Series background: Set in Sydney and the Blue Mountains, the screen adaptation of Michael Robotham’s bestselling novel. Starring Laura Carmichael (Downton Abbey, The Spanish Princess) as Agatha and Jessica De Gouw (The Hunting, Riot, Underground) as Meghan – both with explosive secrets that could destroy everything they hold dear. Agatha (Laura Carmichael) works in the supermarket as a shelf-stacker whilst Meghan (Jessica De Gouw) is an online ‘mummy blogger’ on the rise.
Although the women live near each other, they come from different worlds – their lives on radically different trajectories. Agatha is a loner, barely subsisting above the poverty line. She’s ecstatic to be pregnant, pinning all her hopes and dreams on this much longed-for ‘miracle baby’. Yet the father of her child, Hayden (Michael Sheasby), a sailor on active duty, remains oblivious to her condition.
Meghan is a sophisticated mother-of-two who uses her website to reframe her imperfect life into a more aspirational existence. Her husband, Jack (Michael Dorman), an ambitious television sports reporter is often recognised at the pub. Despite posting enthusiastically about her pregnancy to her avid followers, including Agatha, behind closed doors this third baby is putting pressure on a strained marriage.
Episode 4: Hayden returns to Sydney, and he and Agatha bond over their beautiful baby Rory. Content, Agatha has finally created her perfect family. Meanwhile, the kidnapping wrenches a distraught Meghan and Jack further apart. A police team assembles to find the kidnapper, and a media campaign launches nationwide. Pressure piles on Agatha as her ex-husband Nicky pries into the circumstances of Agatha’s pregnancy – and in order to protect her secret – Agatha takes drastic measures to protect her secret.