Out on parole after 8 years inside Bill Hayward returns home to find his
now 11 and 15 year old sons abandoned by their mother and fending for
themselves. Unwilling to play Dad, an uncaring Bill is determined to move on.
Although Dean the older boy has found a job and is doing his best to be a
father to his younger brother Jimmy, the arrival of Bill has brought them
to the attention of social services. With the danger of being put into care
looming, Dean forces his feckless Dad to stay by threatening to grass him up
for dealing. If there's one thing Bill doesn't want it's to go back to prison.
He reluctantly agrees to stay for a week o help fool social services that the
boys are being cared for. Having never really grown up himself Bill quickly
connects with Jimmy and through this new bond starts to realize what he's been
missing. He has a family, a place in the world. He is a father. However, their
happy family set up is short lived when Jimmy gets into trouble with Bill's
dangerous old cohorts. To sort it out would breach the terms of his license
and risk sending him back to Jail. Bill's next steps will show what sort of a
Dad he wants to be. A good one or a free one
