Jimmy McGovern's Moving On

Burden (8x5)

Air date: Nov 14, 2016

Separated from his wife, Liam (Warren Brown) has begun to move on with his life but he still longs to be back with his family. When he and his new girlfriend bump into his daughter, Jess (Olivia Fearn), he buys her alcohol for a party in a desperate attempt to reconnect. When Liam receives a call that Jess is in a coma after a drunken fall, he immediately knows it's his fault. However, when Liam arrives at the hospital and comforts his ex-wife he finds himself unable to tell her the truth. And in his silence the tragedy brings them closer together. He's getting his old life back but the guilt is eating him up especially because he knows that the truth will come out when Jess wakes up. Liam has backed himself into a corner, whether he owns up or not; he'll risk losing his children.