Sundance Now has released the trailer for the enthralling, six-part thriller The Pact, making its US debut on Sundance Now and AMC+ on Thursday, December 2. New episodes of the dark whodunnit The Guardian calls “Wales’s ‘Big Little Lies'” and The Irish Times deems “a stonking standout of a crime thriller” will premiere weekly until Thursday, January 6.
When young brewery boss Jack (Aneurin Bernard, Dunkirk, War & Peace) is found dead, a chain of events is triggered that draws his four employees Anna (Laura Fraser, Better Call Saul, Breaking Bad), Nancy (Julie Hesmondhalgh, Broadchurch, Happy Valley), Louie (Eiry Thomas, Keeping Faith, The Accident) and Cat (Heledd Gwynn; Ordinary Lies, 35 Diwrnod) into a fragile pact of silence, bound by a secret that will change their lives forever. Meanwhile, Anna’s police officer husband Max (Jason Hughes, Marcella, Midsomer Murders) investigates Jack’s unforeseen death alongside his fierce superior DS Holland (Rakie Ayola, Noughts + Crosses, Shetland), completely unaware that his own wife and her best friends are at the heart of a conspiracy.
Steeped in mystery, betrayals, twists and turns, the story unravels while Max, DS Holland and the rest of the town are left grappling with one burning question: what really happened that fateful night?
The Pact also stars Abbie Hern (The Twilight Zone, Enola Holmes 2), Eddie Marsan (Ray Donovan, Deadpool 2), Mark Lewis-Jones (Gangs of London, The Crown), Adrian Edmondson (EastEnders, Save Me), Gabrielle Creevy (In My Skin, Father Brown) and Aled Ap Steffan (Gangs of London, In My Skin). The Pact, a Sundance Now Exclusive Series, is written and created by Pete McTighe (Doctor Who, A Discovery of Witches) and directed by Eric Styles (Hidden, Casualty) and Rebecca Johnson (Call the Midwife, The Flash). Production company is Cardiff-based Little Door Productions and Lionsgate handles the international distribution.
Heledd Gwynn as Cat, Eiry Thomas as Louie, Laura Fraser as Anna, Julie Hesmondhalgh as Nancy – The Pact _ Season 1, Key Art – Photo Credit: Sundance Now
EPISODE DESCRIPTIONS
Episode One – Premieres Thursday, December 2 on Sundance Now and AMC+
After the unexplained death of their boss Jack at the brewery where they work, Anna, Nancy, Louie, and Cat make a pact to protect each other. But their allegiances will be tested.
Episode Two – Premieres Thursday, December 9 on Sundance Now and AMC+
As the police interview the brewery workers about Jack’s behavior at the party, it appears someone else knows what happened that night…and plans to blackmail Anna and her friends.
Episode Three – Premieres Thursday, December 16 on Sundance Now and AMC+
On the day of Jack’s memorial, Max, Anna’s policeman husband, makes an arrest. After another blackmail message appears, Anna vows to uncover who is behind the threats.
Episode Four – Premieres Thursday, December 23 on Sundance Now and AMC+
Nancy learns some disturbing news about her husband, Richard. Louie deals with a personal dilemma, and Max tries to grill Anna about Jack’s death — putting more strain on their marriage.
Episode Five – Premieres Thursday, December 30 on Sundance Now and AMC+
The police make an arrest in connection with Jack’s death, and the pact between the women is at a breaking point. Cat must trust her coworker Tish and admit what happened that fateful night.
Episode Six – Premieres Thursday, January 6, 2022 on Sundance Now and AMC+
As the police net tightens, Cat and Tish are drawn closer, and Max is torn between his work and Anna. Finally, the truth about Jack’s death is revealed — and nothing will ever be the same.
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