Holding (2022) s01e02 Episode Script

1
We're after finding something of concern.
It was just bones.
Not like seeing a fresh one.
Boy wonder here's in charge.
We're exhuming
the bodies of Mr and Mrs Burke.
See if the remains are a DNA match.
You shouldn't have exhumed
those bodies!
"TB, BH."
Forensics found it with the bones.
Tommy Burke, Brid Harrington.
Ooh!
Brid and Evelyn.
Thick as thieves they used to be,
and now neither of them'll look
the other in the eye.
YELLING
I can't. I can't. I can't. I can't.
PHONE RINGING
RINGING CONTINUES
AUTOMATED FEMALE VOICE: 'I'm sorry,
'but the person you called
is not available.'
'Please leave your message
after the tone.'
BEEP
Mrs Riordan, Brid.
It's Sergeant Collins. PJ.
Look, I'm worried.
We're all worried about you.
You need to answer
the phone to someone.
You know you can talk to me.
Please
call me back. OK? OK.
Oh, God!
You frightened the life out of me.
Jesus wept!
Did you phone Brid's husband?
No, I went over. He wasn't home.
I'll go over again.
At eight o'clock in the morning?
Yeah, it's all a bit odd.
The Ross sisters had their children
overnight.
That's a disgrace.
Ah, now
Now, now, now. Sausages won't buy
themselves, you know.
All right.
And by the way
Very sorry about that.
Sorry about what?
What's she sorry about?
Brid Riordan show up?
No.
You're worrying about nothing.
I don't know, is it strange?
Brid and Evelyn Ross were both
er congregating with Tommy Burke.
His body - corpse - body turns up,
they're seen fighting,
and Brid Riordan disappears?
The plot thickens, Peej!
My name is PJ.
That's my best towel!
Oh, do you want it back?
No. Ooh!
Jesus, I'm only messing.
The boss and I thinks it makes
more sense for me to
stay here while we wait
for the exhumation results.
Yeah, about that. People are upset.
Well, tell people that
murders tend to be upsetting, PJ!
TABLET EMITS GAME NOISES
It's less than 24 hours, hon.
You can dial down
the Orphan Annie routine.
Evelyn! You could try to be
a little bit nicer.
It is mental that they're here,
of all places!
Anthony asked me to hang onto them
a while longer.
What?!
I know.
I don't know what's going on.
Ev
..you don't know where Brid is?
SCOFFS
SIGHS
Hello.
Morning.
VIBRATING,
THE SWEENEY THEME TUNE PLAYS
No, Linus. No news.
OK. OK, on the way.
The night of Tommy Burke's stag
was carnage!
Everyone was annihilated.
How was it carnage?
Bit of Gorgonzola, PJ.
How was it carnage?
Everyone was invited,
the whole village.
Except poor Brid at home and Evelyn
Ross wriggling herself up on Tommy.
Tommy was entitled to a pint.
Sure, wasn't it his stag?
Oh!
I have something to show you.
Brid has no cop on.
She makes mistake after mistake.
What kind of mistakes, Kitty?
You've the same cheekbones as me.
People love a cheekbone.
Kitty?
Can you think of anyone
who had reason to want Tommy dead?
No.
Tommy's mother,
whose grave you pulled up,
used to come in here begging
for credit to buy the few messages!
Sure Tommy had no choice
but to marry Brid and her big farm.
Susan, you spoke to me
about Evelyn and Brid.
You felt they could have hurt Tommy
together?
Oh, God, no, I didn't mean that!
Just that they both loved him.
That's all.
Tommy asked me to video the wedding,
on the cheap.
I tested out the camera
the night before.
Didn't have a clue what I was doing.
I left it on, saw
It's mostly knees,
but Tommy's voice is in there.
Can I take the whole camera?
I suppose, yeah.
Jamon Iberico?
Er, listen, er,
Brid Riordan hasn't been seen.
Did you hear anything?
Oh, she was here the other day.
Buying a rake of mini wines.
She was very curt.
She should have fought
to make Tommy like her.
He was happy enough to marry her,
once I had a word in his ear.
He was fixated on Evelyn Ross,
but Brid was getting the ring!
He came and showed me it.
He sat so close, I thought he was
going to slip it on my finger!
CHUCKLES SOFTLY
RADIO PLAYS MUSIC
I want to talk to the Rosses
about Brid.
Evelyn must know something.
Today is about questioning
the village about Tommy.
Don't get distracted!
I'm not!
Nice swim?
I'm wondering about Brid Riordan.
We don't know where she is.
Let's try an easier question.
Evelyn, where were you
on the day of Brid Riordan
and Tommy Burke's wedding?
In bed.
I was out the night before.
You went to the lads' stag?
She was at the pub that night.
We all were.
Let's cut the shite. I was 17.
You know I was shagging Tommy, yes?
I went to his stag,
the whole town did.
I drank two bottles of red wine,
then puked them up
on the good rug and passed out.
So I don't know
what Tommy did 20 years ago.
If he's dead, he's dead,
but you won't get tears out of me.
It's not tears we're after.
It's intel.
Oh, intel is it, Sergeant?
Very good (!)
Who around here would have
reason to want Tommy Burke dead?
Oh, apart from the woman he left
standing at the altar like a dope?
If we knew where Brid Riordan
was, we'd be asking her.
PHONE RINGING
Well, when you track her down,
let her know where her kids are.
Excuse me.
I know. I know. But I told you,
stop phoning me - I'll phone you.
Excuse me.
EVELYN: Get out!
Get out of there. Carmel!
You can't go in there, OK?
It's not safe.
After you were on the beach
with Brid, what happened to her?
No idea. She's a grown woman.
Should you not be focusing
on murderers,
rather than some drunk mum?
We're focused on both.
It's all just gossip at this stage.
Even the only bit of video evidence
we got was just blurry legs.
We don't have anything yet.
Oh, for goodness sake!
Why aren't you eating your tea?
Bit of heartburn.
Can I have your steak, so?
Er Yeah, OK, go ahead, take it.
Growing boy.
Mr Riordan?
Yes?
Mucky aul' business, eh?
Farming? Yeah.
Right yes.
Listen, I wanted to have a chat
with you about Brid in person.
Do you wanna go inside?
Is there bad news?
Oh, no, just in so much as maybe
we could speak in the kitchen?
Oh, no, we're grand here.
OK Well
We've checked the hospitals
and I've phoned all the local pubs
and there's no sign. Have you
any thoughts on where she might be?
No idea.
I've called her 50 times.
But she'll come back
when she's ready.
OK. Well, if you think of
anywhere she might be,
just give me a call any time.
I will.
This must be
..difficult.
So, did you just come back here to
give the children Spanish ham or
No, I'm sorry.
I can't stop thinking about Brid.
She's probs on an adventure.
Has she been upset recently, Cathal?
Did she say anything?
Y'know, me and my dad
were great pals.
We were always on the go together.
So are me and Mam. What's your
favourite thing to do with her?
Dancing. And she takes me
for the best sandwich.
The cheese smells rotten,
but it tastes amazing.
So, tell me,
where is the best sandwich, Cathal?
In a sticky red room with karaoke.
Thank you.
MUSIC PLAYS
SIGHS
HORN BLARES Whoa!
LAUGHS
Oh, fuck!
MUSIC IN CAR PLAYING
TURNS MUSIC OFF
SIGHS
I'm supposed to eat
with my tablets. Anthony
..is there any dinner?
Did Brid come back?
I have to go out.
Don't go wandering!
'That child's a nightmare!'
She'll be cross when we leave.
Mam, Mam,
I've to tell you something!
I got called up!
To the army?
To the Cork team.
To the seniors. I'm going to play
for the county!
Jesus!
I'll be on the telly.
I'm in the team.
They've been watching me play
all year. I play for Cork, Mam!
I play for Cork!
Love, we're leaving soon.
Oh, yeah, I-I'm not going to
America. Obviously.
Huh?
Imagine a Cork jersey
with CHEN on the back!
Mam, this is
This is my wildest dream, like.
I would never ever let this go!
God love. OK. Well, I'll stay, too.
Don't be mental, you're dying to go.
I'm grown up.
Dad's only a town over.
Don't stress.
Too happy. Yeah? Bye.
PHONE RINGING
RINGING CONTINUES
Dreamed a dream
By the old canal
Dirty old girl
I kissed my girl
By the factory wall. ♪
Shh! Shh!
Dirty old town ♪
Why are my hands all dirty?
Dirty old town. ♪
Oh, I fucking hate this song.
Do you know what,
do you know what's a good song?
Hang on. Hang on.
I was born sick, but I love it
Command me to be well
Amen, amen. ♪
Be quiet, you old lagger!
LAUGHING
From the streets that night
Dirty old town
Dirty old town. ♪
SMASHING
DOOR CLOSES
Yeah, I'll see you tomorrow, yeah?
All right, bye.
Can I help you?
Was that Evelyn?
As if I'm telling you.
Look, Stephen
I am trying to talk to you
like an adult.
Florence, I'm not coming with ye.
Soon, you can delete my number and
pretend my mam is a proper lesbian.
OK. Evelyn is She's all over
the place at the minute.
I am just asking if you can
No, thank you.
KITTY: 'I had a fabulous time.'
Thank you.
I did.
Did you like it?
We can.
LAUGHS
I'm so sorry.
You're OK. You're OK.
Can we get chips 'n' cheese?
No! I need to get you home.
Oh! I'm ravenous.
Oh!
SHE LAUGHS
Oh!
Mm-hm.
Just leave me here.
I'm not leaving you in a car park.
Everyone thinks I killed Tommy.
Everyone doesn't like me.
Why does everyone think
you killed Tommy?
Because I'm his ex.
That's no reason to kill someone,
PJ,
no reason for killing.
You can pick up your kids tomorrow.
Sit down and drink that.
SNORTS
BOTH LAUGH
You'll join me?
No, thanks. I'm grand.
You'll not join me
in an Alka Seltzer, Garda!
No, thank you now.
Ooh!
SHE LAUGHS
OK, yes, look now, I'd better
Yeah, no, I had a lovely time,
thank you.
I've gotta go and collect
check on my mam now.
Brid, I can't pretend
this didn't happen.
Your car.
And we'll need to question you.
You can't avoid it.
I know.
You-You'll come back tomorrow?
I can't face Evelyn. I can't.
Right.
Yeah.
CLEARS HIS THROA
PANTS
DOOR OPENS
DOOR CLOSES
GRUNTS
LIGHT RAPPING ON DOOR
Do you ever stop?
Where've you been?
Oh, I just brought Brid Riordan
home.
Oh, OK.
So we're just working solo, is it?
Finding missing persons
without consulting me? It's unusual.
No, I had a feeling, and
It's bullshit, PJ, to be honest.
So, how long have ye been married?
I never said I was married.
Oh, who's married?
Me, apparently.
Oh, we were wondering, cos you're
always texting and you wear a ring.
PHONE RINGING
Oh!
Hm!
Was that the wife?
Christ!
Whoa! What wife?
Where's your wife?
Do you not have a wife?
Mrs Meany, do you have a wife?
Or where's Mr Meany?
PJ, why is there not
a single picture of your family
in this whole place?
That's unusual!
Do you wanna talk about it?
No!? No?! For Jesus' sake!
DOOR SLAMS
What?
KNOCKING
KNOCKING
Bloody hell.
KNOCKING CONTINUES Oh, God!
KNOCKING CONTINUES
Jesus, Mam! What are you doing?
Where were you, you dopey bitch?
You didn't sleep out here, did yer?
SCREAMS
No-one answered the doors!
Oh! I should have you
arrested for neglect.
Mam, I'm so sorry.
Bloated.
Evelyn.
Can I ask you something?
Ev, you can't keep ignoring me.
We are not seven.
Are you messing around with Stephen?
It's just Evelyn
he is a child practically.
EVELYN SIGHS Are you OK?
I haven't told the Guards something.
I haven't shown this to anyone.
Tommy wrote to you after he left?
I think he was planning to head
to London.
Look
"One world was not enough for two"
"like me and you."
He wrote it in the letter.
Do you think I'm pathetic?
Oh, I shouldn't have told you.
I don't think Tommy's in London,
love. Do you?
I'm sorry I didn't tell you
I was leaving, Ev.
VEHICLE APPROACHES
I-I don't think I can do this, PJ.
I'm going to work.
Well You're alive.
Where are the kids?
Anthony came and got them
last night.
I thought he'd take them home!
Oh!
I suppose if I were so concerned
with my kids, I wouldn't leave them
on the street,
like the fucking recycling.
We'll go. Thanks, Abigail.
Poor, sad Brid
will be left in peace
to sleep off
her never-ending hangover
while I'm hounded about her wedding,
her fiancee.
That's enough now. Thanks.
SIGHS
He'll have taken them
to his mother's up in Cork.
Oh, for fuck sake!
He won't keep them from you.
Brid, what's the situation
with you and Evelyn?
Ah, she's a bit
Her dad
..killed himself when
she was very young. She's angry.
I shouldn't have asked you
to come with me today. I'm sorry.
We need to talk anyway.
'We'll have definitive results
from the DNA soon,
'but I want you in Duneen
for now,
'so keep me posted, but don't go
too rural on me, Detective.
'We'll be in touch with DNA findings
ASAP. Right. Enough.'
Can I ask you
a couple of questions?
No!
Mrs Meany?
Look, I don't have to sit around
here all day listening to things
about murder and everything else.
And another thing,
you should leave this house,
and Sergeant Collins agrees with me
you should go.
OK, look, I'm sorry,
I didn't realise I was being a pain.
I just
Oh. I'll move out. I'm out.
GRUNTS
What's so important?
I wanted to tell you my news.
Evelyn Ross is a fucking angel.
Shush!
C'mon, man, I'm nearly famous!
What are you hiding for?
I'm the best thing in your life.
You might be, you know.
Ev, after they go,
maybe we could be together,
like, properly.
You could move up to the city
with me, come to all the matches.
I think
I might potentially love you. OK.
Not what I was hoping for.
Sorry.
I shouldn't have said anything.
I know you're stressed.
GRUNTS
Ah!
VIDEO CAMERA BEEPS,
LAUGHING FROM CAMERA
Lads! Lads! You're all legends.
To unleash me from the wife, huh?
Before she's even the wife.
To my handsome bride,
to poor old Brid.
Everyone, to poor old Brid.
CHEERING
Go on. What harm?
This is too much, Anthony.
Bring the kids home.
My heart is breaking.
My mam is helping me out.
I mean, what am I supposed to do?
I'm their mother!
Mothers don't just shag off
when they have a feeling! They stay.
I feel completely on
my own here, Anthony.
OK.
You said you'd have my back.
The Tommy Burke stuff
Don't go there.
Anthony, we have got to be a team.
Don't be stupid.
I've had enough. Of all of it.
You're on your own.
Fuck!
Are you arresting me?
Should I be?
I wanted to return this to you.
My dad died when I was young.
I couldn't help, so I
Who told you about my dad?
Doesn't matter. I'm just saying
Did Brid tell ya about
my sad past, did she?
Come for a swim.
I'm watching you.
I know you are.
Thank Christ it's
still here, at least.
Not too bad, all things considered.
If you'd breathalysed me
Yes.
This is getting a bit messy.
We need to speak formally.
Why did you help me?
I'm not sure, to be honest with you.
Oh, Brid, don't cry.
No, no, no, no, no.
It's OK. It's OK.
Oh! Brid, who's this?
Er, I don't know.
It's Benny Hill!
Who?
Benny Hill, doesn't matter.
SHE LAUGHS
Whoo! And now nature.
MAKES CHOMPING NOISE
What-What's that?
Oh, you know.
SHE LAUGHS
You're a squirrel.
A red squirrel!
Ah, that's better!
See? Oh, you've got a lovely laugh.
Someone sent this to me.
I wanted to show you.
Who do you think sent it?
Don't know.
Well, somebody
obviously feels strongly.
What do you mean by that?
I don't have anything to hide.
Then what's all this about?
I'll meet you back at your house.
Do you have avocados?
Will you go out with me?
What?
They're by the fridge.
But they're extremely hard.
I can't go out with you.
Oh. OK, that's grand.
Just-Just asking. That's grand,
you're just not interested.
That's fine.
I'm gay, Aoife.
Oh! Are you?
It's just you don't look
Please don't say I don't look gay.
Sorry, yeah, very ignorant.
Come for a pint? These are bleak.
I cried the whole ride back home.
My God!
Tell me this, are you really gay
or do you just not fancy me?
Truly, utterly, happily gay, yeah.
Balls.
Well, that's part of it, yeah!
THEY LAUGH
Do you want a drink?
No. Listen to me
She keeps calling for you.
Hm?
Your boss woman.
Ooh! Where's PJ?
Why should I
I have no idea where he is.
Oh! Aoife, I'll see you later, yeah?
Yeah, sure.
Sorry!
Er, is Anthony here?
No. He's said that he'll bring back
the kids to visit me,
if I prove I haven't
drunk in a week.
And how's that going?
I'm trying to stop.
I am so proud of you.
That was an inappropriate thing
to say. Excuse me.
Anthony and I are not
..er It's
..dead.
Was it ever alive?
Sorry.
And is this the ring Tommy Burke was
going to wear on your wedding day?
Yes. I think so. Yes.
OK.
The night before the wedding,
where were you?
Here, with my mother, setting up
for the reception the next day,
while the whole town thudded
with the craic of Tommy's stag.
Did you love Tommy?
I thought I did.
Did he love you?
Doubt it.
That must have been hard.
Frustrating?
I didn't kill him. I did not!
I got dressed to marry him.
I sat in this chair
in my stupid flouncy dress,
putting blusher on
in the shine of the kettle.
I knew he was seeing Evelyn,
but I thought he'd turn up for me,
for my big farm.
So I went to the church
with my mam
..and I waited for him.
And he didn't come.
Right. Do you still have
your wedding ring from that day?
I came home and drank the cider-y
wine we'd lined up for the guests,
and I threw the ring
in the sewer out the back.
That day was hell.
I didn't want any reminder.
I presumed he'd run away with
Evelyn, fucked off into the sunset,
but she was still here,
and he was gone, and
I don't know who sent that note, PJ.
I didn't do it.
I didn't do it.
OK.
OK.
I didn't do it.
OK, OK, OK. Shh, shh, shh, shh, shh.
Shh. OK.
EXHALES
Look at me.
I haven't shaved anything
in a while.
It wouldn't grow there
if it wasn't for something.
I've had enough shame, PJ.
Haven't you?
Can I come over to you now?
Hm.
You are beautiful.
Magnificently beautiful.
So are you.
Are you OK?
I shouldn't have done that.
Did you hate it? Oh, God!
No. It was miraculous.
Oh! Well, that's good.
I'm sorry.
I don't want to upset you,
but
What's wrong?
They're Anthony's pants.
Oh, God!
Oh, he could walk in! This isn't
No, I'm sorry.
He's at his mother's.
Don't worry.
He doesn't own me.
We're not
No. No. No.
No. I'm sorry. No, no, no, no, no.
Kitty?
Get out! How dare you!
How dare you! Get out! Get out!
DOOR SLAMS
SIGHS
RADIO PLAYS
PJ! PJ!
FOOTSTEPS
Oh.
I was just
I don't care. I have to talk to you.
Listen to me, man!
We have news, actual news.
The DNA from the exhumation is back.
And?
The body, it's not Tommy Burke.
SIGHS