Crime and Drama stuff has always been the pinnacle of excitement and thrill. We as humans are curious about the morbid, and thus we enjoy the stuff that allows us to entertain that. Top Boy is a highly praised show and loved by all. The storyline and the cast are excellent. People have given their love and support to the show for four long seasons. Here in this article, we will recap the Season 1 of Top Boy with all that we know about it. So keep reading on.
About
Ronan Bennett created and wrote the British television crime drama series Top Boy. The show is set in a fictional estate in the London Borough. The show follows two drug dealers, Dushane (Ashley Walters) and Sully (Kane Robinson), and others involved in London drug dealing and gang violence.
The series has received critical acclaim from audiences and critics for its acting, cinematography, themes, realism, writing, and soundtrack. It has also drawn comparisons to other black crime shows such as The Wire, Snowfall, and Power. The British Academy Television Awards have given it several awards and nominations, including nominations for the British Academy Television Award for Best Mini-Series and the British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress for Jasmine Jobson, as well as wins for the British Academy Television Craft Award for Best Original Music and the British Academy Television Craft Award for Best Scripted Casting.
Plot
Ra’Nell must navigate the pitfalls of living on the crime-ridden Summerhouse estate. Ra’Nell is quiet and closed-off, despite his reputation on the estate for his volatile behavior after stabbing his abusive father. While Ra’Nell’s mother is in the hospital, her mother’s close friend Leon, a former estate enforcer who has put his past behind him, takes care of him. Meanwhile, Lisa’s friend Heather seeks Ra’Nell’s assistance in growing a cannabis crop to earn enough money to leave the estate and raise her unborn child somewhere safer.
Meanwhile, his best friend, Gem, gets in over his head when he starts working as a drug dealer for Summerhouse Kingpin Dushane and Sully. Gem is easily coerced and is at the mercy of Dris, their trusted enforcer who is ruthless and violent.
Dushane and Sully co-manage the estate with relative ease, but when Kamale, a rival drug dealer from London Fields, steals a large portion of their supply, they have to track him down before their supplier, Bobby Raikes, takes action. The urgency of the chase jeopardizes Dushane and Sully’s partnership.
Cast
Cast
Ashley Walters as Dushane Hill
Kane Robinson as Gerard “Sully” Sullivan
Shone Romulus as Dris Wright
Malcolm Kamulete as Ra’Nell Smith
Giacomo Mancini as Gemel “Gem” Mustapha
Sharon Duncan-Brewster as Lisa Smith
Kierston Wareing as Heather
Nicholas Pinnock as Leon
Xavien Russell as Michael
Micheal Ward as Jamie Tovell
Letitia Wright as Chantelle
Sean Sagar as Tareek
Geoff Bell as Bobby Raikes
David Hayman as Joe
Benedict Wong as Vincent
Cyrus Desir as Lee Greene
Tayo Jarrett as Kamale Lewis
Chiefer Appiah as Ninja
Richie Campbell as Chris Hill, Dushane’s estranged brother
Marsha Millar as Pat Hill, Dushane’s mother
Clare-Hope Ashitey as Taylor
Episodes
S01E04
When he discovers his hot-headed accomplice and best friend, Sully, openly carrying a murder weapon, Dushane’s loyalty is tested. With the cops on the scene and their situation spiraling out of control, Raikes proposes a monstrous solution to all of Dushane’s problems.
S01E03
Dushane and Sully are aware that time is running out for them to locate Kamale and repay their debt to Raikes. Sully, obsessed with discovering whether there is a grass within their own gang, orders fellow gang member Dris to intercept his prime suspect: Ra’Nell’s best friend, the hapless Gem. Ra’Nell turns to Leon for assistance, putting Leon in conflict with Sully.
S01E02
Dushane and Sully are deeply in debt to Raikes and under increasing pressure to recover their stash from Kamale. Furthermore, The terrifying consequences of Dushane’s ambitions begin to seep into his family’s lives, and Lisa, still in the hospital but showing improvement, get a day’s release. She pins all her hopes on a reunion with her son Ra’Nell.
S01E01
Life is lived along lines on London’s Summerhouse Estate, and challenges come in all shapes and sizes. Ra’Nell, 13, is forced to be a man after his mother, Lisa, has a nervous breakdown and is hospitalized. At the same time, his mother’s friend Heather enlists his assistance in a dangerous plan she devised to give her unborn child the opportunities she never had at the cost of doing the wrong thing to get to the right place.
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