Liam Thompson.

WHAT?! A SMILE?! BE STILL MY HEART. OH MAN. ;DDD

But for reals, I could totally see the two of them metaphorically standing back-to-back, protecting each other from the TOTAL BULLSHIT OF THE CONNOGHAN SYSTEM. <3 Haha.

Which, btw, would totally mean that Sophie wouldn’t be tense at all about Liam’s desire to get out of that same system. Because she gets it. She has the exact same problem, just in the opposite order. She wants SO BADLY to work for her father, but is SERIOUSLY being forced out of it.

So I mean, she wouldn’t be down for him totally destroying this thing that she loves and wants to/was born to control, but she wouldn’t blame him in the least for wanting out of the life that was forced upon him. Just ‘cause she knows EXACTLY HOW THAT FEELS.

Also, lol about not sharing feelings, because I think both of them are like… not ~feelings people. But probably do things like punch each other in the shoulders and are like: ‘yeah, you’re all right, I guess.’ which totally probs translates to: “YOU’RE THE BEST, I’M GLAD WE’RE FRIENDS BECAUSE OTHERWISE I WOULDN’T HAVE ANYONE ELSE. K? K.”

xD I’m just so glad that Sophie is gonna like… have friends. Like maybe three of them. This is lovely.

[ liambbe ]

HAHAH that total bullshit of the Connoghan system tho?? LIKE it's basically OKAY WHO DOESN'T WANT TO BE IN THIS POSITION?? OKAY LET'S GIVE IT TO THEM. (like sean, liam, sophie, & jack all want/wanted different positions in life and instead luke is like lol no not for you)

Haha, and don't worry like Liam would never destroy the ~business, even if in his ideal world they would be no crime, but he knows that there will always be someone in this position and hell, it should go to someone like the Connoghans who are actually p good ppl despite everything??? Plus, he loves Sophie ?? Like he will probs tell her that she's not horrible atp LOOK AT ALL THE LOVE. ;;DDD

make me choose: Rust Cohle or Errol Childress

But yeah, hmm. I mean, as I’m talking with everyone about things, it seems to be that while Sophie is social and energetic and everything, she’s also very… separate from everyone else, and has been becoming more and more so over the years. Mostly through her father ostracizing her from the family business and Sophie fighting tooth and nail to get her way back in. Which totally also makes anyone else who sides with her father fair game for Sophie’s unbridled anger. (Which is part pride, part old wounds that have never really healed.)

So I could actually see where they’d bond over being kinda on the ~outskirts?

I mean, Sophie has Declan obvi, and ~sort of has Aaron on her side (though much more loyal to Jack for good reasons), and soon enough she’ll have Saoirse, but by in large, I think Sophie has been without much in the way of real friends/a support system for at least a few years now, if not longer. 

If nothing else, he'd def be her drinking buddy at Paddy's, haha. :D

Hmm, i think the fact that Liam is Connoghan's nephew might actually mean that Will knows about him. Like I'm sure he's got the Connoghan family tree burned into his brain, and I'm sure that he knows that Liam is on the police payroll and probably would def keep an eye out for him to see if he's actually working for Connoghan. 

Liam Thompson (37) matthew mcconcaughey relationships: Sarah Carter (partner), Luke Connoghan (uncle), Sophie Connoghan, Adam Cassidy (cousins)

Liam grew up in Alabama with his mother. 

His parents had both grown up in Boston and their families had been friends.

His mother and father had a bad relationship and he was a drinker. 

He would spend all of his money on alcohol and abuse his wife when he came home. 

Mrs. Thompson would never divorce him, though. She was an Irish Catholic and did not believe in it.

When Liam was born, he would also turn his attentions to him.

And that’s when Mrs. Thompson had had enough. It was an accident and so the coroner’s report states, but Mrs. Thompson made the push that sent her husband tumbling down the stairs. 

She left her home after that: she was haunted by her sins and could not stand to be in that house any longer, so she packed up her things and her baby and moved down south. 

Liam was young and has no memories of his life in Boston. 

He grew up with little - his mother never made much working as a waitress in a small town diner - but he was happy. 

And he was smart and when he got a good scholarship to a school up in Massachusetts, and he met his Uncle Connoghan

He didn’t have much interaction with his Connoghan relatives through school: he’d spend the holidays with them, of course, but he worked and took on a heavy load of coursework. 

It wasn’t until after he graduated and started to pursue a career in the justice system that he realized what kind of a business his Uncle really had and the sort of power he had over people in this city. 

His Uncle demanded that Liam work for him, which included helping to cover up murders his men committed under his orders. 

Liam was resisted at first, but he quickly learned that it’s better for everyone involved if you cooperate with Connoghan. 

Liam is a damn good detective though.

He writes down everything and will keep track of even the little things. It’s the little details, he says, that tell you what happened. 

He keeps to himself most of the time. Work is everything. 

He doesn’t have very good people skills and his frankness often comes off as being rude and pessimistic. 

He does like his partner, even if they don’t get on well since he has had to threaten her into following Connoghan’s orders. 

He doesn’t bother to explain himself or his feelings to people, which is often why he rubs even the best of people the wrong way.

He doesn’t really care that much, however, he’s never had many friends and is just as happy by himself in his room full of true crime books and drinking a beer at the bar in a corner alone.