Strangers
Katherine Newman’s travel plans were derailed after a viral video of her. The video has been trending worldwide and has been postponed, leading to questions about her honesty.
The US government held a press conference to try and squash the viral video of Sean Tilson, in which he is shown with a beard. However, because the picture used in the viral video depicts him with a beard, Tilson has been able to avoid suspicion so far. ..
The US authorities claim to be working closely with the UK, but given the police weren’t aware of this conference or its details, Vanessa isn’t exactly pleased.
Natalie returns home and immediately begins looking for her money under the bed. Monique appears and asks her what’s going on, and what’s happening with the instructions she’s been given. With Joe on the other side of the door, impatiently wanting to know what’s going on, Natalie promises to meet her sister at the market where she’ll explain all.
Natalie tells the story of how she’s been caught out by her bank and how she’s been using the excuse that banks and other companies do this illegally. She admits that she has stolen money from companies, but she says that it was done in order to help her save money. She is worried about what will happen to her if she is caught and is put in prison.
Natalie is owed money by her clients Nemus. They want her to repay the debt by transferring money from other companies she is working with. However, Monique has the actual cash in her bag and Natalie is unsure of what to do. ..
As the sisters move through the market, Sean and Vanessa follow them.
Natalie heads to work but finds her computer seized and her employment status hanging by a thread given it’s now a HR matter. Seizing her opportunity, Natalie uses a USB stick to get into one of the computers and messes about with the transactions.
As the police question Monique, they ask her about the transaction she is about to engage in. Specifically, they ask her about whether or not she has communicated with Natalie’s contact, Sean. Monique is hesitant to answer this question, but eventually does so. This allows the police to determine that Monique was in fact communicating with Natalie’s contact and that the funds were transferred successfully.
Tara has been suspended from work following the allegations. With the police keeping her phone, she shows up to see Daisy and promises that everything will be okay. Her ex isn’t exactly happy and hurries their reunion up.
When Aadesh returns home from college, he is grilled by his family about why he didn’t tell them he was leaving. They contemplate lodging a complaint, but Aadesh just wants to drop the whole thing and move on with his life. ..
Aadesh steps outside for lunch, and as he does, a whole plague of reporters show up to interview him. He tells them he won’t be able to talk because he has to return to work later, but they insist. Aadesh is hesitant at first, but then decides that maybe this is something he should investigate further.
Natalie’s story starts out innocently enough. She goes to work at the station, and nothing seems to be wrong. However, soon after, Vanessa interviews her and reveals that they’ve been keeping track of her all this time. They know everything she’s been doing, and they want to help her get back on the right track.
As they bring up the embezzling funds, Monique steps in to save herself from a pretty nasty predicament. Sean approaches her with a knife drawn and dead-set on grabbing the funds. ..
Natalie decides to go without a lawyer and tells Joe to leave. When Monique arrives, Natalie is allowed to meet her in exchange for setting up another meet with Sean. It’s clear this is going to work as a sting operation, but Sean simply replies “Wait for instructions.”
Natalie admits to Monique that she embezzled the funds for Monique so she could afford to go to America. ..
Meanwhile, the police widen their search and decide to bring in Eddie Walker, a kid who may well have ties with Leo Newman and actually studied at Oxford.
The Episode Review
This week’s “Suspicion” episode provided a reason for the show to sporadically jump between characters, as the detectives investigate a new lead. However, some viewers were left feeling unsatisfied with the development. ..
Some of these players don’t have great backstories and we still don’t know a lot about Aadesh either. We don’t know much about her either, but we do know that she doesn’t have a great backstory.
Natalie and Monique are the main characters in this story and their interactions are the focus of the story. Natalie refuses to have a lawyer present during her interview with the police because she has embezzled money from her company. It seems obvious that she would have been caught out eventually and regardless of how this investigation goes, surely she’ll be arrested and charged.
After the failed attempt to get the red rucksack in the streets, it seems like there’s going to be another attempt and I imagine that the police will lose him again.
This show is still a bit of a mystery, but the music and cinematography are both good. Hopefully the episodes ahead will settle down and we’ll start to understand more about what’s happening here.
