(sirens wailing) JAKE: What's happening?

MAX: We're going home.

We need to get a train out of Edinburgh before Maggie Lynch knows we're here.

MAGGIE: You left us with nothing, Max.

MAX: Let's go!

(gun fires in distance) We've got half a tank of petrol and the clothes on our backs.

If you want out, now would be the time to go.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (thunder claps) (whimpers) (click) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (traffic passing outside) (siren blaring in distance) (breathes deeply) Oh... (sighs) (water running) RICHARD: So, you're back.

ALIZA: I'm back.

Are you okay?

I had a skiing accident.

I had pain issues.

And now, yeah, I'm okay.

Yeah, that's what we're going with.

That's what happened.

You are going to Scotland.

We're buying a bank.

(laughs) 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.

("Strange" by Wire playing) (singer vocalizing) (stamp clicks) Welcome to Scotland.

♪ Beware, beware ♪ ♪ There's something going down that wasn't here before ♪ ♪ Keep your eyes a-glued to the floor ♪ ♪ No one's gonna save your life ♪ ♪ There's something going on that's not quite right ♪ Uh-huh!

♪ ♪ STURROCK: This is a great day for Scotland.

For our national bank to achieve the biggest corporate sale in the history of the U.K. 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... (voice fades) ♪ ♪ I'm sorry.

Huh?

About wee Al.

(sighs) 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.

With 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?

We stay here a few days and let the dust settle.

Then we need to know if the Lynches got away.

And if they did?

Well, they don't know about... here, s... Um, so, we'll be safe here-- from them, anyway.

How did you know where to go?

Kenny got me it.

You could have told me.

(exhales) It would have just sat inside you.

Like it's sat inside me.

(blows out) Ready?

I am, but I'm not sure you are.

♪ ♪ (knocks) True to form.

♪ ♪ Hi, Dad.

♪ ♪ YVONNE: 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.

(exhales): 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 inquiry.

It wouldn'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.

Cooperate, 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 inquiry.

The victim's identity's 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.

(door opens) Why now?

We had nowhere else to go.

That bad, eh?

MAX: 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 apologize, if you like.

I can apologize all day long.

But I don't know where that would get us.

That's your opener?

It's not as simple as that.

Well, I'm struggling to see how it could be more simple.

I think we might need to work our way into that stuff.

ALEC: 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.

ALEC: How might you have done that?

Well, we recently crawled through a considerable amount of cow (muted).

We had a wee wash at a service station, but my worry is the damage was already done.

Ah.

Sounds like things are going well.

I'll get the tea on.

(door creaks and shuts) He's not what I expected.

He's exactly what I expected.

STURROCK: We're eating at the castle this evening.

And believe me, they don't let us use it for just anyone.

And then I thought we could start tomorrow with a wee tour.

Let you guys kick the tires for a bit.

Oh, we should think about some golf.

There's some great... 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?

(chuckles) 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.

Bull(muted).

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.

Well, 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.

Okay.

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?

(chuckles): 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.

♪ ♪ (cell phone ringing) Hiya.

YVONNE: I'm on my way home and I was thinking we could test your almonds theory.

I'm sorry.

You're working.

KENNY: Yeah, uh, could be a late one.

Tomorrow, then?

Yeah, yeah, tomorrow, tomorrow will be better.

Be careful.

I will.

♪ ♪ I was in a band, then Max (muted) that up.

Then I had a record store.

Shop.

Max (muted) that up.

And then I went to America.

Had a pub and a girlfriend, and then, well, 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 all that, here you are, together.

Do you know, Dad, how Mum ended up?

Oh, I imagine she ended up how 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 none of that wind you get, the one that comes straight down 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, then got out on a disability pension, and, uh... (mumbles): Came here for the fishing-- that, that was me.

Five hours up the (muted) road.

It's not about the five hours, son.

I'd prefer you didnae call me that.

What do you mean?

About Mum?

(puts down cutlery) You'd 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 from me.

Ask me to spring her out.

She got discharged, we got married.

And she was better.

Most of the time.

Not always.

So, uh...

If that's how she ended, then she ended as she started.

But doesn't everyone?

(clears throat): Get some sleep now.

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.

(cutlery clanks) (door opens) (cell phone ringing) (button clicks, ringing stops) ♪ ♪ Call me when you get this.

I know who you owe, and it's not good.

I mean, it was never gonna be good, but... ♪ ♪ I hoped it wouldn't be this bad.

(closes phone) 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.

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 do 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?

(blows out) He skipped town 40 year ago?

That's not what I asked.

(inhales deeply) (exhales) Diaphragmatic breathing.

It's something I've been trying, for the Zen.

The trick to it is not to think about your breathing coming from up here... (gasps) (choking) What you want to do is get the old engine room going down here.

(groaning) Where the magic happens.

(exhales with effort) Slow it down.

Take it a bit deeper.

(exhaling slowly) It never gets the respect it deserves, the diaphragm.

Because it's not flashy.

(grunts) It just keeps its head down, gets on with its job.

(groaning) (exhales slowly) But if it wasn't there, pulling the strings, then the wheels would fall off the whole caboodle.

(exhales) There you go.

That's it.

Mm-hmm.

Do you feel a sense of great serenity?

Mm-hmm.

(weakly): To a degree.

(groaning in pain) Where's their dad?

(choking) (hoarsely): 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 anymore.

Maybe he needs it now.

Aye.

He needs it now.

(grip releases, Kenny panting) MAN (on TV): ...a testament to the strength of the bank and what he called "good, honest hard work" by the bank's employees... Oh, uh...

I did night watch on the rigs.

My sleeping's never recovered.

MAX: Huh.

Leith's Golden Boy.

Aye, well, no one gets out of Leith clean.

(TV turns off) Prison?

Driving accident, two years.

It was fine.

Did you get that in a cracker?

(chuckles) 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.

(sighs): 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, "Okay, Dad."

You stood there, eight years old, like a (muted) 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 down 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 gotta face it on your own two feet, if you want half a chance to get out 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.

(breathes deeply) ♪ ♪ We've put all the bank's documentation in here for you.

Great.

(pad beeps, door buzzes) How many keys would you like?

One.

Ah, there you go.

♪ ♪ (exhales) (door opens) I need to get out of Edinburgh.

(door closes) So do I.

Come on.

("Penny Arcade" by Roy Orbison playing in car) ♪ "Step up and play," each machine seemed to say ♪ ♪ As I walked round and round the penny arcade ♪ (Teddy grunting) ♪ "Just ring a bell at the big bagatelle ♪ ♪ And you'll make all the colored lights cascade" ♪ (song skipping) (hitting player) (song continues) ♪ Yes, it played, it played, played all the time ♪ ♪ "Roll up and spend your last dime" ♪ ♪ Oh, "Step up and play," each machine seemed to say ♪ (tires screeching, Teddy yelps) (stirring) What the (muted) are they?

(chuckles) 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 are not gonna 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.

(footsteps approaching) That's it?

Mm-hm, everything from Roy Lynch's phone.

Shall I stick it in the system?

No, I'll do it.

(phone rings in distance, door closes) Right, try it now.

(engine starts) (exhales) 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, okay?

They're your friends?

Yeah, Max gave me the business.

He's also, historically, contributed to several of my meltdowns.

So...

I suppose it's complicated.

Sounds like a nob.

(chuckles) 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 gonna 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.

(sighs) Because I spent a long time not helping those I should have, and now that's all I wanna do.

Jump in.

(knocks on glass) Are you okay, Mister?

(knocking on glass) Give me that.

I carry this lot every day.

MAX: Yeah, well, have a day off.

(grunts) (straining) Jesus, what have you got in here?

Just some bits and pieces.

(struggling) I canae risk my back.

I canae.

(Alec whistles "Darlin'" by Frankie Miller) Frankie (muted) 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.

(casts line) There you go, son.

Good fishing.

Let me help you.

I can do it.

Let me help you.

(sighs) You know, Max, people think fishing's 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 gonna bait them.

About how you're gonna use their strengths against them.

(bites) And if you make a plan, and you get it right... ...then you realize you can take it all.

(footsteps crunching) (reel spins) What do we do now, Dad?

We wait.

(birds chirping) This isn't a good time, Maggie.

MAGGIE: It's the perfect time, Jimmy.

With your big deal going through.

With all that money.

I was sorry to hear about Roy.

That business in Portobello.

He left me in rather reduced circumstances.

Well, 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.

(exhales) 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.

(car door shuts) ALEC: 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 gonna 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 bull(muted), and for what?

Long hours, crap money, and to be told who I can and can't nick.

Don't think I wanna 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?

(dog barking) (door opens) We make appointments here.

Did you think I would spend all week reading that (muted)?

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 rumors.

I don't want it suggested anywhere there is the slightest problem with the sale.

I haven't seen a problem yet.

Good.

But I haven't finished looking.

♪ ♪ (door shuts) Remind me?

Kenny Burns, Hopetoun Street.

You knew my dad.

Oh, aye!

(chuckles) 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.

(door opens) Well, you're quite the gang, I'll give you that.

Here, get yourselves sorted out with clothes and what not.

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.

(engine starts) If the deal goes through, you'll get your money.

If?

(sighs) I may require some assistance.

You can take the boy out of Leith.

(soft chuckle) (door shuts) ♪ ♪ MAX: 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?

'Cause I don't know you.

We can trust her.

Why?

Because 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?

(chuckles) Well, through a fairly rapid process of elimination, yes, I would say I'm the leader.

Take it this one's the nob.

JAKE: Yep.

Oh (muted)!

(tires screeching) (grunting) Kenny, what's he doing here?

Who is he?

A lunatic!

SKYE: Doesn't look like much.

MAX: Yeah, many have had that thought.

It didn't turn out too well for them.

There's four of us, and one of him.

It doesn't really work like that.

Go speak to him, Uncle Kenny.

No, thanks.

Then I will.

Wait, did you miss the lunatic bit?

♪ ♪ ("The Faith Healer" by the Sensational Alex Harvey Band playing) (door slams shut) (song continues) (song continues) (song continues) (rings doorbell) (indistinct chatter) (rings doorbell) (keys jangling) (song fades out) 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, one hundred percent.

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.

(car door opens) I really do.

I, I understand, Teddy-- (car door closes) about Roy, about what he might give you.

MAX: 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 gonna 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.

("The Faith Healer" resumes) (click) ♪ ♪ You look tired, son.

I am tired.

MAGGIE: Max being alive isn't good news for you.

Were you gonna split the money with me in Chicago?

(chortles) ALIZA: This deal is your way out.

That's the way the world works.

That's the way your world works.

STEVIE: If you don't stop, it will be the last thing you do.

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