The bomb went off when she opened the door.
The victim is indeed Olivia Walsh.
This morning, when I saw that blast scene,
it all came back like it was yesterday.
Orla.
If I'm to go opening up doors again,
I need a better reason than a favour to an old mate.
I've driven Mr Lawson to a number of meetings recently.
If the killings start, there's nothing you can do about it.
Just leave it alone.
- We have to do this together. - Do what?
She's met your mother. Now, she deserves justice.
- Mr Alex Harris? - Hi.
Do you know this woman?
Olivia initiated the affair,
but she didn't seem to enjoy it very much.
Pat Walsh sprays the blood all over his walls.
Staged his own death.
Niall Malloy.
Joined the IRA in '76. Earned him his nickname, Death Maker.
- LES: Does he know who did this to Mum? - Maybe.
I didn't talk.
Niall, I'm begging you!
Please.
♪ Testator silens ♪
♪ Costestes e spiritu ♪
♪ Silentium ♪
*SILENT WITNESS* Season 22 Episode 08
*SILENT WITNESS* Episode Title: "Deathmaker Part 2"
♪ Testator silens ♪
Synchronized by srjanapala
(CHATTER)
Some minor petechial haemorrhaging on the eyelids.
(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS)
Little finger, ring finger, and middle finger are bandaged.
(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS)
Bruising at the wrist, caused by severe pulling at the bindings.
No sign of forced entry.
"The fast reflexes of pensioner William McDonagh saved the life"
"of Luke Ashley, 11, when he fell into a canal while fishing."
No hero's death for William McDonagh.
(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS)
Look at this.
Hmm.
A black hair. (CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS)
I don't think it's human.
(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS)
Whiskey.
Here we go.
"Canine inoculation record."
"Owner, Will McDonagh. Dog's name, Rocky."
He's a Staffordshire bull terrier.
Staffies can be aggressive if they're trained to be.
- If his owner was being attacked... - So where's Rocky?
Morning.
How's everyone holding up? Nightmares all night.
And you?
- You don't have a fag, do you? - Sorry.
I quit when I got pregnant with Rebecca, I just...
thought now was a good time to start again.
- No word from Les? - No.
Les and his dad, are they close?
Let me put it this way. In the ten years that I've known Les,
I've never heard either one of them raise their voice to each other,
which is more than I can say for Les and those two.
- So Les would be loyal to his father? - What are you getting at?
If they're close, Les might be persuaded to do something
that... normally he wouldn't.
Do what, exactly?
Marie, Pat may not be the person you think he is.
What are you saying?
He's some sort of criminal?
Les would never do anything illegal.
Les may suspect that your phone is being monitored.
He might try and get in touch some other way.
If he does, you need to let us know.
We're going. Come on, baby.
Becca, come on.
Good girl.
(DOG BARKS)
(JACK WHISTLES)
Come on, I won't hurt you.
Come on. Here, Rocky. (JACK WHISTLES)
Come on. (JACK WHISTLES)
Rocky.
(DOG WHIMPERS)
Hi, Thomas. We're going to need a vet.
If this dog attacked the assailant,
we might find hair or blood residue on it.
- You've got a few minutes now. Thanks. - Thank you.
When was the last time you had a bath, Rocky?
Nothing obvious round the claws.
Look at this.
Yeah. Swab, please.
Jack.
The deceased is male, identified from records as William McDonagh,
aged 65.
Three teeth missing.
22 and 23...
and 45.
Not recent, sockets well healed.
- Circular scar tissue to the abdomen. - (CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS)
- 8mm in diameter. - (CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS)
Yep, similar sized scar tissue on the other side.
That's a fully healed bullet wound.
Bruising to the right hand has started to yellow.
Fracture sites haven't united yet.
Not much time for callus formation, so likely to be fairly recent.
So what have we got?
Multiple signs of trauma, historic and recent.
Been through the wars, William McDonagh.
Thank you.
It WAS human blood in the dog's fur.
DNA confirms it belongs to one Patrick Walsh, otherwise known as...
Niall Malloy.
(HE GASPS)
Oh, God, it hurts.
(HE CHUCKLES)
Did Mum know?
About the cancer?
Well, I didn't tell her right away, but, yes, she did.
Why were you keeping it from me?
Do you not trust me?
You've got your own kids.
What would you do if you had a diagnosis like mine?
It's completely different, Dad. They're young children.
And you'll find out, Les...
you never stop seeing your children as children.
I just wanted to protect you, son.
Wanted to protect your mum.
OK, we'd better get out of here.
Marie keeps texting me.
She's leaving messages. She's just worried sick.
We're nearly there. We're close.
I don't want to let you down, Dad.
You're NOT letting me down. You've done more than enough.
You know, the life I had...
was a good life. Better than I ever deserved.
It was all down to your mum.
The least I can do for her now is to bring her justice.
The police WILL find out who killed her.
Perhaps.
But I may not live to see it.
All I want is to find the people who did this.
The police can handle the rest. Dad...
(HE GASPS IN PAIN)
Will McDonagh was involved in a number of bombings in the '80s,
along with his cousin, Niall Malloy.
Indeed, McDonagh was considered the closest associate of Malloy.
But back in 1989, he was arrested for his involvement in the ambush
and murder of two off-duty RUC officers.
Spend the next ten years in jail,
and then promptly dropped off the radar.
They've found Les Walsh's car.
(RADIO CHATTER)
Parking lot CCTV picked up Pat and Les Walsh leaving in a hurry
two hours ago.
Pat looked like he had an injury to the right hand.
Blood stains. Remains of a bandage.
A dog bite?
Could be.
Similar to the cup in McDonagh's flat.
Taken to remove any trace of DNA from the scene of the crime.
Yeah.
How long has it been since Les Walsh was last seen?
About 15 hours.
They've got to eat and sleep. I don't see any signs of food wrappers
or water bottles, even crumbs or food stains.
Malloy's storage unit is under surveillance,
so they haven't gone back there.
A careful man like Malloy might well have two boltholes.
PHONE RINGS
Hey.
Hey. Can we meet?
Now's not good.
- I'm being followed. - Are you sure?
Yes, I'm sure.
Right, Battersea Park in an hour. Bye.
You all right? Mm-hm.
Any idea who he is?
Nope.
Well, let's find out, shall we?
I'll take it from here.
DI Quint. You must be Miss Flanagan.
You had her followed? I understood from Hodgson here
that you might have established contact with your source.
- Thanks for that, Jack. - I assumed that you,
being an investigative reporter, wouldn't be too keen on sharing.
You assumed correctly.
I'll leave you boys to it.
Look, Miss Flanagan...
Craig Greenwood is a driver for Ken Lawson,
a prominent Northern Irish businessman who has been a
vocal proponent of direct rule and a staunch opponent of power-sharing.
Am I correct in assuming that you think Lawson might have been
a part of their secret group, The Guild?
You can think what you like.
Quite a history, Craig Greenwood.
Former loyalist paramilitary.
Suspected of killing at least 12 Republicans, none proven.
Do you trust him?
He hasn't lied to me so far.
And did Greenwood give you reason to believe
that The Guild was active again?
Any names?
I'll be in touch again, Miss Flanagan.
Quint, The Guild really exists, and you confront Lawson
about any of this, they'll think someone's talked,
they'll start looking for a leak. I'm aware of that.
You talk to Greenwood, you'll make him the number one suspect,
he might point the finger at Orla.
If needs be, Miss Flanagan will get protection.
She'll be safe. Will she?
You should have told me you talked to the police.
Orla...
Jack, got a minute?
What is it?
Going through Olivia Walsh's computer, I saw an e-mail
thanking her for her donation to a group called For The Living.
- Which is? - A support group run by surviving families
from both sides of the Northern Ireland Troubles.
How much did she donate?
Well, according to her bank records,
two 10,000 pound online donations two weeks ago.
(HE WHISTLES)
Are there any earlier donations?
Nope, just these two.
According to Pat Walsh's GP, he received his cancer diagnosis...
three days before Olivia's donation.
Do you think it prompted a confession to his wife?
"Hello, honey, I used to be a terrorist."
That's enough to drive a wedge into any relationship.
It could explain the donation.
(PHONE RINGS)
Hey.
So, I'm going to check in with all my old contacts.
They weren't as deeply embedded as Craig,
but they might give a clearer overall picture of what's going on.
OK, but be careful.
No, listen. From now on, I do this on my own.
I won't have any more contact with you.
Whatever I may or may not find out
will be at my discretion to divulge to the police.
- (OBJECT FALLS, BREAKS) - Orla...
- Hello? Who's there? - Orla?
Orla!
(SHE GRUNTS)
Quint, Orla Flanagan's house, right now.
Orla! Orla!
Orla!
Orla.
She's alive. Orla!
Orla, wake up. Come on, wake up now.
Orla.
What's happening?
Pulse is at 30. Dropping.
Only visible injury is a head wound above the left ear.
Hello, Orla, can you hear me? My name's Bryony.
Orla, can you open your eyes for me?
She's breathing, but I'm not getting a response. Can we pulse check?
Hey, Jack.
- You all right? - Yeah.
I gather you know Orla Flanagan.
I do.
Listen, if you want to sit this one out, that's...
My swab is on file to eliminate me from any...
Yeah, that's not what I'm saying. You know that.
I need to do this.
OK.
Here if you need me, yeah?
Windows are all intact.
No sign of a break-in.
Neither front nor balcony door show signs of being forced.
So she may have known her assailant, and let him or her in?
Fresh shiny striation marks around the lock.
Finer than a key.
Intruder picks the lock...
steps inside...
knocks into this.
So a man who's professional enough to know how to pick locks
without a trace,
and then clumsily knocks over a flowerpot.
What was Orla's exact position before I arrived?
Her arms spread out to the side.
Her shirt had been pulled open.
I think a button was missing.
Mm-hm.
(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS)
No sign of a weapon...
or evidence that she hit her head on the corner of the table,
a wall, or any other hard, angular surface.
Standard laptop power plug.
No laptop.
Can't the laptop be tracked?
Not without a network connection, no.
- (PHONE RINGS) - Mum? - Mm?
Mum, it's Dad.
Les, are you all right? Where are you?
Everything's fine, guys. I just, erm...
I just wanted to let you know that... What's going on?
Is your dad still alive?
Erm, Marie, this will all be over soon.
What will be over?
I just don't want you and the kids to worry, OK?
But everything... everything is fine.
Les, you can't do this to us.
You need to come back right now.
Yeah, look, I've got to go, Marie.
I will be back as soon as I can, all right?
I promise you that. I love you. Bye.
- Dad? - He's gone, darling.
Dad's fine, babe. Come on.
There you go.
(HE SIGHS)
How's Orla doing?
Erm, her vitals are stable now, but there's parts
of the brain haemorrhaging, so they're keeping her under.
And how are you holding up? I'm all right, yeah.
I'm not prying, Jack, but I can see that you're suffering,
and I don't like it.
My Aunt Rosie...
my dad's younger sister, she was always round our house.
Dad, he was like a real big brother to her.
Any time she went out, he'd drive there and pick her up after,
and... any boyfriend had to have Dad's seal of approval - most didn't.
(HE CHUCKLES)
Not even the man she married.
One Saturday morning, Dad and I were walking home after football practise
and around the corner there's an explosion, a big explosion,
made the ground shake.
Dad yelled at me, "Stay put."
But I didn't.
I followed round the corner.
(DISTANT PANICKED SHOUTS)
There was smoke and...
debris and...
(SIRENS WAIL)
there on the ground were her black high-heeled shoes.
My dad doesn't talk about it, though.
But I knew when he was thinking about it because, he'd go walking.
Sometimes he'd walk all night.
I'm so sorry, Jack.
- I never knew. - Yeah.
Mm.
A small loyalist splinter group claimed responsibility,
but... word on the street was it had been sanctioned by The Guild.
Their target had been an IRA commander.
He got away.
And the bombers...
they got away, too.
(NEWS BROADCAST PLAYS ON TELEVISION)
(DOORBELL RINGS)
No whiskey?
No whiskey.
No bad memories?
No old ones, anyway.
- Late dinner? - What's late when you're my age?
There's a stew on the hob.
Not a patch on your maw's but help yourself.
Good enough for me.
Orla Flanagan's fingernails are intact.
No sign of defence wounds on either hands or arms.
Also substantial bruising to the chest area here, can you see?
She fractured two ribs.
She was hit in the chest?
Well, possible.
But the bruising could also indicate vigorous heart massage.
Not me. This is the damage to the scalp left by the instrument
which struck her.
X-rays show point of impact just above the pterion,
which resulted in a fracture of the skull.
She's lucky to be alive.
CLOCK TOWER CHIMES
Morning, gentlemen. Morning. I'm looking for a Craig Greenwood?
Yes, the chap with the black car. He's just over the road.
Craig Greenwood?
Yes? DI Quint.
This is DC Anderton.
Do you know an Orla Flanagan?
I've heard the name.
Well, you met her, yesterday afternoon.
That's right.
Why did you meet with Orla?
She asked to meet.
So, you know her from before?
No, she told me she was working on a history of the Troubles
and felt that I could contribute.
And what did you say?
I told her to let sleeping dogs lie.
And did you talk about an organisation called The Guild?
No.
You and Miss Flanagan parted on less than cordial terms yesterday.
Did you threaten her?
(HE CHUCKLES)
Is that what she told you?
Nah.
Where were you last night between the hours of eight and 9pm?
- At home, watching TV. - Oh, yeah. What was on?
Some reality show crap.
I fell asleep.
- No witnesses? - No. What's happened?
Orla Flanagan was the victim of a serious assault last night.
We'll speak again soon.
Mr Greenwood.
That means a lot. One of our most valued clients,
we would of course offer you a highly competitive rate.
Absolutely. I'd be delighted to crunch some numbers with you.
Who were those guys?
Erm, it's some security checks.
Detectives?
How do you think Jack's doing?
I think he's doing OK.
Good.
I'll keep an eye out. But knowing Jack, he'll cope.
Any worries, I need to know, yeah?
So, how you doing these days, Craig?
I'm fine, Mr Lawson.
You know, it's funny. We see each other every day...
but we never really talk.
I mean, not like in the old days.
I guess not.
We really must catch up.
That'd be good.
(MECHANICAL WHIRRING)
- Quint? - I have an address.
Police!
Clear!
Codeine.
Ibuprofen.
GemCap.
Pat's bandages.
Laptops.
See here?
Blood.
Careful.
William McDonagh's?
Clarissa might be able to do something with this.
Found two laptops at Pat Walsh's hideout.
One is Orla's.
Both are password protected.
This one is at least five years old.
A veritable antique. Shouldn't take too long.
KM test on a substance found on the corner of Orla's came out positive.
Miss Lawson, Mr Lawson, I'll see you tomorrow.
Why don't you come in, Craig? Join us for a drink.
Oh, that's very kind of you, Mr Lawson, but...
Surely you can spare ten minutes, Craig?
Erm...
Of course.
I compared the corner of Orla's laptop with the scan of her
head wound and the linear mark on the scalp matches the laptop corner.
And those traces of blood are a match for Orla Flanagan, right?
- Yeah. - I found fingerprints
from both Pat and Les Walsh on the laptop.
Right. If you're finished, my turn.
To the bad old days.
- Bad old days. - The bad old days.
I always trusted you.
Call it blind faith, call it intuition.
Thank you, sir.
Do you remember Orla Flanagan, Craig?
The one who wrote those ridiculous articles about our organisation?
It was on the news this morning
that she was the victim of a serious assault
and then the police show up, talking to you.
Is this an interrogation?
Interrogation?
(HE CHUCKLES)
That was your speciality.
A couple of hours alone with you and they'd all talk.
What was your secret?
I'm sure you don't want to know, Mr Lawson.
What I do know is
I will not tolerate treachery.
Is that a threat?
Cos I can do threats, if you like.
(DOORBELL RINGS)
Look, I understand.
Talking to people like Orla Flanagan can be useful.
It lets people know we're still here.
But I need absolute loyalty.
Can you give me that?
I always did, Mr Lawson.
OK, I'm in.
This laptop was recently connected to a number of free Wi-Fi sources.
Search history.
Various articles on the Guild.
Most prominently, Orla Flanagan's articles.
Online conspiracy theories about possible identities
of members of the Guild.
Unsuccessful searches for Orla Flanagan's address,
her phone number.
Personal blog.
And that's her street name.
OK.
Malloy most likely killed McDonagh,
but not before McDonagh points him in the direction of the Guild.
Malloy and his son then track down the expert on the Guild,
Orla Flanagan, but what does she tell them?
If she did mention Lawson or Greenwood by name...
- Anderton. - Yeah?
Find out the phone number and London address of
a businessman, Ken Lawson.
I can't do this.
We're really close now, son.
As soon as they confess, we'll call the police.
Course.
You've done really well, son.
Really well.
Now, just stay sharp and keep an eye on that door.
Go on.
Who the hell are you?
What do you want?
Malloy?
Niall Malloy.
The Fenian Bomber.
I thought you died years ago.
Did you have a bomb planted in my car?
If you're referring to old allegations about the Guild...
Did you sanction my wife's murder?
How does it feel, Malloy?
Your bombs killed over 60 innocent civilians.
We would never stoop so low.
Now you know how every bereaved family member felt.
I believed in the armed struggle.
But it was never easy.
In the end I couldn't do it any more.
I had to leave.
You're a mass murderer.
I did what I thought was right at the time.
Oh, is that what you tell yourself so you can sleep at night?
- Geraldine! - No, you're just as bad
for doing nothing, for letting murderers walk free.
Of course. That makes sense.
They've moved on. But you...
There's nobody more self-righteous and judgmental than the young.
Only a person who doesn't know what war is would want to start one.
I'm not starting anything.
People back home want justice. Strength.
We're going to give it to them.
By killing old men that nobody cares about?
By making it clear that no-one gets away with it.
That includes you.
(KNOCK AT THE DOOR)
(DOORBELL RINGS)
Mr Lawson! Police!
Open up, please!
Don't!
Is all that true?
Niall Malloy, is that your real name?
- Les. - Bomb-maker?
We can talk about this later.
You killed 60 innocent people.
Children.
If we let these people live, they'll come after us.
Killing more people will not bring justice for Mum.
GUNSHOT
LES SCREAMS
What's going on? A gunshot's been fired.
- We think Mr Lawson's still inside. - OK.
Did you sanction my wife's murder?
This stops now.
GUN COCKS
No, no, no! Dad, dad. Dad, stop.
OK? Stop this. This isn't you.
You don't know me.
You never knew me.
OK, maybe I didn't.
But Mum did, didn't she?
She knew who you were.
She knew what you were.
She forgave you.
Because that was Mum.
She was willing to give you a second chance.
No!
Go!
HE YELLS
GUNSHOT
HANDCUFFS CLICK
We also believe that he shot his father.
That's not possible.
Can I speak to Les? The kids want to see him.
I'm afraid that will have to wait, Marie,
but Forensics have finished examining your house.
You can go back home now.
I know this is very hard.
You can call me any time you want to talk.
(SHE SOBS)
What's happened?
____
We're going home.
DISTANT SIRENS
And this is the last file Orla was working on.
Notes on our chat in the bar,
on her meeting with Ken Lawson's chauffeur, Craig Greenwood.
In search, see what else she has on the Guild.
(SHE TYPES)
Nothing new here.
What about Niall Malloy?
Does she have anything on him?
(SHE TYPES)
E-mails between Orla and Alex Harris?
Alex Harris?
Let's see.
They're from eight years back.
Alex Harris is asking her about
the Guild's possible involvement in Malloy's disappearance in the '90s?
Whether she knows anything more than the official story?
Orla isn't forthcoming. Asks him why he wants to know.
Oh, my God.
Sir, will you come with us?
Yeah, sure.
December 28. 30 years ago.
An IRA bomb rips through central Belfast.
Among the victims...
one Andrea Patterson.
ANDERTON: According to the Belfast Telegraph,
Miss Paterson was over for a holiday with her boyfriend,
an Alex Harris.
Harris survived.
In a brief interview with the newspaper,
Harris said that his girlfriend was
five months pregnant with his child at the time.
The bomb was later attributed to Republican bomb-maker Niall Malloy.
You live only a few streets down from Will McDonagh.
You could have recognised him in the paper, visited him,
found out from him where Niall Malloy was hiding.
That's a lot of could-haves.
You befriended Malloy's wife, seduced her,
planned your attack meticulously but you got it wrong.
Malloy got away.
My client has nothing further to add.
Did you get that? Plans?
(DOOR OPENS)
Got it.
Mr Harris...
You went to a lot of trouble to construct the IED
using the same methods as Niall Malloy did in the 1980s.
Down to the last detail.
Everything here speaks of a man who knows exactly what he's doing.
Maybe he set that bomb off precisely at the moment of his choosing.
You kill a man once and he's gone.
Kill what he loves and he dies every day.
- MI should know. - Alex...
You intended to kill Olivia Walsh.
I followed them.
Waiting for a chance to catch Olivia on her own in the car.
So Malloy could feel what I felt.
30 years ago.
Olivia Walsh was innocent of her husband's crimes.
She protected him.
She was guilty, all right.
Did you act with or on behalf of a group calling itself the Guild?
I've got a wrapper here for 500g of Semtex.
The device that killed Olivia Walsh was about 250g.
I'd say there's about 150g left.
That leaves another 100g of Semtex unaccounted for.
(WHISPERS:) 100g of Semtex unaccounted for.
Where's the second bomb?
Malloy's lost his wife. His only son is in a prison cell.
That leaves... Malloy's grandchildren.
Mum, the keys.
I must have left them in my coat pocket.
Mum! They're in your bag.
All right, you two, go in.
It's not that one. It's this one.
(PHONE RINGS)
Marie speaking.
See, I told you.
(DOOR CLICKS OPEN
Darling, no!
Get away from the house!
HIGH-PITCHED RINGING
MARIE SOBS
MUFFLED SHOUTING
DISTANT SIRENS
You know, the funny thing is,
if they'd told me the truth right away, about the IRA,
about the bombs, I'd have probably helped him anyway,
but I never meant for anyone to get hurt.
Then why attack Orla Flanagan?
Because she wouldn't talk.
She had her laptop opened
and I could see what story she was working on,
the Guild, and then Lawson...
So she reached for the gun. She took my dad's mask off
and I just lashed out at her with the laptop.
And...
(HE BREATHES DEEPLY)
She... She fell.
I tried to find a pulse but there just wasn't one.
So I tried to give her CPR.
And then we just ran.
We just ran.
(MONITOR BEEPS)
Hey.
DC Anderton told me they'd woken you up.
Hey.
How are you feeling?
Like 50 elephants are having a rave inside my skull.
Orla, I'm so sorry I got you into this.
I got myself into it.
Now...
Get me a pen and some paper.
Orla, you need your rest. You've a fractured skull.
Yeah, I also have a bloody good story on my hands.
I need to get the details down.
You're a stubborn obsessive, aren't you, Flanagan?
Takes one to know one, Hodgson.
I mean it.
Pen and paper. Now.
Miss Lawson! Miss Lawson, was the attack on you politically motivated?
Understandably, my father and I
have been deeply shaken by this turn of events
and we are extremely grateful to the police for their heroic efforts.
What this incident does prove is that the past is still very much
with us and we must seize this opportunity to face up to that past,
to not sweep it under the carpet but to bring justice
and new leadership to those people who feel they're been forgotten.
(REPORTERS CLAMOUR)
Hi. Can I help you?
I'm looking for Jack Hodgson.
You must be Mr Hodgson.
Nicki Alexander. Lovely to meet you.
Jack speaks very highly of you, Dr Alexander.
That's very kind. Come in. Jack should be back in a minute.
Can I get you a coffee?
Thank you. Black, no sugar.
I hope I'm not interrupting any important business.
Not at all.
- Thank you. - Pleasure.
Jack's business has always been his own.
When he was a boy there was a big "stay out" sign on his door.
Some things never change.
Sometimes on the news I see reports of murders,
of innocent people being killed, and sometimes later that
their killers have been brought to justice,
and I know...
I know that Jack was involved...
that he's made a difference to their suffering, and...
That makes me proud.
Hey, Dad.
What are you doing here?
Just out for a walk.
Right.
Shall we get some lunch?
Sure.
- Thank you. - Pleasure.
Nicki, will you join us?
Uh...
No. I think I'll take a rain check.
Thanks.