riviera season 2 episode 1 recap

Season 1, Episodes 1-4 - Riviera pulls us into the scandalously dark world of art collecting in its first four episodes of the series debut. By the end of  the first episode, someone else had been bloodily slain. The Telegraph values your comments but kindly requests all posts are on topic, constructive and respectful. Georgina sets out on a quest to confront her accuser that brings her into contact with the intriguing Daphne Eltham. Directed by Hans Herbots. And Georgina learns Noah isn’t all he seems to be…Georgina has to reveal a dark and difficult truth to the Clios family to try and protect the empire from Nico. Adriana and Nico Eltham get closer, despite Christos’ warnings.Georgina confesses her darkest truth to a horrified Jeff. The ensuing chaos leads Georgina to resort to desperate measures.Georgina learns surprising news about Nico – but as she homes in on the proof, events take a horrifying turn. She refuses to believe in her husband’s criminality until she learns that he was in contact with an old friend of hers who operates at the shadier end of the art world – …

Georgina sets out on a quest to confront her accuser that brings her into contact with the intriguing Daphne Eltham.Georgina is determined to get her life back on track, but faces police scrutiny when a friend’s death is revealed to be murder.

By the end, I was willing that rampaging boar to decimate the lot.We rely on advertising to help fund our award-winning journalism.We urge you to turn off your ad blocker for The Telegraph website so that you can continue to access our quality content in the future. Bafflingly, however, it transpired  to be the channel’s most successful original drama ratings-wise, with 2.3 million viewers per episode. Adriana runs to the Eltham family and Nico, while Christos begins to piece together the jigsaw puzzle of Georgina’s lies.Escape to the Riviera with series 2 from 23 May on Sky Atlantic and NOW TV The French Riviera must have a murder rate to rival Midsomer. Find out more While he confronts a distraught Irina over her part in the conspiracy of silence, an explosive secret held by Cassandra finally gets out. One character whined, “A wild boar has decimated our olive grove”, which was the definition of #firstworldproblems. Season 2 Episodes – RIVIERA EPISODE 1 Georgina makes a turbulent return to the Riviera, determined to conceal Adam’s murder from the Clios family, only to find a sinister message waiting for her: someone knows her secret.

Julia Stiles returned for a second run of Sky's glamorous series Riviera Meanwhile a familiar face from season one makes a return, Georgina becomes more closely acquainted with Nico and Cassandra Eltham, and Christos throws himself into a risky new venture.While attending her father’s funeral in the US, Georgina is reunited with her charismatic Uncle Jeff; together they uncover the truth about her mother’s death. This wasn’t so much a compelling drama  as a glossy lifestyle catalogue.

Irina and Georgina have a heated conversation that has the potential to change the future of the Clios family.When Georgina realises that Irina intends to make her suffer, she throws herself into the quest for Noah’s lost painting – and the trail ends somewhere too close for comfort. Meanwhile, a suspicious Irina enlists help to find her missing son Adam, and Christos’ horse has its first race.Georgina prepares to launch her exhibition with Jeff and Noah at her side, while Irina draws closer to the truth about Adam. Georgina discovers that Interpol, led by Officer Jukes, are investigating Constantine for money laundering and art forgery.

Georgina is called to the fort where she comes face to face with a familiar face from her past.Georgina attends her friend’s memorial to channel a new found grief, while Nico sets his sights on the Clios empire, dropping a bombshell which threatens to explode the family and send shockwaves through the Elthams. Blindsided by her husband's hidden work life, Georgina works to uncover the truth behind his suspicious death and art dealings. Riviera, series 2, episodes 1 and 2, review: The only character to root for was the rampaging wild boar 2. Since then, Sky’s drama output has been on the up – see recent gems Chernobyl, Save Me and Patrick Melrose – so perhaps Riviera had raised its game too? You need to be a subscriber to join the conversation. The latest offers and discount codes from popular brands on Telegraph Voucher Codes Indeed, amid all the pampered beauties and stubbly playboys, it was hard to find anybody to like, let alone root for.

EPISODE 2.

Read our community guidelines in full Meanwhile, Stiles made for a curiously unengaging protagonist. Every moneyed mode of transport was ticked off: supercar, superyacht, helicopter, thoroughbred horse. Georgina makes a turbulent return to the Riviera, determined to conceal Adam’s murder from the Clios family, only to find a sinister message waiting for her: someone knows her secret. With Julia Stiles Lena Olin Juliet Stevenson Dimitri Leoni…

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Jeff’s loyalty to Georgina is pushed to its limit, while Irina threatens to crack under pressure as the family’s suspicions grow.With Irina hospitalised by a family feud, Georgina sees the terrible damage that her lies and actions have caused the family. Forget the Côte d’Azur, this was the Côte du Snore.TV’s youngest widow and least convincing art curator, Georgina Clios (Julia Stiles), sashayed back into high society, fresh from stabbing her psycho stepson and tossing his  corpse into the Med.