{"id":44240,"date":"2024-01-21T16:00:56","date_gmt":"2024-01-21T15:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1963148"},"modified":"2024-01-21T16:58:44","modified_gmt":"2024-01-21T15:58:44","slug":"trigger-point-stars-on-lots-of-death-in-season-2-dont-get-attached","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/trigger-point-stars-on-lots-of-death-in-season-2-dont-get-attached\/","title":{"rendered":"Trigger Point stars on \u201clots of death\u201d in season 2: \u2018Don\u2019t get attached\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

It looks set to be another tough season for Lana Washington. <\/p>

By David Craig\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Sunday, 21 January 2024 at 15:00 PM<\/p>

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The stars of ITV drama Trigger Point have warned of a grave new threat in season 2, promising \u201cmore explosives\u201d and \u201ca lot of death\u201d in the upcoming episodes.<\/p>\n

Executively produced by Jed Mercurio (Line of Duty<\/a>), the series follows explosives officer Lana Washington (Vicky McClure) as she leads the fight back against a terrorist cell targeting London.<\/p>\n

The first season saw Lana\u2019s lover, Karl Maguire (Warren Brown), exposed as the architect<\/a> behind a bombing campaign that claimed the life of her younger brother, Billy (House of the Dragon<\/a>\u2018s Ewan Mitchell) and numerous other innocents.<\/p>\n

However, the sinister forces at work in season 2 are even more dangerous and \u201ccomplex\u201d.<\/p>\n

McClure explained: \u201cIt\u2019s not the same one man band that we dealt with last time \u2013 it\u2019s a much bigger game being played and the Met and expos find themselves in a long running cat and mouse game, they\u2019re being sent in circles.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s tense and frustrating and we\u2019ve definitely got more explosives than last year.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Natalie Simpson stars in Trigger Point season 2.<\/span><\/figcaption> HTM Productions for ITV<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Trigger Point fans will remember that the first season opened with the shocking death of Lana\u2019s expo partner<\/a> Joel Nutkins (Adrian Lester), with more devastating losses seemingly planned for the next chapter.<\/p>\n

Natalie Simpson, who joins the Trigger Point cast<\/a> as DS Helen Morgan, teased: \u201cThere is a huge amount of drama in every episode and there is a lot of death \u2013 do not get attached to anyone at all!\u201d<\/p>\n

She went on to detail more about her brand new character, who is caught up in a love triangle also involving Lana and her ex-boyfriend DI Thom Youngblood (Mark Stanley).<\/p>

\u201cHelen is quite a straightforward person, what you see is what you get,\u201d said Simpson. \u201cShe\u2019s very professional, very ambitious in her job and she takes things very seriously both in and out of work.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe likes to get on with people, so it\u2019s an interesting dynamic that you have between her and Lana, because Lana isn\u2019t trying to please anyone at all, she is just doing what she thinks is right. Whereas Helen does try to please everyone and ends up getting in situations where she can\u2019t do it all.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trigger Point co-star Nabil Elouahabi, who plays expo squad leader Hass Rahim, also alluded to the deadly new threat in season 2, warning of a \u201cheavy price\u201d for his team.<\/p>\n

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Nabil Elouahabi stars in Trigger Point season 2<\/span><\/figcaption> HTM Productions for ITV<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

He explained: \u201cThe team is up against a very shrewd terrorist group, who are intent on disorientating us, and they actually do. The fight comes at a heavy price for our side, but it also firms up our resolve and brings us even tighter together.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s going to be brilliant to watch, with lots of action, but equally lots of lovely quiet moments of characters just talking and sharing what\u2019s going on for them before going back out into the fray.\u201d<\/p>\n

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