The Mother Line 

After rough sex with the casual bar pick-up Tom Crace turns into a violent sexual assault, Hayden-Hoyle convinces Nessa she needs help and takes her home, revealing that he knows what ... See full summary »

Director:

Hugo Blick

Writer:

Hugo Blick

Stars:

Maggie Gyllenhaal, Justin Shevlin, Martin Hutson

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Maggie Gyllenhaal	...	Nessa Stein
Justin Shevlin	...	Tom Crace
Martin Hutson	...	Max Boorman
Stephen Rea	...	Sir Hugh Hayden-Hoyle
Genevieve O'Reilly	...	Frances Pirsig
Raad Rawi	...	Jalal El-Amin
Richard Katz	...	Aron Yavin
Igal Naor	...	Shlomo Zahary
Aaron Vodovoz	...	Telecomms Engineer
Yaron Shavit	...	Listening Room Man
Andrew Buchan	...	Ephra Stein
Reeve Fletcher	...	Hannah Stein
Nicole Lopes	...	Mazel Stein
Atticus Blick	...	Israeli Soldier
Katherine Parkinson	...	Rachel Stein

Storyline

After rough sex with the casual bar pick-up Tom Crace turns into a violent sexual assault, Hayden-Hoyle convinces Nessa she needs help and takes her home, revealing that he knows what happened to her in Gaza. He also relays the accusations of bias over the Kidma university admissions after the death of the whistle-blower. Nessa learns that Ephra secured her freedom from the kidnappers by agreeing to the wire-tapping, which leads to a sibling rift. She agrees to businessman Jalal El-Amin taking on the cabling work on condition he release Karim as she believes he was abducted to secure Jalal the contract. Hayden-Hoyle tells Ephra he knows about the terms of Nessa's release and he also learns that Samir Meshal said "She will agree" before he died, apparently killed by the Americans though Julia Walsh advises him against pursuing that line. At home Atika drops her bombshell on Rachel and Ephra.

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Plot Keywords:

politics | 

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Genres:

Drama | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Did You Know?

Goofs

When the bait is set and a van shows up with 'repair men' in it. The van stops over the whole with the wiretap. The van has an exit in the middle, when opened it shows the whole and the exhaust of the van. The guy exiting uses the exhaust for support with his hand. The exhaust should be way too hot to touch, but all is fine when it happens.

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Details

Country:

UK

Release Date:

7 August 2014 (UK)

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

58 min