A 96% RT score on 26 reviews, with the critical consensus noting that the anthology structure liberated Season 2 to be formally bolder - the time-jumping is more aggressive, the reveals darker, and David Morrissey and Keeley Hawes anchor it with equal weight to Nesbitt's Season 1 performance.
Renewal: Two-season run concluded in 2016. The Baptiste character received his own BBC One spinoff series, Baptiste, which ran for two series (2019, 2021). (Wikipedia)
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| Season | Released | BollyMeter | Critics | Audience | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 12014 · 8 eps | 28 October 2014 | 8.5 | 91% | 8.4/10 | MUST-WATCH |
| Season 22016 · 8 eps | 12 October 2016 | 8.6 | 96% | 8.4/10 | MUST-WATCH |
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The premiere establishes both timelines simultaneously - 2006 and 2014 - with the structural ingenuity that makes the season work. Tony Hughes in both frames is unmistakably the same man shaped differently by loss. The French small-town setting builds atmosphere without picturesque comfort; this is a landscape associated only with the worst day of a father's life.
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