Picking up from the ashes of the house fire that we last saw Lucy Chambers in, episode 1 wastes no time in tying up all the loose threads from the first season. Being a Detective Inspector in a neighbouring alternate reality explaining Lucy’s memories of the bodies of two girls being pulled from the lake, despite never being killed in now single mother Lucy’s home reality. This also explains her half-remembered insistence that Harold Slade should kill himself, a remark made by her alternate self when witnessing the kidnapper’s confession.
You don’t have to be a keen listener to note the marked improvement on the score by The Newton Brothers either, a blaring horn reintroducing Peter Capaldi to our screens, silhouetted by blinding headlights. The eeriness of the score wonderfully accompanies the poignant camerawork that bleeds in from series 1, like the endless mirror shots that lay on the foreboding thick, and the ruminative leitmotif that follows Gideon Shepherd throughout.
Peter Capaldi and Jessica Raine continue to be stand-outs in the cast, the former of which’s presence is increased tenfold now that he’s not, for the most part, chained to a desk. Raine is also almost worryingly convincing as someone who is literally losing their grip on reality, whilst trying to stop a terrorist attack with the help of a wanted serial killer, all while being actively investigated by her own lover. It’s a hell of a lot to convey, and she does it magnificently.
Peter Capaldi and Jessica Raine continue to be stand-outs in the cast, the former of which’s presence is increased tenfold now that he’s not, for the most part, chained to a desk.
The new series also unravels a new mystery for people who may miss the tantalising hunt for Sheperd in the form of the mystery yellow-hooded bomber, who is fated to be responsible for the deaths of 17 people, including 11 children. Both Shepherd and Chambers struggle to thwart the looming threat while maintaining their anonymity, which isn’t a problem for our mystery villain, who appears to have very similar supernatural abilities to a character fans will have grown particularly fond for…
