Eve Myles stars as Faith Howells, a lawyer and happily married mother of three who comes back from maternity leave and returns to the Welsh law firm that she founded with her husband Evan (Bradley Freegard), who disappears the very same day. Suddenly the easygoing, fun-loving Faith is stretched to the breaking point, juggling childcare and legal cases with efforts to find her spouse, eventually discovering an entire secret life that he's hidden from her. The firm is on the verge of bankruptcy and Evan was engaged in extramarital affairs and involved with the local crime syndicate. While the police target her as the prime suspect in his murder (never mind that there's no body), a grateful client with a criminal past (Mark Lewis Jones) appoints himself her protector, looking into Evan's underworld ties and trying to keep criminals and corrupt cops alike from Faith’s family. Keeping Faith is as much compelling character drama as mystery, with Myles playing a woman on the verge of a breakdown, emotionally frayed and exhausted but still trying to hold her business and family together. An intelligent and involving series, shot in Wales, this is more intimate than most British crime dramas, with themes of family, responsibility, and loyalty, as even Faith's mother-in-law turns against her. Compiling all eight episodes from 2017, extras include a behind-the-scenes featurette and character introductions. Recommended. (S. Axmaker)
Keeping Faith
RLJ, 3 discs, 480 min., not rated, DVD or Blu-ray: $49.99 Volume 33, Issue 6
Keeping Faith
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