Season 1 • Episode 4
LatestPsychological thriller about a woman child-protection officer tramautized by her stillbirth who befriends a woman in hospital and then becomes convinced that the daughter is being abused.
Acting
Sarah Lancashire's unraveling is masterclass-level suffering.
Writing
Refuses easy answers; keeps you complicit in doubt.
Creator
David Drury
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of early 2000s British TV's obsession with damaged professional women—think 'Prime Suspect' lineage but with institutional critique.
The title's double meaning only crystallizes in episode 3's revelation about whose cry we're actually hearing.
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