#SRCZ TV Focus // The Fall - Series 2
As the evenings are
getting darker the standard of television is seriously improving. And as with
its debut series last year, The Fall is one we at #SRCZ are definitely
watching.
When we first caught The
Fall last year, with its icy yet strangely compelling lead characters DS Stella
Gibson (Gillian Anderson) and Jamie
Dornan(Paul Spectre) and lingering visual style we instantly were hooked. It’s
not often a ‘detective’ series catches our eye but this very well written,
excellently judged series caught us off guard with its reveal of the killer from
the off.
The journey of the series
is framed by the hunt for the killer and the killed. We see the ever excellent
Gillian Anderson on top form as the icy and occasionally cold detective on the
hunt for an outwardly very normal killer in the form of Grief Councillor Paul
Spectre. Of course, he’s not that normal, and one of the oft-commented on
aspects of the series was the creepily realistic portrayal of his fetish.
This was no clichéd serial
killer with an MO that equated to nothing. This was a super intelligent killer
who stalked his victims silently, tracking them down and finally pouncing on
them with a lethal strength that was occasionally difficult to watch but at the
same time utterly engrossing. Tellingly, the only occasion the violence gets
bloody is when it is aimed at a male. The attacks on women were brutally graceful
and free from blood. The killer truly shows a form of twisted love to his
victims.
But look to Gillian Anderson’s
portrayal of Stella Gibson and it is one that is equally, if not even more,
emotionless in its intentions. She is on the case, and she is making progress,
by the end of the first season talking to the killer and announcing her
intentions to catch him whatever it takes. The seeds have been set for the
second season and we can only guess what is to come.
The Fall is deservedly
getting much attention for it’s realistic portrayal of the killer and brutally
cold lingering on the killing of Paul’s victims. But will this continue into
the second run of the show? It’s hard to say, as the first five episodes were
just one chapter of the story unfolding. In true detective fashion, with the
modern twist The Fall works so well with, the hunt is on and we can’t wait to
find out what happens…
(#SRCZ)
