Chris Lang Explores the Depths of Grief in Unforgotten Season Five

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🗓️ 25 September 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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WARNING: This episode contains spoilers for episode four of Season Five of Unforgotten.

Unforgotten creator and writer Chris Lang knew it would take time for both audiences and characters to grieve the loss of the beloved Cassie Stuart, played by Nicola Walker, and welcome in Jessica James, played by Sinéad Keenan. In this episode, Lang reveals some of the decisions he made when crafting this transition, and why the obvious choice was to lean into the unexpected.

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0:50.4	Time is of the essence in this gripping mystery drama, and as episode four begins,
0:55.1	Lord Anthony Hume's cancer diagnosis has him up against the clock.
0:59.3	Through a phone conversation with his doctor, we learn that the end is near, but he still
1:04.1	needs more time for something.
1:21.6	And the clock continues to tick for the investigation as well.
1:25.3	But what will it mean if D.I. Khan and DCI Jessica James can't find a way to work together
1:30.6	even on the most basic of tasks?
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1:56.4	given reason to believe that this new partnership might just work out after all.
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