Culture | TV Channel 4 police thriller Suspect is heading back to our screens, with more death, drama and dark secrets to get stuck into. It’s also promising change. Where James Nesbitt led the first season as grumpy cop Danny Frater, this time Anne-Marie Duff will be taking the reins as his ex-wife Susannah, who’s still struggling to cope after the death of her daughter Christina (Imogen King).
With the second season about to air, what better time to recap what unfolded in season one? While the first installment seemingly offered viewers a fairly wrapped-up conclusion to the murder case, the return of the show opens up brand new mysteries. Spoilers ahead, so tread carefully. The show first came out in June 2022, and is a remake of the Danish TV series Face to Face.
In season one, that would be Danny Frater (James Nesbitt). He’s a police detective who’s married to the job and who has a difficult home life as a result – very bog standard police detective behaviour. As the series continues, his mental health starts to spiral, and by the end he’s hallucinating and condemned to a psychiatric facility.
In season two, the main character will instead be his ex-wife Susannah, played of course by Duff. Series one of the show began with Danny attending a routine ID check on a young woman’s body – only to find out the body is that of Christina, his long-estranged daughter. Pathologist Jackie ( Joely Richardson ) quickly determined that her death is a result of suicide, b.