{"id":23031,"date":"2021-06-28T20:27:18","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T00:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=23031"},"modified":"2021-06-28T20:27:18","modified_gmt":"2021-06-29T00:27:18","slug":"investigative-thriller-smother-to-launch-on-peacock-thursday-july-1-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/28\/investigative-thriller-smother-to-launch-on-peacock-thursday-july-1-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Investigative Thriller &#8220;Smother&#8221; to Launch on Peacock Thursday, July 1 [VIDEO]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Wib6RaDLlbw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Set in a small town on the wild and rugged coast of Clare, Ireland, the thriller drama series SMOTHER explores deeply buried secrets and their unintended consequence.<\/p>\n<p>When Val Ahern&#8217;s (Dervla Kirwan) husband Denis (Stuart Graham) is found dead at a foot of a cliff the morning after a family party, Val begins to interrogate the events that unfolded the night before. 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