The final episode of House of Guinness ’s first season opens with the ominous return of Patrick Cochrane, who’s come back to Dublin without the big, bushy beard he sported in New York and with revenge in his heart. With Arthur in the midst of a parliamentary election, Patrick finds the city surrounded by reminders of the family that sent him away. He may just be one man among many, but that doesn’t mean he’ll let this stand.

Otherwise, however, Arthur’s efforts seem to be going quite well. Byron has adopted the American-style tactic of using candidates’ likenesses on campaign posters. These include one in which Arthur sports a full beard, a puzzling image given that Arthur has only a mustache. After Byron recounts the story of Abraham Lincoln winning the presidency after growing a beard

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