Here’s
another addition to the growing list of BBC Scotland projects that I’ve
seen. PC is hardly the first Scottish
actor whose work I’ve followed, yet I hadn’t seen any BBC Scotland shows prior to Capaldi Fall (what’s up with that,
James McAvoy and Ewan McGregor?) But I
digress. This procedural is a bit out of
the ordinary – on Sea of Souls, the
case of the week (or rather, weeks, since all the stories appear to be
two-parters) delves into the world of parapsychology.
In the
first part of “Seeing Double,” leading man Douglas and his colleagues have been
studying telepathy in identical twins.
Luckily for them, it just so happens that Douglas’s friend Carol has
recently had a chance encounter with Helen, the twin sister she didn’t know she
had. Since the two women were adopted by
separate families and had no prior knowledge of each other, Douglas is keen to
study them. At first, Carol is thrilled
to discover Helen and enjoys exploring their possible abilities, but as time
goes on, she starts to suspect that Helen isn’t exactly the sort of sister
she’s always dreamed of having.
PC
plays Gordon Fleming, Carol’s husband.
They’ve been married long enough that they’ve fallen into an unfortunate
rut, and they’ve both felt their relationship drifting. Naturally, Helen’s arrival shakes everything
up. Gordon is intrigued by the vivacious
Helen, which the more somber Carol isn’t crazy about.
The
case-of-the-week players get a lot of focus, so there’s some halfway decent
stuff for Gordon. Though he’s an aspect
of Carol’s story more than anything else, the interplay between the two – and
between Gordon and Helen – is good.
Right from the start, the terse stalemate of Carol and Gordon’s
relationship is established. You get the
idea that they’re two people who really cared about each once but have lost
their way.
Bill
Paterson (Prentice’s dad in The Crow Road,
as well as Professor Bracewell from Who’s
“Victory of the Daleks” in series 5) stars in Sea of Souls. Also featured
is Archie Panjabi, who I hadn’t actually known was British. While I’ve seen very little of The Good Wife, I’ve heard excellent
things about it, and I understand her Kalinda is a fan favorite.
Accent Watch
Tremendously
Scottish.
Recommend?
In
General
– Possibly, depending on how it shakes out.
I find the premise interesting.
PC-wise – Could be. I’ll pass further judgment when I see part 2
tomorrow, but PC is doing some nice work here.
Warnings
Some
thematic elements, a little violence, and one fairly graphic sex scene.
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