Broadchurch: Season 2
Ratings: 4.8/5
Creator: Chris Chibnall
Director: James Strong
Producers: Richard Stokes
Genre: Crime Drama
Release Date: 5th January 2015
Streaming Platform: Netflix
Star Cast: David Tennant, Olivia Colman, Jodie Whittaker, Andrew Buchan, Arthur Darvill, Carolyn Pickles, Matthew Gravelle, Charlotte Beaumont
Plot:
The second series of the British crime drama focused on the continuing fallout of the murder of 11-year-old Danny Latimer in the fictional, close-knit coastal town of Broadchurch in Dorset, England. The series focuses on the effect of Joe Miller's trial on his wife, former D.S. Ellie Miller (now a uniformed police officer in Devon); the Latimer family's struggle to achieve a normal life during Joe's trial, and new revelations that former DI Alec Hardy is protecting a witness in the failed Sandbrook child murder case.
Review:
The show enters its second season. The murderer has been caught in the infamous Daniel Latimer murder case. All solved? Quite not!
That’s because Ellie’s husband (Matthew Gravelle), who confessed for unsettling reasons, unexpectedly enters a “not guilty” plea. The case which was at the brink of being resolves, had taken a turn; And this is only half of the story.
The other half presents itself as one of Hardy’s old investigations- the Sandbrook case (shown as a failed one) has now re-opened, involving the disappearance of two girls, ages 19 and 12. The case focuses on the neighbour (James D’Arcy) who was Hardy’s primary suspect at the time and said neighbour’s wife (“Torchwood’s” Eve Myles), whom Hardy has pledged to protect (as witness protection).
Chibnall juggles these two cases side by side and yet not once, any of the two cases overshadow one another. Chibnall maintains the continuity of the effects of the torturous events on the characters from the first season like- the pain of Danny’s parents (Jodie Whittaker, Andrew Buchan), Ellie’s attempts to get on with her life, and the memories revisited by the trial.
Amongst all this grave seriousness, Olivia Colman and David Tennant as Miller and Hardy entertain the wit out of us. Their testing relationship continued to flourish beyond their story arc. Colman and Tennant displayed why they are among the finest acting talent.
The emotions are high, the filmmaking is consistently breath-taking and the stories of the concerned characters are still engrossing, evolving, and changing in interesting ways. The ending of this season is kind of bittersweet. It may not properly satisfy you, but you won’t be disappointed for all.
