Colin Firth Explores a Father’s Grief in 'Lockerbie: A Search for Truth'
How does one deal with unimaginable grief? What do you do when the death of your loved one is an international news story? How do you handle it when you can’t get the answers you so desperately need? Those heartbreaking questions are the pulsating undercurrent to the new Peacock series Lockerbie: A Search for Truth.
On December 21, 1988, a bomb exploded on Pan Am Flight 103 shortly after it left London heading for New York City. All 259 (243 passengers plus 16 crew members) and 11 residents of the small Scottish town of Lockerbie were killed instantly. Twenty-three-year-old graduate student Flora Swire (Rosanna Adams) was flying to New York to spend Christmas with her boyfriend when she was tragically killed. In one of the show’s more gut-wrenching moments, Flora’s father Dr. Jim Swire (Colin Firth) kisses her on her forehead and says to her, “Go and have the time of your life.”
Flora is seen chatting with her seatmate while other passengers sing “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” before the terror occurs. The series so tangibly captures the joyful innocence of those final seconds, combined with the horror immediately after, setting the tone for the entire series.
