Shadow Dancer

Aye, we'll son that out for him.

We've got to get started really early

on Monday, though.

I'll talk to him about that.

Go out and get us some fags, love,

would you?

Yeah.

Collette, get going.

Get yourself some sweets, eh?

Sorry, mate. Aye.

Oh, no one's heading out now

except for the missus.

Dad wants you

to get some fags.

He asked you.

It doesn't matter- I went last time-.

- Do you want a glass of milk, Collette?

- No, I'm fine'

Don't forget to brush your teeth

before you go to bed, love.

- Go on.

- No.

I'll give you some money.

- Stop talking and get ready.

- Aye, I'm coming. I'm coming.

Get me some sweets.

Run! Come on. They're coming!

Ma! Dad!

- Jesus Christ! He's shot. Jesus.

- What happened?

- He got shot, Dad.

- What? Who is it? Sean?

Is it Sean? Oh, God, Gerry.

Breathe, for Jesus' sake, breathe.

Get a towel. Get a towel.

Get out the way!

Just breathe.

Just breathe for me. Go on, please.

Give that to me. Get the f***ing...

God.

Gerry.

Oh, Jesus Christ. Oh, Jesus.

Sean, Sean. Oh, God.

Sean, Sean. Oh, God.

Sean.

Oh, God. Oh, God. Oh, God. Oh, God.

Please, God. Sean. Oh, God, no.

No.

Excuse me.

Mind the gap.

Mind the gap.

Mind the gap.

Ladies and gentlemen,

your attention please.

Due to a reported emergency,

will all passengers

leave the station immediately?

Ladies and gentlemen,

your attention please.

Due to a reported emergency,

will all passengers

leave the station immediately?

Do you want water? Coffee?

It's not gonna give you what you want

or what your family's lawyers expect.

But it might help.

This could take a while.

You're wasting your time.

I doubt it.

OK.

So, a lot of this you know we know.

Some of it you definitely don't.

Like this. Remember him?

'Course you do.

Look at him.

Henry Laws.

You used to work in his print factory.

You told Connor

he was a part-time soldier.

You scouted it. Gerry ordered it.

Connor pulled the trigger.

Henry's wife found

their kids clinging to the corpse.

Now obviously his family didn't know,

but a week later,

you went to the funeral,

Why did you do that?

OK. Provisional forensics.

This is definitely not one

for the brothers back home.

This would definitely lead

to a lot of awkward questions.

So I guess this is how you figured it.

You leave the bag. You make the call.

They place a warning.

There's a bomb on a train

somewhere on the line.

We have to close dawn

the whole network.

We find the bag.

We carry out a controlled explosion,

and that way your brothers

at home never find out, right?

You never set the timer, Collette.

I want a lawyer.

- A terrorist who can't bring herself to...

- I want a lawyer-.

Let me tell you

what it's going to be like.

Irish girl. English jail.

Every time you wan! to see your boy,

every time he wants to see you,

his grandma's gonna have to load him

onto the ferry and drive 400 miles.

It's gonna break his f***ing heart.

Do you know how many people

your brothers killed last year?

This year's victims

are still walking around, Collette.

They're doing the washing.

They're dropping their kids at school.

You can keep it that way.

You see, now that

everybody's talking peace,

the word is that your leaders think

that Gerry's the problem.

He's not going to let them sell out.

So how far is he gonna go?

What's he gonna do?

You agree to watch him and talk to us,

and you're out of here

like nothing ever happened.

Back to your ma, Back to your boy.

We'll pay you.

And one day, if you want it,

we'll give you a life far away from this.

Nobody dies.

Nobody gets hurt.

We just talk.

I want a lawyer.

This isn't who you are, Collette.

How the f*** would you know who I am?

I know it bugs the hell out of you

that your mum won't get

the washing machine fixed.

I know you're asking yourself

why your boy still wets his bed at night.

F*** off.

And I know you were so lonely

the night before you came down here

that you went home with some guy

you don't even like.

I want a lawyer.

You can have

all the f***ing lawyers you like,

but it's not gonna change a thing.

We've got you. You're finished.

You're done'

So is your boy.

Look.

There's the paperwork

to have him taken into care.

Eh?

You really want a lawyer?

You wanna go that way?

Just dial 9 for an outside line.

Yes, the IRA does continue

to insist it's serious about peace,

but a lot of people

are going to find that hard to credit

when the organisation appears

to be trying to send

young men and women over here

to place bombs

on the London transport network.

And now the police

have issued this photograph

of the alleged bomber tonight.

It is a little indistinct.

It was taken from the security camera

before she went into that tunnel,

but they hope that someone

wit! recognise her from it.

Now, in other news,

and the government is expected

to give its decision later today...

They'll kill me.

They'll never know.

They will.

I'll be there, day and night, watching.

- Have you done this before?

- Yes.

- Are any of them still alive?

- Yes, all of them.

Till you don't need them any more.

We do this together.

But I need to hear you say it.

You have to be sure.

I'm sure.

So this is our number.

Memorise it, then burn the paper.

Always ask for Declan.

He's your new boyfriend.

That's your cover story.

So we meet every Wednesday at midday

at the car park in the quay

at Queen's Island starting this week.

You just walk around until I find you.

You think you're being followed,

don't stop.

Don't use the phone at the house.

Anyone sees you in a phone box,

just say it's a love affair

you don't want your mother

to hear about.

You're gonna need this.

It's an emergency bleeper.

Hide it well.

You press that button,

half the world will come running.

What's your name?

Always ask for Declan.

I mean your real name.

It's better you don't know.

If you make a mistake, I'm dead.

Right?

I'd like to know your name.

Mac.

So I'll see you at the quay

the day after tomorrow.

You make damn sure you're there.

- Where is he?

- He's out the back.

He's fine.

Mark,

Go away.

- Hey. Come here.

- Leave me alone.

Come here. Come here.

You're all right.

Let's see.

I can see one, two, three, four, five...

How youse all doing?

We heard a rumour our gin was back.

- Hi, Gerry.

- Hi, Ma.

- Hi, Connor.

- Hi, Ma.

- Good to see you.

- Good to see you. How's it going?

It was all over the news.

So just be careful with Ma.

She's been a bit upset.

All right, wee man?

The Taoiseach and I are agreed

on a joint declaration

on Northern Ireland.

Il makes no compromise

on strongly held principles.

- You heard about this, right?

- Aye, I read about it.

Our message is clear and simple.

There is no future in violence.

Republican leader

Liam Hughes gave his reaction.

Republicans

are very disappointed

about what they've heard here today,

but we will give this document

serious consideration

and stand ready

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