With a top cast including Martin Compston and Suranne Jones, pedigree producers and thrilling teasers, Vigil on BBC One promised to deliver much.
And viewers were enraptured by the opening episode on Sunday night.
Read more: Is Vigil on BBC One worthy of all the hype?
But one thing had pretty much everyone at home raging – Chief Petty Officer Craig Burke, played by Line of Duty legend Martin Compston, was bumped off within the first eight minutes.
Seriously, Steve Arnott made it through successive scrapes in six series of LoD – and this wee fella couldn’t last on a submarine!
What happened to Martin Compston’s character in Vigil?
Martin played Craig Burke whose role on HMS Vigil was to monitor the sonar. He raised an alert with his superiors when he saw that a trawler was in trouble.
And he tackled bosses when they refused to take the submarine up to rescue the trawler men.
Hours later, he was found dead – a suspected drug overdose.
Killing off a leading actor within a few minutes? Who does Vigil writer Tom Edge think he is, Jed Mercurio?
MC devotees were jumping on the sofa, spilling precious peanuts and Pinot… and some of the hilariously angry tweets were almost worth the disappointment of losing him…
Thanks for this, ruined my bank holiday #Vigil @martin_compston 😢 pic.twitter.com/c87J2IcQDj
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