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This week's Thursday Movie Picks is TMP Television Edition - Mystery
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I'm doing a theme within a theme within a theme. All three are never before picked series.
Dublin Murders (2019)
This is based on the first two books from Tana French's The Dublin Murder Squad series. The first case involves a girl found murdered in the woods near Dublin, the same woods that, the lead detective, where as a tween, he and his friends disappeared into and later only he was found, traumatized and unable to remember what happened to him and his friends who remain missing still. I quite like the series, though I thought it was a mistake to squeeze two books covering two different cases (the second case is about a look-a-like) into the same season, they just don't flow as well together, each with a different air of mystery.
The Kettering Incident (2016)
After suffering from headaches and a blackout, a London doctor, Anna, returns to her home in Australia, where a local girl recently disappeared. 15 years ago, as a girl, Anna and her friend cycled through the woods. Hours later, only Anna came out of of the woods unable to remember what happened to her and her friend who remains missing. I haven't seen this for some time, but I remember this as being very atmospheric and also a bit dizzying, in that the character has these blackout episodes so she is often confused and lost about what's happening. And I would also say the series also got quite weird in the end, it went to a place that I never expected, but I liked it.
A new-in-town cop and a local cop investigate the case of a teenage girl who disappears into a forest in France. I actually remember this the least, because I think I saw this the earliest out of the three, but it was decent I think.
Here are two more bonus mentions if you want to watch others with a similar theme within a theme...Dark and Black Spot...both of which I've picked for previous TMPs before.
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I haven't seen any of these but the first two sound really interesting. I'll have to see if I can find them somewhere.
ReplyDeleteThe first two I saw them on the local BBC so you can probably try your BBC America.
DeleteI liked The Kettering Incident but I wish it had like... a second season to wrap up all the open endings.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't mind a second season but I thought the first season answered enough of the more important questions like what happened to Anna.
DeleteThese all sound excellent and I would love to see them One day.
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