The Five

The Five (2017-)
Season 1 - 10 episodes (2017 September 15)



Netflix Distributed Series
Availability: Limited 
1 season, season 2 confirmed

Plot:
Twenty years after Mark and his three young friends believed Mark's brother was killed, though never found, the supposedly dead brother's DNA is found at a crime scene. The four friends reunite to find the missing person.


Review:
Season 1 Rating: [Watch it] / It depends / Skip it
  • This British mystery provides a refreshing story. It's not another tale about a killer, but focuses on a missing boy and the lives impacted in the wake of that traumatic event. Thankfully it has a plausible conclusion and answers the questions surrounding the mystery, something other British, Netflix dramas haven't been able to manage.
    The characters have been trying to reconcile the disappearance for years, and this new evidence stirs up all their old emotions. The conclusion leaves you with a moral question. Instead of a surprise twist that shocks, this question makes a lasting impact. Two wrongs don't make a right. but you can argue whether the events worked out better.
Read my Season 1 review.

Links:
Watch the trailer

Trivia:
  • This series is written by best selling author Harlan Coben, his first original television series venture. Coben's Netflix series Safe, starring Michael C. Hall is set for release in 2018.
  • This premiered in the UK in April 2016. 
  • An eight part follow up series The Four is in the works.

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