At the beginning of the episode, Cassie Maddox (Sarah Greene) spends time with her aunt Cepta. After that, Cassie and Rob (Killian Scott) clear out the house after Cepta’s death. Rob tells Cassie that he is going to take her to the pub for whiskey. After the intro, Frank Mackey (Tom Vaughan-Lawlor) spies on Cassie and her new friends. Cassie wakes up and Rob does the same. We see that Rob spent the night sleeping with his landlord. Cassie retrieves her gun and hides it in her stocking. She gets dressed and joins the others. Cassie is given a plate and told to help herself to the cutlery. She hesitates but manages to open the right drawer.

She learns that her friends have decided to stay at home and spend the day together. Rob continues working on the case while Lexie’s friends play cards. Lexie tells her friends that it is weird she cannot remember anything. She talks to her friends about the night Lexie was stabbed. Lexie went for a walk and the others went to bed assuming she would return later. O’Kelly (Conleth Hill) gets an update from O’Neill (Moe Dunford). They’ve hit a dead end with the phone that was used to threaten Jonathan. As for Detective Quigley (Eugene O’Hare), he has been tasked with tracking down Shane.

O’Kelly checks on Rob and finds out that he is back in Knocknaree following up on a tip. After Rob ends the call abruptly, Rob speaks with Sandra (Carolyn Bracken). He wants her to tell him about being raped by Cathal and his friends but she won’t budge. Rob is run out of her house a few moments later. In a quick flashback, Rob recalls Sandra being raped in the woods. Later, Lexie tells her friends that she wants to go for a walk. Since they’re worried about her, they decide to tag along. Lexie spots the tree where they believe the blood was washed away. She tells her friends that she isn’t feeling very well so they return home.

At the office, Rob is told that Alicia (Eunice McMenamin) is still going on and on about Adam. Rob promises to swing around and talk to her. In the middle of the night, Cassie is stirred by a noise outside her door. She checks and finds out that Justin (Charlie Kelly) and Rafe (Antonio Aakeel) are having a sexual relationship. She gets up and heads outside. She finds Daniel (Sam Keeley) and Abby (Vanessa Emme) on the swing chatting about something. Lexie interrupts their conversation but they won’t tell her what they were talking about. In the morning, Lexie is shocked to find Abby sleeping next to her. Abby explains that she was worried so she came to check on her. Lexie is concerned that Abby might spot the gun next to her but she doesn’t.

Lexie finds another place to hide the gun. After that, Rob visits Alice and tells her that Adam died in New Zealand. However, Alice isn’t willing to believe it. She is convinced that Adam is still alive. Later that night, Lexie watches a movie with her friends before going for a walk. This time, she uses the walk to meet up with Frank. She tells him that she is convinced that they’re hiding something. She says that they’re on edge and not everyone is happy that Lexie is home. Frank tells her to be careful because things are going to get harder from here on out. Then, Lexie gives him a rundown of things she’s learned so far. She tells Frank that she intends to use the old divide and conquer technique against them.

In the morning, Rafe and Lexie speak on the swing. Rafe says that Daniel is already mad. He kept saying that the police were lying and Lexie never made it to the hospital. Rafe is convinced that all of them have lost it. Meanwhile, Rob gets angry while looking through the evidence. He lays down with his old shirt and remembers the traumatic experience. Lexie goes for another walk at night and a strange man approaches her. The man hands her a contract and payment. He says that he doesn’t do this for just anyone. Lexie plays with the man by saying that she wants more money. Frank watches everything from a distance. After the strange man leaves, she tells Frank that he will be back.

Frank inspects the check and finds out that it is for an offshore account. He tells Lexie that the DNA results have come back. Danny isn’t the baby. Rafe is the baby daddy. Lexie returns to her friends for dinner. She tells them that she is bored with life now. She is sick of doing the same old things over and over every single day. They’re surprised that Lexie is eating onion since she never would before. Before we know it, a rock smashes through the window and a man makes a run for it. Lexie and the others manage to chase him down. Daniel pulls a gun on the man and Lexie. That gives the man enough time to escape. When they return home, Daniel says he thought they needed his grandfather’s gun.

The rock had a note threatening to burn down the house. The group agrees to keep the gun hidden and get in touch with O’Neill about it. O’Neill checks out the house the following day. He learns that the suspect would have scratch wounds so he shouldn’t be difficult to track down. O’Neill tells them to lay low and stay out of the village. After that, the group goes to the store for food. Alannah (Ericka Roe) is there and she begins harassing Cassie. Cassie is only able to get her to stop by getting rough with her. She tells Abby that Alannah was someone she used to deal to. Later that night, Cassie meets with Frank and finds out that his daughter Holly (Robyn Dempsey) is in the car.

Cassie wants to track down Lexie’s identity so she doesn’t have to be buried as a Jane Doe. Cassie learns that John Naylor (Peter Coonan) was responsible for the window. He claims that he got the injuries by falling off his bike. Cassie agrees to be there when John is interviewed. In the morning, Cassie finds a pregnancy test while getting ready. She lets the others know that she is going out before we jump to the interview. John isn’t cooperative at all. He sings while O’Neill tries to question him. When asked about the threatening note, John says that they have a chance to live better. Frank is worried about Daniel having a gun since that could ruin the undercover operation. Cassie agrees to keep the gun a secret.

After the interview ends, Cassie pleads with O’Neill to check on Alannah. After that, Frank tells Cassie that John had an alibi for the night of the murder. After Cassie leaves, O’Neill tells Frank that he’ll kill him if anything happens to Cassie. That night, Lexie tells her friends that she thought she was going to be charged with assault. Daniel isn’t willing to give up the gun and this leads to an argument between him and Rafe. The argument gets heated and Rafe turns his attention to the others too. Daniel thinks they should go down to the village and show them that they’re not afraid. Lexie agrees and they head to the local pub a short time later. The bartender refuses to serve them so they brought their own alcohol. Lexie finds John Naylor there with the strange man from the other night.

Lexie sits down with her friends and shares a toast with them. The strange man leaves so Lexie goes after him. She grabs his license plate number and Justin steps outside. Justin doesn’t want to go back inside and Cassie wants to him out why. Cassie pleads with Justin to tell her what happens to Lexie but he doesn’t get the chances when the others rush outside. Meanwhile, Phelan (Ian Kenny) gets in touch with Rob. The police busted a shoplifting gang and Phelan found something odd on the footage. It is a picture of Shane. Quigley, Phelan, and the others celebrate finding Shane. Rob tells O’Kelly a few moments later. Rob is questioned about the phone number and he suggests that it is a paper trail to nowhere.

O’Kelly says that they need to stay on that trail. He tells Rob that he should have talked Maddox out of going undercover. Lexie returns home with her friends. O’Neill and Quigley stop the strange man a few moments later. The man is told that he’ll need to come with them. Lexie goes to the bathroom and holds the pregnancy test while Rob drinks at a pub. He recalls Cassie while taking several shots. Rob spots Heather (Caoimhe O’Malley) with another guy. He gets involved and pushes the guy away. Lexie leaves the bathroom and joins her friends. She tells Abby that it is for the best she lost the baby since it would have been hard for Abby.

Abby suggests otherwise. She says that Daniel and everyone would have been happy about it. Meanwhile, Rob has sex with Heather outside and he thinks of Cassie. Rob has a panic attack or something and knocks Heather down. She tells him that she is done with him before rushing off. Lexie and her friends continue partying. Rob goes into the club and collapses on the ground. He is hauled out by several men. Lexie gets lightheaded. Daniel walks up to her and gives her a kiss. He grabs her by the throat and asks her who she is. She drops to the ground and the others stand over her.

 

Dublin Murders Review

I am not sure where this show is going. I liked it early on but it is getting really tedious here in the past few episodes. They shouldn’t have tried to double it up by following Cassie and Rob’s stories simultaneously. It is too much to follow and very little is happening each episode. I think the show would have been much better if it was only 4 or 6 episodes. This would have prevented them from straying too far from the main storyline.

It isn’t horrible by any means but I am starting to lose interest in it. I’ll be glad when things wrap up. This episode was mediocre. It scores a 6.5 out of 10. Catch up with previous recaps of Dublin Murders on Reel Mockery!