4.863 minSeason 1 • Episode 5
LatestIn Kingston, Curtis faces the consequences of Millie's actions and must decide what matters most. Meanwhile, an undercover Millie arrives back in London. With few friends and scant resources, she must find and save Romeo before the mysterious "Lindo" can stop her.
Ex Scotland Yard detective Millie-Jean Black returns to Kingston to work missing persons; soon finding herself on a quest to save a sister who won’t be saved, to find a boy who can’t be found, to solve a case that will blow her world apart and prove almost as tough to crack as Millie Black.
Acting
Tamara Lawrance burns through every frame like controlled arson.
Direction
Marlon James translates his prose into visual humidity.
Creator
Marlon James
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Marlon James is the first Jamaican to win the Booker Prize; this is his first screen creation, importing his signature 'Jamaican Gothic' to television.
The series was cancelled after one season—those five episodes form an accidental complete story, with the finale's devastating circular structure feeling more intentional than it probably was.
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