Explosive Crime Drama 'Trigger Point' is Saved by McClure's Standout Performance

Streaming platforms have a way of making everything old new again. Look no further than people discovering Suits and Sex and the City on Netflix. Or the fact that those who weren’t even born when Friends premiered now binge-watch the show on Max. Trigger Point, the 2022 British series about a series of bomb attacks in London, first came to the US via Peacock, where it didn’t attract that much of an audience. Now, the first season of the series has moved to BritBox, where it will likely find more stateside success. There’s something to be said for a television series being on a streaming platform that preaches to the already converted.

Produced by Jed Mercurio (Line of Duty), the series follows ex-military operative Lana Washington (Vicky McClure), who is now part of the Metropolitan Police bomb disposal squad. Lana, whose resting state is high stress, is adjusting to life back home. Her best friend, Joel “Nut” Nutkins (Adrian Lester), heads up the bomb squad while always alleviating the tense situations they find themselves in with his caustic sense of humor. “I’m getting too old for this sh*t,” Nut says, repeating the iconic Lethal Weapon quote.

Lana also has a police detective boyfriend, Thom (Mark Stanley), who doesn’t know how to truly support her; a troubled brother, Billy (Ewan Mitchell), who makes increasingly bad life choices; a new friend, Karl (Warren Brown), who wants to be more than a friend, and a squad of people who look to her for support.