Vigil spoilers follow.
Vigil season two is proving too much for some viewers to handle as Suranne Jones' Detective Chief Inspector Amy Silva ramps up her investigations.
Tonight, BBC One aired the penultimate episode of Vigil season two, which has seen Scottish Police Service DCI Silva head on an international mission to investigate the deaths of soldiers during a drone demonstration in Scotland.
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Fans took to X to comment on the episode cliffhanger, with one fan writing: "omg cliff hanger ! Such a great drama." While another viewer said: "Here we go again. Another cliffhanger ending."
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The fifth episode in the series saw Silva discover Wes Harper had possession of a first-person recording of the attack, putting her on high alert that Harper was responsible for the attack itself. When she confronted him, however, he tasered her, and locked her in the base.
Silva freed herself and managed to track Harper down to find him destroying data that linked him to the attack. A hitman then broke into the office only for Silva to kill him and send his photo to Detective Sergeant Kirsten Longacre (Rose Leslie).
Harper convinced Silva that he didn't carry out the attack and warned her that British Intelligence services sent the assassin. Silva then hopped on a plane with Eliza Russell, the commander of a British air force base in the Middle East, to escort Harper back to the UK.
A few moments after take off, however, Harper went to use the toilet only for two gunshots to sound. Silva then uncovered two pairs of slumped feet – one in an army uniform, but just as she saw the faces of the two people, the tense episode ended on a cliffhanger.
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This was all too much for viewers, with one writing on X: "Vigil s2 has me staying up past my bedtime. Things are tense!" While another viewer simply said: "God this is tense."
Meanwhile, one fan was so impressed with the show that they compared it to the likes of Line of Duty, 24, and even Zero Dark Thirty, writing: "Vigil is a classy throwback to the tension filled mysteries of old. The wildly talented Suranne Jones is once again on top form & the truly gripping drama is so f***in awesome. Line of Duty meets 24 with more than a hint of Zero Dark Thirty. Can't wait for more...."
Vigil airs on BBC1. All episodes of Vigil are available to watch on BBC iPlayer.
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