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Aidan Turner as Philip Lombard in And Then There Were None (x)

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I know what I am. I always knew it would catch up with me.

AIDAN TURNER as PHILIP LOMBARD in And Then There Were None (2015)

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"Love is blind" 2019

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1.02

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A “Warm” Welcome to the Family

Odd couldn’t fully describe how Ciaran felt right now. Awkward. Unwanted. Traitorous. 

Terrified. 

All of them fit really, but especially terrified. He was a lone Irishman in Shelby Tower, sitting outside the office of Elizabeth Shelby... handcuffed to a chair. There was nothing to not be terrified about in this situation. 

Well.... at least he wasn’t dead already. That had to mean something.

Coming back to this reality had been difficult enough. He hadn’t forgotten that it had taken holding someone at gunpoint to get through in the first place and they obviously hadn’t forgotten either. They were ready to attack the moment he came over but Merrick Shelby, despite all of their issues, actually acted as a shield for him; literally putting himself in between the Americans and Ciaran. It was unexpected to say the least. 

Birmingham was another story. Word must have gotten home quickly because stepping off the plane, Elizabeth Shelby was there to greet them. That was far more nerve wracking than the Americans pointing a gun in his direction. Isa held him back on the plane as Merrick went down the stairs to speak with her first. The discussion didn’t last long before Merrick was looking back at them nervously and Lizzie was gesturing for them to come on down. And that was how he ended up here. 

His fate rest on how well Isa and Merrick could convince Lizzie that he would be an asset. While he knew that Isa was stubborn and not the biggest fan of not having her way, what she wanted didn’t matter to Lizzie. What Merrick wanted only mattered slightly more because of his status as heir, but she still only truly cared about what she felt was the right thing to help herself and the Blinders. 

When the door finally opened, it was Isa approaching him. “Isa...” He started but she only shook her head, shutting him up in an instant. As she unlocked the handcuffs to release him, she gave his hand a quick, out of sight squeeze.

“She wants to talk to you.” She spoke softly, well aware of the other Blinders in the room. “It’s hard to tell what she’s thinking, but... I don’t think it’s good.” Isa pulled him to his feet and when his eyes met hers, all he could see was her trained Shelby mask.

“Ciaran Brennan.” Elizabeth Shelby was sitting at her desk and Merrick stood behind her, looking every bit the dutiful son. Ciaran always knew that people feared her, but he never fully understood it until now. The power she commanded even just sitting there could make even the most courageous falter. “My children tell me you no longer happy with the Irish gang. I-”

“With respect, ma’am,” Merrick tensed at Ciaran interrupting her, but Lizzie seemed to not react. “It’s not that I am no longer happy with the gang. With my family. In fact, it’s my love for them that drives me here.” He shifted his stance, he couldn’t afford to falter. “It is important you understand that I am a loyal man. Loyal to a fault in fact. My loyalty to my brother almost overshadowed my loyalty for the Irish.” He paused for a moment before sighing and looking out the window. “Dom has lost control and is going to destroy all that I love. He is going to destroy my family and himself. I can’t let him do that. ” 

“So...” She let the pause hold for a moment until his attention was back on her. “You want to work with the Sheby’s to protect the Irish interests?” 

“Yes. Dom has this wild idea that he can bring you down but... the Irish will never be more than the Shelbys and I don’t want that anyway. I just want what is best for my people and that’s working with you all.” Lizzie looked between the three of them as he finished his appeal. Her gaze lingered on Isa a little longer before turning back to him.

“And how much of this is actually to do with yours and Isa’s relationship?”

“Liz-” Isa’s protest was cut off by Lizzie slamming her hand on the table. 

“Do you all think I’m an idiot?” She yelled, getting to her feet. Everyone in the room seemed to be holding their breath now.  “Do you think I am blind?” Her voice was no longer raised, but there was no less severity in it. None of them responded as she moved from behind the desk to approach Ciaran. “You chased after her into another world. That means something.” 

“I won’t pretend that that isn’t a part of this.” Ciaran watched as Merrick rubbed his brow, hiding his face. This obviously wasn’t going as the man had hoped. Ciar let out a soft chuckle; it was time for a new tactic then. “I won’t just be a Shelby by allegiance, I will be one by name. At least... I already am in that other world. You can’t buy that kind of loyalty.” Isa and Merrick, both usually so good at keeping their reactions hidden, stared at him with mouths agape. Even Lizzie seemed to be stunned into silence for a minute. 

“Well then.” She sat back against the desk, arms crossed over her chest.  The slight clench of her jaw was the only real sign of the extreme anger she felt. “I can’t say I’m happy to hear that, but it certainly makes this decision easier. You will be a Shelby by name. We will make it official here, but only once you are the new man in charge of the Irish. It will be a great show of how the Shelbys are happy to make alliance and accept others into the family. In the meantime... you’re going to lay low until we start to put together a plan to bring this all about.” She pushed away from the desk and waved Isa and Ciaran away. “Now, get out of my sight. I need to speak with Merrick.” Merrick’s face grew grim as he gave a slight nod to Isa. The two of them left quickly, hoping to find somewhere the two of them could speak. 

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Poldark s4 ep8

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Aidan Turner photographed by David Goldman for Article Magazine (2017)

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You’re genius! I’m fInally invisible.

Aidan Turner | Look Away Trailer

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Death is for other people, not for us.     – And Then There Were None (2015)

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Aidan Turner | Philip Lombard