"Lily and Abby (played with depth and delicacy by Tallulah and Delphi Evans) are twin 17-year-olds, on the cusp of well, everything really, as you are when you are happy teenage girls. We meet them on the last day of the summer term. Lily is set to enjoy the summer with her lovely boyfriend Wes (Levi Brown, who was so extraordinary in 2024's This Town) and partying, and Abby is laying plans to go to university."
"Girl Taken is a lean but unhurried six-parter and takes time to build the girls' world in enough detail that we feel the pain when one of them is wrenched out of it by the will of one man. In the first of many upendings of expectations, Rick (Alfie Allen, in a fantastic and given how much he clearly relishes the meaty role fantastically restrained performance) abducts Lily."
Girl Taken follows twin sisters Lily and Abby, both 17, whose lives are upended when Lily is abducted by a trusted teacher, Rick. The narrative foregrounds the quieter, less sensational consequences of abduction: the loss of home, identity, and connection to loved ones, and the psychological toll on the victim and those left behind. The six-part series builds the girls' everyday world in detail so the emotional stakes register deeply. Performances by Tallulah and Delphi Evans convey nuance, and Alfie Allen delivers a restrained, menacing portrayal. The story emphasizes survival, trauma, and complex resilience.
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