Guilt season 3 is finally arriving, as brothers Max and Jake McCall find themselves up to their necks in trouble (and indeed in something else, as this first-look picture reveals!) once again.
The first series of the BBC Scotland and BBC Two drama, which aired in 2019, saw Max and Jake frantically trying to cover their tracks after accidentally running over and killing an elderly man on their way home from a wedding.
Guilt season 2, which aired in 2021, saw Max released from prison and trying to rebuild his life while getting drawn deeper into the world of the Lynch crime family.
Series two concluded with both Max and Jake managing to evade the Lynch family and start a new life in Chicago — but there's one last chapter to be told in their story which will see the dysfunctional brothers drawn back to Edinburgh once more.
Teasing the third series, writer Neil Forsyth says: "We always saw Guilt as a trilogy so I am thrilled to be writing a final act for Max, Jake and some of the others we have met along the way. It is a story that will range from Chicago to Scotland, as our characters seek a final redemption."
Here's everything we know about the third and final season of Guilt...
Guilt season 3 release date
Guilt season 3 is released on Tuesday, April 25 on BBC Scotland at 10 pm, when the series also lands on BBC iPlayer.
Guilt season 3 begins in the rest of the UK on BBC on Thursday 27 April on BBC Two at 9 pm.
Guilt season 3 plot
Teasing the plot, the BBC says: "Max is running a pub in Chicago with Jake but the business is floundering. However, after their money worries take an unexpected turn, the brothers find themselves deported back to Edinburgh where enemies old and new cause them to seek ever more desperate solutions to their problems.
"In Leith, University student Skye owes money to local criminal Danny and tries to scare him and his gang off but the plan fatally backfires, leading to a police investigation headed by Yvonne.
"Elsewhere, Teddy is managing a cannabis farm in the Borders for Maggie Lynch, while Kenny tries to help a family member out of a dangerous situation. Meanwhile, Sir Jim Sturrock, the Leith-born chairman of Scotland's national bank faces a difficult choice.
"On arrival in Edinburgh, Max and Jake find themselves delivered into the hands of Maggie Lynch’s heavies. However, that’s the least of their worries when a familiar – and dangerous - face from the past returns unexpectedly."
Guilt season 3 cast
Series stars Mark Bonnar (Shetland, The Rig) and Jamie Sives (Annika, Too Close) will be reprising their roles as Max and Jake McCall.
Also returning from previous series as Emun Elliott as recovering addict lawyer Kenny Burns, Phyllis Logan as crime matriarch Maggie Lynch, Greg McHugh as Teddy, Ellie Haddington as Sheila Gemmell, Sara Vickers as Erin, and Henry Pettigrew as Stevie Malone.
New cast members joining for the final installment include David Hayman (Help), Amelia Isaac Jones (Beast Of Burden), Tamsin Toploski (Slow Horses), Isaura Barbé-Brown (The Gold), Euan MacNaughton (Outlander), Anita Vettesse (Vigil), and Anders Hayward (Life After Life).
Is there a trailer for Guilt season 3?
Yes, one is finally here!
