A police officer haunted by failure gets a chance at redemption with a new case. Det. Insp. Alec Hardy, a newcomer to the close-knit Wessex community of Broadchurch , looks into the strangulation of 11-year-old Danny Latimer. As the position he takes over had been promised to Det. Sgt. Ellie Miller, fresh off maternity leave, there’s tension from the start, exacerbated by Hardy’s brusque personal style. Broadchurch is well off the beaten path, and Ellie, a long-time local, must confront the disturbing possibility than the killer is someone everyone in town knows well.