Episode
Patrick Melrose: Bad News
Overview
London, 1982. Patrick Melrose, 23 years old and in the grip of an all-consuming heroin addiction, flies to New York to collect his father's ashes.
Details
- Series
- Patrick Melrose
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 1
- Air date
- 2018-05-12
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
Bad News is Episode 1 in Season 1 of Patrick Melrose. It aired on 2018-05-12. The runtime is 60 min.
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More episodes from this season
Episode 3: Some Hope
England, 1990. Patrick Melrose, now 31, is finally clean and practicing law. Despite avoiding social situations and their inevitable temptations, Patrick is persuaded to attend a high society event in the Cotswolds by best friend Johnny.
Episode 4: Mother's Milk
France, 2003. Patrick, 44, is now married to Mary, with sons Robert and Thomas. Patrick may be off the heroin, but is back tackling his troubles with substance abuse.
Episode 5: At Last
London, 2005. Having always dreamed of being an orphan, Patrick now has his wish at the age of 46. No longer with Mary, Patrick is clean and living alone in a grim bedsit.