As the years pass, Tony becomes a ghost. He loses his job, his wife (who leaves him to find peace), and his sanity. He tattoos Oliver’s face on his arm. He keeps a hotel room wallpapered with pictures of pedophiles and suspects. Nesbitt plays Tony with a terrifying, hollow-eyed mania. In one of the series' most devastating scenes, Tony screams at a wall, begging for a sign, only to be met with silence. It is a portrait of toxic grief—the kind that destroys everything it touches.
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