Subtle? The Couple Next Door doesn’t know her!
Following his stroke, Alan was confined to a wheelchair and his now ex-wife Jean (Kate Robbins) also informed him that the police would be paying him a visit, which seemingly brought his story to a close.
But ahead of season 2’s release, Allison said that he felt like there was “unfinished business” with Alan, who has since recovered from his health problems and is carrying out community service.
“He’s [Dennis] said people come up to him in the street and say ‘We love how creepy you are,’ and we thought, ‘Is there something interesting we can do here?’” said the writer.
“He does provide a kind of anchor to the street, he’s quite nosy, he wants to get involved in other people’s lives, so naturally he tends to insert himself into stories.”
And we see that with Mia (Aggy K Adams), a mysterious nurse from Norway who moves into the house where Evie (Eleanor Tomlinson) and Pete (Alfred Enoch) used to live. But how he interacts with her might come as a surprise, said Dennis, who teased “redemption” for his character, who “hopes to turn out differently than expected”.
“I’m good at noticing things and become aware of one new neighbour, wondering what’s going on in her life,” he added.
But it’s not just Alan whose interest is piqued by Mia.
Annabel Scholey’s Charlotte, a heart surgeon, and her husband Jacob (Sam Palladio), an anaesthetist, appear happily married, that is until she moves in next door and begins working at the same hospital.
And with Charlotte’s ex Leo (Sendhil Ramamurthy) also back on the scene, you can expect plenty of fireworks in the show’s sophomore season.
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“Leo’s return sparks a change in Charlotte and Mia seizes the opportunity to work her way into Jacob and Charlotte’s confidence, their street, and eventually even their bed, befriending cul-de-sac outcast Alan (Hugh Dennis) along the way,” reads the official synopsis.
“But it’s not long before Mia’s past comes back to haunt her, leading Charlotte and Jacob to question who she really is, especially when patients at the hospital start mysteriously dying.
“One thing is clear – giving in to their desires could have deadly consequences.”
The Couple Next Door season 2 will premiere on Channel 4 on Monday 14th July.
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