Oh, shit!
So, you're back.
I'm back.
Are you OK?
I had a skiing accident, I had pain issues,
and now... Yeah, that's what we're going with.
That's what happened.
You are going to Scotland.
We're buying a bank.
I turn my back for a few months, and you boys buy a bank in Scotland?
Six months.
What do you need?
They've had a lot of offers.
Let's make sure we get it.
Light touch, due diligence, sign off the deal,
keep things intact, personally.
You will be right back where you were...
..before the accident.
Welcome to Scotland.
This is a great day for Scotland.
For our national bank to achieve the biggest corporate sale
in the history of the UK is an astonishing achievement,
and something that we, as a nation, should be rightly proud of.
As we start this new chapter in the bank's history, I think
we can all look forward with a great deal of optimism...
Representatives of the America Bank
have arrived in Edinburgh.
The chairman of NBC, Sir Jim Sturrock,
welcomed the sale as a cause for national celebration.
Congratulations, son, you've just been promoted.
I'm sorry. Eh?
About wee Al.
The reason Roy got to where he got to...
..is because he made decisions.
There were years he didn't have to make any,
and days he had to make plenty.
But however they came...
..he didn't hesitate to make them.
And you didn't hesitate either, son...
..wi wee Al.
That's why you're promoted.
And that's why you'll clear your debt.
100 grand. 50 for each brother.
But I need both.
I did a deal with Roy...
..that Maxie would never be my responsibility.
And that's Roy all over.
Too generous. Too...
..sentimental.
He did a lot for you, son.
And now he's dead.
And your deal's dead.
This is a new deal.
100 grand for the two of them,
or I offer someone else 100 grand for you.
I don't know where they are.
Neither do I.
So why don't you go and ask someone who does?
Don't make the mistake of thinking that I'm weakened.
I've spent a long time preparing for this possibility.
And a long time gathering the favours
and the debts that I need to get out of it.
I'm not weakened, son.
I've never been fucking stronger.
We stay here a few days, and let the dust settle.
We need to know if the Lynches got away.
And if they did...?
Well, they don't know about...
Here. So, erm, we'll be safe here.
From them, anyway.
How did you know where to go?
Kenny got me it.
You could have told me.
It would have just sat inside you.
Like it's sat inside me.
Ready? I am. But I'm not sure you are.
True to form.
Hi, Dad.
I don't want to do it.
Your brother was a soldier.
He served Queen and country while you were running aboot
nicking cars. It's no about him.
Everything's aboot him.
Can't you tell me...
Can't you tell me not to do it?
They're offering you a future,
and you've not got that many offers on the table.
You're no going to pass it up for the sake of two Catholics
fae the Lochend Road.
Roy showed me the cameras in his flat, on his balcony.
He told me he knew you.
That I could have him.
But then they'd have you.
And he got you on the phone.
And you said, "Do whatever Mr Lynch says."
You didn't ask if I was in danger.
You just said, "Do whatever Mr Lynch says." Yeah, well...
I knew if you did, they'd leave you alane.
They were involved, Dad, in what happened to my brother.
I am not going to lose two boys.
Don't come back till it's done.
Or you'll no come back at all.
What do you know about the cannabis?
I was surprised to hear about the drugs.
But then again, I was surprised to hear about Roy.
That must have come as a shock.
Oh, aye.
There's not many men that die twice.
But then again, Roy was always an over-achiever.
I've had an order approved under Section 22
of the Proceeds of Crime Act against your assets.
We've frozen your bank accounts. We're taking
the last of your businesses, the farm. And this place, too.
Good.
I should never have moved here.
Up town.
Proper Edinburgh.
Up here, the crooks all wear suits.
I miss Leith.
More honest down there.
Tell me about them.
The crooks in suits.
Tell me who you have in the police and everywhere else.
I can pause the Section 22, open a corruption enquiry.
It won't go through Lothian Police, you'd be safe.
I'm sure you must be very busy, love,
with everything that goes on in this city.
Don't waste time worrying about my safety.
Co-operate or end up with nothing.
They're your only two options.
You know, after everything Roy did,
I'd have thought his departure might have made the papers.
There's a Firearms Enquiry.
The victim's identity is being protected. Aye.
It is.
The thing you need to know about Edinburgh
is that there is a layer, right at the top,
where the decisions are made.
I won't sue the police for wrongful death
and no-one will know that it was Roy lying there in the dirt.
You knew about the Section 22 before I got here.
When you've lived in this city as long as I have,
you'll ALWAYS have options.
Oh, and tell your pal he'll be fine.
He can serve the community in peace.
Why now?
We had nowhere else to go.
That bad, eh?
We need to keep our heads down for a bit.
And if keeping our heads down comes with an apology for seismic
life-altering trauma, then that's not a bad thing.
I can apologise, if you like.
I can apologise aw day long.
But I don't know where that would get us.
That's your opener?
It's no as simple as that.
I'm struggling to see how it could be more simple.
I think we might need to work our way into that stuff.
I agree.
How long are you here?
Till it's safe to leave.
Till you explain.
You know, I caught a salmon this morning.
It was big for this time of year.
I shouldnae have taken it, really. But for some reason I did.
You look hungry.
Haven't slept for two days, and I think I might
have caught sepsis.
How might you have done that?
Well, we recently crawled through a considerable amount of cow shit.
We had a wee wash at a service station, but my worry
is the damage was already done.
Sounds like things are going well.
I'll get the tea on.
He's not what I expected.
He's exactly what I expected.
We're eating at the castle this evening.
And, believe me, they don't let us use it for just anyone.
Then I thought we could start tomorrow with a wee tour,
let you guys kick the tyres for a bit.
Oh, we should think about some golf. There's some great golf...
Has the paperwork we requested been sent to our hotel?
We thought that was a bit too formal.
Why don't you come here and we talk you through it?
That's not how it works.
You've got to know that's not how it works.
No problem.
We'll have it sent over. Great.
I'll skip dinner - jet lag.
Don't let them drink too much.
This isn't a vacation.
Bullshit.
She'll let the dust settle, then take care of me.
Someone told her about the Section 22.
It was probably her idea to start with.
Maggie Lynch could put 50 men on the street tomorrow,
but she won't do that.
Her real power, the power she'll be using now
is not as simple as that.
It's hidden.
How do I get to her?
You need her skint, and you need her banged up.
That's the only way people will believe that the Lynches are done.
That's the only way she loses her power.
Then let's get enough on her that every bent copper in Edinburgh
couldn't get her out of it.
Have you sent that suggestion upwards?
Because it'll come back down as a heavy no.
Did you hear about that guy who fell off the flats in Leith?
Fell?
He had weed on him that came from the Lynches.
See what you can find out about him. OK.
I mean, it's not classic community policeman work.
Then lose the uniform.
If you thought it was that simple, you wouldn't be asking me.
I'm the only copper in Edinburgh you can ask to do this,
because with anyone else, it goes into the system
and Maggie Lynch and your boss both hear about it within a day.
Can I trust you?
Well, I'm a recently demoted policeman with
a history of corruption and serious lifestyle issues.
But on the other hand, if Maggie Lynch doesn't go down,
I should imagine I'm a goner.
It's your call, pal.
Roy brought me here when we were kids.
It's a funny thing, grief.
Your mind sends you further and further back,
trying to outrun it.
But no matter how far back you go...
..the grief is right there, waiting for you.
Tell me about the debt.
No.
I should protect you from knowing things like that.
Get it sorted tomorrow.
Or I'll take it out your hands.
No bother.
Hiya.
I'm on my way home and I was thinking
we could test your almonds theory.
I'm sorry.
You're working.
Yeah, er...
It could be a late one.
Tomorrow, then?
Yeah. Yeah. Tomorrow will be better.
Be careful.
I will.
I was in a band, then Max fucked that up.
Then I had a record store. Shop.
Max fucked that up.
And then I went to America, had a pub and a girlfriend,
and then, well, you can probably guess the rest.
Beat that.
Highly successful legal practice, wife, big house.
Jake got involved, worked his magic, and I ended up in prison,
wifeless, penniless, homeless and, worst of all, here.
So, after aw that...
..here you are together.
Do you know, Dad...
..how Mum ended up?
Oh, I imagine...
..she ended up as she started.
What does that mean?
I left because I couldnae take any more.
For reasons you know and reasons you don't.
That day I left, I walked up Leith Walk.
And it was sunny, you know? Warm.
There was nane of that wind you get,
the one that comes straight doon the Walk.
Walked past the Boundary Bar, where Leith becomes Edinburgh.
Walked down the wynd,
under the arch, to the station at Waverley.
The first train going was to Aberdeen.
I got on it, found a job on the rigs, did it for 20 years.
Took a drill bit in the foot...
..and got out on a disability pension.
I came here for the fishing. And that was me.
Five hours up the fucking road.
It's no aboot the five hours, son.
I'd prefer you didnae call me that.
What do you mean, about Mum?
You think we met at the Royal Infirmary,
that she was a nurse, and I was delivering on the lorries.
It's half true.
She was in the loony bin.
"Episodes", they called them.
Used to cadge cigarettes fae me.
Asked me to spring her oot.
She got discharged. We got married.
And she was better.
Most of the time.
No always.
So...
..if that's how she ended, then she ended as she started.
But doesn't everyone?
I'll take you fishing in the morning.
Soothes the soul.
And there are souls here that need soothing.
We're here until it's safe to go.
We're here because we had no option.
And it's too late, far too late
for you to be worrying about my soul.
Call me when you get this.
I know who you owe and it's not good.
I mean, it was never going to be good, but...
..I hoped it wouldn't be this bad.
The drugs are the Lynches.
That's who you owe.
You could have told me that before. I shouldn't be telling you now.
I heard that Roy Lynch chucked himself in the sea at Portobello.
He's not the one you need to worry about.
Maggie Lynch?
You need to pay.
Your plan didn't work, so you need to pay. My plan?
I've been promoted.
Good for you.
I'm just... I can't pay.
Well, then, you need to go.
If you go and I say your mum wasn't involved, then maybe...
I don't know.
Thank you.
She can't blame me for you running.
Where are they?
Who?
Maxie and his brother.
I don't know. Well, you could guess.
That's your job isn't it, guessing?
I don't know where they are, Teddy. Neither dae I.
But I know a Maxie that's scared and desperate.
And I've seen Maxie like that before, and where his mind went.
Where's their dad?
Their dad?
He skipped town 40 year ago?
That's not what I asked.
Diaphragmatic breathing.
It's something I've being trying for the Zen.
The trick to it - is not to think about your breathing
coming from up here...
What you want to do is get the old engine room going
down here.
Where the magic happens.
Slow it doon.
Take it a bit deeper.
It never gets the respect it deserves, the diaphragm.
Cos it's no flashy.
It just keeps its heid down, gets on with its job.
But if it wasn't there...
..pulling the strings,
then the wheels would fall off the whole caboodle.
There you go.
That's it.
Do you feel a sense of great serenity?
To a degree.
Where's their dad?
When Max came out of prison,
he asked me to track down an address.
When I gave it to him, he said he didn't need it any more.
Maybe he needs it now.
Aye.
He needs it now.
A testament to the strength of the bank
and what he called good, honest hard work by the bank's employees...
I did night watch on the rigs.
My sleeping's never recovered.
Leith's Golden Boy.
Ah, well, no-one gets oot of Leith clean.
Prison?
Driving accident. Two years.
It was fine.
Did you get that in a cracker?
I gave it a go.
Confession.
That must have taken a while.
We had to stop for lunch.
Why'd you never try to make contact?
I didnae have the right.
I'd ruined your life once, I couldnae risk doing it again.
So I...sat here...
..and waited and hoped you'd be the one to take that risk, instead.
I volunteered for it.
Night watch.
I stood and listened to the sea, and I thought of you.
I thought of Jake, too, but I thought of you.
Of how you looked at me when I asked you to look after your brother,
and I'd see you later.
You knew I was lying.
You knew I was leaving.
But you smiled at me and said, "OK, Dad".
You stood there, eight years old, like a fucking soldier.
That was the bravest thing I've ever seen.
So I thought about you, Max...
..out on the sea.
I thought about you, too, when I was in prison.
About how you'd put me there.
You can go doon that road...
..and I couldnae blame you, but I don't think it'll help you.
I think whatever you're facing, you've got nae time for blame.
I think you've got to face it on your own two feet...
..if you want half a chance to get oot of it.
The life you spoke about, the one you had.
Did that help you find a little peace?
A little.
Then, get it back.
We've put all the bank's documentation in here for you.
Great
How many keys would you like?
One. Ah, there you go.
I need to get out of Edinburgh.
So do I.
Come on.
Penny Arcade by Roy Orbison
Shit!
There's coffee there.
You sleep better than your brother.
You don't have the power over me that you have over him.
I'm glad to hear it.
I don't remember you. I just remember what came next.
I asked Max to look after you, before I went.
I'm sure he did it.
His childhood ended the day I left,
but I reckon he worked really hard to make sure you got one.
He did.
Your mother favoured you.
You'll know that.
She saw too much of me in Max.
She was right.
Whatever parts of him hurt you the most, blame me.
Because I put them there.
And he gets a free pass, does he, for everything he's done?
It's no about him, Jake.
It's about you, son.
Don't forgive me. But if you forgive him, if you understand him...
..that's where your peace lies.
Jesus Christ!
Fuck!
What the fuck are they?
We're going fishing. No, we're not.
We're not here because we had nowhere else to go, Max.
You've spent 40 years finding somewhere else to go.
We're here because you think he put you here.
And maybe, on some level, you think he can get you out of it.
And you may be right about him. But he's not all bad,
and neither are you. And we're not going to get out of this
until you pull yourself together and see how we do it.
I wish that wasn't true. I wish I wasn't stuck to you like that,
but I am. So, give him a break,
sort yourself out, let's go fishing.
I'm not wearing them.
That's it? Mm-mm.
Everything from Roy Lynch's phone.
Shall I stick it in the system?
No, I'll do it.
Right. Try it now.
She's not a country car, Skye, she doesn't have the stamina.
She likes darting about town with plenty of breathers in between.
So, your plan to get me out of this is to drive to the arse-end of
Scotland in a car that doesn't fancy it,
to rescue two guys I don't know?
All you need to know is that Maggie's after them, too.
And taking on a Lynch is not something to do alone.
OK?
They're your friends?
Yeah, Max gave me the business.
He has also historically contributed to several of my meltdowns.
So...
..I suppose it's complicated.
Sounds like a nob.
Well, maybe it's not that complicated.
But Max is the only person I know who's taken on the Lynches
and come out the other side.
We rescue him and Jake, we work with them, we get you out of this.
That easy?
No.
There isn't much in life comes easy to our family.
Which is why you're going to find a better life,
when you're the other side of this.
I'm sorry, Uncle Kenny.
I shouldn't have brought you into this.
I'm glad you did.
Cos I've spent a long time not helping those I should have,
and now that's all I want to do.
Jump in.
Give me that.
I carry this lot every day.
Yeah, well, have a day off.
Jesus Christ, what have you got in here?
Just some bits and pieces.
I cannae risk my back.
There's been a bank on this land for 600 years.
We've banked for kings, queens, churches, political leaders,
criminals, and various combinations of the above.
But keeping this city's secrets for six centuries has left us
a little tired.
A little boring.
And it didn't help that every chairman for the last 600 years
had either Duke or Earl in front of their name.
Don't you have a Sir in front of yours?
I wasn't born with it, that's the difference.
So I came along, a kid from the wrong side of town,
who'd worked his way up from branch manager,
and didn't have a lot of time for tradition.
I pushed us into security trading
and, well, you know the rest.
Biggest UK company by balance sheet,
biggest annual profit ever recorded, highest share growth
in the financial industry... You're right, we know that stuff.
I started on the paperwork last night,
and I couldn't see a breakdown of your debt.
Where it's held, whether it's been leveraged...
You know how many offers we've had for this bank?
I know how many offers you say you had.
Light touch, due diligence.
That's what you guys promised,
that's one of the reasons we went for you...
That isn't a tough request, is it?
Not at all. We'll get it to you.
Good.
The sale's been announced.
The market is primed.
You're here to sign it off, and on Friday, stand beside me
when it's confirmed.
Well, then, I'd better get back to work.
Sorry, guys, give me a minute.
Frankie fucking Miller.
Frankie Miller's the best white singer since Elvis.
He's 18th, Dad.
That's the reality. He's 18th.
Maybe I'm getting nostalgic.
There you go, son.
Good fishing.
Let me help you. I can do it.
Let me help you.
You know, Max, people think fishing is just like hunting.
It's no, it's the opposite.
In hunting, you go looking for the prey.
In fishing, they come looking for you.
That's power.
That's control...
..because you have time to think
about who's coming for you.
About how you're going to bait them.
About how you're going to use their strengths against them.
And if you make a plan and you get it right...
..then you realise you can take it all.
What do we do now, Dad?
We wait.
This isn't a good time, Maggie.
It's the perfect time, Jimmy,
wi your big deal going through
and all that money.
I was sorry to hear about Roy.
That business in Portobello.
He left me in rather reduced circumstances.
They don't look very reduced to me!
The police are taking everything.
They're taking the roof from over my head, Jimmy.
I want you to know that I wouldn't be doing this if I didn't have to.
But I'm leaving Edinburgh,
and I need to do so with enough that I never have to come back.
Roy and I always said, if things turned bad,
you'd be the last resort.
How much?
Couple of million.
I've got two ex-wives.
There's no two million.
There will be, when your deal goes through.
It wasnae just Roy that was proud of you.
Every time I saw you in the papers or on the telly,
I'd think about that wee kid in the branch in Leith,
in a suit too big for him, but enough ambition to fill it.
He just needed a wee bit of help along the way.
I'll come back to you, Maggie.
Make sure you do, son.
Or I'll have to come to you...
..to that nice office of yours...
..and sit in the reception.
And wait.
What's going on here?
Dad, don't! Let me go.
No, I'll do it, it's my house.
Time to go, Max.
Why would he be calling Roy Lynch?
That's what we're going to find out.
If we do this, there's no way back.
It gets tiring, Stevie, doing this job.
Doing it properly.
Not like you do it.
Dealing with the stupid and the weak,
with all their lying, all their bullshit.
And for what?
Long hours, crap money, and to be told who I can and can't nick.
I don't think I want to do this job much longer,
so I might as well do something that feels like I made
a difference, before I leave.
So, yeah.
We're doing it.
Then I'll see what that means.
The guy that pulled the double pike off the flats,
apparently he lived there.
If you're going to shack up with a woman in a flat in Leith,
don't pick one on the top floor, eh?
We make appointments here.
Did you think I would spend all week reading that shit?
I didn't give it much thought. Well, that was your first mistake.
You know, I could lift that phone and get three other buyers?
And they'd pay more than you, too. You're stalling me,
which is concerning.
You know very well that this is always a dance.
You might be window shopping. If we show you how the magic happens,
who's to say you don't steal what you can and move on?
It's not sensitive information.
And if I don't see it, then I can't sign off the deal.
Six months is a long time to be off work from a skiing accident.
We're all doing our due diligence, love.
Tell me exactly what you need, sign an NDA, and I'll give you it.
But deals like this can get sunk by rumours.
I don't want it suggested anywhere there's the slightest problem
with this sale.
I haven't seen a problem yet.
Good.
But I haven't finished looking.
Remind me?
Kenny Burns, Hopetoun Street, you knew my dad?
Oh, aye.
Yeah. How are you, son?
Ach, you see it all, Mr McCall.
This is my niece, Skye.
Hello, love. She's a law student.
Very good.
No classes today?
Yeah, but I've got a bunch of nutters after me
for 20 grand, so I'm kind of concentrating on that right now.
Well, you're quite the gang, I'll gie you that.
Here, get yourselves sorted out with clothes and whatnot.
We don't need your money.
Well, it's either that or you borrow some of my gear.
We'll take the money, thanks.
You know, with you two coming here...
..I don't feel alone any more.
And you shouldnae, either.
When you need me, and you will...
..I'll be there.
See you, Dad.
I'm sorry, son.
Bye, Dad.
If the deal goes through, you'll get your money.
If?
I may require some assistance.
You can take the boy out of Leith...
Who's coming, Kenny?
Whoever she's got left.
And how might they have known where I was?
Are you taking the piss? We've just saved your arses.
May I ask why you decided to bring this
wee charmer on your little road trip, Kenny?
And why not ask me? Cos I don't know you.
We can trust her. Why?
Cos I owe Maggie Lynch 20 grand.
Why should I trust you?
Well, you shouldn't.
But I'm the only one that can get us all out of this.
Oh, you're the leader, are you?
Well, through a fairly rapid process of elimination, yes,
I would say I'm the leader.
Take it this one's the nob.
Yep.
Oh, shit! Shit!
Kenny, what's he doing here? Who is he?
A lunatic!
He doesn't look like much.
Yeah. Many have had that thought.
It didn't turn out too well for them.
There's four of us and one of him.
Doesn't really work like that.
Go speak to him, Uncle Kenny. No, thanks.
Then I will. Wait, did you miss the lunatic bit?
Do you remember, Teddy, the night before your parole hearing?
How we stayed up all night.
Working out what we should say, line by line.
You got me out of that place, Maxie.
100%.
But I'm not sure what good it did me.
Because...
..I forgot, Teddy...
..that you don't just need to be taught how to get out.
You need to be taught how not to go back.
How to make life work when it's bigger than four walls.
It's too late, Maxie. No, it's not.
This is it, Teddy.
This is when I start to teach you.
I told you a long time ago, Maxie, that you're not safe from me.
I wish you'd remembered that.
I really do. I...
I understand, Teddy, about Roy.
About what he might give you.
About the role he might fill.
I understand what it's like to be missing that role.
Roy's dead.
So, it's her?
And she can't lose.
If you get caught, she doesn't know you.
You're just an enraged associate of the late Roy Lynch.
If you do what she's asking you to do,
you're not going to get what she's promised you.
You'll get caught and you won't talk.
And that's us and you taken care of.
This is her revenge, Teddy.
But it's not her escape.
She'll have another plan for that.
She'll have an endgame.
But...
..she's alone...
..and she's exposed.
This is an opportunity.
For us and for you.
I remember that night, Maxie.
Before the parole hearing.
How you talked and talked...
..about what I should say.
And when you'd finished...
..I said I wish I talked like you did.
But I don't.
So you had to make it...
..a wee bit simpler.
I'm saying let's work together.
Let's go back to Edinburgh.
And let's take it all.