“You want him to be comfy don’t you? We know loads of lads down there,” says the prisoner. Despite denying it at first, the inmate knows exactly what prison he’s in and that Eric is down to visit him tomorrow. The full riot police come in, tackle him and a shell-shocked Mark contemplates four more years in this hellhole.Įric might have control over his men, but then one of them throws a grenade into his life - he knows his son is in prison. It’s clear he’s been self harming for quite some time and, bleeding profusely and screaming from his cell out to the guard Eric, he claims he has AIDS. He’s paranoid, and has a panic attack, then starts slashing at his wrists with a blade. 10 years for manslaughter for killing his father, the circumstances of which are never fully explained, but unholy levels of darkness are hinted at. Mark is introduced to his cellmate, Bernard (Aneurin Barnard), who clearly has issues. However, they ridicule him - “haha, you expect us to believe that?” - fair enough really, when he looks more like a man who’s been caught out for a Ponzi scheme that’s cleared out his friends and neighbours’ pensions. We’re not sure if he’s lying at first, after all, it’s a pretty good ruse to keep other prisoners off your back. He first speaks out about his crime when he’s asked if he’s “a nonce” by another one of the prisoners, and he says: “I killed a man”. We learn a little bit more about him and his crime: he’s been sentenced to four years, he’s in Craigmore prison, and there’s absolutely no way he’s allowed to speak to his son, Tom. The bewildered-looking Mark is given a two minute phone call, but he can’t remember his parents’ number, so calls his wife, who is far from thrilled to hear from him. This is a fact that Eric, understandably, is keen to cover up. Not because he has died, as initially suggested, but because he’s also in prison, although not exactly following in his dad’s career path. However, his home life is tainted by the fact he’s lost his son, David. Mark soon comes face to face with prison warden Eric McNally, played by Graham.Įric seems to be a stoic sort of a guy, the man in charge of the men’s wellbeing, a “firm but fair” guard. Stephen Graham and Jimmy McGovern on 'Time'.
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