Withnoimmediatefamilytolivefor,Josephishauntedbyapasthehastried,fordecades,toforget-ifnotactivelyobscurewithdrinkanddrugs.Sufferingthehangoverfromhell-thedryspellover-hewalksawayfromhispresentlifeandboardsaboatboundforIrelandtoconfronthazy,fear-inducingmemoriesfromachildhoodspentinthecaresystemthatheshadtoforget.Emotionallyandphysicallywrecked,JosephreuniteswithanincredulousAnna(HelenBehan,ThisisEngland88and90),thesisterhehasntseensincechildhood.AnnapersuadesherwaryhusbandMichael(FrankLaverty;MichaelCollins)toletJosephstayandgivehimworkinthefamily-ownedbuildingcompany.There,JosephisforcedtodirectlyconfrontthedemonsofhispastwhenhecomesfacetofacewithCraigy(MarkOHalloran),ashadowyfigurewhoisdoggedbydarkrumors,andwhowontleaveJosephalone.Josephsprecariousfamilyreunionisfurthercomplicatedwhenheisimmediatelydrawnto...