Two Weeks to Live is a British television comedy drama miniseries created by Gaby Hull. It stars Maisie Williams as a misfit teenager, Kim who has been raised living "off-the-grid" by her overprotective survivalist mother, Tina. The series premiered on 2 September 2020 on Sky One.
Contents
Premise
Kim goes to a pub for the first time as an adventure and meets two brothers, Nicky and Jay. She is naive and goes home with them where they play a practical joke on Kim – a fake video depicting a nuclear apocalypse and that everybody has two weeks to live. Kim, raised to believe the end times are close, takes the video seriously and sets off to kill the man, Jimmy who murdered her father, Bill when she was a child. At Jimmy's home, she injures his henchman, Ian and then struggles with Jimmy, who accidentally falls to his death. Jay steals Jimmy's bag of cash, but hides it from Nicky. Tina arrives to collect Kim and kills Ian with a crossbow bolt. The group cleans away evidence and drive off to dispose of Ian's corpse. Corrupt police, Brooks and Thompson arrive to discover Jimmy dead and Ian (and the cash bag) missing. They initially blame Ian and confront and kill his innocent wife.
Cast and characters
Main
Maisie Williams as Kim Noakes
Sian Clifford as Tina Noakes
Mawaan Rizwan as Nicky
Taheen Modak as Jay
Sean Pertwee as Jimmy Davies
Jason Flemyng as DI Alan Brooks
Thalissa Teixeira as Thompson
Kerry Howard as Beth
Supporting
Michael Begley as Ian
Sean Knopp as Bill Noakes, Kim's dad
Pooky Quesnel as Mandy
Production
The series was written by Gaby Hull and produced by Kudos. It stars Maisie Williams, Sian Clifford, Mawaan Rizwan, and Taheen Modak in main roles.
Broadcast
The six-part series premiered on 2 September 2020 on Sky One in the United Kingdom. In the United States, the series was acquired by HBO Max and released on 5 November 2020.
Reception
The Guardian considers that Williams "excels in her fish-out-of-water role, flitting between hapless and determined, worldly and childlike". The Independent reviewer wrote "Two Weeks To Live lets Williams flex comedy muscles while also show off her stunt fighting and stunt skills." The NME described the action drama as also genuinely funny.