Jackie Bruleigh

After almost two years, we’re reuniting with our Unforgotten friends — new and old. Season six begins with our pal Sunny out at a semi-fancy restaurant. Before he can even order, he gets a call and you can guess the rest: there’s a body. It’s old (comparatively). He's got a case.

Last time, we met our cast of possible murderers/witnesses for the season: Melinda, a journalist with a public persona that’s much more conservative than her real life thoughts; two young immigrants — Hassan, who’s just arrived in the UK, and Asif, who’s on the brink of taking his citizenship test; an autistic young man named Martin who lives at home with his elderly mother; and a harried mother/school teacher called Juliet who’s trying to manage her daughter Taylor’s reaction to Taylor's father’s death. And, speaking of: that body that our detective friends have been investigating? It’s the remains of said father/husband, Gerry. Also, as ever, Sunny and Jess have way too much drama going on in their personal lives, but that’s kinda par for the course, ya know?

Last time, the threads connecting our murder victim to the various characters we’ve met this season started to make themselves known.

Last week, we made another connection between our group of possible suspects and an early-COVID era murder. This week, we kick things off at the station canteen, where our pals chat about the case.

With only one more episode in the season after this one, it’s not surprising that everyone is starting to seem more and more suspicious. And that extends to some folks who aren’t even involved in this case, like Jess’ Dirtbag Husband. We’re kicking this week’s episode off at her place, where she’s watching him with the kind of expression that would leave ME quite scared, but he is somehow ignoring entirely.

Well, here we are at the season finale, somehow, which kicks off with Martin creeping through Juliet and Taylor’s house… carrying a hammer? Not gonna lie, I was a little worried about where this was going for a hot second, but then Jess and the rest of the crew came around the corner from where they’ve been lying in wait and ask Martin what he’s up to. While they bundle him into a police car, Juliet approaches Jess and asks if the police will “stop harassing” her and Taylor.

The midwives help a family with an extremely premature baby, Women's Lib hits Poplar, and the folks at Nonnatus face new difficulty from the Council.

This week, our friends deal with out of town visitors, a possible outbreak, new technology, and the ongoing saga of whether Nonnatus house will bend to NHS rules.