As the episode begins, we see Adam, Peter, and Jamie hiding in the woods so they can spy on Jonathan and his buddies. Peter’s watch is shown for a brief moment. In the middle of the night, Adam (Michael D’Arcy) flees with his family. Alicia Rowan (Eunice McMenamin) steps out in front of their van and tries to stop them from leaving. After the intro, someone calls the phone line regarding the murder case of Katy. The woman on the other end can be heard sobbing. Moments later, Rob Reilly (Killian Scott) and Cassie (Sarah Greene) visit the crime scene and learn that they’ll unlikely be able to acquire DNA evidence.

The woman in charge asks for more uniformed officers since two people have been giving them trouble at night. Rob tells Sophie that he’ll call O’Kelly and get it sorted out. After that conversation ends, Rob tells Cassie that they need to turn their attention to Sandra Sculley since she should be on her way home. Rob recalls Sandra during a childhood flashback. Before they can leave, they’re approached by Dr. Mark Hanley (Jonathan Forbes) who wants to know when they’re going to be done. Rob tells him that it’ll take as long as it takes and Cassie tells him not to be a massive dick. The hearse carrying Katy’s body drives through the streets as Sandra continues her journey home.

Rob and Cassie are there waiting on her. Sandra confesses to lying about her relationship with Jonathan because she was trying to be nice for once in her life. She says that she cleans the dance studio when it is closed and only talks to Simone Cameron. She denies knowing Margaret before she got married to Jonathan Devlin. When asked about the 85 disappearances, Sandra says that she had split up with Jon by then. She was at home with her mom and dad before saying her dad joined the search. Sandra is asked about Jon getting her pregnant. She knows that Fitzgerald squealed on her. She never answers the question and suggests that the detectives not believe everything Fitzgerald says.

When the detectives leave, they speak with a journalist, Roch Boyle (Aidan O’Hare), who wants to work with him. He tries to obtain information from them and claims that everyone will turn on them when they do not find a suspect. They tell Boyle to move along and not hassle these people. Rob is convinced that Alicia and Boyle will not be able to find out who he is. Cassie isn’t so sure. When they return to the office, they find out what O’Neill (Moe Dunford) has discovered more about the phone used to harass Jonathan. The basic mobile unit was purchased to threaten Jonathan. Cassie believes that the one responsible for the threats could be the man Damien saw in the woods.

O’Neill is told to down to Glenskehy and begin showing the drawing to the locals. Detective Quigley (Eugene O’Hare) gives the group interview transcripts with Cathal Mills, Jonathan, and Margaret Byrne. He says that Shane doesn’t change his story but he cries. When Shane went to the bathroom, he busted his face on the wash basin and was forced to get stitched at the hospital. Daniel (Sam Keeley) receives a call from an unknown number but he seems to recognize it. He ignores the call as we see Lexie out in the woods calling his phone. Daniel calls her a few moments later. She tells him that she is nearly home. Jonathan (Peter McDonald) and the family have a ceremony for Katy.

During the event, Margaret (Kathy Monahan) gets upset that they others picked out a blue outfit for Katy. Jess tells her that blue was Katy’s color and pink was her. When everyone leaves, Jonathan tells his wife that she is sleeping all the time and that is why she doesn’t know. Quigley tells Rob about a statement made by one of the original detectives. It says something about something being in the area that hates them. Rob suggests that it was the drugs talking. Rob is surprised to find out that the statement was written in 1987 just 2 years after the disappearance. They agree to shred and destroy the document. Later that night, Cassie spends time with O’Neill. She tells him that Quigley will say she is sleeping with Rob but it is a lie.

Jonathan breaks down in the middle of the night. O’Neill and Quigley go to work and spot the billboards that have been sprayed with graffiti. During this time, Cassie and Rob attend Katy’s funeral. Boyle snaps pictures but he is run off by a police officer. O’Neill visits the building where the students supposedly spent the night. Nobody answers the door so he leaves a note behind. They go to the pub later that night. One man leaves the pub and steps outside. He steps up to a car to warn Daniel and Lexie that they should stay away from the pub since officers are there. Jonathan Devlin gets another visit from Rob and Cassie. This time, they want to know more about the man who made the threatening the calls.

He is unable to provide them with any additional information. Once they leave, Cassie says that they should visit Damien (Jonny Holden) so he won’t give out the description of tracksuit man. Jonathan goes upstairs and tells Margaret that the investigators asked about the three kids. Damien tells Rob and Cassie that he hasn’t told anyone anything. While there, Rob checks the tent where Dr. Hanley is at. He finds the watch that Peter was wearing many years ago. He tells Hanley that he wants to be known about everything they find from now on. Rob takes the watch and returns it to the evidence room. After that, Rob and Cassie meet with Rob’s mother. She is upset that Alicia is going to speak to the papers and lash out at Adam again.

Rob and Cassie plead with her not to do that since it would get them both in trouble. Claire seems to be willing to cooperate with them. That night, Hanley goes into the woods and performs a ritual of sorts with wine. He is caught by detectives and taken to the station. They speak with Hanley and ask him for a DNA sample. Hanley believes that there is a king of sorts living in the woods and he wants to sacrifice himself to it. He says that it is alive and he can hear its heartbeat. Hanley admits to knowing Jonathan before being asked about his whereabouts on August the 24th between midnight and 2 AM. He says that he was at home but won’t say that anyone can collaborate his statement.

Soon, a woman shows up and says that she was with Mark around that time. She tells them her DNA will be on the altar too so they should take her DNA as well. She claims that the place makes you wild and she wants to keep everything confidential. Cassie says that their evidence will be on file but not on her personal record. Mark and the woman are allowed to leave together. Rob finds out that Cathal is returning to Dublin. They get a call from Simone (Alexandra Moen) about Jess. She said something about a man who said that Katy was pretty. Jess dances to music and they attempt to get her to talk about the man again. Rosalind (Leah McNamara) asks Simone to get Jess to tell the story again.

Rosalind pleads with her sister to tell the story. Jess says that the man told Katy she was pretty. He said he has kittens and he invited Katy to come with him. Jess wanted to see the kitten but Katy didn’t believe there were any. The man followed them for a bit but eventually disappeared. Jess says that the man was wearing workout clothes like he was going running. The outfit was blue. This convinces Rob and Cassie that the man exists. They tell Jonathan about the man. Sophie meets with Rob at the office that night. She tells him about the tests run on Adam’s clothes and other items. The blood on the socks is A-negative which is the same as Adam’s. The person responsible for the cuts must have been right handed.

Peter and Jamie were O positive. She does not believe that the blood belonged to Adam. Sophie says that she has never seen a blade like the one used to cut the t-shirt. She has never seen a situation where the blood comes from nowhere either. Rob asks her about the noises the hecklers were making in the woods. She tells him that they were laughing. Both leave a short time later. O’Neill says goodbye to Cassie before leaving for work. She gets a call from him a few hours later. He claims that it is nothing more than a pocket call before hanging up. She goes to sleep, has a weird dream, and gets another call. This time, Frank tells her to get up, get dressed, and meet him outside.

Alicia calls the phone line for Katy’s murder case and informs the detectives that they should be looking for Adam. She encourages them to ask Adam what he did in the woods. Rob works to piece together the paper that Quigley shredded earlier in the episode. When he gets it put together, it looks like the note says something about the place laughing. In a flashback, we see Cathal and his friends harassing Jamie. Rob looks in front of him and spots the wolf again. Someone drives Cassie down the road before telling her to put on her hood. Their vehicle passes a number of police officers before they finally come to a stop. The man tells her that he is over there.

Cassie gets out and approaches the building that has fallen apart while the car drives away. Soon, Cassie meets with O’Neill and Frank. She is surprised to see the body of Lexie on the ground.

 

Dublin Murders Review

I’ll be honest here. I am not sure what to think about Dublin Murders. At times, it is brilliant. Other times, it is a jumbled mess. I like the atmosphere, the actors, and the story. However, I think we’re getting the runaround a little too much. There might be a little too much going on at once. That won’t be a problem as long as everything interconnects in the end. I like it and dislike it too. I am eager to find out what is going to happen but I am getting frustrated with it too.

It is starting to take on a supernatural vibe. We have the woods laughing at people and Rob seeing wolves everywhere. I hope things do not get too crazy. I haven’t read the books so everything is new to me. Hopefully, things will remain grounded and reasonable. We’ll find out soon enough. The episode was okay but a bit unbelievable with the Hanley nonsense and the hallucinations from Rob. The episode scores a 7 out of 10. Catch up with previous recaps of Dublin Murders on Reel Mockery!