The Bay didn't waste any time in chucking Lisa (Morven Christie), Med (Taheen Modak), Manning (Daniel Ryan) and co in at the deep end.
Stephen Tompkinson, who you would have expected to stick around for a while, only appeared in the drama's opening episode for just over four minutes before his character, also called Stephen, was killed in cold blood.
It's been almost two years since our last trip to Morecambe, but all is forgiven following that staggering premiere.
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With five episodes to go, the brain (or brains) behind Stephen's execution is currently unknown, but we've been doing some detective work of our own to try and deduce who the guilty party is.