Patrick Melrose

2018
4.6
10 reviews
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Season 1 episodes (5)

1 Bad News
5/13/18
Despite being in the grip of an all-consuming heroin addiction, Patrick flies from London to New York to collect his father’s ashes. Assuring his friends that he will detox during the trip, Patrick indulges in a cocktail of drugs and alcohol in an attempt to supress his past.
2 Never Mind
5/20/18
It’s 1967, Lacoste, and the Melroses are hosting a dinner party for their friends in their chateau. However, it is also the time when eight-year-old Patrick’s world is turned upside down after he endures a traumatic event which will cloud his life forever.
3 Some Hope
5/27/18
In 1990s England, we see Patrick, now thirty-one, clean and practicing law. The invitation to a high society event in the Cotswolds allows Patrick to see this decadent world through sober eyes for the first time and comes one step closer to resolving his troubled childhood.
4 Mother's Milk
6/3/18
It’s 2003 and Patrick is now forty-four and married to Mary with two sons. Patrick may be off the heroin but is struggling with substance abuse when his ill mother makes an illicit request, and the Melrose family return to London to face the future.
5 At Last
6/10/18
It’s 2005 and Patrick’s life-long wish comes true with mixed results which allows him to think about his future.

About this show

Based on the novels by Edward St Aubyn, Benedict Cumberbatch gives a sparkling performance as Patrick Melrose, a troubled member of the English upper class who tries to make sense of his life following the death of his father. The show follows Patrick’s life from this childhood in the South of France in the 1960s, to his adult life in New York and London. Also stars Hugo Weaving and Jennifer Jason Leigh.

Ratings and reviews

4.6
10 reviews
Ilja Malakhovsky
December 25, 2020
Good story and stunning performance of Benedict Cumberbatch who manages to show flawlessly a very broad spectrum of emotions in this movie.
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Emily Garcia
November 9, 2018
One of the greatest performances by Benedict Cumberbatch, with a captivating story. 😄
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Sandy Ratliff
March 20, 2020
Fantastic!
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