Season 2 switches to Ireland from the Australian outback as Elliot decides, with the encouragement of girlfriend Helen, to discover his true identity. Naturally enough, they walk into a whole heap of trouble.
Elliot (Jamie Dornan) is content to continue travelling with former police constable Helen Chambers (Danielle Macdonald) who had been so supportive during his search to find his identity in the black comedy that was season one. Helen decides Elliot should find out more about his true self and they set off to Ireland – with Elliot kidnapped on their first day on the soil of the Emerald Isle.
Turns out Elliot is a member of the Cassidy family and he’s walked straight back into the family feud with the McDonnells he tried to escape from. Only Elliot has no memory – not of his mother Niamh (Olwen Fouéré), Frank McDonnell (Francis Magee) nor nemesis Donal McDonnell (Diarmaid Murtagh).
Not to be outdone, Helen finds herself captive by the dodgy Garda detective, Ruairi Slater (Conor MacNeill), assigned to the case and is been stalked by former partner Ethan (Greg Larsen). He’s seen the light and is a reformed man.
If it sounds complicated, it’s not. Over the six episodes, it becomes clearer as who Elliot is and why he left (no explanation for memory loss though) as the reasons for the family feuds become clearer. Unlike season one, however, there’s little in the way of suspense or that wry, entertaining mismatch of characters and plot lines. It’s all too dull and predictable – with absolutely no reason for the reintroduction of the tedious Ethan. He was the weak link in season one so bring him back for more tedious pedantry?
Rating: 35%
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