Marcella

Marcella Backland left the Metropolitan Police for the sake of her family, only to have her husband leave her. She returns to her job on the murder squad, investigating a case that seems disturbingly familiar to her.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Cast:Anna Friel , Ray Panthaki , Jack Doolan , Jamie Bamber , Nicholas Pinnock , Imogen Faires , Asher Flowers , Hugo Speer , Aaron McCusker , Nina Sosanya , Amanda Burton , Kelly Gough , Charlie Covell , Michael Colgan , SinÃ©ad Cusack , Harry Lloyd , Tobias Santelmann , Sophia Brown

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ Episode #1.1

Mon, Apr 4, 2016

Pregnant police detective Marcella Backland pulls back from a multiple murder case and ultimately quits the force for the sake of her family. Ten years later she returns to her work but so too, it would appear, has the killer.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ Episode #1.2

Mon, Apr 11, 2016

Grace's disappearance plunges the Gibson family into a state of panic, while Marcella scours CCTV footage trying to make sense of the events of the previous evening. Meanwhile, Cara's thievery puts her in danger.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ Episode #1.3

Mon, Apr 18, 2016

Marcella is terrified when Grace's body is found and tries to hide the fact that she was one of the last people to see her alive. Sylvie is distraught at her daughter's death and shocked to learn of her affair with Jason.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ Episode #1.4

Mon, Apr 25, 2016

An attack on an elderly man gives the police a new lead in the Grove Park case. Fearing he may have seen her on the night of the murder, Marcella searches for the taxi driver who was outside Grace's house.

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ Episode #1.5

Mon, May 2, 2016

Mo holds the police responsible for Hassan being shot, Marcella finally gets the information she has been seeking regarding the death of Grace and deliveryman Ronnie is about to make the mistake of his life.

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ Episode #1.6

Mon, May 9, 2016

Marcella is devastated when the killer targets a 6-year-old girl, but then a DNA match gives the police their strongest lead in the case. Meanwhile, Williamson investigates Andrew Barnes' death.

7Season 1

S1.E7 ∙ Episode #1.7

Mon, May 16, 2016

After finding his brother dead, Mo confronts Marcella as the police continue to investigate Yann. Meanwhile, Tim investigates the death of Andrew Barnes bringing him into contact with Jason.

8Season 1

S1.E8 ∙ Episode #1.8

Tue, May 17, 2016

In her desperate hunt for Matthew, Marcella questions Henry at his home. Tim's investigation into the murder of Andrew Barnes increases the pressure on Jason.

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ Episode #2.1

Mon, Feb 19, 2018

DS Marcella Backland is called to a house where a workman has drilled through a wall and discovered an ear.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ Episode #2.2

Mon, Feb 26, 2018

After seeing a psychiatrist to account for her black-outs Marcella returns to work, discovering that Reynolds knew Dawkins - who has an alibi for the attack on her - and there is unidentified DNA at Reynolds' flat. She interviews him but he collapses, muttering "Find the girl." Meanwhile another boy's corpse is found in the boot of a car, evidence of its owner having been destroyed and pathologists make a disturbing find on Leo's body. The Whitmans launch a children's charity where Vince makes a drunken rant in the presence of Marcella's colleague Tim Williams after being accused of exploiting child workers and Marcella's odd actions impact on her son Edward.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ Episode #2.3

Mon, Mar 5, 2018

The latest victim is identified as Luke Howells, an unhappy teenager who hid secrets from his foster family. Like Leo a set of symbols, apparently to ward off evil, have been surgically inserted into his body. Both boys were lobotomised. Marcella learns that he was a rent boy known to Dawkins, whose partner suffers from the resultant publicity. Whitman launches a publicity stunt to prove that his workers, including Eric Davidson, are not exploited but violence ensues and Maya, seeing her husband as a liability, turns to Tim. As the latest child abductee makes his escape Marcella turns to a hypnotist to find the cause of her black-outs after an ultimatum from Jason.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ Episode #2.4

Mon, Mar 12, 2018

Adam Evans escapes his abductors but his rescuers are killed and Adam is in a coma, the same tokens found in his body. Dawkins fools the gullible Edward into letting him into Marcella's house but the child is saved before Dawkins can harm him. However Jason sees this as another example of Marcella being an unfit mother though her hypnosis sessions put him in a bad light. Linked to the disappearance of schoolgirl Debbie Canovan in 1986 Reynolds argues with his over-protective ex-manager Alan Summers about coming clean and Maya disapproves of her husband's exploitative ways but he clearly has other enemies.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ Episode #2.5

Mon, Mar 19, 2018

Under hypnosis Marcella links the source of her black-outs to a murder case where she thought she was the killer before she and her team locate the house where Adam was held captive, the scene of an historic murder, which also attracts two ghost hunters, though neighbour Nigel Stafford gives Marcella no help. Elsewhere the terminally ill Reynolds shocks Summers when he tells him he wants to make a confession, Eric's sister, care assistant Gail, is intrigued by paralyzed patient Joel and Whitman becomes a suspect.

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ Episode #2.6

Mon, Mar 26, 2018

Nigel Stafford identifies Whitman as having visited the murder house and he is arrested but tells Marcella of Maya's affair with Tim .A plot to frame him is foiled and he is released but it leaves Marcella and Tim at odds. Summers gives Marcella evidence which unearths Debbie Canavan's body. She is the sister of Gail's boss Dr Lewis and was a friend of school run mum Jane Colletti . Marcella is suspicious of Reynolds' alleged suicide note whilst Gail is approached by Jason's new lover Becky, Joel's sister, and another body is discovered under the police station floor.

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ Episode #2.7

Mon, Apr 2, 2018

Marcella visits Nigel Stafford to find out why he lied about seeing Whitman at the murderer's house and he tells her he was forced to or else his girlfriend Rosio would be killed. Rosio is located but hers is the first of three deaths, including that of a police officer. Marcella scores a hollow victory over Becky, who splits up with Jason and returns Marcella's children, leading Marcella to submit Edward to hypnosis to recall Leo's disappearance but it achieves nothing. Meanwhile Whitman takes his revenge on Tim for the affair with Maya, Eric goes on the rampage after Gail disappears and Edward walks into a trap.

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ Episode #2.8

Mon, Apr 9, 2018

Marcella has no time to lose as the killer has Edward. Following leads she races to the killer's house, but it empty except for a ringing phone. However, a premonition offers up clues, but can she get to her child before it is too late?

1Season 3

S3.E1 ∙ Episode #3.1

Sun, Jun 14, 2020

Eighteen months later, Marcella has a new life as a deep undercover operative in Belfast, spying on a powerful family that's running a shady business.

2Season 3

S3.E2 ∙ Episode #3.2

Sun, Jun 14, 2020

Marcella is recognised on the street, and later finds an odd note on her windshield. When DCI Sangha arrives in Belfast, Bobby must cover his tracks.

3Season 3

S3.E3 ∙ Episode #3.3

Sun, Jun 14, 2020

Marcella receives an anonymous package. At Jessie's vigil, DCI Sangha spots an eerily familiar face. Finn finds out who sold Jessie the heroin.

4Season 3

S3.E4 ∙ Episode #3.4

Sun, Jun 14, 2020

The Maguires arrange for Bobby to leave the U.K, but the plan goes awry en route to the airport. Katherine sends a threatening message to Marcella.

5Season 3

S3.E5 ∙ Episode #3.5

Sun, Jun 14, 2020

Her stalker's latest threat leaves Marcella suspicious of Frank. After recognising one of Bobby's abductors in police records, she tracks him down.

6Season 3

S3.E6 ∙ Episode #3.6

Sun, Jun 14, 2020

Marcella recalls how Frank rescued and reprogrammed her eighteen months earlier. When Stacey flees from the Maguires with her baby, Marcella must find her.

7Season 3

S3.E7 ∙ Episode #3.7

Sun, Jun 14, 2020

Finn uses Rory's phobia to bully him into an alliance. Marcella confronts Frank with a discovery about his past. DCI Sangha learns of Stacey's arrest.

8Season 3

S3.E8 ∙ Episode #3.8

Sun, Jun 14, 2020

Marcella's latest blackout leaves her with an unexplained corpse. Wondering why DCI Sangha is still in Belfast, Jack decides to investigate on his own.