1.060 minSeason 2 • Episode 5
LatestA couple of months have passed. Will the police get to the bottom of what really happened on day one? And what does the future hold for baby Michael?
Acting
Penelope Wilton's suppressed unraveling is masterclass in English restraint
Writing
Time jumps force you to reconstruct what characters desperately hide
Direction
Ordinary locations made sinister through absence and waiting
Hugh Bonneville
DSI Iain Barclay
Patrick Malahide
John Poole
Penelope Wilton
Barbara Poole
Edward Woodward
Vic Marsham
David Oyelowo
Matt Wellings
Sarah Smart
Sarah Wheeler
Richard Harrington
Daf Parry
Charlie Creed-Miles
DC Stephen Beam
Janet McTeer
DS Amy Foster
Christine Tremarco
Leanne Wellings
Al Weaver
Josh Fairley
Anne Reid
Jen Mason
David Morrissey
DI Mal Craig
Navin Chowdhry
Bilal Choudry
Kerry Condon
Sister Siobhan Doole
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Created by Paul Unwin and Olivia Hetreed for BBC/HBO as deliberate counterprogramming to flashy CSI-style procedurals; commissioned specifically to explore 'the hole left by a disappearance.'
Season 2's army subplot was rewritten during production after real British military deaths in Afghanistan, making Matt Wellings' storyline unexpectedly prescient.
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