Trespasses (2025) s01e04 Episode Script

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TV REPORTER: A man who was shot dead
shortly before eight this
morning has been named.
Michael Agnew,
a high-profile barrister,
was killed in his own
home, in front of his wife.
LABOURED BREATHING
BREATHING INTENSIFIES
What's going on?
I was just on my way to see him.
No.
No way.
But how can he be dead?
Who exactly knows, Cushla?
Nobody. They'd fucking better not.
Now, pull yourself together
and get back behind that bar.
I really think that
I need to go home.
Are you joking me?
Are you joking me?
You're gonna walk in there as if
someone you barely knew died.
I can't do this. You can
and you will. Come on.
You can and you will.
SHE SOBS
I love you.
MUSIC: Old Note by Lisa O'Neill
#The wind whistled you in
Behind the springtime
Float, old note, new among my mind
You hold the note
The note just moves the movement
Let go of the note
And so move everything. ♪
Is there something you
wanna tell me, Cushla?
I can't come to
quantify the feeling
I was walking home,
half in the dreamin'
The things that I was
thinkin' I was singin'
The wind whistled you in
Behind the springin'
A star ran rings
around the star before me
And spun and swooped and
sank and rocked beneath me
And mirrored what
I'd carried since I met me
And shot me back
into the ground below me
And there I met
another note, long buried ♪
SHE CRIES OUT IN PAIN
And sat upon its
shoulders was a memory
A home, but see,
above me's gone so noisy
I almost think
I do not recognise me. ♪
DOORBELL RINGS
Hey.
It was him, wasn't it?
They shot him.
SOFTLY: Hey.
Easy. Hey.
There's nothing you can do about
any of that now.
I just I just
I keep playing it over
and over in my head.
I remember everything.
TEARFULLY: I remember the first time
we looked at each other
and I poured him a whiskey.
Hey, hey, hey.
CUSHLA SOBS
You're so good to me, Gerry.
It ain't me, babe.
Kiss all the pretty ones goodbye
Give everyone a penny
that cries ♪
I tried to kiss you that night
because
I thought it was
what I was meant to do.
The man at the lough.
I couldn't believe you saw me.
You know, I'd nearly done it
a thousand times.
I hoped that the feelings
would go away,
but they never did.
That night you saw me,
I'd finally found the courage
to just go and meet someone.
Why didn't you just tell me?
Same reason you never told me.
Michael said,
"We must find the courage
to choose freedom over fear."
And look where that got him.
Sorry, I
We must be true to love
otherwise hate wins.
I don't wanna be lifted, Lavery,
or have the shite kicked out of me,
or lose my job.
Ugh
How about we be free,
in a kingdom of two?
Sure, everyone thinks
we're a couple anyway.
My autumn's done come
Yeah, done come. ♪
Miss Lavery. Come here.
Mammy.
Ach, you still don't look
a bit well.
I'm OK. I'm just
I'm sorry I couldn't collect
him yesterday.
Mr Harkin got him. He's nice.
I have the kettle on.
Come on in and have a cuppa.
MUSIC BLARES FROM UPSTAIRS
Ugh! He turned up out of the blue
with a bag of washing.
He's sitting upstairs with
a bake on him, smoking fags.
I'm sorry I missed
your last day, Davy.
I wish I could be in your class
again next year, Miss.
I wish I could
be your teacher again.
Are you all right?
I think I might call another time.
Anytime. Isn't that right, Davy?
I'll lock up after her.
DOOR CLOSES
CHILDREN PLAY IN DISTANCE
I was thinking
I have a few days off work.
Maybe we can meet up for
a couple of drinks,
since you're not our kid's
teacher anymore.
Um I dunno. Maybe.
OK. I have your number.
TYRES SCREECH
Hold it right there, McGeown!
You're under arrest for
the murder of Michael Agnew.
You do not have to say anything
Tommy! Tommy! Get off of him,
you fucking!
Gerry, is this something to do
with me?
Tommy heard me say Michael's name
on the phone,
and now he's being lifted
for his murder.
ON TELEPHONE: The RUC have to be
seen to be doing something,
so they lifted a load
of likely lads.
Tommy being lifted has nothing
to do with you.
How can you be sure?
Who else knows?
I need the truth, now.
I was teaching him
and four of his friends Irish.
Are you joking?
I'm not.
Where?
One of their houses on
the Malone Road. Fuck me!
Is that it? Anyone else?
I think Jimmy knows.
Well, if that eejit knows
Cushla, I'm warning you,
no tears, not one fucking drop.
Are yous right? Yeah.
I hate being late for that lot.
RADIO NEWSCASTER: The Provisional
IRA has claimed responsibility for
the murder of prominent
barrister Michael Agnew,
whose funeral takes place
later today. There you go.
Bloody mortifying, so it is,
having to show up to a
funeral knowing our lot did it.
Move in there, Fidel. Right.
PRIEST SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY
PRIEST'S VOICE ECHOES
surpassing his love
for rugby and the arts
was his love for his son, Dermot,
and his wife, Joanna.
He was, of course, loved by them
VOICE FADES
MUSIC: When I Move To The Sky
by Chris Barber's Jazz Band
I've travelled with Jesus
For most of my life
Yes, I've travelled over land
And sea
But I'm taking a last trip
Up to Heaven on high
That will be
The last move for me. ♪
CHURCH BELL TOLLS
Are you OK?
Right. Will we pay our respects?
No. No.
No?
We have to get back to the pub.
HE CLEARS THROA
Actually, I'm just
gonna talk to them.
I need to talk to them
for one minute, OK?
Like fuck you do. Eamonn, let go.
Eamonn, let go. Calm down. I'm calm.
Just calm.
How do you know that journalist?
I'm sorry for your troubles.
What did you do?
Oh, for Christ's sake!
Watch you don't get it on
that seat. Ah, Cushla.
Oh!
You got egg all over it!
ENGINE TURNS OVER
I tell you what, you
need a drink after that.
His poor missus was in rag order.
We used to help him with
the crosswords, remember?
He'll be missed.
What was all that carry-on about
between you and Victor McIntyre?
How the fuck do you know him?
He was at the Irish classes.
Christ! The night
just keeps getting better!
Hello again, Miss Lavery.
Mr Gallagher.
I haven't seen you
since that wedding.
Little Luke says hi.
Big lad now,
but he kept that wee egg
he painted in your class for ages.
Why are you here?
Thought I'd offer my condolences.
Michael Agnew liked this pub.
But Michael always had poor taste.
Is Tommy McGeown one of yours?
The stink of Brits in here
This whole place needs cleaning up.
Please
don't hurt my family.
SHE EXHALES
You all right?
Mummy, I have to tell
you something.
Aye.
I think I need something
stronger in my tea.
No. No.
I really need you not to be drunk.
Lord have mercy.
Michael Agnew?
I mean, I wouldn't blame you.
He was gorgeous.
SPOON CLINKS
You know,
Gerry's a nice enough wee fella,
but he's no match for Michael.
Lovely hands.
Eat.
Nothing will happen today.
They'll want to keep us stewing.
I'll warn Eamonn tomorrow,
tell him what
Martin Gallagher said.
Can I just go to bed, Mummy?
Aye.
MUFFLED TELEPHONE RINGS
MUFFLED FOOTSTEPS
Michael?
DISTORTED: Cushla?
GINA: Cushla. Phone.
What?
It's that wee lad.
Gerry?
No, Davy.
GLASS SHATTERS
ON PHONE: Miss, it's Davy.
CLAMOUR
GLASS SHATTERS
SHOUTING, SCREAMING
Davy! CAR HORNS HONK
Davy! Davy! Miss Lavery!
SIREN WAILS
Everyone in the car!
Everyone in the car, now!
SIREN WAILS, GLASS SHATTERS
CLAMOUR DROWNS OUT SPEECH
SCREAMS: Get in the car!
Murdering Fenian bastards!
Get in, Seamie, get in.
Get in here.
Get the fuck out of here,
you fucking
CROWD ROARS, SCREAMS
SOUND FADES OU
INAUDIBLE
MUFFLED BLOWS
INAUDIBLE
MUFFLED SMASHING
DISTANT CLAMOUR
GLASS SMASHES
The window broke.
The bottle smashed on the hearth.
The flames went
all across the carpet.
They went up the side of the settee,
where Davy and Mandy were sitting.
HE COUGHS
We had to tip Seamie's chair back
to haul him away.
And all the while,
I could hear them cheering.
Can you believe they've charged
Tommy with shooting that barrister?
That's why they burned you out?
It's not like they needed
much of an excuse.
They've, erm
They've charged him?
For the actual murder?
EXHALES: Aye.
Well, a quick win
for the RUC looks good.
TEACUP CLINKS
It doesn't matter whether
he did it or not.
Right.
Let's get everyone to bed.
Betty and Seamus,
you can have Eamonn's room.
The kids can be in
the spare room.
You must be exhausted.
Cushla, come on.
Let's get them upstairs.
SHE BREATHES DEEPLY
What is everybody gonna think
when they hear
we've taken in that family?
What was I supposed to do, Mummy?
I didn't know Tommy
had been charged.
Why would he want to kill him?
Michael was helping boys like Tommy.
GINA EXHALES, LIGHTER CLICKS
Did Tommy know about you
and Michael?
Cushla. Maybe. I don't know.
Oh, dear God.
GINA EXHALES
Give Davy a hug from me
when he wakes up,
and tell your mummy I was asking.
Look, I have to go get this ferry,
but here,
follow me out as soon as possible.
VEHICLE APPROACHES
INVESTIGATOR: Tell me about your
relationship with Michael Agnew.
He came into the bar sometimes.
You ever meet him outside the bar?
He asked me to join an
Irish language conversation group,
so I went a few times.
To the home of
James and Penelope Fielding?
Yeah.
Did you ever meet him elsewhere?
No.
Who took those?
Were you in a sexual relationship
with Michael Agnew?
Why don't you show me a picture?
I presume you've got
a really good one.
Jesus Christ.
Did you ever visit his family home?
Your car was seen outside the house
on the night of May 27th.
Michael Agnew was shot dead
at his family home. Yeah.
And why didn't you stop him
getting shot
if you were fucking
following him all the time?
What was the nature of
your relationship to Tommy McGeown?
I don't have a relationship
with Tommy McGeown.
His wee brother Davy is
a pupil of mine.
Did you give him your number?
Yeah, I
He's written something here
on the page opposite.
"I actually talked to her today,"
"about books and real stuff."
"I couldn't stop looking at her."
He was looking at me, so what?
There's another one here,
an account of a phone call in March.
"She called me Michael."
"Who the fuck is this Michael?"
Michael phoned me
in the evening sometimes
and I presumed it was him,
but I didn't
You spoke to Tommy after the murder.
You were seen conferring
closely with him
by his arresting officers.
You are twisting everything.
How did the McGeown family come
to reside in your house?
Th-Their house was on fire!
It doesn't look great.
You don't seriously believe that
I have anything to do with this.
You are the connection between
the victim and his killer.
THUNDER RUMBLES
DISTORTED ECHOING SPEECH
ECHOES: You are the connection
between the victim and his killer.
SHE GASPS
COUGHING FROM OTHER ROOM
THUNDER RUMBLES
CHILD COUGHING
HE COUGHS
Can you sip this for me?
What's up?
I can't sleep.
Any wonder?
Look,
I'll stay here for a wee while.
That's what my mummy
used to do for me.
Did Tommy ever mention
that barrister?
Our Tommy would never kill anyone.
SOFTLY: I know, Davy. I know.
But did he ever mention
the name Michael?
I need you to think
really, really hard for me.
Nothing?
THUNDER RUMBLES
Did he ever mention me?
Where are we gonna live?
All our stuff is there.
Are we gonna be able
to get any of it back?
Something is gonna be
sorted so soon.
Just you wait and see.
Enough chat.
ON TV: ..damage, but no-one has
claimed responsibility.
The man charged with the murder
of Michael Agnew
has been named as Thomas McGeown.
An eyewitness has come forward
He's just a boy.
FRONT DOOR SLAMS
LOCK CLICKS
FAINTLY: You need to get
rid of them, now.
Listen Do you want us
to get burned out?
Eamonn, please. You've already been
lifted by the peelers!
Eamonn, I didn't know Tommy
had been charged.
I don't care if you didn't know,
they have to leave now. Eamonn
Eamonn, would you just
listen to me?!
I just found the number
for the housing executive.
They're not gonna be here long,
just a couple of days.
They leave now, you stupid cunt!
We need them gone.
Just do what he says.
Eamonn doesn't
need to know about Gallagher.
We'll go to the barracks,
get the soldiers barred.
CLOCK TICKS
They never found a house.
He's gone into foster care,
so has Mandy.
Oh, Jesus.
I did that.
I asked Bradley to help them,
and he reported them to the Social.
It is not your fault.
Come here.
Enough of this.
GINA CLICKS TONGUE
GINA SIGHS
It feels like it's all my fault.
Mmm.
That peeler was right.
I'm the connection
between a victim and his killer.
If that sleekit wee bastard
wanted to arrest you,
he would've done it already.
As Eamonn said,
they like to leave you rattled.
But I'm the reason Michael's dead.
I loved him, Mummy.
Oh, I know you did, pet.
I know you did.
But you can't take to your bed
for the rest of your life.
You've got to carry
what life throws at you.
How did you ever get
out of bed when we lost Daddy?
Eamonn ran me a wee bath.
Can you believe it?
CUSHLA CHUCKLES
Shall we throw
that cardigan in with you?
It's walking around by itself.
WATER POURS
GINA HUMS
Do you want a wee tea?
I'll bring it to you over there.
Cushla!
I was wondering how you were.
Thank you for dropping that
rhubarb round, Sergeant Reid.
Well, I promised your daddy
I'd keep an eye on you.
But I didn't want to intrude.
What would he make of me now?
I remember him saying to me,
"Our Cushla can be as bold as brass,"
"but you can't be angry at her
for long."
I heard that Special Branch bastard
gave you a hard time.
Heard it irked him no end
that you were just in love,
and not some IRA honey trap.
Look, I'm really sorry to ask
I just feel like
I'm never going to rest
until I know the truth of it all.
Could you help me?
You're grand, Sergeant.
SHOUTING INSIDE
This way.
MUFFLED YELLING
GATE BUZZES
SOFTLY: My God, Tommy.
IN IRISH:
Don't.
Did Gallagher put you up to this?
No.
Jesus Christ, Tommy!
He was
He was fighting the judges.
He was fighting the peelers.
He was risking his life for
wee boys like you.
I know that now.
SHE EXHALES
KEYS JINGLE
DOOR CLATTERS OPEN
BIRDSONG
FRONT DOOR OPENS
FRONT DOOR SHUTS
Did you see Tommy?
It had nothing to do with me.
Oh.
He didn't know, so
just the sort of shitty thing
that happens here all the time.
Aye, there's no shortage of them.
Oh, sorry.
Come here.
GINA CLICKS TONGUE Oh.
TELEPHONE RINGS
Ignore it.
It's probably Eamonn reporting on
Marian's constipation.
BOTH CHUCKLE
Let me give you a hand with these.
Here.
Daddy loved the bluebells.
TELEPHONE RINGS
TELEPHONE RINGS, ECHOES
SHE EXHALES SHAKILY
MUFFLED SIRENS WAIL
SOUNDS MELD INTO CACOPHONY
PANICKED SPEECH
You need to get back,
you need to get back. Go. Go!
SIRENS WAIL
Eamonn, what's going on?
TELEPHONE RINGS
Let's go. Get out of the way. Move!
Is everyone out?!
I told yous not to come!
Jesus, Eamonn!
Come on.
SIRENS WAIL Get out of the way!
TELEPHONE RINGS, SIRENS WAIL
EXPLOSION DROWNS OUT SIRENS
DEBRIS CLATTERS
DEBRIS CREAKS
Get out of there. Clear off.
WATER TRICKLES
I am so sorry.
This is all my fault.
Not really,
it's this fucked-up place.
SHE SIGHS
Where else does being kind
get you bombed?
What?
At least Fidel gave us enough
warning time to get out.
Fidel?
Aye.
Jimmy told me earlier,
it was that lot.
So, not IRA?
No.
I wouldn't be standing here
if it was.
No deaths is a gift, right?
For taking in the McGeowns? Fuck.
Sorry I called you a cunt.
And anyway,
you probably done us a favour.
At least now
there's insurance money.
BOTH LAUGH
Have you a plan?
Put the place on the market,
move the fuck away from here.
Down south maybe.
You and Mummy could come with us.
I'll be outside.
Any chance of a drink?
LIGHTER CLICKS SHU
They questioned me.
Special Branch was following him.
They were leaning on him
to drop the police brutality case.
With all that going on,
he probably could've done
without me.
I thought that at first.
But he was happy,
the last few months.
You made him happy.
I loved him.
But I couldn't tell him.
I don't know why the fuck
I'm telling you.
I'd say he had a fair idea.
SHE CHUCKLES
SHE GASPS
Davy?
Wee Davy McGeown, all grown up.
SHE CHUCKLES
Miss Lavery.
I haven't been Miss Lavery
for a long while.
Where did you end up?
All over.
Had a rocky few years,
but making a proper go
of things now.
I work with foster kids,
and I've a grown kid of my own
who's talking to me again.
Yesterday ♪
MUSIC: Something On Your Mind
by Karen Dalton
Any way you made it was just fine
So you turn your days
into night-time
Didn't you know
You can't make it without
ever even trying?
And something's on your mind
Let these times show you that
you're breaking up the lines
Leaving all your dreams
too far behind
Didn't you see
You can't make it without
ever even trying?
And something's on your mind
Maybe another day,
you'll want to feel another way
You can't stop crying
You haven't got a thing to say
You feel you want to run away
There's no use trying anyway. ♪