'Guilt' Season 2's Premiere Returns to the Guilty

In Guilt Season 1, we met Edinburgh lawyer Max McCall (Mark Bonnar) and his brother Jake (Jamie Sives). It all began when Jake struck and killed an elderly pedestrian with Max's car. Desperate to avoid a scandal, Max insisted they carry the deceased pensioner back to his nearby home and hoped that, when he was found, the police would assume the victim died of natural causes. Instead, Max was convicted of covering up a case of accidental vehicular manslaughter, for which he was incarcerated for two years and was also disbarred. His corrupt business dealings and association with dangerous mobster Roy Lynch (Bill Paterson) also emerged.

As Season 2 begins, we are dropped into the middle of a dinner party of complete strangers, all toasting Adrian's (Robin Laing) sobriety. However, his wife Erin (Sara Vickers) doubts he'll remain on the wagon. That night, Adrian sneaks off in a cab, enters an exclusive-looking club, and returns home with a gym bag full of cash. The bag's owner comes after it posthaste and shoots Adrian. Erin, hiding in the shadows, disables the stranger with a golf club and then shoots him with his own gun.

Smash cut to Max being released from prison. With his wife, home, and business gone, all that's left is his brother Jake's flat. (Jake moved to America with Angie.) Max visits his old office where Roy Lynch (now played by Stuart Bowman) runs the show. Max demands Roy give him a piece of his business since he stayed quiet about their illegal activities in prison. Roy insists his dealings are above board now, and Max should consider that he's still living a gift.