Criminal Record S2 Tops Charts with 100% Critics Score

Apple TV's acclaimed crime thriller Criminal Record returned for its second season on April 22, drawing strong early viewership and perfect critical scores just one day after premiere. The series, created by Paul Rutman, quickly ranked No. 5 among the top 10 TV shows globally and in the United States, while reaching No. 2 in the United Kingdom, according to streaming data tracker FlixPatrol.

Season 2 opens with the stabbing death of a young man at a political rally in London, pulling rival detectives Detective Chief Inspector Daniel Hegarty, played by Peter Capaldi, and Detective Sergeant June Lenker, played by Cush Jumbo, into an uneasy partnership. Their investigation soon escalates into an undercover operation to thwart a far-right bomb plot in the city center. New episodes release weekly on Wednesdays, with the eight-episode season concluding on June 10. Apple TV often makes episodes available at 9 p.m. ET the preceding Tuesday.

Capaldi and Jumbo reprise their roles from the first season, which debuted on January 10, 2024, and explored a historic murder conviction amid tensions over race, institutional failures, and division in modern Britain. Returning cast members include...