Pinned tells the tragic story of a family caught up in the nightmare of heroin addiction. Against the bleak landscape of Dublin's inner city, a community is racked by the drugs problem.
Alison is an ex-addict who has 'cleaned up' in order to provide her daughter Lisa, with some kind of security. Her husband, Davey, battles against his own addiction and decides to get onto a methadone scheme for the family's sake. If he really means it, Alison will help him to 'get clean'.