"the Control Room" Episode #1.1(2022) • Hot & Fresh

The caller is revealed to be Samantha (Sam) Tolmie, an old friend from Gabe's childhood. Flashbacks hint at a shared, traumatic event from their youth involving a fire at a Christmas tree farm.

Sam pleads for Gabe’s help to move the body, and he eventually agrees. While transporting the van, he is struck by a drunk driver but manages to stash the vehicle at his uncle's lock-up. "The Control Room" Episode #1.1(2022)

Back at work, Gabe's co-worker, Anthony, answers Gabe's personal phone when Sam calls. Anthony discovers the connection and blackmails Gabe, threatening to go to the police unless Gabe performs a criminal favor for him. The caller is revealed to be Samantha (Sam)

Despite his professional duty to report her location, Gabe chooses to meet Sam privately. He uses a coded message ("home sweet home") to arrange a meeting at a forest hut they frequented as children. While transporting the van, he is struck by

Episode 1.1 of the 2022 BBC thriller introduces Gabe, an emergency call handler in Glasgow whose life is upended by a single phone call from his past. Episode 1 Overview

Gabe (Iain De Caestecker) takes a 999 call from a distressed woman who claims to have killed her boyfriend, Haz. The situation turns personal when she calls him "Gabo," a childhood nickname, indicating she knows him.