Patrick Melrose

2018-05-12 · Patrick Melrose is a man from a very privileged yet traumatic childhood in the 1980s. Patrick's father was a very abusive man and Patrick's mother put up with his behavior. Eventually, Patrick's trauma led him down a path of adulthood addiction and severe substance abuse in New York.

S01 E01 · 2018-05-12 · 60 min

Bad News

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.

S01 E02 · 2018-05-19 · 60 min

Never Mind

France, 1967. During a hot summer's day at the Melrose chateau in Lacoste, 8-year old Patrick explores the grounds, a sanctuary of hiding places from the complex adult world.

S01 E03 · 2018-05-26 · 57 min

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.

S01 E04 · 2018-06-02 · 57 min

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.

S01 E05 · 2018-06-09 · 59 min

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.