-Eddie Quinn is here to see you.
-Eddie?
Long time, no see.
Long time.
You look good, Val.
Looking good yourself.
Yeah, sit down.
So how's the private game going?
Private.
I always meant to get in touch.
After we...
you know,
I just went
a bit mad on the drink.
-Hmm.
-Had a couple of bad years.
Look...
Tony backed me into a corner.
My only way out
was to give you up.
I'd no choice.
What we had between us
was real, Val.
There's nothing
to be ashamed about.
That's not how shame works.
You know, you really
don't have to come here
to make amends to me.
I do.
For me.
And I feel I owe you.
You probably heard
I was in rehab.
Well, I realized that
the biggest of all my demons
was not the drink.
It was living a lie.
Now, surely, you of all people,
haven't come here
to give me a lesson
on the dangers of erasure.
It's about being truthful.
And what about
big brother Tony?
Has he accepted "the truth"?
Uh... Good to see
the old Val hasn't changed.
Mmm.
You still seeing
any of the lads?
I see Johnny Mulligan
quite a bit actually.
-Yeah? How is he?
-Same as ever.
Yeah, his dad died there
a while back.
-He took it pretty hard.
-Oh.
I've really missed Dublin.
How's the country?
[chuckles]
Slim pickings.
You seeing anyone?
Um... Are you?
Nothing serious.
Playing the field.
Ah, sure, this new woke Ireland
is certainly working for me.
[gentle music]
Froggy.
How you doing?
Val Barber.
Long time, no see, boss.
Rumor has it you're
a private dick now.
Yeah.
I wanted to talk to you
about Eunan Brady.
I think he...
I think he's connected to
a missing girl case that I'm on.
That dirt bird.
About three years back,
a woman came into the station.
Said that Brady had assaulted
her, jerked off on her.
I was about to approach Brady,
when all of a sudden, the woman
withdraws the statement.
Someone had got to her.
I approached Quinn.
What had Quinn
got to do with it?
Quinn was my senior.
I reported back to him.
Do you still have her details?
Yeah.
[coughs]
Thanks, I appreciate it.
I'll keep it on the q.t.
There's no need to.
I'm finished.
They're going to
stick me on traffic.
You know, Val,
they'd never get away today
with the way
they treated you back then.
You think so?
Absolutely.
Miss Farrell,
my name is Val Barber.
I'm a private investigator.
I, um...
I wanted to ask you a few
questions about Eunan Brady.
No. No, sorry.
The same thing
happened to this girl,
except she's missing now.
Her grandmother
is desperate to find her.
Miss Farrell.
Um... Here's my card.
My number's on there.
Just call me if you
think of anything.
OK.
[siren wailing]
[police car brakes]
[car door bangs]
Out you get.
Why am I being
stopped and searched?
A tip off.
This is bullshit
and you know it is.
Not exactly the best use
of police resources, is it,
when you're supposed to be
looking for a missing girl?
How much is O'Neill paying you?
What's he paying you for?
You just say away from Eddie.
It's your fault
he shames the whole family,
mincing around with a different
twink on his arm every week.
Do you think Eddie
wasn't gay before he met me?
Your kind make me sick.
You don't know whether you want
to fuck a man or a woman.
And what about you?
What are you into yourself?
Back the fuck off!
Times have changed, Inspector.
Even queers have rights now.
This is police harassment.
[engine starts and revs]
-OK, so John and Tina.
-Yes.
So, John...
-Hey, Amy.
-Hi, Mr. Barber.
-How are things?
-Good.
I'm working for
the tech overlords.
Used to be great,
all the free food and stuff.
But now we're just stuck
at home, it's a bit crap.
You look great.
Oh, thanks. [laughs]
That's Amy's work.
Do yous want pizzas?
Yes. Pepperoni, please.
I thought you were vegetarian.
-I am.
-Oh, yeah?
-A pepperoni-eating vegetarian.
-[they laugh]
-Nice. So, pepperoni and...?
-[Kate] The same.
-Easy!
-[girls laughing]
[reflective music]
[voicemail]
Mr. Barber, Eliza Farrell here.
I'd like to talk about
Minister Eunan Brady.
[Barber] Thanks for
agreeing to talk to me.
I know this is hard.
When did you first come
into contact with Mr. Brady?
My dad was site foreman
in his building company.
He got me a summer job
interning in his office.
I was 17.
Go on.
Mr. Brady masturbated in
front of me in the print room.
I was terrified.
I couldn't tell my parents.
I went to the police.
He tried it again and I told him
I'd gone to the police,
and he freaked out.
A man came to see me.
He said that there
would be all this publicity.
That my dad would lose his job.
I withdrew my statement.
Is this the man
who approached you?
That's him, yeah.
Brendan West.
Can I ask you what made you
change your mind about
talking to me?
[she sighs]
I thought about
the missing girl.
[Barber] Are you OK?
[Kate crying]
Me and Amy went to town.
It was just too much.
The noise and the people.
She had to bring me home.
Now she thinks that I'm a freak.
No, she doesn't.
Because you're not.
It's... It's so hard.
[crying]
It'll be better next time.
How do you know?
Because I know you.
You know, I was thinking what
you were saying about secrets.
And, uh...
In the past when people
found out about me...
it never worked out well.
So I didn't say anything...
because I didn't want
to lose you either.
And I'm sorry about that.
Can I ask you something?
You can ask me anything.
Did you ever, like, come out?
[laughs softly]
I've always hated that phrase.
It doesn't matter
about the phrase.
[she sighs]
No, you're right.
I should have been honest
with your mother, with you.
It's OK, Dad.
You're coming out now.
Brendan West. Val Barber.
Private investigator.
I'm working on
a missing person's case.
I'd like to ask you
a few questions.
Only Gardai can question
a member of the public.
Was it your job
to go after Sara Dunne
-the same way you went
after Eliza Farrell?
-No comment.
You'll have to do a better job
than that when the police
are interviewing you.
Your number was tracked
to Sara Dunne's phone.
What were you doing calling
a 20-year-old missing girl,
Mr. West?
-I said no comment.
-As Brady's bag man,
you do realize if anything
happens to that girl
you're connected?
Look, Val,
that's it with the favors
on this one, okay?
Information is leaking
out of the investigation
like an old sieve.
I don't want any trouble.
-Thanks, Johnny.
-No worries.
Just be careful, OK?
Quinn... [laughs]
He's definitely on the warpath.
[reflective music]
[Lexie] Hey.
[Barber] Hi.
Come in.
[Lexie laughs]
Moving in?
Redecorating.
Some unexpected visitors
or half expected.
I owe you an apology.
Oh, yeah? What for?
For trying to warn me about him.
-Did he try to hurt you?
-No.
Um...
But he could have.
He'd always been so charming.
They always are until...
they're challenged or they think
they're gonna lose control.
Well...
he's definitely lost me now.
Um... How about
I buy you dinner sometime?
Yeah, that'd be nice.
[laughs softly]
[engine starts]
[tense music]
[camera shutter clicking]
[phone ringing]
[phone ringing]
-[phone ringing]
-Yeah?
[Oxana] Listen, Brady
in Blooms Hotel tonight
-for raise of funds.
-Fundraiser, yeah.
OK. You want I cover?
No, no, I'll handle it.
OK, thanks.
S.D.U.
I have a message for him
from the Commissioner.
It's only a matter of time...
before you're exposed.
If you'll forgive the pun,
Minister.
Barber, isn't it?
You've some neck
for a shirt lifter.
Yeah, well, unlike
your sexual proclivities,
it isn't illegal, Minister.
I know O'Neill tipped you off
about Sara Dunne's
intention to go public.
I know you had Brendan West
pay off Eliza Farrell.
Was it that Sara Dunne
wasn't as compliant?
So you got rid of her?
You're making wild,
unsubstantiated allegations
against a serving Minister.
I could have you arrested.
There's a Garda
just outside the door.
Who do you think let me in?
Now you can ask me
everything you like
about that 24-carat prick.
I'm off duty tonight.
That sounds like something
a Guard would say.
I was a Guard, one time.
[sighs] You're not
an easy man to read.
I think I'm going
to get to like you.
[reflective music]
[Lexie] Looks so quiet.
[Barber] Looks can be deceptive.
I knew he was wrong.
O'Neill said you were,
you know...
I'm bisexual.
Sure, isn't everyone these days?
Never able to play by the rules,
were you, Barber?
Always have to do things
your own way.
Threatening a serving Minister?
You're in a world of pain now.
Now, I told you to keep your
nose out of police business.
And since when has covering for
perverts been police business?
Fuck!
I recorded everything on there.
The threats, the harassment,
phone tapping.
When this all comes out
your career is finished.
Times up, Inspector Quinn.
[spits]
[Barber breathing heavily]
Fuck!
You're looking a bit
the worse for wear.
-This proves nothing.
-It proves you know West.
And as we both know,
West works for Brady.
Do you genuinely think
that a sap like West
is gonna keep your and
Brady's dirty little secrets
when he's put
under a bit of pressure?
And as for your boy Quinn,
on top of the harassment
and illegal phone tapping
complaints I'm making,
I'm adding assault.
I've taped everything, so...
who knows what else
will come out in the wash?
You still don't know who
you're dealing with, do you?
Barber.
I'll make it worth your while.
She was a child.
You knew what Brady was like.
You still told him about
our plans to go public.
We all have our secrets,
Barber.
You don't frighten me, O'Neill.
I've had to deal with
bullies my whole life.
These aren't secrets.
They're crimes.
Just like domestic
violence is a crime.
Where is she?
Where the fuck is she?
I don't know
where the fuck she is.
It's your fault those
fucks went after her.
It's on you.
[Kate] Quick, quick,
turn on the telly!
I've decided to waive
my anonymity and to speak out.
Minister Eunan Brady
performed a sex act
in front of me
when I was 15 years old.
I made a statement to
the Guards earlier today.
And I have decided
to speak up.
Because silence is what
allows men like Brady,
and those who cover up
his actions,
control women long after
the crime has been committed.
I couldn't have done
all of this
without the support
of my grandmother.
[woman on radio] Two more woman
have come forward
with historical
sexual abuse allegations
against Minister Eunan Brady.
The Garda Commissioner
is investigating the role
of a senior officer
linked to the scandal.
A spokeswoman
for the department...
Sara Dunne's gone viral.
What do you think happened?
Maybe I should hire
a private investigator.
-Oh!
-[he laughs]
Listen, I better
go to the office.
-Mmm. You be OK?
-Yeah, I'm grand.
Honestly, I have to start
getting on with my life
at some stage.
Actually, the therapist
suggested a support group.
So I think I might try that.
At least they'll know what
the fuck I'm talking about.
That does sound good.
-See you later.
-OK, see ya.
This is my granddaughter, Sara.
Yeah.
I saw you on the news.
So I was the patsy.
She was with you the whole
time I was looking for her?
I wouldn't call it that.
A belief that
you're hard to fool
is the one quality shared
by all suckers, Mrs. Dunne.
Why me?
I needed a detective
with good police contacts.
You could have told me.
These are powerful men.
I thought it was safer
to trust no one.
[Sara] I was scared.
There were people
following me and...
I was getting
these weird calls, so...
I went to Granny
and I told her everything.
And she believed me.
Without you, we wouldn't
have found Eliza Farrell.
So it was you following me?
There was no other way,
I'm afraid.
I knew there
must be more victims.
We just had no way of
finding that out ourselves.
[message alert]
Brady just resigned.
[reflective music]
[phone ringing]
Hi. Val Barber.
Yeah, my rate's 50 an hour
plus expenses.
No, no, I'll come to you.
Yeah, text me your details.
[grungy guitar music]
[reflective music]