The Five

- Season 1

(2016)

In 1995 five year old Jesse Wells disappeared whilst playing with friends including older brother Mark. Twenty years later one of those friends, policeman Danny is investigating a woman's murder and finds Jesse's DNA at the crime scene. He informs Mark, now a lawyer and the other two friends, doctor Pru and Slade, who runs a homeless shelter. Paedophile Jakob Marosi had admitted to killing Jesse and sticks to his story when Mark visits him in prison. Slade encounters a young girl, Gemma Morgan, who has been missing for five years and claims to have been held with ...

Danny brings in a suspect that could lead him to Jesse and calls on Mark for help. But he is shocked when a horrifying new lead lands at his door.

Danny and Ally make a shocking discovery and wonder just what kind of a man Jesse may have become. Mark discovers his closest friends have been lying to him.

Pru helps Mark dig for information and ends up unearthing some dark secrets. Elsewhere, Danny and Ally are perplexed when they find another body.

Danny insists that Mark leave the investigation to the police, but his dogged persistence leads him to unearth another murder scene. At the shelter, Slade's life is turned upside down when he receives devastating news, while Pru starts to question the woman that she has become.

Mark is left stunned when he realises what Laura's husband has been up to and Slade later reveals a dark and disturbing secret. Elsewhere, Danny makes a breakthrough in the case but he is forced to question his own part in Jesse's disappearance when his dad Ray gives him a few home truths.

Julie and Alan's relationship is put to the test when an intruder breaks into their house and steals some old family photographs. Meanwhile, Danny is forced to make a difficult decision in order to save his marriage.

Pru puts herself in danger when she hits rock bottom and finally realises it's time to sort out her life before it's too late. Elsewhere, Mark is unnerved when he comes face to face with the evidence that will finally reveal the truth about Jesse's disappearance.

Just as Mark thinks he's getting close to the truth, he discovers devastating information that makes him question everything about his family. Meanwhile, Danny reaches rock bottom when Ray's return almost ends in tragedy and Ally enlists the help of Pru on a seemingly fruitless mission to finally crack the case.

As the investigation into Jesse's disappearance takes an unexpected turn, it is time for Mark and his family to finally face up to the truth, but will they ever be the same again? Pru enlists Slade's help as she worries how Mark will take the news of her shocking discovery, and they face a race against time as they do everything that they can to help him rescue his family before it is too late.