‘Shetland’ Returns

The dark, cold landscapes of northern Scotland return to host another portion of crime and suspense.

Detective inspector Jimmy Perez is back with a new plot to solve in the latest instalment of ‘Shetland’, which features a lot of dark, rainy scenes as the backdrop to a life of crime.

In season five, Perez and company are starting to unearth human trafficking in modern-day Shetland. This begins with the discovery of the dismembered remains of a young Nigerian national, which first looks like another cut and dried murder inquiry.

That is until the mother of the young man ventures to Shetland to retrieve his remains. The actress playing the distraught mother is Rakie Ayola from British medical drama series ‘Holby City’, who becomes a vital cog in the story as it is discovered that her daughter was the reason her son was murdered.

The scale of the crime grows into something a lot larger and more complicated than a murder investigation.

The core cast from previous seasons are back with Douglas Henshall as Perez, Alison O’Donell as Alison McIntosh and Steven Robertson as Sandy Wilson.

After a threat to his daughter’s safety, Perez is forced to move her back home from university in Glasgow. Adding to the complexity of the case, Perez becomes romantically involved with an old school friend who recently moved to the island. This offers another dimension to the quiet, soft spoken detective and causes a bit of stir when her husband confronts Perez. Previous seasons saw the Shetland constabulary battle local evils that started on the island, with season four looking at a reopened investigation of a wrongly accused man and season three dealing with the disappearance of young man on a ferry ride. Seasons two and one detail a murder at an archeological site and Perez solving back-to-back murder mysteries. This typical British crime drama will have you wondering ‘whodunnit’ throughout.

Oh, and there’s no gun violence to write home about.

‘Shetland’ season five is available on streaming platforms and on ITV, DStv channel 123.

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