Another
murder mystery – if PC appears on Sherlock
anytime soon, I think he’ll have the complete boxed set. Waking
the Dead was a long-running crime procedural about a British cold case
division. Pretty standard fare from what
I can tell, nothing too exceptional. PC
guest-stars in this two-part story.
In “The
Fall,” the bodies of a financier and a journalist are discovered, locked
together in a less-than-PG manner. They
were shot, one through the other, back in the ‘90s. There’s a mysterious set of numbers that
potentially ties them to another murder.
More significantly, the whole thing may have its roots in a shadowy
religious sect that comes complete with self-flagellation and whispers of
conspiracy.
One
card in the deck of possible killers is Lucien Calvin, played by PC. He knew the financier back in the day; after
doing jail time for fraud-related money mischief, however, Lucien has declared
himself a new man. He now peddles
psychoanalysis to bankers and views money as the root of all evil.
Also,
he’s either totally crazy or pretending to be for reasons unknown. He’s familiar with Dr. Foley, the team’s
criminal profiler, and he in fact gives every appearance of having an unhealthy
obsession with her. Dr. Foley thinks
he’s playing them somehow, but isn’t sure why yet. I don’t know if he’s too obvious to be the
murderer, or if he actually did it. PC
does a nice job, although the part is more than a little overwritten for my
taste.
In the
episode’s flashback scenes, I couldn’t figure out where I’d seen the actor
playing the murdered financier. Well,
turns out he’s Nigel Whitmey, who’s popped up here and there in small
roles. Most memorable for me, though,
was his brief turn as “man who gets his head plungered by a Dalek” in series 1
of Who.
Accent Watch
With
PC, it can be hard to tell the difference between light Scottish and middling
RP. I’m leaning towards Scottish here,
but I reserve the right to change it tomorrow if part 2 sways me.
Recommend?
In
General
– Not necessarily. It’s a little CSI for me. Nothing wrong with it, just nothing special.
PC-wise – Possibly,
depending on how it shakes up. Whether
Lucien is crazy or just faking, PC is committing 100%. Those eyes, they be crazy eyes.
Warnings
Violence,
sexual content, drug references, and lots of face time given to corpses from
the ‘90s.
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