Losing Gemma is a two-part British television thriller, based on the debut novel by Writer Katy Gardner.
The screen adaptation was written by Robert Murphy, directed by Maurice Phillips and starred Jonas Armstrong, Alice Eve, Jason Flemyng and Rachel Leskovac.
[1] The plot centres on the disappearance of the eponymous Gemma (Leskovac) after she goes backpacking with friend Esther (Eve) in India.
When Esther returns from the trip alone, she is haunted by the belief that Gemma's disappearance is her fault, but mystery surrounds what really happened.
Adventurous loner Esther hopes to part company once in India, but needy Gemma is terrified of travelling alone.
Her husband Zac (Jason Flemyng) takes an instant liking to Gemma, and invites her for a cruise on his boat with him and his wife.
Esther begs to be taken back to the dock with Gemma, but is mocked and told it was her choice to come, that she is outnumbered as the other three want to stay and she will have to wait till they're all ready to leave.
Esther walks downstairs to find Zac in the kitchen, stabbing a chopping board repeatedly while talking to her, making her extremely nervous.
The four sit outside for dinner and drink wine (which Zac mentions has been drugged), making Esther very dizzy (as the viewer can tell from the blurry camera screen).
Zac approaches Gemma, saying he has something very important to tell her, and she willingly accompanies him down some stairs to a beautifully Indian-decorated room.
Esther becomes very agitated and pulls out the photo, showing it to Gemma while telling her how Zac and Coral targeted her, stalked her and stole her money bag so they could return it and become her friend.
Zac invents lies to explain away these "coincidences", and Gemma turns on Esther, calling her jealous and otherwise insulting her.
Then it's back to Esther waking up in her jail bed, making the viewer unsure if the previous scene was real.
Her new lawyer enters, and as they start speaking, the scene cuts to Esther being allowed to make a phone call.
She calls hers and Gemma's mutual friend, Karen, who explains that she is physically unable to come to India because her leg is fractured and in a plaster cast, and Esther tells her that she's in prison, but the phone goes dead at that moment.
The viewers find out Gemma rang Zac from a phone booth after running away from Esther and Steve, and that she's been lying the whole time about it.