Viewers are obsessed with tense thriller finally ‘given a chance’ on ITV

A British legal thriller series dumped from Paramount Plus has been given another life on a rival streaming service.

Based on the novel of the same name by Jane Casey, The Killing Kind premiered in September last year.

It starred Emma Appleton as Ingrid Lewis, a barrister trying to rebuild her life after getting too close to a dangerous former client (played by Colin Morgan) when he suddenly reappears in her life.

The six-part series was compared by one critic to Fatal Attraction upon its release last year, with one fan also praising ‘the unexpected twists in every episode’.

However earlier this year the show disappeared from Paramount amid cost-cutting measures, to the ire of many.

‘The Killing Kind should never have been taken by Paramount Plus.  It should have been on a platform such as Alibi or BBC/ITV/Channel 4 or 5. That would have given more chance for others to see it around the world,’ a fan account for Colin, CMagnumfan, posted on X.

‘The fact that Paramount would have paid enough to show it on the first place, then drop it without warning or explanation. Just hope the other channels I’ve mentioned pick it up,’ they added.

‘Colin Morgan is so deceptively good in The Killing Kind. I knew it had to be him behind it all, but he really had me (and Ingrid) questioning everything. A true manipulative mastermind stalker,’ Liz shared.

One fan called it ‘an absolute must watch’ while another said it was a ‘crazy ride’.

Speaking ahead of the series’ release, Emma teased what viewers could expect.

‘Ingrid defended John on stalking charges and got quite close to him but, when she tried to leave the relationship, he made her life very hard work. He turns up again after a big event happens and it’s a real rollercoaster!’ she said.

‘John is Ingrid’s Achilles heel, because he is the first person who she thinks really sees her as she wants to be seen. ‘That is absolutely intoxicating, and she is fascinated by him. There is this mutual magnetism and intrigue that they have and, as soon as you are in that orbit, you are just completely sucked in.’

The actress also explained what she thought of playing a defence barrister.

‘It’s really fun to enter the headspace of doing a job where you are fighting for justice and truth, but you also want to win. Ingrid has to divorce herself from thinking: “Do I think this person is guilty, or do I think they are innocent?’” She shuts that part of her brain off.

‘We’re also getting to examine the legal system, how it works and how real people’s lives are affected by it. Cases of coercive control and stalking are famously hard to prosecute, so many of these them collapse. Hopefully this will bring that to light a bit more.’

The series also stars Elliot Barnes-Worrell as Ingrid’s ex-fiance, Mark Orpen, Kerr Logan as DS Luke Nash and Sara Powell as Ingrid’s mentor and close friend.