Waking up hungover and distraught, he uses the last of his money to return to his hometown in Ireland and begins searching for answers about the troubled past he has repressed.

Anna's husband Michael gives Joseph work on a building site where he meets fellow labourer Craigy.

Dinah meets the woman who arranged Finn's adoption but is told that the boy's new family do not want her to re-enter his life.

Dinah insists that she never received any of the correspondence and tells the woman that they must been intercepted and destroyed by her mother, who did not wish to be reminded of her daughter's teenage pregnancy.

Dinah, in despair after learning the reasons behind being denied access to Finn, desperately tries to contact Michael but he does not answer her calls.

In the absence of Michael's guidance, Dinah sets off to confront her mother at her home while Joseph pays a visit to Damon.

Joseph admits that he came to kill him but he now feels no need, as he can carry on living his life with his newfound family, while Damon will die alone in misery.

A 5-star review of the finale in The Guardian stated that "the skill of Meadows was evident throughout" the series and praised his "masterful handling of such painful material".