A Review of Unforgotten
The British television series Unforgotten stars Nicola Walker and Sanjeev Bhaskar as DCI Cassie Stuart and DI Sunil “Sunny” Khan, two London police detectives working on complicated unsolved “cold” disappearance and murder cases. The detectives find many suspects and must determine which of the suspects really killed the victims and what motivated the crimes. The realistic depiction in Unforgotten goes beyond most murder mysteries and police procedurals to emphasize the devastating or healing effect that unearthing long-buried secrets can have on the families of the suspects, the victims, and the detectives. Some of the suspects have completely shifted the focus of their lives since the crimes were committed. For example, Lizzie Wilton (Ruth Sheen), who was part of a racist organization when she was young, is now a community worker who helps underprivileged youngsters of all races and is happily married to a man of Jamaican descent. Cassie is a longtime widow, and her two adult children have left home. Sunny is a single parent raising two teenaged daughters following his divorce from his wife. …