is just paperwork.
Well, does this mean you can't represent me anymore?
No. Of course not.
You go home. I'll call you later.
I was really enjoying working there, you know?
I thought Tara found me useful.
So I don't know how I'm going to do my structured repayments
on my fine and all.
They'll chuck me in the Joy.
You can't employ me, can you?
[ Laughing ] I can't even employee myself!
-It's Tara. -Yeah. I'm too stoned.
TARA: Vincent, I'm moving for a hearing this afternoon.
I need you to front it up. Call me.
Get me a bucket of ice.
Of course Judge Redmond was half asleep, as I was.
Oh, you do make me laugh.
You're ridiculous.
Caroline.
Tara.
Can I borrow him for a bit?
He's all yours.
I've been thinking about us working together again...
...remembering how it was I felt about you.
Same here.
It's kind of caught me off guard, you know,
just how sensitive you've been
about the whole Corrine-and-Julie situation.
I have to say, it's been making life difficult for me,
seeing you that way.
And then I looked through this.
Julie always said that the trust never got signed
because things became overwrought at that meeting.
I think you and I both know why that was.
Because it was at that meeting that Julie discovered
that Barry was married.
And who was at that meeting?
Your father -- R.W.D.
Which means that he knew about Barry having two wives.
What of it?
He wasn't Julie's wedding planner.
Setting up a trust for a second wife in full knowledge.
What did you think the Law Society were gonna say?
Eric, your father is an officer of the court.
He's not protected by client privilege.
He could also be considered to have aided and abetted
his "valued client" Barry
in fraud and bigamy and whatever else.
Your Mr. Big Heart act was just about keeping things calm
so your father didn't get hurt.
You gonna use this?
I need you to consent to short service
and an immediate hearing for a direction on Barry's treatment.
You're gonna have some battle against us and the hospital.
Maybe.
But it's all that we have to try and save a man's life.
Not going great, huh?
Oh, I-I have affidavits to prepare,
I've got other people's affidavits raining in,
I'm before a judge this evening, I can't get Vincent,
and I sacked Ray.
I told you he was unemployable.
Hey, you tried.
This -- This sofa bed! I-I just -- I can't get it to...
I'm just a bit overwhelmed.
You know it's gonna work out.
Come on. Get up.
-Come on. -Oh. Oh.
Let me -- Let me -- Let me help. Let me help.
You're not gonna be able to do it because it doesn't work.
-Give us a minute. -It will not fold over.
It will fold.
Oh, that was -- that was a bit of luck.
See? I told you it was -- It's easy.
You just have to fold it in.
-PETE: Ta-da. -TARA: Nice.
I'm good at the cushion arranging.
-You're -- [ Laughs ] -That is what I am good at.
-Give me that. -[ Laughs ]
Cavalry's here.
Oh. Thank goodness.
Pete.
-Thanks, Pete. -Yeah.
Uh, what time is the hearing?
-5:00. -Mm.
Well, we're walking into a shit storm,
but we'll go down fighting.
Affidavits?
Yes. I have plenty.
RAY: Barry and Corrine fight like cats and dogs
whenever they're together.
That's why Barry's traveling all the time.
And Finbar said when his dad's away,
his mum is out most nights -- all night.
Yeah. A bit on the side.
Have you told Tara?
She sacked me, remember?
Anyway, I-I figured if you were gonna be using foul means,
she's best not knowing.
-You have a good memory. -Almost photogenic.
Uh, this is Corrine's mobile number, home address,
e-mail address, and car reg.
Can I leave it with you?
Yep.
Coffee is awful, by the way.
Ah. Nuala.
-Vincent. -Thanks for making it.
-No bother. -Shall we?
Yeah.
DR. LEVINS: ...taking into consideration the poor match
and other factors
and the high chance the available liver
will be rejected anyway.
But his son's liver would not be rejected?
There's less chance Finbar's liver would be rejected.
But it's questionable now
in the light of Mr. O'Brien's ever-worsening condition,
whether he'd survive the operation.
Can you tell us how the decision to allow Mr. O'Brien to die --
...uh, to not make further interventions was taken?
It was a medical decision
with reference to the legal team in the hospital
and also taking into consideration
the views and feelings of Mr. O'Brien's wife.
Her stated view that, uh, if a circumstance like this arose,
Mr. O'Brien would not want heroics
nor the risk of becoming a vegetable
but would rather go out with a bang?
Yes.
And if Corrine O'Brien had supported her son's wish
to donate his liver, you would operate?
This is hypothetical, as Finbar is not available as a donor.
But let me say it would not be without risk
for Finbar to donate.
The liver is a vascular organ.
There'd be a great deal of bleeding,
transfusions, the risk he may bleed out,
infections, clots in the leg, pneumonia.
We collapse the lungs during the operation.
Chronic pain, not without risk, sir.
So when you took into consideration
the views and feelings of Corrine O'Brien,
did you also take into consideration
the fact that Corrine O'Brien was angry with her husband,
had just found out he had two children by another woman?
Mr. Pike.
Uh, sorry, Judge.
I have a medical expert to call -- Mrs. Nuala Phipps.
No. I don't believe it.
Ray, can you get to Roycoft's in Bride Street?
In 15 minutes?
Then run.
NUALA: As the liver donation is elective surgery
performed in controlled conditions,
I would characterize the risks as very low,
particularly when measured against the fact
that you would be saving another person's life.
But you have not seen Mr. O'Brien in the flesh?
I've read all of his notes.
Not seen his color or taken his pulse?
There hasn't been the time.
Have you any other questions for Mrs. Phipps, Mr. Pike?
No, Judge. Thank you.
I would like to know whether it's intended
to hear the evidence of Mrs. Corrine O'Brien.
As I see it, that's a matter for Mrs. O'Brien
and her legal advisers.
Do you have any further witnesses
you would like to call, Mr. Pike?
No, Judge, but I am anxious to have the opportunity
to cross-examine Mrs. O'Brien on the content of her affidavit.
Frankly, I think that justice in this case requires it.
What's your client's attitude to this request?
JUDGE CAHILL: It appears your request has been granted,
Mr. Pike.
We'll hear from Mrs. Corrine O'Brien.
I swear to tell the truth, the whole truth,
and nothing but the truth.
Mrs. O'Brien, we have no questions.
But you might answer any questions
my friend may have for you.
VINCENT: Corrine, we've heard that your feelings
affected the decision of Mr. Levins
to make no further efforts to save your husband's life.
You swore an affidavit for the hospital
which says that Barry would choose to die
if such a circumstance arose.
Did it make you angry
to find out he had another wife and two bonny children?
It didn't stop me loving him.
Credit to you.
And your support for the no-heroics policy
was not affected by the thought that should he survive,
he might make proper provision for Julie and their children --
his children?
Not affected by that, no.
VINCENT: And your decision was not affected by the fact
that should you allow him to live, he might leave you
and legitimately marry Julie O'Brien?
The thought never crossed my mind,
because that would never happen.
Corrine, Ivan Camier -- That name mean anything to you?
Do you know him?
I'm sorry, Judge, but no evidence has been presented
in relation to this.
There's the DVD, and there's the stills from the CCTV.
Uh, Mr. Pike, what on earth is going on here?
Uh, new evidence has been presented to me.
Uh, in the context of this being a life-and-death matter I --
We have a DVD to play for the court, please.
VINCENT: Acknowledging in the fact
that it's not on affidavit and out of sequence --
This is completely unacceptable
and not properly before the court.
We are not on notice.
Where did you get this photo?
Have you been stalking me?
Mrs. O'Brien, you accept
that you are the woman in these photographs?
No.
Well...
Yeah.
JUDGE CAHILL: I wish to hear this.
Proceed, Mr. Pike.
These photos were taken from CCTV this afternoon at 3:30
in Leslie Roycroft Jewelers.
We have the CCTV ready to play here now for the court.
And if necessary, we can arrange for Mr. Roycroft to attend
and give evidence for himself.
Corrine...do you know the man in this photo?
Uh...yeah.
I think he works for my husband.
He's a business associate of my husband's.
Does he mean anything to you on a personal level?
You're under oath and required to answer questions.
I know him. So?
So you were in the shop together.
If we might roll the film, Judge?
And there we see Corrine O'Brien,
clearly not awash with grief, trying on rings with Mr. Camier.
That doesn't prove anything. I was just --
You and Mr. Camier were ordering wedding rings, weren't you?
That's rubbish. I was only --
Having chosen the style and size,
you instructed Mr. Roycroft to make the rings
in white and yellow gold, twisted,
with "Ivan forever" engraved in the smaller
and "Corrine forever" engraved in the larger.
And for the avoidance of doubt,
you even wrote the exact wording and spelling for Mr. Roycroft.
Isn't that right?
Your motives regarding your husband's health are malign,
malicious, and self-serving.
Your affidavit and your intentions are not bona fide.
Mrs. O'Brien, can you confirm that you are indeed the woman
in these stills and also on the CCTV footage?
Yes.
JUDGE CAHILL: Have you anything to say?
No.
Step down, please.
Young man.
Have you heard the risks you might run
were you to be allowed to donate part of your liver?
Yeah.
What might they be?
Uh, bleeding out, pneumonia, um, clots and stuff.
Knowing those risks and that the operation
might even then not save your father's life,
why would you be prepared to take such risk?
Well, I want to help my da.
You know, and if, uh, if giving part of my liver
means I can... can do that, then...
Well, whatever he's got going on with, uh, with -- with work
and all the other stuff, he's...
he's still the only dad who was there
at the ground every pissy Wednesday,
you know, shouting his lungs out while I'm playing football.
And, uh...
I feel like I'm just getting to know him.
And it seems like I've got a new brother and sister,
so...I want Da to introduce me.
I see no legal impediment to you consenting to this procedure.
Therefore, I dictate that the hospital carry out the donation
in line with Finbar's wishes.
I wish you well, young man.
Thank you.
Meg, how did you that?
It wasn't me. It was Ray.
Ray.
Sorry, Tara.
I'm sorry.
And thank you.
Oh, if I breathalyzed you right now.
And the rest. How does he do it?
[ Chuckles ] I owe you all dinner.
Yeah -- and a couple of grand.
-Ditto. -And severance pay.
You can forget that.
WOMAN: Excuse me, Doctor.
Could you sign a release for me, please?
Hiya, Tara.
Oh, Tara.
Julie.
Finbar, how are you doing?
I'm grand. I'm grand. Yeah.
BARRY: So you're the one?
Thanks for coming.
You're looking a bit better
than the last time I saw you, Mr. O'Brien.
You're famous, Rafferty.
Thank you.
Any news on Corrine?
She's in Spain.
And Ivan Camier?
Somewhere hotter.
Well, thanks for this.
Wait. Hang on a second. This is --
-This is way more than -- -BARRY: You helped save my life.
That's what I owe you.
TARA: He's the one who saved your life.
I know that. He'll get his due.
Now, I want your little firm to act for me from now on.
Well, um, thank you.
But, um, I think we're gonna mostly focus on family law,
so...
We're a family.
I'll leave you to eat your food.
Bye, Julie.
Bye.
We've been paid!
Who is this? Barry, was it?
-Yeah. -Hey, I've got wine.
Nice. More good news.
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