The Jetty

The 2024 drama The Jetty blends the mechanics of a criminal investigation with the modern fixation on true crime storytelling. By framing a cold case through the lens of a podcast, the series examines how public narration changes the way a community confronts its own past.

Jenna Coleman leads the investigation as a detective piecing together a missing person report that unravels decades of buried trauma. Rather than focusing solely on the mechanics of the crime, the show pivots to the psychological cost of uncovering secrets that were intentionally left behind. It works as a study of how people justify their actions when the truth finally surfaces.