Des, as is his wont, continues to hassle the Doyles about finally being given his own case. He feels that his claim is particularly meritorious now that he has lodged over a year with the firm and has engaged in a number of undercover excursions. Jake and Mal are somewhat hesitant to oblige their young apprentice because of his buffoonery and general ineptitude.
Fortunately a week of restraint on Rose's part is able to able to convince a newly enervated Malachy that now is the time for Des to get a case of his own. After some discussion, Jake and Mal decide that the case for Des will have to come from their pro bono cold case file, a file that the Doyles keep for slow patches and practice.
Eventually Jake and Mal assign Des the Dana Bradley case. Not surprisingly, Des starts his investigation by heading to a Ron Hynes show to hear The Ghost of Dana Bradley so that he will be up to speed on the details of the case. Afterwards Des tries to track down potential witnesses to interview, he also tries to retrace the young Bradley's steps in the days leading up to her disappearance. Of course, this is all to no avail - the case had gone absolute zero cold years ago.
On the upside, Jake and Mal have proven that Des isn't yet fit for solo work - now they won't have to even entertain such requests for another few years.
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