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19 Mar 2024, 09:13
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A brand new drama called Coma has landed on Channel 5, and it has left viewers feeling "every second" of the lead character's tension.
The first of the four-part drama landed on Monday 18th March. In it, Simon (played by McDonald & Dodds and W1A star Jason Watkins) finds himself at breaking point as his neighbourhood falls victim to a terrorising group of teens led by the menacing Jordan (Joe Barber).
Simon and his wife, Beth (played by Outnumbered’s Claire Skinner) are desperate to move their young daughter to a safer area, but Simon's frustration reaches its peak and he confronts Jordan outside his own home.
After some choice words between the two, Simon punches Jordan, knocking him out. But more than that, blood is pouring from the back of his head, which he hit on the road. Simon performs CPR as the police - who were in the area responding to report of vandalism - arrived. Unaware that Simon was the one who hit him, they tell him that he might have saved Jordan’s life.
However, the web of lies begins. Simon tells the police that he saw a man run off, and then wipes the incriminating footage on the CCTV camera he had just set up. He visits the hospital and learns that Jordan’s dad, Paul (Jonas Armstrong) is known to police and not to be messed with. Kelly Evans (Kayla Meikle) tells Simon that the police are also very familiar with Jordan.
Things get further complicated when Paul visits Simon’s house to ask him about what happened, and thanked him for saving his son’s life. He tells him he’s going to take him for a pint one day. Awkward.
The local press interviews Simon, he ends up being branded a hero on the front page, and gets a round of applause at his workplace, from which he is in the process of being made redundant. Paul turns up at his work, and it turns out that that pint happens sooner than expected. Well, actually they share a decent bottle of red wine.
It becomes clear that Paul brought Simon to the pub to see if he can ID someone he reckons might have hit his son. Simon says it wasn’t that person. Despite this, Paul beats the man up in the toilets. He asks him again if it was him. Simon freaks out.
Stressed and full of wine, Paul has a bit of a go at his next door neighbour Harry (After Life star David Bradley) for never speaking.
As Jordan fights for his life, we see Harry call the police and tell them he saw who hit him.
Cliffhanger!
Viewers took to social media to react to episode one, with a fan writing: “I’m tense just watching this 😬.”
Another added: “Omg just watched the first episode of #Coma on channel 5 ohhhh it’s soooooo good and @Jason__Watkins is brilliant as per usual ❤️ roll on tomorrow night.”
Someone else agreed, writing: “@Jason_Watkins excellent as ever 👏 my toes are only just unclenching I felt every second of his tension, on the edge of unravelling 😱 I'm far from ready for sleep 😳 This can't end well but I'm with Simon all the way, roll on tomorrow night 👍t.”
One viewer said: “Blimey! #coma's good innit!!! Cracking acting and really excellent plot.”
Coma continues with episode two at 9pm on 19th March on Channel 5 and My5.
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