Fragments (season 2)

Fragments is an American action thriller show developed by CBS, starring singer-songwriter Ashley! in the main role as Elle Winters, who plays a school teacher devastated by an explosion at her place of work, which turns out to be a bigger plan to extract her from revealing potentially deadly information about a corporation cover-up that shrouds the disappearance of her parents when she was younger. She enters a game of cat and mouse where allegiances are constantly called into question and people lurk in the shadows.

The second series was announced following the ratings and critical success of the first series, which aired through CBS and Sky 1. Ashley and Tatiana Maslany confirmed they would be back for the second series, which began shooting in Winter 2014, after the release of Ashley's fourth studio album, Let The Light In and finished in June 2015. All cast members returned other than Idris Elba, who had other commitments, although Andrew Garfield's role was unknown due to his fate at the end of the first series. It was announced at the beginning of 2015 that Eoin O'Neill had signed on to the main cast to become a new character, although was shrouded in mystery during production. Rose Bryne

The second series premiered on October 3rd 2015 in the USA and on October 5th in the UK. CBS parted ways with Sky 1 as broadcaster and sold the rights to the second series to ITV, following disappointing viewership for the first series in the UK due to a lack of promotion.

Synopsis
The series follows Elle Winters, a school teacher, as she tries to piece together the circumstances surrounding her parents disappearance and supposed death when she was younger. Alongside her older sister, Emma, the pair attempt to trace and track down those that can help with their goal of reconnecting with their parents, but many enemies stand in their way of reuniting with them and they must work together to sort the good from the bad, the friends from the foes and the liars from the family.

Season two kicks off with Elle's lover, Alex Laurner, gunned down by a hitman believed to be ordered by supposed relative, India Wentworth, Anna Handler bundled into the back of a van, vanishing in to thin air, and her Emma unreachable. The series delves deeper into their parents disappearance, revealed to be speared under the TWP movement (The Winter Project), who have since lost contact with their parents, unknown whether they are dead or alive. India is revealed as the figurehead for the company, ordering the hit on Alex to mute his growing suspicions. They fake his death to push Elle away, when it infact does the opposite, revealing India once and for all.

Cast

 *  Elle Winters (Ashley Adams) - Youngest of the Winter siblings, Elle is thrust into the action as she watches her place of work go up in flames and men in suits come to take her away. The explosion leads her to uncover the secrecy surrounding her parents supposed disappearance and suspected death, learning that they may still be out there. Her resilience and determination drives her to attempt to put the pieces back together herself in a bid to undercover the deceit that has followed her for years.


 *  Emma Winters (Tatiana Maslany) - Elle's older sister and her sister's best friends. Whilst she supports in the investigation, she seems less emotionally involved - questioning whether what has been hid from them should remain a secret. Although she is as much in the dark as Elle, she remembers more of the people her parents were and vows to help with the search. She is kidnapped by an unknown antagonist in the middle of the first series and disappears herself at the end of the first series.


 *  Anna Handler (Claire Danes) - One of the leaders of an agency called 'T.W.P' who have been hired to overlook the Winters family situation. Anna appears to be the leader, but it is revealed she is working for a higher power she cannot control. The higher powers intended to pawn the Winter siblings, an idea Anna cannot stand, but uses her position in the agency as leverage for the Winter siblings, who she appears to take a genuine care with. She is taken hostage at the end of the first series, with her last appearing on a train station CCTV camera.


 *  Trenton Eckles (Eoin O'Neill) - Posing as an Irish Catholic priest in his debut episode, he offers Elle solace following the events of the first season finale but his questionable motives and true identity call into question whether Elle has placed her trust in the right people. He appears to be willing to ally himself with Elle, but his contact with a mysterious stranger suggests there is some bigger purpose to his involvement with the Winters sisters.


 *  India Wentworth (Bitsie Tulloch) - A supposed distant relative of the Winter family put in place by their parents days before their suspected death, although her true allegiance and motive is unknown and continually questioned. Introduced in the season premiere, she offers hiding for the pair who are desperately trying to flee capture, having been monitoring them for years. She is thought to have involvement with the F.B.I. At the end of the series one, it is implied that it is her that ordered the hit on Laurner, Elle's love interest and goes into hiding herself.


 *  Alex Laurner (Andrew Garfield) - Elle's childhood sweetheart. Their parents were good friends until his father was forced to flee with him for unknown reasons. She reunites with him and becomes her romantic interest throughout the first series. He is kind, considerate and encourages Elle to do all she can to figure out the puzzle that has haunted her all this time. He is shot in the first series finale by a hit ordered by india Wentworth. His fate is unknown.


 *  Beth Cartel (Rose Bryne) - Presumed dead in the first series premiere's explosion, she is a friend and colleague of Elle who reaches out for her in the second series and reveals to her the uneasy atmosphere in the days leading up to the explosion that began Elle's mission. She reveals that she was taken to a secret location following the explosion and remembers a 'Mr Winter' from the centre. She manages to escape undercover during a patient transfer and runs to Elle.