Unforgotten

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Season 6
Season #: 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Metascore
73

Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7

Critic Reviews

  1. i
    Reviewed by: Gerard Gilbert
    Feb 10, 2025
    90
    What really keeps this prestige drama on the road is the central relationship between Jess and Sunny. They now share the same collegiate bond that Sunny enjoyed with Cassie – indeed, he’s even able to joke about her dirtbag husband’s cooking. The rest of the team are also appealing.
  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Mike Hale
    Aug 29, 2025
    80
    Scenarios are handled with nuance and a lack of hyperbole, as you would expect, though given the limited screen time each receives, the outcomes of several feel a little pat and artificial. “Unforgotten” lives on its organic combination of crime drama and well-made soap opera, and Season 6 feels a little diffuse, not as emotionally fraught as earlier seasons in which the suspects were more personally intertwined. But the new season benefits from an increasingly seamless integration of Keenan into the ensemble, and of Jess into the story.
  3. The Times
    Reviewed by: Carol Midgley
    Feb 10, 2025
    80
    Chris Lang’s characters are so well-drawn and the scripts so expansive, their many strands skilfully interlaced, that it sucks you in. Sunny and Jess have more chemistry now that her ice-queen act has thawed. True, not as much as with Cassie, but it’s still early enough days.
  5. The Independent
    Reviewed by: Ed Power
    Feb 10, 2025
    80
    Unforgotten is clever in how it taps into real-world issues – storylines about a right-wing news network and refugees are clearly plugged into modern politics, but the script does not lecture the viewer. Never preachy or self-righteous, Unforgotten is about real people in extraordinary circumstances and remains one of the most unique and compelling crime shows around.