Payback (2023)

TV ShowCrime, Thriller1 season, 6 episodes
Payback posterReview score: 75%

Plot

With an idyllic family lifestyle in the suburbs of Edinburgh, Lexie is unaware her husband, Jared, has been laundering Cal Morris' illegal earnings on a vast scale. Jared's every move is being monitored by financial investigators DC Jibran Khan and DCI Adam Guthrie, who are determined to use the Noble family to bring Cal Morris to justice. A partner in Jared's business, Lexie is forced into working for Cal, at the same time as the police net inexorably tightens. Soon Lexie finds herself walking a treacherous tightrope between Cal and the police in which her safety, and even her life, are in grave danger.

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Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01Payback S01E03Episode 3S01E03 · 4.5When Lexie is confronted by DCI Adam Guthrie over her relationship with Cal Morris, she is faced with a hard decision that leads her to live a double life.
  2. 02Payback S01E01Episode 1S01E01 · 4.0Lexie Noble's stable family life in Edinburgh is plunged into jeopardy when her accountant husband Jared is attacked in the street.
  3. 03Payback S01E02Episode 2S01E02 · 4.0Feeling increasingly isolated and deceived, Lexie is left with no choice but to agree to help crime boss Cal Morris with a secret business transaction.

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode6Episodes2023Aired 4.1Season avg
  1. S01E01Payback S01E01Episode 1October 4, 2023 4.0Lexie Noble's stable family life in Edinburgh is plunged into jeopardy when her accountant husband Jared is attacked in the street.
  2. S01E02Payback S01E02Episode 2October 11, 2023 4.0Feeling increasingly isolated and deceived, Lexie is left with no choice but to agree to help crime boss Cal Morris with a secret business t
  3. S01E03Payback S01E03Season's bestEpisode 3October 18, 2023 4.5When Lexie is confronted by DCI Adam Guthrie over her relationship with Cal Morris, she is faced with a hard decision that leads her to live
  4. S01E04Payback S01E04Episode 4October 25, 2023 4.0Having been left to fend for herself by the police, Lexie focuses all her resources on the task at hand and edges closer to uncovering Cal's
  5. S01E05Payback S01E05Episode 5November 1, 2023 4.0A shocking revelation in Vilnius leads Lexie to confront the brutal reality of Cal's world and the sickening realisation of who she's dealin
  6. S01E06Payback S01E06Episode 6November 8, 2023 4.0The conclusion of the crime thriller. A visit to the Isle of Eris turns Lexie's world upside down as she discovers crucial information that

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Cast

Morven ChristieMorven ChristieLexie NoblePeter MullanPeter MullanCal MorrisPrasanna PuwanarajahPrasanna PuwanarajahDC Jibran KhanDerek RiddellDerek RiddellDCI Adam GuthrieSteven MackintoshSteven MackintoshMalky RobertsGrace ChiltonGrace ChiltonDC Alice Hardy
Eileen Duffy
Eileen DuffyDoris SzaboSteven MillerSteven MillerDS Rob Livingston

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