He claims that he\u2019s innocent but the police are gunning for a conviction, which pushes his mum Kathy (Sheridan Smith), in particular, to extreme lengths in an effort to save her boy. But with the odds stacked against them, Noah\u2019s future looks bleak.<\/p>\n
Alongside that strand of the story, Noah is also trying to come to terms with his own sexuality. His parents have long thought that he is either gay or bisexual, but they have never broached the subject with him. And Noah, too, has felt unable to voice how he feels, which is unsurprising given what we learn during a conversation between his mum and dad in the opening episode.<\/p>\n
Following Noah\u2019s arrest, Martin (Michael Jibson) tells Kathy that a couple of years ago, he stumbled across his son watching gay porn. Noah believed that the house was empty, but his dad had come home early and approached his bedroom after hearing noises. That led to Noah \u201cgoing ballistic\u201d and slamming the door in Martin\u2019s face, after which he made a homophobic comment.<\/p>\n
\u201cI shamed him from being able to tell us,\u201d said Martin. \u201cI\u2019m sorry. I love him, gay or not. He\u2019s my child and I love him.\u201d<\/p>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\nSpeaking to RadioTimes.com<\/a> about that admission from Martin, Jibson said: \u201cI just don\u2019t think Martin even\u2013 it\u2019s obviously crossed his mind [that his son is gay or bisexual] because this situation happened. I just don\u2019t think he\u2019s ever been in that situation before and he\u2019s just no<\/span>t dealt with it.<\/p>\n \u201cIt comes down to the fact that he should have communicated with his wife about what was going on with his son when he found something out that wasn\u2019t making sense. But he didn\u2019t. He kept it to himself and potentially was part of the ingredients that caused this mess.<\/p>\n \u201cCertainly the way I played it was that he didn\u2019t have a problem at all with it. But he\u2019s kicking himself for no<\/span>t communicating with his family when he should have done, and for not being the dad that he wants to be.\u201d<\/p> He added: \u201cIt\u2019s about a lack of communication between families and I think certainly for Martin and Kathy, they realise they need to communicate with each other and, of course, their kids, whether it\u2019s to do with sexuality or anything else. Martin certainly looks at himself and thinks, \u2018I need to say what I think. I need to stand up to my wife. I need to be more communicative with my kids.\u2019<\/p>\n \u201cI think that\u2019s how he comes out of it at the end.\u201d<\/p>\n All four episodes of No Return are available to stream now on the ITV Hub. <\/strong>C<\/strong>heck out our\u00a0Drama<\/a> hub for more news, interviews and features or find something else to watch with <\/strong><\/span>our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n The latest issue of Radio Times is on sale now \u2013\u00a0subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0to get each issue delivered to your door. For more from the biggest stars in TV, l<\/strong>isten to the\u00a0Radio Times podcast<\/a> with Jane Garvey.<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n By Abby Robinson Published: Monday, 07 February 2022 at 12:00 am You\u2019d be forgiven for needing a stiff drink or two after the first episode of ITV thriller No Return, which ramped up the tension, and then some. The four-part drama, which kicked off tonight (Monday 7th February), centres the Powell family, who are in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":10900,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/02\/no-return-star-unpacks-tragic-episode-1-reveal.png",1798,1190,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/02\/no-return-star-unpacks-tragic-episode-1-reveal-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/02\/no-return-star-unpacks-tragic-episode-1-reveal-300x199.png",300,199,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/02\/no-return-star-unpacks-tragic-episode-1-reveal-768x508.png",768,508,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/02\/no-return-star-unpacks-tragic-episode-1-reveal-1024x678.png",800,530,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/02\/no-return-star-unpacks-tragic-episode-1-reveal-1536x1017.png",1536,1017,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/02\/no-return-star-unpacks-tragic-episode-1-reveal.png",1798,1190,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Abby Robinson Published: Monday, 07 February 2022 at 12:00 am You\u2019d be forgiven for needing a stiff drink or two after the first episode of ITV thriller No Return, which ramped up the tension, and then some. The four-part drama, which kicked off tonight (Monday 7th February), centres the Powell family, who are in…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/10899"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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