Two Weeks to Live is a six-part television miniseries, produced for Sky UK and HBO Max starring Maisie Williams as Kim Noakes, a misfit, who has been raised in almost total isolation living "off-the-grid" in rural Scotland for most of her life by her overprotective survivalist mother, Tina (Sian Clifford).
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| Created by | Gaby Hull |
| Directed by | Al Campbell |
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| Composer | Toydrum |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
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| Cinematography | Mattias Nyberg |
| Editor | Mike Holliday |
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| Network | Sky One |
| Release | 2 September – 7 October 2020 |
Plot summary
editKim goes to a pub for the first time as an adventure and meets two brothers. She is naive and goes home with them where a practical joke is played on Kim – a fake video depicting a nuclear apocalypse and that everybody has just two weeks to live. Kim, raised to believe the end times were close, sets off to kill the man who murdered her father in front of her when she was a child.[2][3][4]
Cast
edit- Maisie Williams as Kim Noakes
- Sian Clifford as Tina Noakes
- Mawaan Rizwan as Nicky
- Taheen Modak as Jay
- Jason Flemyng as DI Alan Brooks
- Michael Begley as Ian
- Thalissa Teixeira as Thompson
- Kerry Howard as Beth
- Sean Knopp as Kim's dad
- Sean Pertwee as Jimmy
- Pooky Quesnel as Mandy
Episodes
edit| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.K. viewers (millions) | |
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| 1 | "Episode 1" | Al Campbell | Gaby Hull | 2 September 2020 | N/A | |
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Kim walks into a diner and asks for breakfast. The owner, noticing her naivety tries to steal from her by charging for parking, bathroom, etc. She beats up the owner and leaves. Next, she drives to a pub where her parents had a first date. There she meets Nicky and Jay and she tells them about how this was her first visit to the civilization that she planned with her father (actually, his ashes). She talks about how the world would end in a nuclear blast or some epidemic, along with espousing various anti-government conspiracy theories. As a prank, Jay shows her some fake/old video of news coverage of a nuclear blast with the caption "Two weeks to live". Kim takes it seriously and drives to the home of crime boss Jimmy Davies, whom she believes killed her father. She shoots Ian and points the gun at Jimmy, while Nicky and Jay, who followed, wait for her outside Jimmy's house. | ||||||
| 2 | "Episode 2" | Al Campbell | Gaby Hull | 9 September 2020 | N/A | |
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Kim and Jimmy get into a fight. Jimmy remembers how he killed Kim's father while she was there. Kim realizes that there is no nuclear blast and the world is not ending in two weeks. Jimmy tries to throw Kim off the balcony but he dies instead. Before dying he says "tell Jo...". Kim is angry that Nicky lied to her. Turns out Ian is alive and the group plans to leave him at the hospital. While Kim is clearing her jeep, her mother Tina finds her, ties her up, puts her in the back of her jeep and drives away. | ||||||
| 3 | "Episode 3" | Al Campbell | Gaby Hull | 16 September 2020 | N/A | |
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Kim tells her mom that she killed Jimmy and his place is filled with her fingerprints. Back home, Jay thinks Kim left and decides to leave with the bag of cash he found in the house. Ian picks up his gun to stop him, and Tina kills Ian with her crossbow. A calendar in the house marks a meeting at 11 am with some people named Brooks and Thompson, hence the group cleans up the place right before 11 am. They make it look like Ian took the cash and killed Jimmy. They go to Beth's place (Jay's girlfriend) along with Ian's body. Jay finds Beth's positive pregnancy test, and he picks up the bag of cash and hides it. Thompson and Brooks go to Ian's house to talk to his wife. Nicky, Kim, and Tina go to bury Ian's body in the woods with Nicky as a lookout. Nicky reads Kim's diary. Thompson and Brooks are burying Ian's wife's body close by. | ||||||
| 4 | "Episode 4" | Al Campbell | Phoebe Eclair-Powell | 23 September 2020 | N/A | |
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Next day, Tina lets Kim pick any one item on her wish list to do, before they go back to their remote/hidden home. They go to the fair where Kim and her father go along with the ashes that Kim carries around. Nicky reveals to Kim that her mom is lying about many things and that her pollution pills are just mints. She opens the box of ashes and sees it has some CD of a cricket match, but no ashes. Kim is infuriated about all the lies. Jay meanwhile, realizes that he could go to jail for being an accessory to murder and not see his kid grow. He goes to the police station to report the crime. Turns out Brooks and Thompson are cops and Jay is talking to Brooks. Brooks makes up a fake immunity form and gets the true story behind Jimmy's death. He gives Jay a tracker to put on Tina's van. Jay soon realizes the form is a fake due to a spelling mistake and puts the tracker in some fish sold at the supermarket he works in. He comes back home and tells the rest that he made a mistake. He receives a call from Beth, turns out it's Brooks. Tina tells Brooks that he can have the cash and a person to blame and kill. | ||||||
| 5 | "Episode 5" | Al Campbell | Lucy Montgomery | 30 September 2020 | N/A | |
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They set up a meet outside the same diner as the first episode. While waiting in the parking lot, everyone is distracted when the crooked cops drive in. So Kim picks up the bag of money thinking it's just a bag drop. Tina pulls up right on time before the cops kidnap Kim. A drive-chase ensues ending with Brook's car crashing (both alive) and Tina drives to a camping site. Nicky accidentally reveals that he read Kim's diary, breaking her trust. Tina and Nicky argue about who will Kim choose. | ||||||
| 6 | "Episode 6" | Al Campbell | Gaby Hull | 7 October 2020 | N/A | |
Production
editThe UK series, written by Gaby Hull[1] and produced by Kudos, debuted on 2 September 2020. The six-part series also stars Sean Knopp, Mawaan Rizwan and Taheen Modak.[5][1][6]
Reception
editThe Guardian considers that Williams "excels in her fish-out-of-water role, flitting between hapless and determined, worldly and childlike".[2] The Independent reviewer wrote "Two Weeks To Live lets Williams flex comedy muscles while also show off her stunt fighting and stunt skills."[4] The NME described the action drama as also genuinely funny.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c "'Game of Thrones' Star Maisie Williams to Star in Sky Comedy 'Two Weeks to Live'". Variety. 26 June 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
- ^ a b "'The people at the top of TV don't want equality'". The Guardian. 24 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- ^ a b "Maisie Williams: "Following 'Game Of Thrones' is an impossible challenge"". NME. 27 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- ^ a b "Maisie Williams: 'When I was 12 people were like, Ooh, are you gonna get a drug habit and ruin your life?'". The Independent. 28 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- ^ "When is Two Weeks to Live on Sky One and NOW TV? What is it about?". Radio Times. 17 August 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
- ^ "Maisie Williams To Lead Sky Original Comedy 'Two Weeks To Live' For 'The Tunnel' Outfit Kudos". Deadline Hollywood. 26 June 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2020.