Vigil: Season 2

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Peacock | Season Premiere Date: February 15, 2024

Summary: When new drone technology kills seven at the Royal Air Force base DCI Amy Silva's investigation leads her to the Middle East while DS Kirsten Longacre (Rose Leslie) continues probing the case in Scotland in the second season of the Tom Edge series.

[Premiered originally on BBC One on 10 Dec 2023 and in the US on Peacock on 15 Feb 2024]

Genre(s): Drama, Suspense

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The Observer (UK) Barbara Ellen

Sep 10, 2024

I am much preferring Vigil 2: unlike the flatness of its predecessor, there’s a modicum of colour, action and life. Read full review

The Guardian Jack Seale

Dec 11, 2023

Mainly, it is just a good crime thriller. A pacy opening episode keeps giving us juicy chief suspects, then shows them to be innocent, dead, or both. As the intrigue widens and the body count grows, DCI Silva’s home life turns her into a rounded human. Read full review

The Telegraph Anita Singh

Dec 11, 2023

It’s not stupidly implausible like series one, although anyone who works in the police/Armed Forces will probably watch with gritted teeth. Read full review

The Times Carol Midgley

Dec 11, 2023

The second series seems better so far (spoilers ahead), the drama happening in the skies and on dry land, not in the briny depths. But because its main focus is a military attack drone going rogue and killing seven people, much of the dialogue is very “tech nerd”. Read full review

i Rachael Sigee

Dec 11, 2023

Vigil is still a solid, well-acted crime thriller. But I also have a sinking feeling that without its claustrophobic submarine setting, it might have lost its USP. Read full review

Radio Times James Hibbs

Dec 12, 2023

The truth is not that Vigil season 2 necessarily does all that much wrong - it probably works as well as it could have done given the first season's contained plot, and the natural disparity between Scotland and Morocco, which doubles as Wudyan, helps to keep things visually arresting (when not in indiscriminate rooms). .... With other innovative thrillers doing boundary-pushing, genre-bending work - such as The Tourist and Wolf - this new run of Vigil feels bland by comparison. Read full review

The Independent Nick Hilton

Dec 11, 2023

Terrorism, LGBT+ issues, PTSD: all are thrown into the mix, like blending a variety of, individually nutritious, vegetables to create an undrinkably thick smoothie. Where the first season of Vigil could always fall back on its basic premise – giving its detective no means of escape – this second outing finds it harder to sustain tension. Read full review

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Series Overview
Season 2

64
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: February 15, 2024
- No episode information is currently available for this season
Season 1

83
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: December 23, 2021