An Irish couple go missing in New Zealand, and a Dublin detective flies in to investigate – but why? As we meet the local Māori community, this crime drama becomes almost a mood piece
If you can forgive the ponderous opening episode and its slightly by-numbers feel, there is much to enjoy in the new six-part police drama The Gone.
When a young Irish couple go missing during a stay in New Zealand, hardbitten-slash-maverick Dublin detective Theo Richter (Richard Flood) flies over to help the local cops investigate, despite the fact that he has just handed in his resignation after 20 years for no reason he is willing to give to his superiors. Unresolved trauma from an old case? Burdened by a secret sorrow? Something is prompting him to pick fights and find distraction in getting beaten to a pulp by thugs, and no doubt we’ll find out soon enough.
The Gone is on BBC Four and is available on BBC iPlayer
