Best known for playing Dexter, Michael C. Hall is now running around the British countryside looking for his daughter in the new Netflix Original crime drama, Safe.
In the new series, Tom’s wife died a year ago and he’s bringing up his two daughters, living in a beautiful gated community, with close friends nearby and a new relationship starting. But when his eldest daughter disappears in mysterious circumstances he realises that in fact he knows nothing about the people closest to him – dark secrets about the people he loves and the place where he lives.
Partners, children, lovers, parents, and friends – does anyone really know the people they love? And how well do people know Tom? As the story opens, Tom, a paediatric surgeon and single father to two teenage daughters, is still reeling from the death of his beloved wife. Now he’s in over his head trying to juggle his new life – raising two daughters and dealing with his grief over Rachel’s death. Because, as we come to understand, the guilt Tom feels is rooted in moral complexity – a mystery from the night of his wife’s death that will be revealed.
Ultimately, we will learn the truth about how Tom’s wife died. We will learn the reason for Tom’s guilt from that night. We will learn that Jenny has a secret from that night – something that set her down a dark path of discovery that now threatens to blow families and a community apart. In the final reckoning there will be redemption.
Written by Shameless‘ Danny Brocklehurst, Harlan Coben executive produces alongside Hall, Nicola Shindler, Brocklehurst and Red Production Company’s Richard Fee.
Creator and executive producer Harlan Coban says that “Safe is, I hope, a gripping crime drama, one with thrills and twists, but it is really about the ties and bonds that hold together four families and a community. I wanted to tell a story about how hard it is to raise our children in today’s world and about the unique challenges of having teenagers. How far will we parents go to protect our families? That’s the heart of the story.”
He also promised a season 1 ending that’s “going to wallop you like a surprise wave at the beach.”
The series stars Michael C. Hall (Dexter), Amanda Abbington (BBC’s Sherlock), Hannah Arterton (The Five), Marc Warren (Snatch), Louis Greatorex (Last Tango in Halifax), Raj Paul and Audrey Fleurot.
The eight part drama hits Netflix today.
