Truelove episode synopses

14 December 2023

Episode One  
Phil (Philippa) had a long and distinguished career in the police, but is thirteen years retired and very, very bored. Meanwhile Ken, a solitary SAS veteran, feels similarly at sea. They reunite for the first time in years at a friend’s funeral, and – at the drunken wake – they and their friends take it in turns to imagine what a dignified death looks like, dreaming of quality of years over quantity. 

Naturally, Phil and Ken would make the perfect team to help any ill friends with a ‘solution’. Ken could kill them, and Phil could use her detective skills to cover up the crime and make it look like a natural departure. It’s just like police work in reverse, after all. What starts as a joke morphs into reality when their beloved friend Tom asks them to make the ultimate sacrifice…

Episode 2      
Phil and Ken are badly shaken after Tom’s death, and desperate to cover up their crime. As they readjust to normal life, a young police officer Ayesha Kareem discovers Tom’s body washed up with his boat. However, she begins to suspect foul play…

Episode 3      
Ayesha can’t let her suspicions about Tom’s death go and becomes convinced she’s found evidence of murder. Meanwhile, Marion’s health deteriorates.

Episode 4

Nigel throws a curveball at Phil. Meanwhile Ayesha is beginning to suspect that her mentor might have something to do with all of these deaths.

Episode 5

Phil’s antennae are raised when she discovers there was more to Marion’s condition than she’d first suspected. Meanwhile Ayesha is closing in on Phil.

Episode 6

Phil and Ken are left reeling by the truth. With Ken missing, Phil must do everything she can to make amends for a love she let pass her by fifty years ago.