Overview
- The special week revisits the night of Ray’s death through daily flashbacks, concluding with a reveal episode on Thursday and an aftermath episode on Friday.
- A day-by-day structure spotlights Laurel and Arthur on Monday, Rhona on Tuesday, Marlon with Paddy and Ross on Wednesday, before the identity is disclosed.
- Recent episodes seeded clues including Laurel disposing of a red sports bag, Arthur’s unsettled behavior and Rhona’s urgent secret messages.
- Earlier scenes showed Ray’s body placed in Jai Sharma’s van, with a Connelton Lane pile‑up thwarting its intended trip to Manchester and leaving Jai under suspicion.
- Cast interviews tease motives and headspaces, with Mark Charnock, Charlotte Bellamy and Zoe Henry describing characters pushed to extremes by Ray and Celia’s exploitation scheme.