In shows like Lie to Me and House, M.D., there is one mystery per episode. There’s only one mystery—well, one murder mystery; lots of minor “mysteries” and secrets—in Season 1 of Broadchurch, which lasts 8 episodes. I suppose I was expecting a police procedural, but this is a drama. There are lots of long, musical shots of sunsets and waves crashing, and the whole thing feels very melancholy, very human. It wasn’t happy, but it was clever and it was satisfying.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/tv-season/broadchurch-season-1/id674190653
Update: I am given to understand that the series Gracepoint is an American remake, with David Tennant, of the same plot… but different.
