WARNING: This text accommodates spoilers from Broadchurch season 2

Broadchurch first aired on ITV again in 2013 and captivated a nation, with its small coastal city homicide thriller after teenager Danny Latimer (performed by Oskar McNamara) was discovered useless when he plummeted off the sting of a cliff. The sequence penned by former Physician Who showrunner Chris Chibnall had audiences on tenterhooks as every episode of the crime drama noticed the main target shifting onto a distinct suspect within the tight-knit neighborhood.

Broadchurch boasted an all-star solid together with Good Omens actor David Tennant, Oscar winner Olivia Colman, Physician Who star Jodie Whittaker, Matthew Gravelle, Andrew Buchan from The Crown, Birds of a Feather legend Pauline Quirke, a pre-Bridgerton Jonathan Bailey, and Legends of Tomorrow star Arthur Darvill, amongst others.

Broadchurch was such a smash hit, it returned for 2 additional seasons earlier than bowing out for good. Nevertheless, with the arrival of streaming platforms like Netflix, new audiences are discovering Broadchurch for the primary time and have a number of questions in regards to the plot, together with the Sandbrook case and whether or not there will probably be a season 4.

What occurred within the Sandbrook case in Broadchurch?

The Sandbrook case was the one which practically ended detective Alec Hardy’s (Tennant) profession. The breakdown of the case noticed him moved to Dorset and upsetting Ellie Miller (Colman), who discovered herself lacking out on a promotion along with his arrival. Though season two centered on the fallout from the Danny Latimer case, after it seemed like his assassin had escaped justice, the Sandbrook case additionally performed a component within the story. 

The Sandbrook case involved the disappearance of cousins 12-year-old Pippa Gillespie (Hollie Burgess) and 19-year-old Lisa Newbury (Eliza Bennett) within the city of Sandbrook, with subsequent door neighbour Lee Ashworth (James D’Arcy) named because the prime suspect regardless of having a stable alibi.

Lisa’s physique was discovered three days later in a river, however Pippa’s stays have been by no means recovered and he or she was nonetheless a lacking individual. 

Alec’s was working the case along with his spouse and colleague, which might result in his downfall. A pendant, which was a vital piece of proof within the case, went lacking when Alec’s spouse went to a lodge to have an affair and the merchandise was stolen from her automobile.

Alec took the autumn and mentioned he misplaced the very important proof, in order that his teenage daughter wouldn’t discover out that his mom had been having an affair. He misplaced his profession and ended up in Broadchurch. Nevertheless, season two noticed Lee’s spouse Claire Ashworth (Eve Myles) meet up with Alec as he tried to unravel the case.

It was revealed that Lisa was killed by her uncle Ricky Gillespie (Shaun Dooley) and Lee killed Pippa.

On the day of the murders, Ricky, who was infatuated along with his niece, caught her having intercourse with Lee and an argument ensued. Ricky killed Lisa in a violent confrontation however advised his daughter Pippa that Lee was the assassin. Lee, Claire and Ricky labored collectively to cowl up Lisa’s dying and conceal the physique. 

However additional tragedy was on the playing cards. Ricky made a drink laced with Rohypnol and advised Claire to present it to Pippa, which might make her sleep whereas they lined up the crime. 

Lee advised Claire to not give the drink to Pippa as a result of he knew what was actually in it. Nevertheless, Claire gave her the drink after Pippa knowledgeable her that her husband Lee had cheated on her with Lisa. 

After Pippa fell asleep, Lee then suffocated her with a pillow and Claire advised Ricky that his daughter had died from a response to the Rohypnol.

In spite of everything of this got here to mild, Ricky confessed to burying Lisa’s physique and her stays have been lastly present in a churchyard, the place it had been buried shortly earlier than a funeral.

Claire was additionally revealed to have been the one to have the pendant, which she’d taken to guard her husband.  

Ricky, Claire, and Lee have been all arrested for his or her crimes and despatched down, thus closing the Sandbrook case and letting Alec lastly transfer on.

Broadchurch is streaming on Netflix and ITVX now