Oh, Carol. Any word on Dan?
Yeah, they're thinking of taking him off the ventilator today.
Some good news, finally.
Yeah. I'm gonna head over now. They might let me in for a few minutes.
Listen, I'm sorry if I intruded on you last night.
No, I was just letting him know there was someone there.
I'm sure you'd have done the same. I don't know if I would.
Well, we have no choice, Carol.
Because of us, his life is about to change.
Yeah. And I will, I'll go in now too, OK?
No, leave it till this afternoon. That way we won't both burn out. OK.
Hey. What's the story?
I'll let Carol fill you in.
Looks like they're gonna be taking him off the ventilator.
Well, that's good, isn't it? Yeah. Is it?
Maybe he's better off being out of it.
At least he doesn't know what's waiting for him.
It's gonna be a long slog for him.
He'll have to take every day as it comes. Yeah.
I'm gonna head over to the Station.
The insurance company are coming to assess the damage.
Right. Don't be too hard on yourself, OK?
Alright. I'll see ya, Robbie. See ya.
Yeah, Wayne, she's just up.
I'm gonna get a bit of breakfast into her now.
Yeah. Yeah, she's alright.
You'll see her yourself later on. OK, thanks for calling. Bye.
Dolores, what are you doing? Just a bit of cleaning.
I mightn't be able to in a few weeks.
You should be taking it easy. I'm fine.
You barely slept a wink last night. (SIGHS)
I couldn't stop thinking about it.
Are you going to talk to the nurse today?
I'll see.
Well, the medical bumf. Let's at least take a look at that.
Yeah, in a bit, OK?
But you might feel better once you make a decision.
I don't know what I want. My head's all over the place.
Alright. I'm gonna ring Damien,
tell him something's come up and I can't make it into work today.
What about Neil? Are there not things you need to do?
I'm handling that. I don't want you worrying about him, OK?
Yeah.
Niamh. You forgot this.
Oh. Thanks. Thank you.
I'm all over the place this morning.
Bad night's sleep? Yeah. Yeah, something like that.
Me too.
Look, er, is there any chance we can just put Galway behind us, you know?
Just move on? Yeah. Yeah.
Hi.
No loitering here. Funny guy.
Who says I'm joking?
I'm just here to talk about Rachel's birthday party, OK?
Parent talk. You and I should make ourselves scarce, Michael.
Yeah. Alright, see you later.
Yeah, see you. Niamh.
It's alright, Michael, I don't bite.
Well, not always.
Lighten up, will you? Whatever. Right. Now, Rachel...
You have everything sorted for her bash with her friends on Saturday?
Yeah, I think so. And I got this for tomorrow.
That's what we decided upon, wasn't it?
Yeah. It's beautiful.
Right, well, I'll get it engraved.
From the two of us. Thanks.
Right, well, we'll be over about half-four.
Listen, I was thinking. It should be only family at the dinner tomorrow.
Meaning? Other halves should stay at home.
I mean, Rachel would prefer if it was us, Callum and Ruth.
What about Nicola?
That's different. She's staying with us.
But she's hardly family now, Paul, is she? Fine.
No Michael, no Nicola. Agreed? Agreed.
What else do you need? Paracetamol? No, that'll do.
I have to get to work. You are joking me?
You're probably still over the limit.
I'm alright. Oh! And the smell off you.
The voice. Please. Down a notch.
And you can take down the Christmas lights and all.
I took down all the decorations while you were off drinking.
What happened here? Leo Dowling's home brew is what.
And now we're down a day's wages cos he's only fit for the bed.
I'll make up the hours later on, OK? Must have been good stuff, yeah?
Skunk juice. I've a good mind to show him how it's done right.
That's fighting talk. Loose talk, more like.
I'll get this. You go home to the bed and sleep it off. The voice.
He had a good time. It's nice to see him having fun for a change.
Good. How about you?
Did you make things up with Niamh? I'm working on it.
Orla, see you tomorrow night, yeah?
Er... Rachel's birthday dinner.
Oh, yeah, yeah. Sorry. It's in the diary. Cool, alright.
Bye. I can get out of that. They'll understand.
Are you OK? Yeah.
It's my ma, my ma could die.
OK, please would you listen to me?
Your mam has a lot to live for. Including our little fella.
Yeah, I just... I don't know what to say to her.
You don't have to say anything, OK? But we'll just all be there for her.
And she will beat this. OK? She has to.
Hey. Hey.
They've weaned him off the sedation medication
before they take him off the ventilator.
They're waiting to see how he responds.
OK. So we might be able to go in and talk to him soon?
And say what, exactly?
Anyway, it's your turn. I'll go.
No, no, it's alright.
You stay. I'll come back later on.
But you must be anxious to see him?
Yeah, but it's OK. I can wait.
Why would you do that? (SCOFFS)
Because it's not a competition.
Anyway, you're better at all this stuff than me.
Neither of us has a degree in nursing.
Yeah, but you know, you really care about him.
But so do you.
So let's both stay?
Dan's got a visitor.
Hello, Yvonne.
We could set up a website. That's a great idea.
Let's run it by the guards first.
It's been done plenty of times for missing people, Da.
In case it interferes with their investigation.
What investigation? Nothing's happening.
Doug, they're working away.
We'll contact them, see if there's an update.
Then we'll see, OK?
Well, go on. If you wanna do something. Go.
Fine.
Are you OK? Yeah. And you?
I'm fine, I'm fine.
Just a lot on at work as well, you know?
Right, that's hard. We need to stay focused.
Will you ring me if there's something?
I will. OK.
Hiya, Niamh. Debbie.
I suppose Michael told you I didn't make it to Galway at the weekend.
These things happen. I had Rachel's 18th birthday party to organise.
A lot of things to do, you know? Of course, yeah.
Knowing Michael and Jason, there'll be another trip planned soon.
Yeah. They seem like great pals, alright. Any excuse and he's down.
Birthdays, matches. There'll be the Christening soon.
Oh, he's gonna be godfather to Jason's baby.
Oh, he never said. He asked him ages ago.
Said he'd return the favour someday.
Anyway, see ya. Yeah, see ya.
You never told me he was this bad.
I had Jennifer come into the Station looking for him.
We spoke last week. I was very hard on him.
I thought maybe we should talk.
He should never have brought you here.
Come on. I'll take you home. You don't need yourself upset.
There's only supposed to be two visitors, anyway, so...
Isn't it a bit late for your concern?
I know you won't believe me,
but I am so sorry for everything I did to you and Phil.
And if there was any way I could take it back, I would.
You used me. And my son.
Was it worth it? No.
I'll have to ask you to leave. We have some things we need to do.
We're going to take him off the ventilator now. Great.
Come on in. Come on.
Thanks. Hi, Pete.
It's just some smoothies and stuff. Ah, thanks, love.
Here, sit down. Thanks.
So, erm, how are you doing?
I'm alright. Trying to get my head around it, you know?
I'm glad you took the day off work. No, I had it off anyway.
Right. Just...
It's important, Ma, that you start looking after yourself.
You know, resting and eating properly and all that.
Yeah. We knows that, don't we?
I was telling Wayne just how great the doctor was, wasn't she?
Yeah. I feel I can trust her.
Good. Good. Cos that's important, isn't it?
You know, cos it's all about staying positive.
Yeah, absolutely, Dolores.
You know, I was looking up stuff on the internet.
You know, about chemo and all that. Trying to get a handle on it.
Yeah, well, we read all that, as well.
Right. Because, erm, we can't hang around on this, Ma, you know?
Where's Junior? Oh, erm, he's conked.
Jane is keeping an eye on him for us.
Yeah. Anyway, look, er... It's all about concentrating on you now.
Yeah? Thanks.
Alright. Cheers, thank you.
OK, one of the lads is gonna be here to pick you up, right?
Let me know how he gets on.
Yeah. We're just gonna take it day by day.
The hardest part is not knowing what lies ahead.
Well, they're not sure whether or not he has brain damage yet,
but... one thing's for sure, he's not gonna walk again.
They don't know that for definite.
I'll be thinking of whoever's left looking after him.
It's gonna be hard.
Come on, I'll see you down to the taxi.
Come on. We can go in.
Dan? Dan, can you hear me? He's still out of it.
At least that ventilator's gone. Yeah.
Dan, it's OK. We're here. (DAN SPLUTTERS)
What's happening? I don't know.
(DAN SPLUTTERS) Dan? What's wrong?
(BEEPING) I don't know, Here, I'll go get some help.
Dan? You have to leave.
No, I'm not going anywhere till I know what's wrong. Now, please.
You have to leave. Come on. Let her help him.
You have to leave. This is our fault.
All of it.
He's gonna be alright.
He's gonna spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair, Carol.
There's plenty of people in wheelchairs.
Are you gonna write them all off?
I don't care about them, I just care about Dan.
So, please, none of your pep talks. I just couldn't stand it.
You think I can?
What if he's dying in there? He's not.
He'd probably be better off. Look what's waiting for him.
He's gonna hate it, Carol.
(SOBS)
Oh, come on. Come on now.
Come on, we have to keep it together, alright? For him.
Yvonne?
(MOUTHS)
Hello. Hey.
Well? How are you today? Me? Fine. Not a bother.
I thought you were a bit wobbly last night.
Yeah, only cos I was half poisoned by Leo's gut rot.
I'm lucky I woke up this morning. We all are. (LAUGHS)
So I've decided to do something about his bad brewing.
Does he get a lifetime ban?
I'm going to challenge him to a competition.
To raise the standards. Sounds like a bit of fun.
We can have tasting sessions in each other's houses.
We might as well amuse ourselves, now the nest is empty.
Leo was telling me about Katy.
Telling you what, exactly?
The way I look at it is, we get to live our own lives now, right?
You two were gossiping about me? Come on. We're all pals here.
Take your beer goggles off. We're neighbours, that's all.
Neighbours, friends. It's the same thing.
I have to start my shift.
Why don't you come for a walk with us? Brian can always cover.
No. No, you go on. I'm not much fun for him today.
Oh, hey, Dolores. Hey. It's great to see you out.
Well, why wouldn't I be? I'm not sick.
Just thought we'd get some fresh air. You go mad at home, you know?
How's my little man?
Yeah, he's good. He's just about to go on a walk.
Does Granny want to come with us? I'd love to.
(PHONE RINGS) Doug.
Well, go on, get it. It might be news.
I'll ring him when I get back.
Erm, do you know what, I forgot his hat.
Oh. I'll get it. My legs still work. It's in the office. Thanks, Dolores.
Listen, er... You know, I can take Ma to her appointments
if you need to concentrate on Neil. It's OK, I can cope.
Yeah... but do you not think that's added stress on her?
What, my missing son? He didn't mean it like that.
No, hang on a second. I just mean that we need to focus on her now.
I'll tell you what's a stress, Wayne, your mother not having enough money
to pay for private treatment if she needs it,
cos you blew her savings. That is a cheap shot.
Yeah. You just keep bringing her smoothies, that'll sort her out.
What's this? Nothing.
Discussing me behind my back?
No, Ma, we're just trying to figure out what's best for you.
How do you know what's best for me? Any of you?
Dolores, come on.
I just... I want to be on my own for a bit, OK?
This is the most I've got to see you in days.
Shame about the circumstances. Yeah.
Yvonne was in some state.
I don't think I've ever seen her that upset.
She doesn't really have anyone to lean on.
Not like us. Yeah.
Alright? Yeah, fine.
Well? How is he?
He had a seizure.
We just need to make sure that the haematoma hasn't come back.
And what if it has?
Well, he's going down for a CT scan now, so let's wait and see.
But he's gonna be alright? He's back on the ventilator for now.
Give me a hint. No.
Is it money?
Look, you can forget about it cos I'm not gonna tell you.
It's supposed to be a surprise. Hi.
What's this? I love surprises.
This one's trying to worm it out of me what her present is.
Ah, Rachel, you don't really want to know, do you?
I'm just excited. Well, it's a big deal, turning 18.
Hmm. And there'll even be more attitude than there is right now.
What he means is that you've turned into a gorgeous,
confident young woman that he's very proud of you.
She knows that already, don't you?
I have to pick up my dress for the weekend. I'm getting it taken up.
Not too short, do you hear me? (CHUCKLES)
Oh, I'm feeling old.
No. Mature is what you mean.
It's going to be a great day.
Oh by the way, erm, bit of bad news. The dinner, it's family only.
Oh. Michael won't be there either, so.
Well, OK. It's Rachel's night, so whatever makes that work.
(CHUCKLES) My God, you've got very mellow in your old age, haven't you?
Oh, well now, what's the point in causing stress?
You know what, you're right. I've had enough of that lately.
You know what they say. Make love, not war.
Mmm.
Hey.
What are you thinking? That I'm going to lose my hair.
Not even that I might die or anything.
I'm a hairdresser, and I'll have no hair of my own.
Dolores... I'm so mad at myself.
Why? My stupid, useless body letting me down like this.
You couldn't have helped that.
I keep going over and over stuff in my head.
Was it my diet, my job?
Cos something went wrong.
That's daft. I mean... It could've happen to anyone.
But you haven't got cancer, have you?
Or Wayne, or anyone else.
You're not gonna be scarred and pumped full of chemicals,
and have to put on a happy face for everyone.
You don't have to do that.
Well, then stop treating me like an invalid, alright?
We're just trying to look after you. I don't want to be looked after.
What are you gonna do, be proud and push us all away?
No.
I just, I feel my whole world has collapsed, you know?
And now it's all about cancer.
I'm sorry.
We don't even know what we're doing. I know.
(SIGHS) But it's my cancer, Pete.
And I have to deal with it in my own way, OK?
OK.
Just tell me what to do.
Hold me, please. Of course.
What Pete said was low. But it was the truth, wasn't it?
If I hadn't blown my ma's money, maybe things would be different.
Different, how, love? She got an early diagnosis.
She lost her health insurance because of me.
And what difference is that going to make?
Dolores doesn't care about some private room.
Supposing I caused this. Oh, Wayne.
No, duping her like that.
I mean, maybe the shock of it, you know,
maybe it caused the cancer to kick off.
OK. OK, OK. Listen to me, alright?
I have known about this for a couple of weeks now.
And of all the things Dolores has talked about...
..the size of her bank balance never even got mentioned.
OK. OK?
Maybe this is my chance to make it up to her, huh? Yeah.
I, er, just wanna have a quick word with you before you start working.
Erm... about Rachel's birthday party...
Oh, yeah, I already got it cleared to get the night off. It's cool.
Yeah, Paul wants it just to be family only.
But you told him no, right?
Things have just been so messy. I didn't want to create a fuss.
So I'm just supposed to sit at home on my own?
I was talking to your mam. So?
So she tells me that you and Jason
have agreed to be each other's kids' Godparents.
That was ages ago. So you did want kids at one point?
No, that was more Jason's thing. You know, he'd met someone and...
So, were you lying to me when we talked about it? No.
Because, Michael, this is too important.
Look, I meant what I said before, OK?
I'm happy with it being just you and me.
I can't make my kids yours, no matter how much we want to.
So what, that's it? I'm just gonna have no part in their lives?
No. No, of course not. Then I should be there for Rachel's birthday. OK?
Not so old after all. (LAUGHS)
So, er, what are you gonna do tomorrow night?
Erm... Well, I thought I might catch up with a few old pals.
Yeah, you might as well, before you head back home.
I'm sorry, am I outstaying my welcome?
No. I just thought, you know,
you're gonna have to get back home some time, aren't you?
Actually, I was kinda thinking Cork's run its course for me.
Are you, erm, thinking of moving?
Well, you know, one chapter closes and all that.
Yeah. Where to?
Well, I've had a very warm welcome here in Dublin.
I suppose, you know, you've still got some friends here.
Yeah, but you know, don't mind me.
I'm always saying I'll move, and I never do.
Hi. Hiya, love.
Listen, I'd better go and pick up Ruth from the creche, yeah?
I'll see youse later. Bye. OK. Bye.
Dad's been in a great mood since you came to stay.
Hey, Ma. Hey.
Now, I just wanted you both to know I'm booked in for chemo next week.
I see the oncologist on Friday to talk it through.
That's great news. Yeah.
But, erm, let's keep it between us four, OK?
I don't want people knowing. Yeah, sure.
It's the only way I can cope, try keep some control.
We won't say a word.
OK. It's gonna be a long road. I'm glad I'm not alone.
We'll talk to you tomorrow, OK? Yeah.
OK? See you, Ma.
See ya. Bye.
You going in?
No, I think I'll head home if that's OK.
What's wrong? Ah, don't know, seeing Jennifer.
It spooked you?
I lifted her son into the hospital van that night.
Carried him in with my own bare hands.
You just tried to help Phil. You did nothing wrong.
But still... Bad things happen to people when I'm around.
Nothing bad happened to me, did it? But I wouldn't want that, either.
Don't be beating yourself up. Come on in and see him.
Ah... I think I'll give it a miss tonight.
See ya. I'll see ya.
Michael, you were right.
You should be with me tomorrow night.
You know, the two of us side by side.
Partners.
Look, if you're just doing this to please me, then...
Well, I'm hardly doing it to make up the numbers.
I want you there.
Alright. Then I want to go.
Paul's gonna freak out when he finds you're going.
You never said there'd be entertainment.
I'll see you later.
Wait up for me, yeah? Yeah.
Do you think you could do what Jennifer does?
What do you mean?
Well, care for someone who can't care for themselves.
They say the blood clot hasn't come back, so...
There's no escaping the fact that he probably won't walk again.
Let's deal with that when it happens.
I'll do it.
Yvonne.
I'm not saying it'd be easy. But if he wants me to, I'll care for him.
You really love him, don't you? You do, too.
No, I don't.
I care for him.
I'm not in love with him.
You mean, now that he's paralysed? What? No. No.
I should have seen this coming. You've been softening me up all day.
I'm just trying to be honest with you here.
No, you're trying to run away from the problem.
I knew it before this happened. Yet you didn't say a word?
You know what I'm trying to say to you.
That I can have him now that he's damaged goods?
Don't you dare accuse me of running scared.
You're disgusting.
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