Just started this last night! It's like British Twin Peaks, and we're both wondering if a dancing midget will make an appearance (no spoilers!)

Anyway, based on just the first episode we weren't blown away or anything, although it is clear that I am close to the end of my cycle, because the initial "mother of the dead boy losing her shit" scenes had tears streaming down my stupid hormonal face. But we definitely enjoyed it enough to keep watching.

Glad you guys enjoyed it/are enjoying it. I thought I read there is a second season focusing on the rebuilding of the community.

The depiction of the paranoia and the secrets and suspicions seemed particularly apt.

I finished it and I really liked it. I don't see a second season doing much for the story, but with the talent involved I could be wrong. Maybe it's like True Detective...where supposedly the first season finished off the first season and the second season is an entirely different story with different characters.

So now Imma let you finish, but (divert to new thread)...

http://www.cellar.org/showthread.php?t=30595

I dropped my first episode of Broadchurch last night (S1 E1). Don't think it'll be my kinda thing, but, it is just the first episode. It might grow on me, or evolve to something more my speed.

It appears to be depressing, in the same vein as "The Killing", but, we'll see.

What is it with the child victims these days?

They are the new Hitchcock blondes.

Orange child victims are the new black serial killers. Wait. What?

That would be a great band name, The Hitchcock Blondes, or Hitchcock Blonde.

Just finished the first season.

I can haz plot twizt?

Just like with 'The Killing', I can't help but thinking that working one crime (basically) per season is a lazy way of making a crime drama. You're stretching one episode for an entire season. It may actually be easier on the writers, though, as they have way more time to tie more things (clues) together.

But, then I've been spoon fed the discovery, and the solving of the crime in 42 minutes for almost forty years now.

I don't like change.[/Stewie Griffin]

watching the crime unfold (again and again) and the revelation of clue after red herring after clue is only one way to enjoy the show. observing the interaction between the characters is an ongoing story, one that has the potential to change from week/show to show.

by the way, Twil and I watched "The Killing" and were similarly struck by the permanent torrential downpour that tried to drown the characters in practically every outdoor scene. We were all 'wtf?' You mentioned your surprise at my mention of sunshine the other day. Trust me, we were just as flummoxed by the set design of "The Killing" as you were.

I hasten to add that there *is* a traffic hazard endemic to the area regularly reported on the traffic reports at certain seasons of the year: "Sunbreaks". Yep. Drivers are warned of other drivers being distracted by the shocking appearance of the sun. :facepalm:

well dammit. I can't find it *now*, of course. But yesterday Twil shared with me a trailer of the new season of Broadchurch. Let me tell you now, stay the fuck away if you haven't seen all of the first season. Spoiler is an understatement. At the same time, it sets the tone for a very confusing second season. Yikes.

I posted a clip below the Stewie quote, I am certain of it. I wonder what happened to it?

SEASON 2 EPISODE 1

FUCK YEAH!!!

(I'm an anteater, bitch. Bring it!)

Where? On Netflix? Or do I need cable?

And Charlotte Rampling is still teh hotness, bringing it at 68!

*cough*bittorrent*cough*

I kind of dropped off series 2 a few eps in - is it worth going back to it?