Synopses
Episode one
DCI Red Metcalfe's renowned ability to get under the skin and into
the minds of deranged killers is put to the ultimate test when he is
forced to confront an old adversary - Pace Tierney, an enemy Red thought
he had put inside forever.
An inquiry into prison brutality, conducted by DS Kate Beauchamp, suddenly
explodes into a terrifying ordeal when inmates, led by Pace Tierney,
riot and take hostages.
In cold blood, Tierney orders a prison officer to be burnt alive. Next
it will be Kate's turn.
When the dying man's screams reach Red, he knows that the hostage's
release is non-negotiable. They are in mortal danger.
Armed police go in firing. Wounded prisoners and guards are transferred
to a crumbling, over-stretched hospital.
As Red struggles to contain the security risks that the influx of convicted
criminals has created, Pace Tierney and another prisoner are brutally
murdered in the hospital.
The investigation intensifies. But it takes its toil on Red's team,
particularly Kate.
Her ordeal as a hostage has opened up a life-shattering trauma from
her past making her a walking time bomb.
Back at the hospital the murderer has struck again. It seems this killer
is always one step ahead and the death count has risen to six.
With no discernible pattern to follow can Red's team get a grip and
put aside their troubles to catch this vicious killer?
Ken Stott returns as DCI Red Metcalfe, Neil Dudgeon is DI Duncan Warren,
Frances Grey plays DS Kate Beauchamp and Michelle Forbes plays Susan
Metcalfe.
The cast also features: Liam Cunningham, Michael Maloney, Catherine
Russell, Tom Ellis, Sam Troughton and Claire Holman.
Episode two
With the investigation in crisis and a murderer who is always one step
ahead, DCI Red Metcalfe must pull his team together if they are to succeed
in stopping the killing.
At home Red's life has become unpredictable - his marriage is in jeopardy
since his affair with his former therapist has been exposed.
Red is desperate to keep the love of his wife Susan.
With such pressures can he find the strength to keep going?
The London hospital where the prisoners are supposed to be nursed back
to health is turning into a graveyard. The killer seems to be taunting
Red, as one by one the chief suspects are found dead there.
DS Kate Beauchamp continues to be plagued by horrific images she doesn't
understand. She fears for her own sanity. Self-preservation locks her
inside herself.
Then her adopted father is killed by the most hateful and macabre means
to hand.
Red digs into Kate's private life - is she the link he has been searching
for? Could Kate's nightmares about her forgotten past hold the key?
The team have been assuming that the victims had some connection to
each other. But, could the one common connection be Kate? To the horror
of the team Red arrests Kate.
She had public rows with each of the victims - but is she capable of
murder? In a terrifying conclusion, Red sets himself up as the killer's
final victim.
Ken Stott plays DCI Red Metcalfe, Neil Dudgeon is DI Duncan Warren,
Frances Grey plays DS Kate Beauchamp and Michelle Forbes plays Susan
Metcalfe.
The cast also features: Michael Maloney, Catherine Russell, Tom Ellis
and Sam Troughton.
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