Too Close

A three-part ITV drama starring Emily Watson as dedicated forensic psychiatrist Emma Robertson, assigned to work with Connie Mortensen, a wife and mother accused of a despicable crime. Her assessment of the suspect's sanity will determine whether Connie faces life in jail, life in a secure psychiatric hospital, or the chance of rehabilitation and release. Emma hopes that the high-profile case will make her career, but her sessions with Connie quickly become a complex psychological game of cat-and-mouse – with confusing sexual undercurrents. Connie has a searing insight into Emma’s insecurities and brutally exploits them. It isn’t clear whether she is hoping to manipulate Emma to gain her freedom or simply toying with Emma as she probes into Emma’s own dark past. Emma gradually starts to understand what drove Connie to her crime, but she may be getting too close to a woman who is beyond redemption. Can Emma see to it that justice is done without destroying herself in the process? Here is a powerful story – yet dangerous – about a closeness between two women. Some flashing lights sequences or patterns may affect photosensitive viewers.