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01x04 - Cold Front

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "North Sea Connection". Aired: September 4, 2022.*
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The stunning scenery of Ireland's west coast conceals a dark secret in 'North Sea Connection', in which Ciara must confront the dramatic consequences of her brother Aidan's decision to transport drugs at sea.

01x04 - Cold Front

Post by bunniefuu »

Lenny?

Hi.

Hey.

I thought you'd run out on me.

Where is this going?

The unit.

He's got it up and
running, has he?

So he says.

What exactly is he doing there?

It's probably better not to ask.

They're going to make you
pull more of that stuff

out the water, you
know that, don't ya?

You can't do it on your own.

Well, I managed
fine the last time.

Yeah, you were lucky with
the weather and you know it.

I'll help you on the
boat. Nowhere else.

Grand.

Have you heard
anything about Lenny?

No.

You pulled me back! Foul!

- There's no fouls in running.
- First one to the bathroom.

No, please!

Uh, hello?

- Hi.
- Hello, hi.

I think maybe we could share,

like I think it's going to be
really highly water efficient.

Oh, is it, now? Yes.
Can I have my towel?

- What about your one-to-one with Sami?
- What about it?

Look, I just don't... I just
don't want you stressed.

I think what you might need

is some really deep and
intimate relaxation.

Just give me my towel.

To be fair, I think
I better get going

before Sami the social knocks.

- Oh, yeah?
- Don't think answering the door

with a fierce hard-on would
help our chances much.

I don't think so.

Look, this really isn't
a good time, um...

It's your big day, Aidan.

Is it?

Time to make the most of the
opportunity that I'm giving you.

Yeah, absolutely.

What, so is someone
gonna collect the stuff?

- That's a real shame.
- What is, what? What?

I'd hoped you'd have seen
the bigger picture by now.

I can. I will.

Good.

Get to the unit.

Oh, God.

What are they doing here?

I don't know. Just don't.
I'll deal with them, okay?

What are you doing here?

Where is Quinn?

We'll wait for your man.

I need to get the catch prepped.

We'll wait for your man.

There's nicer ways of
going about your business.

Do you want to give us a hand,

or are you just going
to sh**t us now?

All right?

What's the craic?

I thought youse were
processing fish?

What do you think this is?

Come on, it's our
first proper go.

That's straight off the boat.

Finest seafood in
the North Atlantic.

We've orders to fill and
a load of work to do,

so are you going to tell
us what's going on or what?

Have a hundred kilos
of vitamin C powder

and baking soda in the
back of the car there.

Youse are going to
cut the meth with it,

package it, and put it
in the back of your van

with your precious fish.

And deliver it tomorrow
morning to Dun Laoghaire, 5:30.

No, hold on, I said
I'd bring your sh*t in.

No one mentioned whatever
it is you're talking about.

It does sound like
a lot of extra work.

Look, we have a load
of fish to process,

that is our business.

If you want to use it as
cover, it has to be legitimate.

- Right?
- Right.

You cut the product, and
you bring it to Dublin.

What if we don't?

Listen, let's not get all testy.

How about we do what
we need to do today

and then we'll do
your stuff tomorrow?

It'll a little bit
longer, but at least...

Dun Laoghaire.

5:30 tomorrow morning.

This is bullshit.

h* there!

Hello, is there
anyone there? Come on.

Haven't got all day.

Martin! Good to see you, man.

Thought you were
taking me catch?

Yeah, so I am!

Oh, my God, those
oysters of yours,

they are so totally underpriced.

The restaurants I've got
lined up are crying out

for that kind of quality.

Yeah, well, we'll see
how you get on, huh?

After I called you from the boat
I took a shot at some pollock,

couple of boxes of
flounder, uh, mackerel.

Oh, yeah, great.

Well, whatever you
catch, I can sell it.

Is this it then, Aidan?

That's it, yeah. I'd
show you in, but, uh...

I've got a buyer in,
you know what I mean?

What about the catch then?

Heya, Martin. We'll take it.

I'd, uh... I'd give
you a hand, lads,

but you know the back is gone.

Lenny let me down.
Feckin' waster.

Listen, we'll settle up
tomorrow, though, yeah?

- Sound enough.
- See ya, Martin.

See ya. Don't drop that, now.

I'm so sorry you had
to see this, Hana.

When did you last see him?

I, um...

Last Thursday morning.

I stayed over Wednesday night.

You were his girlfriend?

I suppose I was, yeah.

Was his behavior
unusual in any way?

On edge, perhaps?

Why don't we do this
later back at the station?

In the warm, nice
cuppa tea, yeah?

Come on, Hana.

That okay with you?

I've put a call
in for forensics.

I'd like to interview the girl.

Don't know why you'd want to be doing
something that's really not your job.

What's your interest
here, again?

He got off his face and
he set himself on fire.

More accidental death of an eejit
than international drugs cartel.

What was the name?

Lenny Brogan.

This his place?

It was his great grandaddy's.

Brogans here for generations.
They're all in Dublin now.

Sure, why wouldn't they be?

I suppose. They
never were much good.

I haven't spoken to them yet.

But I understand from Lenny
there wasn't much love lost.

- What, you knew him?
- Knowing people's the job.

He could be rowdy and I wouldn't
trust him with a tenner,

but not a mean bone in his body.

Sure, he didn't deserve this.

Nevins' catch doubles our work,

and we're supposed to do
all that and their sh*t too?

Come on!

How long's it going to take?

I don't know, I
guess till it's done.

Oh, thanks, that's very helpful.

Look, it's fine. I'll
help with the prep.

Yeah, that'll be right.

Come on, if we
all come together,

push through...

- No.
- We can get this done.

Not me. I'm not getting
involved in that business.

- Come on.
- What about you?

- Do you want it done or not?
- I want it done by you.

How are the two of us
supposed to get all this done?

- We'll manage.
- What, and Shane...

Aidan, I said we'll manage.

Over here.

Rowdy's the word.

I'd like that tested
as soon as possible.

Would you, now?

Charming man.

He's from Dublin.

And what a delightful
pair you make.

Did Lenny have a job?

Bit of this, bit of whatever,
as long as it was cash in hand.

Odd jobs, spot of gardening.

On the boats when they
were short a hand.

They tried him behind the bar
at Malone's once or twice.

That was never
going to work out.

Criminal record?

No.

Bit of this, bit of whatever.

What about the girlfriend?
Does she take drugs?

I don't know.

Recreational use,
maybe. Nothing major.

It is major when methamphetamine
washes up along the coast.

Nothing.

Don't know why they bothered
sending me out here.

Oh, sorry to waste
your time, Detective.

Did Lenny have a car?

Nothing road legal. Why?

Okay. Will these do?

Are these accurate
to a quarter gram?

I don't know.

And where is the gear?

Locked upstairs in the cupboard.

Yeah, coming, coming, coming.

Oh, hey, Bjorn.

You asked me to
replace the locks?

Yeah, oh, God, I
did, absolutely.

Look who's here.

Hey, Bjorn.

Hey.

Bjorn. One of the family.

She's a buyer. Dublin.

It's a lot of locks for fish.

Oh, Jesus, this is not
just any auld fish.

No, it's the finest
in the North Atlantic.

Okay.

You've trained him well.

Yeah. A joker.
Just through here.

The area back here
needs some locks,

so just give us a knock
whenever you're done.

I'd tell you the key code,
but then I'd have to k*ll ya.

Of course.

You cut in here.

But it's freezing in there.

It's the only place
in this sh*thole

with an ounce of privacy.

You cut it in here.

So, if you could just sit
in there, Hana, please.

Thanks.

Sugar?

Uh, no, thanks. Is
this gonna take long?

No, no, no, they're just
filling in a few gaps.

Can I look at your phone?

Why? What for?

It's just routine.

Check your call history,

see if we can find a
timeline for... you know.

Thank you.

- I'll be back in a second.
- Yeah.

I'd like to sit in
on this interview.

So you said.

A few biscuits there as well.

When did you last
see Mr. Brogan?

Last Thursday morning.

After you'd spent
the night together?

Yeah.

Did you plan on seeing
each other again?

Not exactly a plan, like,
that wasn't really how we...

I was dead busy with work,

so I didn't call
him till yesterday.

And did he answer?

Straight to voicemail.

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Francis, are you in?

Hi.

Oh. Hello.

Is Sergeant Egan not in?

He loves his organics.

Claims they help
him lose weight.

Not if you eat
them with two pies

and a chocolate
pudding, they don't.

He's busy. I can take them.

Okay. Thanks.

Small world, no?

Me and your husband. Two
Swedes in Roskillane.

I don't know about that.

We get folk from
all over the world.

- Sweden too.
- Where's Bjorn from?

He's from Gothenburg.

Same! Do you know which area?

No. He lived in Stockholm too.

His family moved around.

Does he ever try to convince
you to move back home?

This is home. With our family.

Yeah. Of course.

Okay, well, I'll be off then.

- Bye.
- Bye.

On the night you stayed over,

did you see
Mr. Brogan take drugs?

- What?
- Did you see him taking drugs?

- No.
- Did you take any drugs?

What? No.

I thought this was about Lenny.

Yeah, so it is.

It's fine, Hana.

You're not a suspect
or anything like that.

It's just... we found something.

Look, I'm sure you can see this
puts a different complexion

on the cause of the
accident, Miss Walsh.

Did Mr. Brogan have a car?

Not one that was running.

Hana.

What's wrong?

It's... it's Lenny.

What's going on?

Shh! Shh! It's all
right. Come on. Come on.

This is Aidan Kenny of Kenny's
Seafoods. How can I help?

Yep.

See ya, Bjorn!

My mother went into
early menopause as well.

And she had me
when she was young,

and she had no idea that
it could be hereditary.

I mean not that I blame her.

You know, she was as
devastated as I was, but, um...

Maybe if she had told me, I
might have frozen my eggs.

- Of course.
- Maybe not, you know.

Anyway...

Well... how else
did it affect you?

I'm not really...?

Well, early menopause isn't
only a fertility issue,

it can also challenge a woman's
sense of identity as a woman.

And you would know?

Well, I do speak more from
training than from experience.

Would you rather I was a woman?

- No, I don't think so.
- Just as well.

A woman's a mother.

Isn't she?

Like, at root?

Genetics, propagation of
the species, all that?

And I know there are a lot of
women that don't agree with me,

and I'm not saying that
they should, I'm really not.

I have friends that are content
not being that, you know.

Happy, even.

They don't want kids, you know.

They never did, they
don't need them.

But me...

I always knew that I
wanted to be a mother.

We would welcome any
child into this family.

And we're ready.

We really are.

Oh, they're going to
be such a joy to cook.

I guarantee they're
going to be on

those fancy plates of
yours by seven o'clock.

Okay, cheers.

Oh, sh*t!

- What now?
- It's an hour and a half to Galway.

If we don't set off for
the restaurants right now,

we're dead before we even start.

- sh*t.
- I'll do it.

I'll do the restaurants.

- We can't do all this and the cutting.
- Okay, look, look, look, look.

I'll start the cutting, you finish
those, join me whenever you're done.

Drugs in the van for half one, I drive
it to Dublin for half five, boom.

Done.

Boom, done?

Have you got a better
idea, bright spark?

Hiya, Egan.

Ciara. Shane.

I have bad news.

What's that?

Lenny. His van burned out.

He was in it at the time.

Is he okay?

I'm afraid not.

He's dead.

When did you last see him?

Down the harbor last week.

Tuesday or Wednesday.

He said, uh, something
about going to Dublin?

He never showed up, then?

- What's that?
- Last Thursday, his place?

Remember, I called round
because of the music?

Yeah...

He must've gone already.

Yeah.

He was supposed to be
on the boat that day,

Lenny, you know?

Yes, I do.

Yes, I do.

You okay, Shane?

Yes, just, uh...

just the shock is all.

Well... see you later.

We knew that was coming.

At least he thinks
it was an accident.

Yeah, but it wasn't, was it?

Give me the keys.

Just give me the f*cking keys!

You know I'm happy to
wait, but this is...

What do you think you're doing?

I was lonely. Stranger
in a strange town.

So I thought I'd say
hi to my friend Bjorn.

And then I thought no, no,

I'd better say hi to Anders.

Anders Dahlberg, yes.

You haven't heard that
name for years, I bet.

I don't... I don't know who
or what you are talking about.

Can you please
get out of my car?

You were headline news, briefly.

"Accountant goes on
run with ten million."

I'm not saying you were
a hardened criminal.

Simple for someone in your position...
Quick, quiet, nobody gets hurt.

Just numbers on a screen.

Did you spend the
money on that farm?

Y-You don't understand.

Oh, I do. You have
a big problem.

Fortunately for you, so do I.

What do you want?

Drugs from Sweden are being smuggled
through this town on local boats.

What?

Class A's, methamphetamine.
Nasty, nasty stuff.

That's what brought me here.

I know nothing about any drugs!

We found a local man
dead this morning.

Lenny Brogan.

He was connected.

I don't know how yet,
but he was connected.

I have a long list
of people to talk to,

and from my experience so far in this
place, no one's going to tell me anything.

I need someone I can trust
to be my eyes and ears.

You.

These are my
neighbors, my friends.

It's simple... if you
don't do as I ask,

I'll tell my colleges in the fraud
department where to find you.

Does Moira know about
your colorful past?

- No.
- No?

If you want to keep it that way,
Anders better find out what's going on.

Bjorn's life depends on it.

Oh, and I'll need your passport.
I'll see you around, Bjorn.

- Hi there.
- What did she want?

- What?
- That woman.

Oh, yes, yes.

Uh, she had some bad
news about Lenny.

Yeah. I heard from Hana.

- Yeah.
- Poor girl.

You know she found him
out there. It's terrible.

You don't seriously expect
us to work in here, do you?

One kilo. It's a thousand grams.

Exactly.

250.

Plus 250...

makes 500.

Exactly.

And is that it?

You have six hours.

Hold on. Like, I can't just pile
that up on the passenger seat.

- You put it in the back.
- And if I get stopped?

- Then don't get stopped.
- Oh, that's brilliant.

Yeah, that's brilliant
advice, thanks.

Any suggestions?

Put it under the ice.

Yeah, because that
will fool the Garda.

No, there's no way they're
gonna find it in there.

There is 300 kilometers
of bored traffic cops,

all desperate for
something to do,

me crapping me pants every
time I hit a pothole.

And then there's Dublin, yeah,

drugs cops crawling all
over the fecking shop!

How's that going to work?

Then stick it in
the oyster shells.

What are you talking about?

I don't know.

Aidan, false bottoms
on the boxes?

How do we make them? Out
of what? Time, Ciara, time!

"Time, Ciara, time."
I'm helping you out!

You're not doing much of a
fecking job at it, are ya?

Okay.

Could we turn it into ice?

That stuff's soluble, isn't it?

Dissolve it in water, stick
it through the ice machine.

- Boil it off at the other end.
- That sounds like a lot of work.

But it's safe.

In the back of the van
with a load of oysters,

they could put a pack of sniffer
dogs on it, they wouldn't find it.

- I need to make a call.
- Yeah, go ahead.

- Thank you.
- That's all of them.

Hana.

They went on and on

like he was a dealer or
something, I don't know.

Worse, like he's working as a trafficker
for some international cartel.

Big "as if."

That's not Lenny,
it's not Lenny at all.

He couldn't hide anything
from anybody, least of all us.

We'd know, wouldn't we?

And he's no saint, I'm not saying
that. I wouldn't want him to be.

What else did they say?

Then they were on
at me, weren't they?

And Egan just sat there.

Why were they at you?

He did have a bit of
gear, last time I saw him.

Coke, I think.

And there was this woman, a
Scandi, and she was after my phone.

- What did they want your phone for?
- I don't know.

f*ck, sh*t.

- Like, it's all so messed up.
- Hey.

You did nothing wrong.
And neither did Lenny.

Yeah.

They never liked
him around here.

He was... he was too much fun.

And now I can't
believe he's just...

Let's... let's do
something for him.

Here.

His real friends.

The real Lenny.

The people that knew him best.

- Yeah? Yeah.
- Yeah.

Oh, I'm so sorry, I'm not going
to be able to make it back.

Not even for half an
hour? You have to eat.

There's just still so
much to do at the unit.

You know, there's teething
troubles with the machines,

Nevins was late
bringing in his catch...

Kind of puts me in mind of the
all-nighters we used to pull at college.

Yeah.

I love you. I'll
see you tomorrow.

Love you.

The only time you pulled all-nighters,
you were off your t*ts at weekenders.

- Are you done yet?
- No.

Don't be like that.

What would you like me to
be like, burst into song?

Tra-la-f*cking-la.

What are we doing, Aidan?

What we have to to get by.

Like we always have.

All right. We're on.

Dun Laoghaire. 5:30.

There it is.

Well, you won't find
the kettle in there.

My tiny screwdriver for my
glasses, I can't find it.

I wouldn't know.

What's wrong with you?

You look as if
you've seen a ghost.

I think...

the news took me by surprise.

Oh, poor Hana.

It's a terrible, terrible thing.

Makes you want to hold your
own all the closer, eh?

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Hey, it's Anders.

Anders, so nice to hear your
voice after all these years.

I need new IDs for me and Moira.

New passports.

What makes you think I
could do that for you?

Because you did
it before for me.

I've done you a big favor already.
Does he need a passport too?

- Who?
- Your stepson, is it?

Aidan, does he need one too?

Why should he?

He needed a lot of
money in a big hurry.

That's a red flag
combination in my world.

- You gave him the money?
- Not me.

I arranged a loan for him.
Didn't he mention that?

Are you still at it? I was
hoping to lock the place up.

You know the car Lenny was
racing around the quarry?

- Yeah.
- Belfast number plate.

And the powder I
found at the scene.

Methamphetamine from the same
batch we found on the coast.

The drugs are
coming in here, so.

I'm thinking Lenny worked as crew
on the boat that brought them in.

And now he's dead.

In Roskillane.

Yeah.

It's been a long day.

Oh, Jesus, I'm not wearing that.

It's not about Da.

It's about not freezing
your ba*ls off.

Ta-da!

I mean, why did you keep this?

For a long time, I thought
he might come back.

I think from the second he went
over the side of that boat,

I hoped he wouldn't.

Well, maybe we'd both have felt
better if they'd found his body.

If this is going to work,
we need more people.

- What?
- Not now.

For the fish.

Oh, yeah, no, no,
no. I'll sort that.

So, you think it
might work, then?

Yeah, I do.

I'd feel better about it if we
didn't have a g*n to our head.

Do you remember that day
out past Sharath Rock?

When we missed the tide?

Da looking to sh**t
the nets one more time.

- Yeah.
- And you.

No.

Not me.

I knew that storm was coming.

I... I just didn't want
Da to see I was afraid.

That was it for me and
the boats, you know,

no matter what thumpings I took.

Wasn't even the sea so much,

not even that big b*stard wave that
near rolled us over, do you remember?

I was just so cold.

It was scary.

Very.

So is this.

Yeah.

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Half an hour till
you're on the road.

Drive safe.

Yeah, I will.

See you later.

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He was wild and he was free.

He lived life in his own way, and
there's not many that can say that.

And he was a good man.

A good man, and we loved him.

Yeah.

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Hey, Bjorn.

Got your passport?

I think I might have
loved him, you know?

What was he saying the
last time you saw him?

Just the usually
Lenny, you know?

Said, uh...

that he was going to Dublin.

To Dublin?

He never told me.

When was he saying that?

He gave me a call on Wednesday.

I was with him
Wednesday night, so...

Maybe it was Thursday.

Where'd he get the car?

What car?

Big flash of a thing,
couldn't wait to show it off,

but when I went up
there, it was gone.

I don't know.

I don't know, I don't know.

Bjorn!

Bjorn!

Bjorn.