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      Season 1 – Payback

      2023 Crime Mystery & Thriller Drama List
      71% Tomatometer 7 Reviews 70% Audience Score Fewer than 50 Ratings Lexie Noble becomes entangled in a police operation to topple a notorious crime lord, Cal Morris. Read More Read Less

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      Nick Howells London Evening Standard Payback introduced itself as a vice-like thriller and then somehow lost its grip. Do I want my money back? Not yet, because I trust Mercurio’s gut, and this still has the potential to crank things right back up again. Rated: 3/5 Nov 28, 2023 Full Review Carol Midgley Times (UK) The performances are OK, there’s just a lack of oomph and, from what I’ve seen, an absence of humour. Rated: 2/5 Nov 21, 2023 Full Review Craig Mathieson The Age (Australia) A familiar but nonetheless effective drama about an unsuspecting protagonist caught between the underworld and the police. Oct 19, 2023 Full Review Joel Keller Decider By flipping the perspective, Payback gives the traditional British crime thriller a somewhat fresher look, but it’s the show’s leads that really get our attention. Oct 20, 2023 Full Review Anne Brodie What She Said Jed Mercurio does it again! Payback is brilliantly crafted, pitting a widow against a powerful Edinburgh organised crime outfit intent on recovering 28M pounds they say her husband stole. Four hour-long pulse-pounders are as taut as it gets. Rated: 3/4 Oct 13, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Tom S Not a tremendously intense thriller, but one with steady engrossing momentum, solidly-plotted and enjoyable. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 12/02/23 Full Review Pauline E It was excellent. Highly recommend. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/27/23 Full Review Alzenia V My latest obsession, I hope it gets renewed for a second season. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/24/23 Full Review Bart S Slow, boring and trite. Must be tough to come up with new ideas but this is really melodramatic drivel. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 11/18/23 Full Review missus d Preposterous plot and the usual trite conventions. I never would have watched all six episodes but a friend recommended it highly. I kept waiting for it to improve. None of the legal basis for any of it made any sense. Police worked at the speed of light! And the ending was so lame. The wife ended up being as shady as her husband although she was portrayed as a heroine. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 11/15/23 Full Review Donald C Payback is awful. The plot sloggs along. I'm shocked they dragged out six episodes. One was too many. Ending tries to glorify sleazy husband and sanctimonious Lexi. Both crooks trying to take another crook's money. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 11/13/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Episodes

      Episode 1 Aired Oct 4, 2023 Lexie Noble's stable family life is plunged into jeopardy when her accountant husband is attacked in the street and links to dangerous gangster Cal Morris begin to emerge. Details Episode 2 Aired Oct 11, 2023 Lexie agrees to help crime boss Cal with a transaction; a shock discovery puts her family in danger and she's forced further into his world, unaware that someone's watching. Details Episode 3 Aired Oct 18, 2023 Recruited by the police to infiltrate Cal's business empire, Lexie plays a dangerous game to keep her children safe until a secret from her past jeopardizes her future security. Details Episode 4 Aired Oct 25, 2023 Abandoned by the police and left to fend for herself, Lexie edges closer to finding Cal's money, but her worst nightmare becomes a reality when he decides to teach her a lesson. Details Episode 5 Aired Nov 1, 2023 A shocking revelation in Vilnius leads to violence as Lexie is confronted with the brutal reality of Cal's world, and the sickening realization of who she's dealing with hits home. Details Episode 6 Aired Nov 8, 2023 An unexpected visit to the Isle of Eris turns Lexie's world upside down as she discovers crucial information about Jared's death, but she's faced with an impossible choice. Details

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      Season Info

      Director
      Jennie Darnell, Andrew Cumming
      Executive Producer
      Madonna Baptiste, Jed Mercurio, Jimmy Mulville, Debbie O'Malley
      Screenwriter
      Debbie O'Malley
      Network
      ITV
      Genre
      Crime, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
      Original Language
      English (United Kingdom)
      Release Date
      Oct 4, 2023