Broadchurch Season Finale Review

Broadchurch is a British mystery series featuring David Tennant (aka the 10th Doctor) as a tired, cynical Detective  Inspector Alec Hardy called upon to solve a child's murder.  The series followed him, and his partner DS Ellie Miller (Olivia Colman) as they followed the clues, and unravelled Town secrets better left hidden.

The brilliant part of this show is that it kept the tension up right until the very last episode.  I couldn't guess at it, I had ideas but they were proven wrong, I really had no theories other than it might be someone close to the child's family.  I purposefully stayed spoiler free, and didn't tweet about it outside episodes. 

Last night the killer was revealed, and in true British fashion it was the person you least expected. I won't reveal the name, but I will say the killer was related to a police officer.  This show is best viewed without spoilers.

The first season covered about 2 months, following the police every step of their investigation.  It was about the town, and family of the dead boy himself.  It gave a taste of what life was like; how the family dealt with losing a son, and how the community dealt with this sudden violent crime was committed by someone living among them.

Broadchurch will be back.  There are rumours of season 2 as a possible prequel focusing on Tennant's character.  In a recent Digital Spy article, series creators refused to confirm if David Tennant or any other cast member will return to the show.

Summer TV blahs

David Tennant in Broadchurch, beginning August 4 on Showcase

I find it boring.  I'm not into the Amazing Race: Canada; What's the point? How come we only do Canada, while the U.S. has the entire world?  Generally I've had it with reality television though. Sharknado just has no appeal for me, even though I hear it's so horrible, it's good

I've given The Listener a second chance; or tried to.  It's changed too much since I first watched it.  I loved its otential as a science-fiction mystery show.  But now it's just a procedural crime show where a guy uses his mind-reading ability to solve crimes.  I liked Toby's mystery; where did his mindreading ability come from? Are there others like him? There's still a few open questions left to be solved there.

I watched the first season of Showcase's Continuum.  I've only seen bits and pieces of its second season; and it looks like it's even better maintaining its constant questioning of how your actions affect the future.  I've definitely got some catching up to do there.  I am looking forward to David Tennant in Broadchurch beginning August 4, 2013. 

I've loved  Saving Hope so far this year.  There was a huge pay-off with Charlie (Michael Shanks) finally waking up in the season 1 finale, and the new wrench into the relationship of Charlie's talent.   I like seeing what's going on with the other characters too; it's developed into an ensemble show.

The one good thing about summer is having a chance to catch up on reruns.  CBC is rerunning a lot of last season's lineup; Murdoch Mysteries, Arctic Air, and Republic of Doyle.  If you've missed any of those, now's the time to catch  up on them.

I'm turning to Netflix a lot.  I've watched  House of Cards,  and have got a couple of episodes of  Hemlock Grove left on season one.  It's filmed in Canada, and I think I read somewhere even in Milton.  I'm also starting to re-live old favourites like Foyle's War.  All are worth checking out if you're look for something to watch.

Other than that, I'm more likely to watch a movie, or spend time on the web than watch tv.  The fall television season can't come soon enough.