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Episode 1

Ellie's beloved husband is killed in a car accident. A woman was in the car with him and killed too. Who was she? Was he having an affair? Was it an accident?

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Episode 1

Season 1 Episode 1 | 46m 26s | CC

Anna Friel stars as schoolteacher Ellie Manning, a wife who is devastated to learn her husband Greg died in a horrific car accident with a mystery woman in the passenger seat. Stricken with grief and refusing to believe her husband was having an affair, Ellie sets out to find the truth of who the mystery woman is, and why she was in the car.

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