8.060 minSeason 1 • Episode 6
LatestFollowing Gabriel's discovery of a crucial piece of evidence, the hunt is on to track down the killer. With the net tightening, a thrilling chase of twists and turns ensues, and as Gabriel begins to piece together the trail of violence leading to the killer, he ends up putting everything he holds dear at risk.
A serial killer thriller told in reverse, unravelling the truth behind a series of murders as DCI Gabriel Markham hunts down a brutal killer.
Direction
Reverse chronology isn't gimmick—it's thematic weaponry.
Acting
Richard Dormer's scarred, unraveling Gabriel is devastatingly committed.
Editing
Each episode's backward structure recontextualizes everything you just saw.
Creators
Jack Williams, Harry Williams
Richard Dormer
DCI Gabriel Markham
Jodi Balfour
DI Elaine Shepard
Kieran Bew
DI Mike Sutherland
Lærke Winther
Lisa Markham
Shannon Tarbet
Hannah Markham
Reece Ritchie
DC Asim Fry
Ray Stevenson
Det Supt Edward Benton
Paterson Joseph
Isaac Taylor
Michael Wildman
DI Martin Brook
Joseph Macnab
DC Sam Myers
Mimî M. Khayisa
DC Andrea Reed
Michael Shaeffer
Steven Mills
Paul Rhys
Patrick Barker
Rosalind Eleazar
Christine Levison
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Williams brothers wrote The Missing and Baptiste; Rellik was their experimental 'what if we hated our audience's sense of time' project.
The acid attack makeup took four hours daily; Dormer insisted on keeping partial prosthetics between takes to maintain Gabriel's physical dissociation.
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