New drama. Started last wed at 9pm on alibi - saw it advertised and totally forgot to set planner and do thread. Duh
but e1 is repeated on alibi Sunday /tomorrow at 10pm so I will watch e1 then - watch 2 on wed
an amazing cast !!
Sabrina Bartlett as Bella Wright, John Simm as Gray Wright, James Fleet as Bobby Wright, Gemma Jones as Rose Wright, Zoe Tapper as Georgia Wright, Ruby Ashbourne Serkis as Emily Wright, and Daniel Rigby as John Wright in 'I, Jack Wright' Des Willie/UKTV
And you think your family has problems?
I, Jack Wright (https://tellyvisions.org/shows/i-jack-wright), the new series from Chris Lang (Unforgotten (https://tellyvisions.org/shows/unforgotten)), kicks off with the apparent suicide of the title character (Trevor Eve), a millionaire on his third wife.
As one can imagine, with that many wives, Jack leaves behind many, many confused and not-so-happy family members.
They become even more unhappy once it is revealed Jack, unbeknownst to anyone, had changed lawyers and rewritten his will a mere month before his death.
DCI Hector Morgan (Harry Lloyd) and DC Jones (Liz Kingsman) are the detectives assigned to the case.
Hector is immediately suspicious of calling Jack’s death a suicide.
Who shoots themselves in the chest? “This is going to turn into one of your investigations, isn’t it?” his boss says to him with exasperation.
But Hector is right. Jack was murdered, and the suspects are many.
The housekeeper tells DC Jones that everyone in the household knew that Jack went alone to tend to his pigeons every night at 10 p.m., which is where Jack’s body was found.
The series is structured with all the key players being interviewed in the present day, accompanied by flashbacks to when Jack died two years ago.
Let’s review the full dozen possible suspects introduced in the show's double episode premiere.
Gemma Jones as Rose Wright in 'I, Jack Wright' BritBox
Rose (Gemma Jones): Jack’s first wife. She’s in her doctor’s waiting room with her partner Bobby (James Fleet) when Sally calls her with the news of Jack’s death.
Rose has seemingly untreatable cancer, but the £500,000 Jack leaves her could help pay for an experimental treatment.
John Simm as Gray Wright in 'I, Jack Wright' Des Willie/UKTV
Gray Wright (John Simm): Jack and Rose’s firstborn son.
An aspiring music producer with a nasty cocaine problem, Gray is trouble and in trouble. He owes £50,000 to a man who keeps breaking his nose.
He has a fractured relationship with Rose, who he calls a “bitch” during one argument (he’s a charmer that Gray) and an almost non-existent one with his father who he hasn’t seen in years and who he still resents for never coming to a single one of his gigs.
He thinks things are going to change when his father dies. That millions are coming his way.
But Jack only leaves him £10,000, not enough money to even make a dent in his troubles.
He steals £10,000 from his girlfriend, Bella (Sabrina Bartlett), and is trying to get other family members to join him in a lawsuit to reclaim what is rightfully theirs.
Emily (Ruby Ashbourne Serkis): Jack’s granddaughter/Gray’s daughter.
Jack leaves her £15 million and the controlling shares of the company, naming her CEO.
Emily claims to be just shocked about this (think Taylor Swift’s surprised face (https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/pictures/taylor-swifts-best-surprised-faces-2012612/) when she wins a Grammy), but it certainly seems like she was privy to what would happen when her grandfather died.
She has a boyfriend/business partner who wants her to come home and run the business they’ve started, but also a secret boyfriend, Reuben, who is deeply involved in whatever is going on. “We weren’t prepared for him dying now.
None of this was meant to happen for a very long time,” he tells her.
Reuben (Percelle Ascott): He is the most suspicous of the bunch so far. He’s seen getting something wrapped in a cloth (a gun?)
But there are six episodes in this series so it’s far too early for Reuben to be the actual culprit.