Ordinary Decent Criminal Page #4

Oh, you're on the medical card,

aren't you?

I mean this won't

cost you anything, will it?

No.

Grand, night. Lads.

And will the accused sit up

and let us see his face, please!

The accused is a very clever man.

But the extraordinary thing

about him

is that he seems unable to resist

letting the rest of the world

know how clever he is.

sometimes I think

he's not a real criminal at all,

he's just a big show-off.

How are things, Michael?

Fair, Shay.

What'll you have?

No, I'm grand.

Is everything all right,

Michael?

Yeah, fine.

Oh, it's just this...

there's this judge...

he's getting on my nerves.

He's prejudiced, you know.

Is that right?

That's his daughter's car.

Do you think you could find it?

Consider it done.

Trial's supposed to end

on Thursday

will that give you enough time

to send them a bit of a message?

A ''frightener''?

It has to be timed just right.

Give me the keys, love.

Thanks for the lunch, sir...

and a very stimulating

conversation.

Bye, dad. Hope we didn't

outstay our welcome.

Not at all, Moira.

Mind you, he does like the osund of

his own voice, doesn't he?

You're one to talk.

In conclusion...

whatever the jury's feelings

may be...

as to what seems

the just conclusion to draw...

I must remind you that...

if the available evidence is not

sufficient for a conviction

then...

you must not convict.

This is another disaster

for the Gardai, isn't it?

Mr. Lynch has been found not guilty.

That is not to say that the Gardai

are pursuing anyone else

in connection with this crime.

It's also not to say that

the Gardai will

cease its investigations

in the activities

of Mr. Michael Lynch.

Do you think the justice system is

too soft on criminals, Michael?

Michael, how can you afford such

an expensive legal team, Mr. Lynch?

Are you back on the dole, Michael?

Now that you're innocent,

can you show us your face?

Daddy.

There's daddy

with the black hood on him.

That's right.

Da, why are you wearing

a black hood?

Cos, I don't want them to see me.

...that Mr. Michael Lynch

is not a funny man.

All right, now, kids, who is he?

A Garda.

Is he a pig, da?

You're both right,

but you never call him a pig.

Pay attention to him,

call him a Garda

and never trust him

or anyone like him.

Come on, play it, Michael.

Are me and Lisa in it?

It's just a little bit

you have to watch

it's in the, the beginning...

Hey, that's us.We're famous.

We're not the stars of the show,

of course.

We'd only be like extras, you know.

Will you go and play outside,

please.

Are you going home?

We've gotta go home in a minute.

All right, come on,

we'll watch it again in a while.

Get your coats.

But it does seem that the Gardai

just can't control

the spiral of crime

in the city right now.

Does it?

Billy.

Billy!

How are youse?

Billy, how are you?

God, you're looking well tonight.

I like the suit there, big fella.

Thanks. How are you doing?

Right, fine.

How are you, Michael?

Lisa and Christine, isn't it?

Sorry, I'm not sure which is which.

Dark, you know.

Who's that?

It's Jerome Higgins.

He wants to talk to you.

Jerome Higgins?

Since when yhave you become

the messenger boy for the IRA,

little fella?

Talk to him, will you?

A few minutes,

that's all, honestly,

it's no trouble or anything.

What's the problem, Michael?

I don't like being told what to do,

that's the problem.

It's grand.

I won't be long. Okay?

Billy.

Conversing with the riff-raff.

Glad our man, Shay Kirby,

was able to help you out

with that Judge, Michael.

Shay doesn't work with you

any more.

But his training, Michael.

His methods.

What are you looking for?

Well, I was just saying

to Billy there

that I think

there could be a lot of merit

in a bit of co-operation

between us.

Well, I don't.

Billy wouldn't agree with you there

and we've done a few favours

for your Billy.

Now, I suppose you know that

we had our eye on

O'Donnells Jewellery as well.

Tough shite.

Because we thought a reasonable

cut from the what?

Two million, I believe, would be

a nice gesture to us, Michael.

Call it a symbol

of future collaboration.

How about a symbol

of future f*** all?

You've neither the f***ing brains

or the gumption

to do your own robbing

so you think

you can come around here

and squeeze an ordinary

decent criminal, like me,

who knows something about his job.

F*** off and double f*** off,

Jerome.

Night, little fella.

Excuse me.

Oh, and,

no hard feelings by the way.

God loves a trier

and keep your eye on the papers,

Higgins...

cos that'll be the first place

you hear about my next job

when it's all over the front pages.

The biggest yet.

Way out of your league.

What job are you talking about,

Michael?

Don't ask me, I'm making it up

as I go along.

M, it's me.

Hi, Michael.

Look, I'm really sorry about that

you know. Look, I'm really...

Christine!

So, you got caught dealing and

now you're in hock to the IRA.

You f***ing spaz.

I want you out of Dublin, fast,

little fella.

England, the States,

I don't care where.

But keep away from them

and keep away from me.

I'm sorry, Michael.

Mostly he enede up

doing religious painting

but that's only cos that's

where the money was in those days.

Cardinals and Bishops were

always hiring artists

to paint scenes from the Bible.

And Lords, of course, trying to

show of how holy they were.

He had to do a runner out of Rome

for killing some fella in a fight.

Bit of a f***ing headcase,

do you know.

Michael, this isn't right.

Excuse me, my, my wife,

she needs to...

See Jesus and Judas...

Caravaggio used fellas

off the street as his models.

He hung around bars and

whorehouses all the time

picked out someone interesting

to be Jesus or whoever.

I think he got a kick out of that,

you know...

having Cardinals on their knees...

praying away to some painting

of a murderer or something.

What are you laughing at?

Oh, nothing.

I was just thinking about

what lasts, you know,

and who gets the benefit.

I mean, your man who painted this

he never saw any of the money

it's supposed to be worth, right?

But he gets the reputation though

I mean, people remember who he is.

And that's the thing, isn't it?

You're afraid no-one'll

remember you after you're dead?

I think

you should take up painting.

Why? So I'll be remembered?

Nah. So you could do the kitchen.

Hello, yeah?

Father Grogan?

Paul Grogan, yes, that's me.

My name's Christine.

I phoned you about the Caravaggio.

Oh, yes, of course.

Come in, you're welcome.

Oh, the painting was hanging

right down here for years

looking down at everyone

having their supper

and no-one took any notice of it.

Getting dirtier and dirtier.

Then one day I was celebrating Mass

in our little chapel upstairs

remind me to show it to you

before you go.

Anyway, this morning

it was Luke's wonderfully moving

account of Veronica

washing the face of Jesus.

And I thought, we must have

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