Season 5 of ITV drama Grace will open on a sombre note for Roy and Cleo following the sad conclusion of the previous season.
Based on Peter James's Roy Grace novels, the Brighton-set series follows DS Roy Grace (John Simm) as he solves cases while dealing with the disappearance of his wife.
Season 4 ended with Roy finally finding Sandy, though she tragically died by suicide shortly afterwards. Before her death, Sandy told Roy he had a son he never knew of named Bruno, right as he was expecting a baby with new partner Cleo Moray (Zoë Tapper).
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The upcoming season will reveal that Cleo sadly lost the baby, while the family has to navigate welcoming Bruno amid such complicated circumstances.
"When we find Cleo and Roy, they are dealing with the loss of a child, which has obviously happened between the series. You realise quite quickly what's happened," Simm said during a Q&A (via Radio Times).
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"And they're also trying to deal with Bruno, who's now kind of living with them, and they both have to try and bond with Bruno, through obviously tragic circumstances, what happened to Sandy and etc in the previous series."
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Tapper also reflected on playing such tough scenes for Cleo as she goes through "this really devastating loss".
"They were really poignant, moving scenes to film and interesting in another way, because I think for Cleo, her work is so integral to who she is as a person, and she's on bereavement leave at the beginning of this series, and Roy has had to go back to work, so they're separated in their grief as well," the star said.
"But as with how this series always goes, she's then faced with quite a lot to deal with in among all of that too."
A fifth series of Grace is set to air this spring on ITV and ITVX, with the drama also returning for a sixth instalment.
Grace will return on ITV this spring, with seasons 1-4 available to stream on ITVX.
Organisations including Sands and Tommy's are able to offer help and support to anyone affected by baby loss.
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