WARNING: SPOILERS ahead for Black Doves season 1.
Keira Knightley’s Netflix espionage series Black Doves hints at Helen Webb’s true origin story before joining the Black Doves. Created by Joe Barton (The Lazarus Project, Giri/Haji), Black Doves has opened to outstanding reviews, earning a perfect 100% Rotten Tomatoes critic score upon its December 5, 2024 release date. Knightley (Atonement, Pirates of the Caribbean) leads the cast of Black Doves along with Ben Whishaw, who is best known for playing Q in Daniel Craig’s final three James Bond movies.
Black Doves follows Knightley’s Helen Webb, the loving and supportive wife of Andrew Buchan’s Wallace Webb, a prominent British politician. Webb is also a secret agent working for the mysterious covert spy organization known as the Black Doves, which Mrs. Reed is the head of. Black Doves also features a stellar supporting cast, including Sarah Lancashire’s Reed, Kathryn Hunter’s Lenny, Ella Lily Hyland’s Williams, and Omari Douglas’s Michael.
Netflix has already confirmed that
Black Doves
will return for season 2.
Helen Implies That Her Stepfather Killed Her Mother
Helen likely had something to do with her stepfather’s murder
Black Doves episode 2 “A Little Black Dove” opens with a flashback scene from 2014 of Knightley’s protagonist interviewing for a translator job at a prestigious corporate firm. Helen Webb identifies herself under a different name, Daisy Bradshaw, but her interviewer knows more about Helen/Daisy than she had anticipated, including her personal family information. The interviewer reveals that Helen’s mother had died and that Helen has a stepsister who is serving a life sentence in prison.
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The interviewer dives deeper into Helen’s background and suspicious family dynamics after pointing out that she rejected an acceptance offer to Cambridge University and left the country for ten years. Helen is confronted about a woman named Bonnie Weir, who is her stepsister. Bonnie has been in prison since 2004 for killing her biological father – the same man who is implied to have killed Helen’s mother. Without overtly saying it, the interviewer implies that Helen may have had something to do with the death of Bonnie’s dad.
Black Doves Hints Helen & Bonnie Killed Her Stepfather Together
Bonnie got caught while Helen left the country for 10 years
Bonnie went to jail after Helen’s stepfather, her father, was killed. Helen left the country for ten years after his death, which raises the suspicions of the interviewer. A plausible series of events was that Helen’s stepfather killed her mother and Helen teamed up with Bonnie to avenge her by killing Bonnie’s dad. Alternatively, Bonnie could have not been in on her father’s murder and instead was framed by Helen, who likely killed him herself and fled. Because there’s such limited information about Helen’s family in Black Doves, it’s unclear exactly what went down between her and Bonnie other than the fact that Bonnie is in prison for life while Helen lives a posh double life as a secret agent.
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Black Doves
Black Doves is a drama series that centers on the complex interplay of espionage and personal relationships. Focused on Helen Webb, a seasoned spy striving to balance her covert missions with a turbulent family life, the series delves into themes of loyalty, betrayal, and sacrifice. Starring Keira Knightley, it examines the moral ambiguities faced by those who live double lives in service to their countries.
- Cast
- Keira Knightley , sarah lancashire , Ben Whishaw , Andrew Koji , Andrew Buchan , Omari Douglas , Kathryn Hunter , Sam Troughton , Ella Lily Hyland
- Character(s)
- Sam Young , Helen Webb , Stephen Yarrick , Uncredited , Bill , Eleanor , Reed , Jason , Williams , Arnie , Alex , Richard Eaves , Michael
- Release Date
- December 5, 2024
- Seasons
- 1
- Network
- Netflix
- Creator(s)
- Joe Barton
- Producers
- Jane Featherstone , Chris Fry , Joe Barton
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