Late at night, Beth and Frank are in bed, or pretending to be, when Jimmy bursts into the house and storms upstairs. He confronts them in their bedroom, demanding that Beth deny the affair. Instead, Beth stays silent, and Jimmy turns his anger on Frank, incredulous that Frank can tolerate Beth sleeping with Gabriel and then returning to their marriage bed.

Frank gets out of bed and pushes Jimmy out of the room, trying to contain the confrontation and shield Beth from it. Beth follows anyway, recognizing that this is the reckoning she has been avoiding. In the kitchen, with a half-drunk bottle of whisky on the table, the brothers face each other while Jimmy accuses Beth of betraying the family after everything they have already suffered, especially after Bobby’s death.

Jimmy reveals that the affair is no longer private: the village has noticed, and people in the pub have been talking about Beth slipping away to meet Gabriel while Frank works. Frank refuses to let Jimmy attack Beth verbally, gripping his brother’s arm and insisting that Beth is still his wife and that what has happened is for Frank and Beth alone to resolve. Jimmy’s outrage gives way to drunken grief, showing how deeply Beth’s actions have ruptured the family bond he depended on.

When Jimmy vows to beat Gabriel and teach him a lesson, Frank stops him immediately by snatching up the whisky bottle and smashing it on the floor. The violent gesture redirects Jimmy’s anger but also exposes Frank’s own contained devastation. Jimmy finally collapses against Frank, and Frank holds him like a child before silently urging Beth to leave, still trying to protect her even in the middle of his own humiliation and pain.