But in the opening episode of series five, the nursery remains unfinished, for Cleo is no longer pregnant.
Then, the club’s chairman receives a phone call. There is a bomb inside the stadium, and unless £2m is transferred into the caller’s bank account, it will detonate on the final whistle. And, says the caller, if the stadium is seen to be being evacuated, the bomb will explode immediately.
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Another side of Brighton has been bubbling away, too. Desperate Albanians are intent on escaping a slave house. Among them is Dren (Madalina Bellariu), who will do anything for the return of her and her brother’s passports. It is she who sits in the stands, a small island of terror, shaking fingers connecting the circuitry of the bomb while fans cheer around her.
When Kip’s son Frank and his friend later go missing, their parents’ lavish homes offer a nice visual counterpoint to the horrors the Albanians have had to endure; Brighton has corners of utter squalor, a squalor that is made all the more unbearable in the knowledge that just down the road, there are sweeping staircases and outdoor swimming pools.
Madalina Bellariu as Dren (Photo: Tallstory Pictures/ITV)Simm inhabits Peter James’ creation so completely that it’s impossible to imagine him in any other role; his performance is, as ever, a masterclass in understatement.
Yes, the script is, at times, a smidge on the lazy side (at one point, Frank says, “You just don’t get it, do you!” a phrase which appears so often on the screen that it really needs to be banned). But the tension stays high, and Brighton is as salty a backdrop as one might hope.
‘Grace’ continues next Sunday at 8pm on ITV1
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