The 'Ridley' Season 2 Finale Would Be Better Left in "The Memory Jar"

The final episode of the second season of Ridley opens as the search for missing Tara Dunning brings Ridley and Carol to speak once again to Tara’s husband, Rob, revealing the parts of her life she was keeping from him. Understandably upset and angry that Tara didn’t confide in him, Rob swears he knew nothing about her visits to her mother or that she’d been lying about her volunteer work. But when they break it to him that Tara is 16 weeks pregnant, Rob swings between denial and disbelief. Tara’s terrible postpartum experience had them both agreeing to no more children. When Ridley and Carol gently suggest Tara may have been having an affair, Rob throws them out.

DI Carol Farman: “I’ve spent my entire career trying to get women to be believed, and you’ve just made my job that much harder.”

Darrell has been busy examining Celia’s laptop, which has the draft of a blackmail letter on the home screen. It’s intended for someone who’s been unfaithful and threatens to tell his wife. No names, but it sends Ridley off to revisit Dr. Vikram, who now conveniently remembers Tara called the morning of her disappearance and told him she was pregnant, to which he advised a termination. He doesn’t know who the father is, and he doesn’t know Celia. Tired of the evasion, Ridley tells him the search for Tara and the truth will continue with or without his help.