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Single-Handed - Season 1

Series: Single-Handed

4.3

(296)

Episodes

Rating

TV14

Year

2007

Language

English

Publisher

Acorn TV

About

Murder and intrigue on Ireland's remote coast. When Garda Sergeant Jack Driscoll (Owen McDonnell) returns home to the windswept west coast of Ireland, his father-and predecessor at his new post-warns: "Out here, it's a team of one." As chief law-enforcement officer in this insular community, Jack soon learns the hard truth in those words. Small-town life presents challenges he never faced in Dublin--among them, winning the respect of the villagers and escaping the shadow of his father (Ian McElhinney, Little Dorrit), whose methods relied more on pragmatism than principle. In these three feature-length crime dramas, Jack investigates a beautiful immigrant's murder, a child's abduction, and a teenager's baffling drowning. Complex characters rife with moral ambiguity and internal conflict populate this gritty series set against a landscape of epic beauty and isolation.

Related Subjects

Drama

Episodes

1. Natural Justice

1h 32m

Freshly transferred to his hometown from Dublin, Garda Sergeant Jack Driscoll probes the carbon monoxide poisoning of a young immigrant woman. The investigation threatens to expose dirty secrets kept by a few well-respected local men including, perhaps, his father.

2. The Stolen Child

1h 32m

After toddler Conal Burke disappears, his mother accuses her estranged husband of snatching him. Jack desperately tries to locate the boy and his father before Conal's two violent uncles get involved. Meanwhile, a tribunal investigates past police misconduct by Jack's father.

3. The Drowning Man

1h 33m

Driscoll heroically pulls 17-year-old Daniel O'Malley out of the bay-too late to save him. The mystery surrounding the teenager's death deepens when Driscoll learns that his old flame has been "vacationing" at a cottage overlooking the exact spot where Daniel drowned.