Home > Save Me > Series 1 « TV Series Page Save Me: Series 1 (2018) SEASON: Season 1 Season 1 Season 2 Want to see Episode List Series 1 Save Me Critics Consensus Save Me will rescue viewers' evening with outstanding performances and an absorbing mystery that never ceases to dazzle with its revelations. 100% TOMATOMETER Critic Ratings: 13 89% Audience Score User Ratings: 16 More Info × Close Submit review Want to see Submit review Super Reviewer Super Reviewer Tap to review this movie Review this tv season Edit Review Super Reviewer Rate this season Oof, that was Rotten. Meh, it passed the time. It’s good – I’d recommend it. Awesome! So Fresh: Absolute Must See! What did you think of this tv season? (optional) Submit Continue Super Reviewer Step 2 of 2 How did you get your ticket? Submit By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie. You're almost there! Just confirm how you got your ticket. Super Reviewer Rate this season Oof, that was Rotten. Meh, it passed the time. It’s good – I’d recommend it. Awesome! So Fresh: Absolute Must See! What did you think of this tv season? (optional) Submit How did you get your ticket? Submit By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie. Episodes 1 Episode 1 Air date: Feb 28, 2018 Ne'er-do-well Nelly's life is rocked when he is accused of abducting his estranged daughter. More 2 Episode 2 Air date: Mar 7, 2018 Claire and Barry stage a press conference appealing for help, where Barry makes a reckless move. Meanwhile, Nelly pursues his own lines of enquiry. More 3 Episode 3 Air date: Mar 14, 2018 Nelly confronts Melon and questions him over Jody's disappearance; Thorpe and O'Halloran reveal to Claire and Barry that the police received a distress call from Jody over two weeks ago, the day after she went missing. More 4 Episode 4 Air date: Mar 21, 2018 The police reveal a possible location from where the distress call was made, so Nelly decides to attempt to find the house where Jody is being held, only to discover an abandoned house. More 5 Episode 5 Air date: Mar 28, 2018 Nelly begs Melon to help him get close to a brothel owner, in the hope that he will lead him to Jody. Meanwhile, Melon learns that a young girl with Jody's description is to be sold through an auction. More 6 Episode 6 Air date: Apr 4, 2018 In the Season 1 finale, Nelly confronts Luke over his involvement in Jody's disappearance; and Claire manages to find 12,000 which Nelly takes along to the auction, but he soon realizes that he is out of his depth. More Tv Season Info In a quest to find his missing daughter Jody, Nelly will go to any length to uncover the truth. In the process he will discover more about himself and those around him than he could have ever expected. Genre: Drama Network: Sky Atlantic Premiere Date: Feb 28, 2018 Exec. Producers: Simon Heath, Jessica Sykes, Lennie James Cast Lennie James as Nelson 'Nelly' Rowe Suranne Jones as Claire Stephen Graham as Melon Daniel Adegboyega as Bertram Adrian Edmondson as Gideon Charles Jason Flemyng as Tam Alexander Arnold as Luke Show More Cast Episodes 1 Episode 1 Air date: Feb 28, 2018 Ne'er-do-well Nelly's life is rocked when he is accused of abducting his estranged daughter. More 2 Episode 2 Air date: Mar 7, 2018 Claire and Barry stage a press conference appealing for help, where Barry makes a reckless move. Meanwhile, Nelly pursues his own lines of enquiry. More 3 Episode 3 Air date: Mar 14, 2018 Nelly confronts Melon and questions him over Jody's disappearance; Thorpe and O'Halloran reveal to Claire and Barry that the police received a distress call from Jody over two weeks ago, the day after she went missing. More 4 Episode 4 Air date: Mar 21, 2018 The police reveal a possible location from where the distress call was made, so Nelly decides to attempt to find the house where Jody is being held, only to discover an abandoned house. More 5 Episode 5 Air date: Mar 28, 2018 Nelly begs Melon to help him get close to a brothel owner, in the hope that he will lead him to Jody. Meanwhile, Melon learns that a young girl with Jody's description is to be sold through an auction. More 6 Episode 6 Air date: Apr 4, 2018 In the Season 1 finale, Nelly confronts Luke over his involvement in Jody's disappearance; and Claire manages to find 12,000 which Nelly takes along to the auction, but he soon realizes that he is out of his depth. More Critic Reviews for Save Me Series 1 All Critics (13) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (13) | Rotten (0) This was also a drama that transcended all such complaints simply by reaching into your chest cavity and wringing your heart out for all it was worth. Apr 16, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… Gerard O'Donovan Daily Telegraph (UK) Top Critic The missing child has become a cliché in TV drama but James's tough vision of London is believable. Suranne Jones excels as Nelly's ex, Claire. Mar 26, 2018 | Full Review… Lucy Hunter Johnston London Evening Standard Top Critic It's a long time since I saw a drama so pitch-perfect, or heard dialogue so authentic. Mar 14, 2018 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review… Carol Midgley Times (UK) Top Critic This six-parter is a blast of originality in a tired UK schedule dominated by largely mediocre thrillers. Mar 14, 2018 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… Pat Stacey The Herald (Ireland) It's an extraordinary tour de force for Lennie James... his face is the very study of conflict, humour, pain, burgeoning violence and a desperate need to glean redemption, and he pulls off each facet with powerhouse magnificence. Mar 14, 2018 | Full Review… Euan Ferguson Observer (UK) It's absorbing because it's a police procedural that isn't a police procedural. Mar 12, 2018 | Full Review… Camilla Long Sunday Times (UK) The central cast and characters are so well-drawn that a proposed second series would be welcome despite it requiring series one to end. Apr 16, 2019 | Full Review… Louisa Mellor Den of Geek What is also not going to happen is me watching the whole series in one sitting. It's far too tense. Mar 6, 2018 | Full Review… Ian Hyland Daily Mirror (UK) Suranne Jones, as Jody's anguished mother, for instance, is heart-breakingly believable. Apr 16, 2019 | Full Review… Peter Crawley Irish Times It's terrific. It's so good that even when it's not that good and the plot impetus is lost or you're thinking, 'Hang on, he finds that house in Streatham simply by going to Streatham?', it doesn't much matter. Mar 19, 2018 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… Deborah Ross The Mail on Sunday (UK) Dark and grimly gripping. Jul 10, 2018 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… Claudia Connell Daily Mail (UK) Save Me is incredibly strong, sometimes desperately sad, and an often moving piece of work from James. Mar 14, 2018 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… Henry Northmore The List View All Critic Reviews (13) Audience Reviews for Save Me: Series 1 6d ago I was glued to the TV every episode! Can't wait for season 2 Sunshine M Jul 31, 2018 Give it time and you'll be rewarded Nelson "Nelly" Rowe (Lennie James) is a popular self-styled womaniser living on a London council estate, whose life is turned upside down when he is arrested on suspicion of kidnapping his thirteen-year-old daughter Jody (Indeyarna Donaldson-Holness), whom he hasn't seen in ten years. After convincing the police of his innocence, and frustrated with the way the case is progressing, Nelly decides to take matters into his own hands and try to track down Jody himself. Save Me starts very slow, but r picks up in the third episode. Lennie James, who also wrote the show, is predictably enthralling, with a simmering rage just below the surface, which is constantly threatening to boil over. Stephen Graham plays Fabio "Melon" Melonzola, a convicted sex offender trying to put the past behind him, bringing his usual chameleonic abilities to a difficult part. Suranne Jones, however, as Claire McGory, Jody's mother, isn't really given a huge amount to do beyond a few generic scenes as the quintessential worried parent, and a subplot involving her husband Barry (Barry Ward) is inexplicably dropped in the penultimate episode. These missteps notwithstanding, this is a fine amalgamation of a Ken Loach warts-and-all tonality with a more thriller-esque core that's well directed by Nick Murphy. The last episode is superb. Stephen C See all Audience reviews News & Features 150 Erotic Movies Ranked worst to best! 2019's Most Anticipated 63 movies coming up this year 200 Essential Movies Chosen by RT staff! 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