Bodyguard Season 1

Head of the Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command.

is deeply scarred by his experiences in Afghanistan and holds resentment toward the politicians who sent him there.

The story introduces us to (Richard Madden, breaking free of his Game of Thrones image), a war veteran turned Sergeant in the Metropolitan Police’s Royalty and Specialist Protection branch. Suffering from PTSD and struggling to return to civilian family life, Budd is assigned to protect the one person he despises: Home Secretary Julia Montague (Keeley Hawes), a controversial, hawkish politician pushing for sweeping surveillance powers. bodyguard season 1

It is a relationship built on friction. Julia is the politician who authorized the very wars that gave Budd his PTSD. She represents the establishment he distrusts, yet he is bound by duty to take a bullet for her. Richard Madden and Keeley Hawes share a combustible chemistry that oscillates between hostility and intimacy.

The series is anchored by standout performances that garnered significant critical acclaim: Head of the Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command

Graphic depictions of trauma and panic attacks.

is a staunch proponent of the very wars Budd fought in and is pushing for new surveillance laws that critics argue threaten civil liberties. Suffering from PTSD and struggling to return to

Here is why Bodyguard Season 1 is mandatory viewing.