Are you guys watching Broadchurch?

[aearwen2]

I know that this show is extremely popular in the UK, but I wonder how many of my f-list (especially those of us in the US) who have tuned in and watched it? I'm extremely grateful to sykira for showing me where to watch it online, because I'm surely as hooked as anyone on the other side of the pond.

This is a wonderful whodunit, with a seemingly endless supply of suspects, red herrings, twists and turns, and secrets to be unearthed. Most American TV shows don't bother to go this deeply into the characters - and I'm finding that I really enjoy a drama that provides me with characters that are more than cardboard cut-outs by the end. I also really enjoy that this story is taking eight weeks to be fully told, and not simply wrapping itself up in an hour or two.

I don't have HBO or SHO, so I have to wait for Netflix to pick up new seasons of their offerings. But this one I can watch virtually at the same time the folks in Britain do. I really recommend this one - and I don't normally recommend TV shows, as you folks know. Besides which, it doesn't hurt that David Tennant is in it, and does a wonderful job with the nuanced role he was given.

Anyhoo, in case anybody's interested, here's the link to the first episode:

Broadchurch - Episode One

Episodes One thru Seven are currently available at that site. Needless to say, I'm gonna buy this one when it finally hits Region 1 DVD - or else I'll just have to go out and buy a DVD player that reads Region 2 discs. Yes, it really is that good.

And thanks again, sykira, for providing me with a new obsession.

Comments

[sykira]

I SO share your obsession! But I'm afraid I can't claim credit for providing you a link, it's pure happenstance that you stumbled upon this treasure too! I mean, what are the chances? :)

[aearwen2.livejournal.com]

I sat on pins & needles between last weeks episode and this one. And now it seems we're not quite back to square one again. I have a horrible feeling I know who it is, and I really don't want to be right.

Love this show.

[galantha-nivala.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the recommendation. I'll have to go and watch it.

Have you seen any of the new BBC Sherlock series?

[aearwen2.livejournal.com]

Not yet, but I have it up on the Netflix queue to watch, along with Game of Thrones. I don't have either HBO or SHO, so I gotta Netflix those.

Thanks

[galantha-nivala.livejournal.com]

Now I'm hooked and it's all your fault!

Re: Thanks

[aearwen2.livejournal.com]

LOL! Guilty as charged.

Have you seen the finale yet? What did you think?

Re: Thanks

[galantha-nivala.livejournal.com]

I've just finished watching episode 4. They really like to feed you a red herring and then leave you hanging, don't they?

I have a horrible suspicion about who the murderer is, but I can't figure out a motive.

Re: Thanks

[galantha-nivala.livejournal.com]

I was wrong.