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2 ENTERTAINMENT EXTRA By Sarah Passingham TV Media W hen a lethal cult of person- ality forms around one woman at the center of a web of murders in Britain, DI Jackson Mendy (Babou Ceesay, "Wolfe") and DS Lola Franks (Eve Myles, "Little Dorrit") are hot on the case in "We Hunt Together." They try harder than ever to get to the bottom of a series of kill- ings in the show's Season 2 fina- le, airing Sunday, July 24, on Showtime. The dark crime drama began in 2020 as Freddy Lane, por- trayed by Hermione Corfield ("The Misfits," 2021), meets Baba (Dipo Ola, "Landscapers") in the bathrooms of the club where he works. When Freddy's date attacks her and Baba quick- ly intervenes, the two become bound to each other by his pro- tection of her. The "partners in crime," as Freddy names herself and Baba, team up — Season 1 spoilers ahead — to eliminate those who set Freddy's life on a path of survival throughout her trou- bled upbringing. They begin with her date, ambushing him in his own home, before taking on the task of eliminating another man, to whom Freddy must repay a loan. But when a third man drunkenly stumbles upon their staged crime scene, Baba is forced to take drastic action. Confident that she and Baba are making smart enough moves to evade police capture, Freddy underestimates the equally skilled pair of investigators on their trail. Jackson and Lola are immediately suspicious of Freddy and narrow their investigation in on her despite orders from their doubting superior officer, DSI Susan Smart (Vicki Pepperdine "Getting On"). Hunting the hunters, Jackson and Lola pick up on clues that Freddy and Baba don't realize they've left behind, and together uncover a story from Freddy's path that she's been keeping from Baba — something that changes everything. Instantly devoted to Freddy, Baba is seemingly intoxicated by her attention. With an even more difficult past behind him, Baba is inclined to protect Freddy and right the wrongs she's endured despite his own pain and trau- ma. While they do share a con- nection built on violence and secrets, Freddy rewrites some of her own history to keep Baba on her side. Deep into their first-season killing spree, Freddy brings Baba with her to confront an abusive teacher in her hometown who was involved in the death of her childhood best friend. Though Freddy is hiding the truth about her friend's murder, Baba learns of her deception too late. The two disagree on the next steps, but Freddy, as usual, gets her way and her former teacher joins their list of victims. With the police closing in on them, Freddy and Baba are forced to flee into the woods, leading to the tragic shootout in the Season 1 finale. Equally mysterious and twist- ing, "We Hunt Together's" sec- ond season sees Freddy become a martyr in the wake of Baba's mass-murder confession moments before his death. Still unable to pin anything on her directly, Jackson and Lola keep a close eye on the exonerated Freddy, who is now running a charity and working with a ghostwriter on her tell-all crime memoir. A disturbing call to Freddy's phone from an unknown num- ber in the middle of the night, however, marks the beginning of yet another series of murders. As Jackson and Lola take up this new addition to the case, Freddy is excited by her twisted new secret admirer and courts him to get what she wants: the death of several people. The brutal killer responsible for doing Freddy's dirty work in "We Hunt Together" commits his crimes while wearing a pigeon mask, earning him the moniker "The Birdman" in the media. As Freddy's cult follow- ing gains steam, one of her former employers even throws a Birdman-themed opening- night party, requiring a pigeon mask for entry. With several likely pigeon-mask owners now in the city, the real Birdman's identity is murkier than ever. Haunted by everything that happened with Baba, Freddy sees him everywhere in Season 2. An obvious deep longing for her former "partner in crime" hangs over Freddy even though she's romantically strung along her dead best friend's brother, Henry, por- trayed by Angus Imrie ("Star Trek: Prodigy"). Difficult, sharp, murderous women like Corfield's Freddy have become a powerful force in several prestige crime dramas of recent years, including unfor- gettable performances from Jodie Comer as Villanelle in "Killing Eve" and Ruth Wilson as Alice Morgan in "Luther." As with "We Hunt Together," both these hit series also featured the killers' cheeky, close rela- tionships with the detectives who know them best. Schwering Realty 2 x 2" Pear Tree Gallery 3 x 2" On the Cover Eve Myles and Babou Ceesay in "We Hunt Together" All leads point to Freddy in 'We Hunt Together' Chase Center 3 x 2" American Legion Post 60 2 x 3" Thrifty Muffler 2 x 2.5"

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