I watched this a couple of months ago on Netflix and enjoyed it so much, I wanted to own it. Jamie Dornan, the series' other "lead" after Gillian Anderson, is getting a lot of press now as the replacement for Charlie Hunnam in the adaptation of that Shades of Grey movie (and good luck to Jamie if it helps his career continue to grow, although I honestly suspect that he's a whole lot more talented than that movie will deserve). This may have been conceived as a star vehicle for Gillian Anderson and it certainly is that - the character she plays is wonderfully layered and hard to get a handle on. She's neither entirely likable or unlikable, just enjoyably complicated without ever being written or played in a way that made me feel like they were trying too hard to make her interesting, off-putting, or anti-heroic. You could believe her character is a real person working in Belfast somewhere on horrible murders. But Jamie Dornan just hits it out of the park with his performance, playing one of the most interesting serial killers I've ever seen written for the screen. Dornan's performance is absolutely CHILLING. Several of my friends and family found the show to be a lot more disturbing than what they were prepared for, not because it's particularly graphic or gory - it isn't - but because the character that Dornan plays makes you wonder if you really know anyone that you know. Some fictional serial killers are written to be charming or marvelously good at deception (the obvious examples that come to mind are Hannibal Lecter, especially as played by Mads Mikkelsen in the new series, which incidentally cast Anderson in a terrific recurring role; or Dexter Morgan) but I'm not sure I've ever seen a serial killer written to be a regular, average guy in every way... except for the part where he feels a compulsion to stalk and kill women. Yikes. I understand the series has been picked for a second series order. I hope Anderson's role in a new U.S. series for NBC doesn't prevent her filming that second series because her character could take a place right next to Helen Mirren's Jane Tennyson at this rate. And if you don't already believe that Anderson could read you the phonebook and make it fascinating and compelling based on her work over the past 20 years in The X-Files and movies like House of Mirth, you will after seeing her in this show.
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In Episode One, Police Superintendent Stella Gibson,newly arrived from London, visits a crime scene,where she notices handsome young Sergeant James Olson.Without waiting for an introduction, she hands Sergeant Olson her hotel room key,and orders him to report for duty that night.Five Stars for enthusiastic scenes of1) "Rogering"2) "Shagging"3) "Boinking"4) "Hiding the Sausage"5) "Taking Old One-Eye to the Optometrist"----- British euphemisms for Sexual Intercourse (from from the Online Slang Dictionary)No consequences for Superintendent Gibson.Grave consequences for Sergeant Olson.I used to think I was fairly liberal about such things, but just realized that I am a prude.Thanks a lot.I used to think that the lower ranks of the British Police were off-limits to Inspectors, Chief Constables and Superintendents.I guess I'm behind the times.Actually, this is not new.In my thirty years of experience with the British Police (a lot of TV watching),this sort of thing never turns out well.In Series Two, Episode One of "Prime Suspect" (1992)Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison seduces Sergeant Bob Oswald.By the end of the series,DCI Tennison is fast-tracked for promotion to Superintendent.Sergeant Oswald is out of a job (he's still better off than Sergeant Olson).I found one example of a Male Police Inspector "rogering" a lower-ranking female colleague:Season Three of "DCI Banks" ends in a hot embrace between Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks and Sergeant Annie Cabbot.Looking forward to what happens in Season Four.[Update: Nothing happened in Season Four. They broke up in the off-season, and Inspector Banks spends Season Four mooning over his lost love.]Photo 1 = Superintendent Stella Gibson (Gillian Anderson)Photo 2 = Sergeant James Olson (Ben Peel)Photo 3 = DCI Jane Tennison (Helen Mirren)Photo 4 = Sergeant Bob Oswald (Colin Salmon)Photo 5 = DCI Alan Banks (Stephen Tompkinson)Photo 6 = Sergeant Annie Cabbot (Andrea Lowe)Superintendent Stella Gibson + Sergeant James Olson = The Fall - REVIEWED ON THIS PAGEDCI Jane Tennison + Sergeant Bob Oswald = prime suspect: the complete collection (blu-ray)DCI Alan Banks + Sergeant Annie Cabot = DCI Banks: Season Four
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- Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2016
In Episode One, Police Superintendent Stella Gibson,
newly arrived from London, visits a crime scene,
where she notices handsome young Sergeant James Olson.
Without waiting for an introduction, she hands Sergeant Olson her hotel room key,
and orders him to report for duty that night.
Five Stars for enthusiastic scenes of
1) "Rogering"
2) "Shagging"
3) "Boinking"
4) "Hiding the Sausage"
5) "Taking Old One-Eye to the Optometrist"
----- British euphemisms for Sexual Intercourse (from from the Online Slang Dictionary)
No consequences for Superintendent Gibson.
Grave consequences for Sergeant Olson.
I used to think I was fairly liberal about such things, but just realized that I am a prude.
Thanks a lot.
I used to think that the lower ranks of the British Police were off-limits to Inspectors, Chief Constables and Superintendents.
I guess I'm behind the times.
Actually, this is not new.
In my thirty years of experience with the British Police (a lot of TV watching),
this sort of thing never turns out well.
In Series Two, Episode One of "Prime Suspect" (1992)
Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison seduces Sergeant Bob Oswald.
By the end of the series,
DCI Tennison is fast-tracked for promotion to Superintendent.
Sergeant Oswald is out of a job (he's still better off than Sergeant Olson).
I found one example of a Male Police Inspector "rogering" a lower-ranking female colleague:
Season Three of "DCI Banks" ends in a hot embrace between Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks and Sergeant Annie Cabbot.
Looking forward to what happens in Season Four.
[Update: Nothing happened in Season Four. They broke up in the off-season, and Inspector Banks spends Season Four mooning over his lost love.]
Photo 1 = Superintendent Stella Gibson (Gillian Anderson)
Photo 2 = Sergeant James Olson (Ben Peel)
Photo 3 = DCI Jane Tennison (Helen Mirren)
Photo 4 = Sergeant Bob Oswald (Colin Salmon)
Photo 5 = DCI Alan Banks (Stephen Tompkinson)
Photo 6 = Sergeant Annie Cabbot (Andrea Lowe)
Superintendent Stella Gibson + Sergeant James Olson = The Fall - REVIEWED ON THIS PAGE
DCI Jane Tennison + Sergeant Bob Oswald = prime suspect: the complete collection (blu-ray)
DCI Alan Banks + Sergeant Annie Cabot = DCI Banks: Season Four
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- Paula JonesReviewed in the United Kingdom on February 7, 2015
Can't watch The Fall!!!!
