The Boy That Never Was

The Boy That Never Was

2024•51m•6.1/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.1/10(9)

When Dillon’s father Harry races back to their tiny apartment to rescue his child, the apartment is in rubble and there is no sign of his son. Three years later, thousands of miles away in Dublin, Harry spots a six-year-old boy in a crowd and is convinced he is Dillon. Desperate to find his son, Harry’s obsession tears apart his marriage to Robin, exposing shameful secrets that lead to the truth of what happened to their son on the night he went missing.

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Production

RTÉ, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, Abacus Media Rights, Subotica

Language

EN

Status

Ended

First Aired

September 1, 2024

Last Aired

September 22, 2024

Networks

RTÉ One

Created By

Karen Perry

Trailers & Videos

Where to Watch

Region US · Lang EN

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Seasons & Episodes

Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.

Season

Episode 1

E1

Episode 1

Air date: 2024-09-01

After their son is presumed dead in a Moroccan earthquake, a couple's world is turned upside down when they spot a boy in Dublin, leading them on a desperate search for the truth.

Episode 2

E2

Episode 2

Air date: 2024-09-08

Robin’s behaviour grows more mysterious when she begins to surreptitiously Google a woman called Eva Doyle.

Episode 3

E3

Episode 3

Air date: 2024-09-15

Forced to put their own troubles to one side, Robin and Harry look to a local policeman for help tracking down Ollie.

Episode 4

E4

Episode 4

Air date: 2024-09-22

Throwing Robin off the trail, Harry convinces her that he now knows she was right, seeing Dillon was all in his head.

Cast

Colin Morgan

Colin Morgan

Harry Lonergan

Toni O'Rourke

Toni O'Rourke

Robin Lonergan

Kerr Logan

Kerr Logan

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