Strangers (2018–2018)

TV ShowEndedITV1Drama, Thriller1 season, 8 episodes
Strangers posterReview score: 68%

Plot

Strangers follows Professor Jonah Mulray, who receives a devastating international phone call about the death of his wife, Megan, who has been working in Hong Kong. He's poleaxed with grief, but has to galvanise himself to board a plane for Asia to identify his beloved wife's body. Megan has died in a car accident on the beautiful mountain roads at the top of Tai Po overlooking Hong Kong, and although a notorious black-spot, Jonah feels he must unravel the circumstances of her death following an emotional voicemail left by his wife just seconds before her death. With the help of Sally Porter from the British Consulate, Jonah is taken to the mortuary and in the saddest of surroundings he realises his wife has gone forever. Heartbroken Jonah is interviewed by Hong Kong detectives Daniel Tsang, Felix Chang and Wilfred Chow about Megan's death, but frustratingly they appear to be going through the motions. Is there more to the police investigation than the officers are revealing?

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Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01Strangers S01E07Episode 7S01E07 · 10.0Blindsided by Lau’s abduction, David and Jonah embark on a desperate and frantic search that thrusts upon them to the devastating truth about Megan.
  2. 02Strangers S01E05Episode 5S01E05 · 9.3Jonah goes undercover to find out once and for all whether David is connected to Megan's death. Along the way he must confront a triad member and known killer.
  3. 03Strangers S01E08Episode 8S01E08 · 9.3The one question Jonah never thought he would answer is finally resolved: did his marriage to Megan ever amount to anything more than a lie? And is the truth enough to lay his grief to rest?

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode8Episodes2018Aired 8.7Season avg
  1. S01E01Strangers S01E01Episode 1September 10, 2018 8.2Jonah Mulray lives an ordinary life until he is told that his wife has been murdered in Hong Kong. He travels to repatriate her body, but di
  2. S01E02Strangers S01E02Episode 2September 17, 2018 8.2After Megan's final heartbreacking phone message, Jonah tries to convince David that she was killed. But Jonah's search for proof uncovers f
  3. S01E03Strangers S01E03Episode 3September 24, 2018 8.2When Jonah realises that his late wife Megan was involved with Hong Kong's most dangerous players, he starts to wonder whether those closest
  4. S01E04Strangers S01E04Episode 4October 1, 2018 7.7Jonah finds himself left adrift when David goes off the radar. Fuelled by suspicion and paranoia, Jonah tracks him down to the dazzling gamb
  5. S01E05Strangers S01E05Episode 5October 8, 2018 9.3Jonah goes undercover to find out once and for all whether David is connected to Megan's death. Along the way he must confront a triad membe
  6. S01E06Strangers S01E06Episode 6October 15, 2018 9.0Megan's last bequest leaves a trail of money that leads Jonah and David straight into the perilous jaws of Third Empire.
  7. S01E07Strangers S01E07Season's bestEpisode 7October 22, 2018 10.0Blindsided by Lau’s abduction, David and Jonah embark on a desperate and frantic search that thrusts upon them to the devastating truth abou
  8. S01E08Strangers S01E08Episode 8October 29, 2018 9.3The one question Jonah never thought he would answer is finally resolved: did his marriage to Megan ever amount to anything more than a lie?

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Cast

John SimmJohn SimmJonah MulrayAnthony HayesAnthony HayesMichael CohenTom WuTom WuDaniel TsuiAnthony WongAnthony WongDavid ChenThomas ChaanhingThomas ChaanhingFelix ChongKatie LeungKatie LeungLau Chen

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