Prey
For season 2. David Murdoch (Philip Glenister) is a middle-aged prison officer; widowed, living alone, he has one grown up daughter, Lucy (SAMMY WINWARD), who is pregnant. She is his world. When Jules Hope (MyAnna BURING), an inmate at HMP Ravenhill Prison, is taken ill, it's Murdoch who escorts her to hospital. While Jules is waiting for treatment, Murdoch gets a phone call with an ultimatum that turns his life upside down. If Murdoch wants to see his daughter again, he must break Jules out of hospital and deliver her to the man holding Lucy captive. If he talks to the police, Lucy will die. Murdoch knows he has no choice but to comply. But when the plan goes awry he is forced to take matters into his own hands. Pursued by DS Susan Reinhardt (ROSIE CAVALIERO), Murdoch finds himself in a race against time to evade the law and save his daughter's life.
- Metascore75
- 2014-2015
- 2 seasons
- Suspense, Drama
- TV-MA
For season 2. David Murdoch (Philip Glenister) is a middle-aged prison officer; widowed, living alone, he has one grown up daughter, Lucy (SAMMY WINWARD), who is pregnant. She is his world. When Jules Hope (MyAnna BURING), an inmate at HMP Ravenhill Prison, is taken ill, it's Murdoch who escorts her to hospital. While Jules is waiting for treatment, Murdoch gets a phone call with an ultimatum that turns his life upside down. If Murdoch wants to see his daughter again, he must break Jules out of hospital and deliver her to the man holding Lucy captive. If he talks to the police, Lucy will die. Murdoch knows he has no choice but to comply. But when the plan goes awry he is forced to take matters into his own hands. Pursued by DS Susan Reinhardt (ROSIE CAVALIERO), Murdoch finds himself in a race against time to evade the law and save his daughter's life.
Season 2 Episode Guide
3 Episodes 2015
Episode 1
Episode #2.1
45 mins
Susan Reinhardt (ROSIE CAVALIERO) is investigating the highly suspicious death of Daniel Hope---whose sister Jules (MyAnna BURING) is serving a prison term for fraud. Widowed David Murdoch (PHILIP GLENEISTER), a prison officer at the jail where Jules is held, receives a cryptic phone call, saying that his surly, p heavily pregnant daughter Lucy (SAMMY WINWARD) has been abducted as insurance and will be harmed unless he delivers Jules to a Manchester address. David's world is turned upside down by being dragged into this elaborate prison break. David escapes with Jules whilst escorting her to hospital and---unaware of Daniel's demise---they go on the run, pursued by Susan and other police officers.
Episode 2
Episode #2.2
46 mins
David Murodck (PHILIP GLENISTER) and Jules (MyAnna BURING) arrive at the meeting place but Lucy (SAMMY WINWARD) is not there and David is forced to explain his actions over the phone to Susan. Murdoch and Jules manage to escape from the clutches of DC Iddon. David's boss, Jeff (KEVIN HARVEY), is also killed and his many debts lead Susan to cast him as a suspect in the abduction, along with Lucy's boyfriend Alan (DANIEL EZRA), with whom she had recently argued. Hearing that Daniel is dead, Jules believes he was killed by Blackpool club owner Eddie Goad (CRAIG CONWAY) and, helped by Alan, the fugitive couple drive to the resort, embarking on a road-trip to Blackpool in an attempt to uncover the truth, with the police in pursuit. Meanwhile, Susan gets two shocks, one personal, that she is pregnant, and one professional.
Episode 3
Episode #2.3
47 mins
David ends up being caught and gives himself up to Susan, who tells him that Lucy's kidnapper is not the person he thought. She has another surprise regarding his dead boss. Jules escapes and has a meeting which also yields a shock, regarding the two dead men. She springs David and asks him to do a deal with her to get Lucy back---which involves returning to the prison to obtain a key to stolen loot, but, having accomplished this, he finds himself up against both the police and Jules and her partner in his race to find his kidnapped daughter. An epic game of cat and mouse ensues as he discovers that Lucy is being held in a secret location in the Lakes.
