'Captivated's Conclusion Burns It All Down

All four episodes of Captivated, the psychological thriller miniseries about single mom Rachel (Kara Tointon) and her son Liam (Charlie Hodson-Prior), dropped on BritBox at once last week; with four installments all told, we've split our recap into two parts. The first half of the series saw the two taken in (literally and figuratively) by a wealthy man named Elliot (Allen Leech), who is not what he seems. The third episode begins when Elliot takes Rachel and Liam on holiday to his cabin in the woods, where there is (of course) no cell signal.

Rachel and Liam are both on edge at first, but Elliot, as we observed in the first two episodes, puts them at ease. Elliot finally tells Rachel “the truth” about the fire that killed his parents. He says that his father was abusive and set fire to their house when he found out that his mother was planning to leave him. When they return to Elliot’s mansion, Elliot’s assistant Simone (Sara Powell) tells him it wasn’t Rachel’s ex who trashed her apartment. Simone wants to call the police, but Elliot says he’ll solve the problem by asking Rachel to move in with him.

Meanwhile, Elliot’s ex-wife Olivia (Alexandra Moen) arrives at the house and warns Rachel to leave because he isn’t who he says he is. Elliot comes home and disputes everything Olivia says. Rachel still wants space from him, so she goes to a hotel with Liam and her friend Jasmine (Taj Atwal). The episode closes with Elliot calling the police, pretending that Olivia has attacked him.