Frank Explains - Kin Season 1 Episode 5
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Recap

Masked, Eric and Jimmy kidnap Con Doyle's son, Jason.

Amanda prints out the GPS maps from the car Eric was driving the night of the shooting.

Con Doyle gets a message on his phone - a photo of his son being held hostage. Attached is a map, showing Con where to go. 

Con arrives at a scrapyard where he meets Michael. Michael tells Con that he wants to be taken to the storage facility where Eamon keeps his gear -- if not, Jason will be killed. Con tells Michael he's cross the line involving Jason, but Michael thinks he's a hypocrite. 

Con drives Michael, in Michael's van, to the warehouse. After speaking with the security guard at the door, they are let in. Con drives a forklift through the warehouse and lifts down a large crate full of heroin and cocaine. Together, Michael and Con load up the van. Con warns Michael that Eamon will make an example of the Kinsellas.

Outside an inn, Michael lets Con out, telling him he'll get a call from behind the bar telling him where Jason is. Con gets out, threatening Michael again.

Frank gets into the van with Michael and they drive off. Michael tells Frank about their score -- sixty kilos of cocaine and eighty kilos of heroin, about fifty million euros worth. 

Amanda, Birdy, and Nikki come out to greet Frank and Michael. The drugs have been safely stashed. Eric and Jimmy are on their way back.

Con updates Eamon. Eamon promises the Kinsellas will suffer, however, he is taken aback when he hears how much was stolen. 

The Kinsellas celebrate with drinks -- even Michael has some whiskey. Amanda is somber. Birdy mentions Jamie and Eric toasts him. Birdy asks when they will start selling the drugs, but Frank says they should sit on it for a while.

They break out the cocaine and everyone has some, except Amanda. Amanda pulls Frank aside to have a word with him on the patio.

Amanda tells Frank about the police coming to the dealership asking about the car. Amanda says she covered for Eric, but that the police intend to return and seize the computers and files. She warns Frank that if that happens, the dealership could close down and all their money laundering would be discovered. Amanda says that the GPS maps show the car driving by four cameras. Frank doesn't want to give up Eric, but Amanda insists they need to mitigate the damage. 

Michael starts feeling unwell in the bathroom. He leaves the party, trying to make it home before passing out, but his vision is blurry. He accidentally breaks the window of his front door before stumbling into his front hallway and losing consciousness. 

Nikki and Eric dance. Frank watches.

Amanda notices the door is ajar. She goes outside to look around and heads to Michael's. She sees his door open and rushes in. At first, she thinks he's been shot, but then she realizes it's something different and she puts a pillow under his head. When he comes to, she tells him he needs to see a doctor. He tells her he has already seen one and that he may have epilepsy. He says he doesn't want her pity. She says it's not pity and holds his hand.

Eamon gets as many men as he can together, putting a bounty of half a million each on Michael, Jimmy, Eric, and Frank Kinsella. In addition, he offers two million to anyone who returns the stolen drugs.

Amanda tells Jimmy about how Eric was behind the initial shooting that led to the retaliatory attack in which Jamie died. Jimmy is angry at Amanda for telling Frank before telling him. Amanda puts Jimmy in his place, saying Eric will pay for what he's done.

The next day, Michael sends Anna a text, asking her if she still dances.

Frank corresponds with an attractive young man on Cruisr.

Amanda gives Frank the GPS maps of Eric's journey. Kem arrives, going to visit Eric. Frank asks Amanda if Jimmy knows about what Eric did. She confirms that he does.

Eric tells Kem to forget about deliveries, collections, and dealers, saying the business is on pause for now. Kem keeps asking questions. Eric shuts him down. Frank comes in and asks to speak to Eric alone. Kem leaves.

Frank berates Eric for not even bothering to steal a car, saying the police are on to him thanks to him using a rental. Frank shows Eric the GPS printout and tells him that Amanda and Jimmy now both know. Eric asks what he should do. Frank tells him a lawyer will help him draw up a statement -- that he should say he met up with Fudge after the final camera filmed him and that he drove, but Fudge did the shooting. Eric says he'll still go to prison and Frank tells him he should have thought of that before driving past all those cameras. 

In a remote location. Kem meets up with Con Doyle. Kem says Eric didn't mention the robbery at all. When Con asks whose idea the robbery was, Kem replies that it was probably Frank but possibly Amanda. Kem relays that Amanda is gaining more say in family matters and that it was she who put Michael and Jimmy up to killing Caolan. 

Eric and Nikki discuss the situation. Nikki says she'd lie to the police for him, but with the camera footage, it wouldn't make a difference. Nikki wonders if Amanda is doing this to Eric as revenge for his part in Jamie's death. She suggests Eric talk to Birdy.

Jimmy catches Michael up -- that Frank lied about Eric's involvement in the shooting and that Amanda is now talking to Frank about business matters. Michael tells Jimmy he should trust Amanda.

Michael gets a text back from Anna, telling him where and when she's dancing. He asks Jimmy to drive him there. Jimmy reluctantly agrees and drives him there on his motorcycle. On the way they are tailed by Eamon's men -- including Glen, the man who shot Jamie -- but they manage to shake them. Jimmy and Michael arrive and Michael goes in to watch some of Anna's hip-hop dance, while Jimmy waits outside.

Eamon's men drive by, spotting Jimmy. Jimmy text Michael to come out. He does and they drive away in the nick of time.

Amanda visits Anthony at Glenwoods. He tells her he has seen the video of Fudge getting shot. Amanda is worried that his dorm-mates know his true identity, but he doubts it. He tells her how unhappy he is and that he wants to come home.

Eric and Nikki visit Birdy and catch her up. Eric refers to Amanda as a bitch and Birdy slaps him. She says she'll speak to Frank.

Later, Michael texts Anna to tell her she was brilliant. Glen skulks around Anna's school, watching her.

On her way home, Amanda sees a car stopped and blocking the road. Amanda stops and another car pulls up behind her. She pulls out her phone to call for help, but before she can Eamon knocks on her window. 

Amanda gets out of her car. Eamon tells her he knows where Anthony is. He asks her where the drugs are and she says she doesn't know. Eamon tells her she has three days to find out where the drugs are -- Anthony's life is on the line.

 

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Kin Season 1 Episode 5 Quotes

Eric: Life doesn't get any sweeter than this. You have to savor it. Isn't that right, Jimmy?
Birdy: It'd be sweeter if Jamie was here.

This is fucking ominous.

Eric