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Unforgotten’s Cassie and Sunny: a Love Story

Warning: contains spoilers for the Unforgotten series 4 finale. Conflict might be the basis of drama, but love is what makes it a pleasure. Achieve the right blend of both and a TV show becomes somewhere audiences want to spend time. There’s a joy in being buffeted by plot but held in place by the constancy of characters who love one other. Not kissing-in-the-rain, perfume advert love, but the real stuff, the everyday-bacon-sandwich-love of friends who watch out for, rely on and rib each other – the kind of love shared by DCI Cassie Stuart and DI Sunny Khan in ITV’s Unforgotten. Cassie…
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ITV’s Unforgotten: Where Were Cassie and Sunny Left at the End of Series 3?

Warning: major spoilers for Unforgotten series one, two and three. When Unforgotten series four begins, DCI Cassie Stuart has been away from work for a year. She’s living with boyfriend John and her 21-year-old son Adam, her father Martin having moved out to live with his fiancee. Spending almost 30 years as a detective investigating the most brutal and traumatic murder cases has taken its toll on Cassie’s mental health. At the end of series three, Cassie was signed off on sick leave. Now just months away from receiving her police pension, she’s requesting medical retirement and feeling unable to cope…
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