The Secret
The Secret Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.5 |
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About
"A quiet town's darkest secret, quietly unraveled"
Based on a real Northern Ireland murder case, this four-part drama follows a respected dentist and a church elder whose secret affair spirals into a plot to eliminate their spouses, disguised as a double suicide. James Nesbitt anchors the piece with a chilling performance as a seemingly ordinary man capable of calculated cruelty. The tone is slow-burning and grim rather than thrilling in a flashy sense, favoring psychological unease, small-town hypocrisy, and the corrosive effect of guilt over decades. It's a tight, well-acted true-crime character study more than a whodunit.
James Nesbitt's unsettling performance as an ordinary man hiding monstrous calculation.
you want fast-paced thrills rather than a slow, grim character study.
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All Seasons
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | Part 1 | 7.1 | 193 | 46 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | Part 2 | 7.3 | 162 | 45 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | Part 3 | 7.2 | 150 | 45 min | |
| ▶ | 4 | Part 4 | 7.5 | 147 | 44 min |