With its eternal darkness, prophesies from beyond the grave, screams (admittedly really well performed and produced screams of the most unnerving type) and grisly frozen bodies caught in mid-death, and a mutilated hospital patient who tells you "Your [dead] mother says hello", you may be forgiven for mistaking this for one of those over-the-top horror films. However we think something rational may be going on.. or at least detective Jodie Foster does, so we're inclined to hang on (just about) through ten - no, thankfully only six - parts through mysticism, phantoms, and natives vs. the mine.
Kali Reis is our trooper who won't take shit from men, Finn Bennett is keen younger cop, John Hawkes his abusive father, Chris Ecclestone, Isabella Star LaBlanc (Jodie's step-daughter). You can actually hear what the characters are saying, which is a nice change for TD. I have to say I haven't wanted to rewatch any of the other series, indicating it's perhaps something that is interesting enough to experience without wanting to go back - a trademark of all the series is flawed and unpleasant characters, who don't exactly pull you back.
Interesting editing credits with Matt Chessé working on ep. 1 & 4 and Mags Arnold on 2.
"You're asking the wrong question," is the best bit(s).
After four episodes we felt unable to do any more. It was just too dark - a major audience alienator.
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