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Hidden is back for its second season on Acorn. The close knit police procedural set in Wales is well worth your viewing time.
The villain this season is a psycho young woman, Mia, highly intelligent and attractive and able to get two men her age - all are in high school - to do her evil bidding: meting out murder to someone she deems worthy of this fate. Lee is the brawn and not too bright. Connor's bright and sensitive, and doesn't like being any part of any killing, or even associating with the killers. But Mia's sway, in significant part sexual, is too strong for Connor to much resist.
Hidden takes the risky mystery tack of letting us know who the killers are in the very first episode. This put us the audience in a position of knowing a lot more than DCI Cadi John and her junior partner DS Owen Vaughn, and the hook in the mystery is seeing how they learn the identity of the killers and deal with them. Given Mia's persuasive powers, and the personal complexities of both Cadi and Owen's off-the-job lives, this is no easy task. Indeed, all too often their off-the-job lives are so intertwined with their police work, they have a tough time having personal lives outside of their jobs.
The countryside is splendid. My wife and I have been to England and Scotland a wonderful number of times, but not Wales. Seeing Hidden will make you want to do that. Sian Reese-Williams is totally convincing as Cadi. Annes Elwy is deadpan effective as Mia. And I especially liked Steffan Cennydd as the troubled Connor. Hidden is perfect early hot summer, tired of COVID, television. Find it and watch it.
See also Hidden 1: You Must See It
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