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‘The Pact’: A powerful crime-thriller with ensemble cast

The plot revolves around five colleagues/ friends who share similar concerns about their current boss.

By Telangana Today

Updated On - 12 June 2021, 06:47 PM

‘The Pact’: A powerful crime-thriller with ensemble cast

Lionsgate Play, the premium streaming service known for its bespoke content curation, has just brought to Indian audience ‘The Pact’, a crime-thriller drama series about five friends who are bound together by a fragile pact of silence post they corroborate a murder.

The six-episode series stars Tish (Abbie Hern), Nancy (Julie Hesmondhalgh), Anna (Laura Fraser), Louie (Eiry Thomas) and Cat (Heledd Gwyn) as the lead cast.

The plot revolves around five colleagues/ friends who share similar concerns about their current boss. Wanting to take revenge of him, the women decide to take the unconscious boss to the woods to click partly undressed pictures intending to make it go viral leaving him embarrassed. The friends return to check on him and they find him dead. They make a pact on what to do next. What must have happened in the woods that night?

The magnificent locations, right from the chilled scenes in the woods to the warmth of brewery, the drama entangles between secrets and repercussions. This outstanding series and credible performances will keep you guessing right up until the end.

Directed by Rebecca Johnson, Eric Styles and written by Pete Mc Tighe, the series is currently streaming on Lionsgate Play (can be downloaded on Google Play Store, Apple app store and Amazon Firestick).