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Netflix’s Run Away ending explained: James Nesbitt and Ruth Jones reveal they didn’t predict [spoiler]

Netflix’s Run Away ending explained: James Nesbitt and Ruth Jones reveal they didn’t predict [spoiler]

Published by Daniella Wilson

*Warning: This article contains spoilers for the final episode of Run Away.* Harlan Coben thrillers always pack in plenty of twists in the fateful final episode, but going into Run Away’s eighth episode, some shock deaths and plot developments left us wondering just how the Netflix series would wrap up. It became all too clear that Paige (Ellie de Lange) found herself caught up in the The Shining Haven cult. But how did she find herself crossing paths with these people? Going into the finale, murderous cult member Dee-Dee (Maeve Courtier-Lilley) was not only heading up the mission to pluck off the cult’s kill list one by one, she also engineered the murder of Elena (Ruth Jones), who was killed at the end of episode 6. The penultimate episode saw James Nesbitt’s Simon Greene come face to face with Dee-Dee and Ash (Jon Pointing) in a deadly shootout that saw Ash killed, Simon shot and Dee-Dee thrown off of a balcony by a fellow mysterious Shining Haven member. So, going into the finale, it was …

Run Away review – James Nesbitt brings much-needed heft to this Harlan Coben hokum

Run Away review – James Nesbitt brings much-needed heft to this Harlan Coben hokum

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Another year, another Harlan Coben adaptation arrives on Netflix with the inevitability of a New Year hangover. Run Away continues the streamer’s wildly successful commitment to transforming the thriller writer’s pulpy page-turners into glossy dramas that pile on the implausibilities with abandon. From Fool Me Once’s nanny-cam resurrections to Missing You’s improbable dating-app plot, the storylines are ludicrously daft, stuffed with more red herrings than a Nordic fish market. But the real draw has always been the property porn, right? How can they all afford those kitchens? Those Shaker-style units? This time, James Nesbitt plays Simon, a father searching for his runaway daughter Paige (Ellie de Lange) in London’s grimmest corners. His family may be falling apart, but the kitchen remains impeccable: a cavernous open-plan, Farrow & Ball marvel that suggests whatever crisis he’s facing, it’s not negative equity. As with …

Netflix’s Run Away ending explained: James Nesbitt and Ruth Jones reveal they didn’t predict [spoiler]

James Nesbitt teases whether his Run Away character can be trusted in Netflix series

Published by Daniella Wilson

If there’s one thing that Harlan Coben TV series fans know by now, it’s that his series pack in plenty of twists, most of which many of us struggle to predict. With a raft of star-studded shows under his belt now, Run Away is the author’s upcoming release with Netflix, that brings the likes of James Nesbitt, Ruth Jones, Minnie Driver and more together in its cast. The series centres on Nesbitt’s Simon Greene, a successful career man and father who is desperate to bring his daughter Paige home once she goes missing and on a dangerous path of destruction, it seems. But can Simon be trusted? It’s a question we posed to Nesbitt at the screening for Run Away at BFI Southbank, especially seeing as the series now marks the actor’s third appearance in the Coben TV universe. He told RadioTimes.com exclusively: “You can’t trust anyone in Harlan’s shows, that’s the beauty of it, that’s the intrigue, the excitement of it.” James Nesbitt in Run Away. Netflix He continued: “All you can really do playing …