The Bay fans were overjoyed to see the famous ITV crime drama return for a fourth season.
Marsha Thomason, who had succeeded Morven Christie as the new lead last year, brought back DS Jenn Townsend and jumped right into a horrific case.
The FLO (family liaison officer) arrives at the site of a catastrophic household fire that kills Beth Metcalf in the first seconds of episode 1. (Victoria Elliot).
As her children survive the fire, suspicion grows that the house was the target of an attack, and Metcalf was a murder victim.
ITV viewers lauded the ‘dramatic’ moment, with one commenting, ‘Harrowing start that.’
‘Omg, what an opening,’ a fan penned, while another, agreeing, added: ‘Totally invested in #TheBay.’
A fourth commented: ‘Can always count on #TheBay to have a belting opening!’
Several others were captivated by the first seconds and expressed relief that The Bay had returned.
When Marsha, 47, joined the popular series in season 3, Jenn assisted in the investigation of the murder of a young guy named Saif Rahman, who had a promising career as a boxer ahead of him.
Jenn was described as being ‘immediately thrown into the deep end when a corpse is discovered in the harbour on her first day on the job’ at the time.
‘She must get under the skin of a grieving and complicated family if she has any chance of solving the premature death of an aspiring young boxer,’ the synopsis said.
The Bay continues on ITV and ITVX on Wednesday at 9pm.
Source My Celebrity Life.