Stay Close
2021
Original language: English
- drama
- crime
- mystery
The story
When Carlton Flynn vanishes 17 years to the night after Stewart Green did, it sets off a chain reaction in the lives of people connected to both men.
What it’s like
Cool, glossy thriller textures: rain-slicked British streets, dim restaurant and hotel interiors, and the washed, slightly washed-out look of past and present spliced together as the timelines loop back on each other. The score leans on tense strings and pulsing low synth during reveals, with quieter stretches of ordinary domestic talk in kitchens and cars. The pacing is brisk and cliffhanger-driven, with episodes that end on a jolt and a steady drip of new revelations. The tone is soapy and suspenseful rather than bleak, though it turns dark, carrying the weight of disappearance, grief and a suicide that ripples through the story. Violence is present but not graphic, with sudden, brief spikes rather than sustained gore, and some scenes of threat and menace will be uncomfortable. It suits a weekend binge with the lights low, or a late evening when you want a twisty mystery to pull you along. It is for viewers who enjoy serialised whodunits, ensemble casts and secrets surfacing among friends, families and public figures, and who can tolerate heavy emotional material.
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