78%User score 78 percent
Prime Suspect
1991 · Crime · Drama
User Score
291 votes
Detective. Witness. Suspect.
Marcella is shocked to the core of her being when her husband Jason leaves her unexpectedly, confessing he no longer loves her. Heartbroken, Marcella returns to the Met’s Murder Squad. Ten years ago Marcella gave up her fast-tracked police career to marry and devote her life to her family. With the abrupt end to her marriage and isolated from her 13 year old daughter and 10 year old son, Marcella throws herself into work to stop herself from falling apart.
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Season list for Marcella
Anna Friel
Marcella Backland
Nicholas Pinnock
Jason Backland
Ray Panthaki
DI Rav Sangha
Sinéad Cusack
Sylvie Gibson
Amanda Burton
Katherine Macguire
Nina Sosanya
DCI Laura Porter
Jamie Bamber
DI Tim Williamson
Harry Lloyd
Henry Gibson
Ian Puleston-Davies
Peter Cullen
Robert Whitelock
Guy Roberts
Laura Carmichael
Maddy Stevenson
Charlie Covell
DC Alex Dier
Jack Doolan
DC Mark Travis
David Mallet
Phil Maxwell
Maeve Dermody
Grace Gibson
Nick Hendrix
Adrien Cooper
Patrick Baladi
Stephen Holmes
Ben Cura
Matthew Neil
Tobias Santelmann
Yann Hall
Harriet Cains
Gail
Bazzjazz
April 12, 2018
Marcella was a series that I was a little apprehensive to watch for some reason but I must admit that it pleasantly surprised me. It was your run of the mill formula series. It had some very good writing and the characters were very believable, probably cause they weren’t that likable in their roles. It was a nice break from your Hollywood engine of series that come off a conveyer belt. So it had good merit. Although…
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Dasha K
November 14, 2025
**WARNING: Don't take massive amounts of narcotics and then try to write a TV show 🚨** This dumb show is a great example of writers and production both apparently consuming large amounts of hallucinogens and/or narcotics and then attempting to put together a linear story. I cannot believe Netflix let this be released in it's current state, just baffling decisions by everyone involved. It reminded me of those drug mo…
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