Holding review: Adaptation of Graham Norton novel bows out with a tepid finale

The loose ends were tied up, but the West Cork-set series hasn't delivered on the potential of such a fine cast 

Charlene McKenna and Amy Conroy in the final episode of Holding, on ITV.

The mystery of a baby’s remains and a missing man are dramatically solved in the season finale of Holding, a four-part drama shot on location in West Cork. For all the reveals, it’s a tepid finale to a season that has felt like less than the sum of its parts.

Following the events of the penultimate episode, Evelyn Ross (Charlene McKenna) is held for questioning as it becomes apparent she was one of the last people to see Tommy Burke alive and may have been pregnant with his child. The plot thickens when local garda PJ (Conleth Hill) discovers a letter from Burke to Evelyn dated 2002. As his colleague puts it: “Tommy Burke disappeared in 2001. We have a letter from a dead man.”