9.075 minSeason 1 • Episode 4
LatestThe final episode sees Joseph and Dinah finally get the answers they have been searching for. They each have to decide whether to seek their own justice, or to forgive.
Joseph falls into despair when his nine-year-old son Shea leaves for Australia with his ex Debbie. Suffering the hangover from hell, he walks away from his present life and boards a boat bound for Ireland to confront memories from his childhood.
Acting
Stephen Graham's silent breakdowns should be illegal.
Direction
Meadows' improvised realism blurs documentary and fiction.
Writing
Dialogue so raw it feels wiretapped from real grief.
Creator
Shane Meadows
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Stephen Graham and Shane Meadows improvised extensively; the ferry scene was shot on Graham's actual birthday while genuinely hungover.
The series draws from Meadows' own childhood institutional abuse, making Joseph's confrontation with his father semi-autobiographical therapy on screen.
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