The 'Unforgotten' Season 5 Premiere Starts with The Case of The Revolving DCIs
When Unforgotten Season 4 premiered in 2021, it had been nearly three years since the series last aired on PBS. Thankfully, fans didn't have to wait quite as long for Season 5, but it has been a while since the surprise passing of Cassie Stuart and the exit of Nicola Walker from the series. However, some things haven't changed, like the theme music or the cold open discovery of a long-hidden body. This season's skeleton is found by chimney sweeps Scott (Zephryn Taitte) during renovations of a place over in Hammersmith owned by Paul Bradley (Daniel Boys); just more proof of the dangers of unchecked gentrification.
Jess: Sorry, I sort of forgot you were there.
Sunny: Thank you?
We meet the new DCI, Jess James, just as she gets blindsided by a divorce bomb dropped on her by her soon-to-be ex-husband, Steve (Andrew Lancel), before walking out the door. It might explain her brisque manner upon arrival, ruffling feathers as she curtly tells Paul his trendy concrete wall will have to come down to remove the body, ignoring Sunny and Fran, who were already checking out the inside via cameras. Fran is left to question Paul, who says the building was unoccupied for five years during COVID before he bought it, as the original developer went bankrupt.
