Shaun is promptly arrested by DI Rachel Carey (Holliday Grainger), a fast-track detective newly assigned to homicide. When Carey shows Shaun the footage, he is horrified and violently insists it is fake, claiming he watched Hannah safely board the bus.

Lance Corporal Shaun Emery (Callum Turner) has served six months in prison for the alleged murder of an unarmed insurgent in Helmand, Afghanistan. He is acquitted and released after his barrister, Hannah Roberts (Laura Haddock), successfully argues that the head-cam footage used as evidence had flawed audio sync.

is the premiere episode of the 2019 British thriller series The Capture . The story follows Shaun Emery , a British soldier whose life spirals into a high-tech conspiracy immediately after he is cleared of a war crime . The Story Breakdown

A former soldier accused of a new crime he has no memory of committing.

The episode concludes with a search for Hannah Roberts, whose body is missing, and the revelation that the video evidence might be part of a larger, state-sponsored manipulation program known as "Correction" . Key Characters

While celebrating his freedom, Shaun meets Hannah on a London street. They share a kiss, and she boards a bus to go home.

A surveillance operator, Becky, watches CCTV that appears to show a completely different version of events: Shaun violently assaulting and kidnapping Hannah after she fails to board the bus.