NOW ENTERTAINMENT June 14 Month 00 --20, 00,2026 2023
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Season 2 of “Patience” makes its North American network premiere Sunday, June 14, on PBS, having premiered a week earlier on PBS Passport and PBS Masterpiece. Ella Maisy Purvis in “Patience”
Cover Story Solving crimes with ‘Patience’: Detective series launches sophomore season By Dana Simpson From quaint English towns to sprawling American cities, a police detective’s job is rarely simple. And while avid TV viewers will already be familiar with the procedural process — arrive on scene, gather evidence, narrow the suspect pool, conduct interviews and interrogations, and finally, catch the criminal — every so often an unusual case presents itself with very little evidence and no suspects to question. In those instances, arguably even more than in others, it’s important to have patience. “Patience,” the Channel 4 series named for its neurodivergent lead character Patience Evans (Ella Maisy Purvis, “A Kind of Spark”), premieres its second season in North America Sunday, June 14, on PBS. Having premiered a week earlier on the PBS Passport and PBS Masterpiece streaming services, the eight-episode second instalment of the series follows Pa-
tience as she “searches for her mother” and “faces challenges in love and loss” while also adjusting to new member on the team. Jessica Hynes (“Miss Austen”) joins the cast this season as DI Frankie Monroe, a replacement for Laura Fraser’s (“Breaking Bad”) DI Bea Metcalf, the hardworking detective who initially brought Patience out of the Criminal Records Office and into the field where she could exercise her keen mind and help the squad solve a series of mysterious deaths in England’s Yorkshire County. According to PBS’s Season 2 press release, Patience and Monroe’s “differences spark tension, but they must learn to work as a team” if they are going to work together at all. And while Season 2 premieres with a supernatural bent that is uncharacteristic of “Patience,” Maria Bruno Ruiz, PBS’s vice president of program content strategy and scheduling, assures audiences
that the series will continue to lean into all the elements viewers loved in the first season, while also evolving the series as a whole. “Audiences connected with ‘Patience’ in its first season, and we’re excited to bring the mystery back for another chapter,” said Bruno Ruiz in a press statement. “With new cases, new characters and deeper emotional stakes, Season 2 builds on what viewers loved while expanding the world of the show.” Returning to “Patience” alongside Purvis are Nathan Welsh (“The Ledge,” 2022) as DS Jake Hunter, a well-meaning police officer and workplace big brother figure to Patience; Mark Benton (“Anna and the Apocalypse,” 2017) as DCI Calvin Baxter, the team’s stable, often fatherly leader; Adrian Rawlins (“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2,” 2011) as Douglas Gilmour, Patience’s godfather and the man who legally raised her
following the death of her biological father; Tom Lewis (“Gentleman Jack”) as Elliot Scott, a young co-worker of Patience’s for whom she has a growing fondness; Ali Ariaie (“The Great”) as DC Will Akbari, a keen-eyed young detective at the precinct; and Liza Sadovy (“The Rumour”) as Dr. Loretta Parsons, the lead forensics expert in York. As for how the relationships are changing headed into Season 2, Monroe’s arrival has definitely disturbed the smooth waters created and maintained by Metcalf’s calm and encouraging leadership style. But as Monroe settles into the job and the detectives adapt to what is newly expected of them, Patience and Elliot grow ever closer. Don’t miss the second season of “Patience” when it premieres Sunday, June 14, on PBS. The series is also available now to stream via PBS Passport and PBS Masterpiece.
In Focus
In Focus “House of the Dragon” - Season 3 (HBO Max — June 21, Season Premiere) Based on George R.R. Martin’s “Fire & Blood,” the series, set 200 years before the events of “Game of Thrones,” tells the story of House Targaryen. Matt Smith, Emma D’Arcy, Olivia Cooke, Steve Toussaint and more star.
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