It’s the end of the road for Broadchurch S2, which means the truth about Sandbrook and the jury’s verdict in the Latimer case are about to be revealed.
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It’s the end of the road for Broadchurch S2, which means the truth about Sandbrook and the jury’s verdict in the Latimer case are about to be revealed.
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The Latimer case returns to the spotlight as the case hits a few emotional highs.
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It’s ladies night as the women of Broadchurch – and more specifically Ellie (Olivia Colman) – dominate the third episode.
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One of the most successful UK series in recent history returns for a second series with an unexpected focus.
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by Joe Lipsett
After nearly two months, it’s time to reveal the identity of the murderer of Danny Latimer as Broadchurch reaches it’s stunning first season finale. So who killed the eleven year old boy…and why?
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There’s a ticking clock that presides over the final hour of BBC America’s electric Broadchurch, both within the diegetic world of the show (as David Tennant’s Hardy has a scant few hours to wrap up the case after being declared unfit) and because this is the final episode of the season. We know that it’s just a matter of time before the killer is revealed, and while the guessing we’ve done throughout the last seven episodes has narrowed the list down to a scant few remaining suspects, the why of the case remains tantalizingly unknown.
It doesn’t take long for the truth to come out. Following last week’s agonizing cliffhanger, a small flurry of evidence falls into place: the bald man that Miller’s (Olivia Colman) sister saw burying clothes in the trash, Hardy’s interview with Tom (Adam Wilson) which reveals Danny’s phone only had two numbers on it, and the final GPS tracking of the phone to the Miller household. I admit that I totally had an “ah ha!” moment when Hardy stops to stare at Tom in the living room – an expression that immediately turned into a slack-jawed shock as Hardy proceeds to arrest a devastated Joe (Matthew Gravelle) in the backyard.
So those of you who suspected that Joe killed Danny were right…though likely not for the reasons you may have suspected.
Looking back over the series, there have been plenty of hints that this was a crime of a sexual nature. There have been repeated stories about doomed/inappropriate romances: from doomed Jack‘s “child bride”, to Susan’s sexual abuser husband and even Mark (Andrew Buchnan) and Beth’s (Jodie Whittaker) implied-shotgun marriage. And we should have known that Miller’s spiteful words to Susan last week about knowing what’s happening in her home would come back to bite her. And so it does, as Miller’s own husband was carrying on an emotional (though supposedly not physical) affair with the young Latimer boy.
Oh Miller. How cruel of Broadchurch to deal such an earth-shattering blow to its most empathetic character. But if the series is mean to its nicest character, the actress playing her certainly owns the material. Following recent events, it’s increasingly clear that if there is one stand-out in this show’s amazing ensemble, it is without a doubt Colman. The woman sells the grief – and rage – of a woman who realizes that her entire life is a lie with 100% conviction. I’ll confess that I’m an empathetic crier, but watching Miller’s face crumble as Hardy confesses the truth to her in that interrogation room just destroys me. Even the subsequent scene, a stock-standard cliche that has Miller first confront, then beat her pedophile husband, has an unmistakable emotional realism because of Colman’s performance. If this woman doesn’t win a boatload of awards for this role, it’ll be a huge oversight because she has undoubtedly delivered one of the year’s best performances.
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What are your thoughts on the identity of the killer? Are you surprised? Did you like the flashback to the night of the crime? Were you as impressed as me with Coleman’s performance? And where, if this isn’t the end of Broadchurch, can the series go from here? Add your thoughts below
Broadchurch has finished airing its first season on BBC America. It is due to air a second, though no details are available as to when new episodes will arrive or who will return
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Episode five of the best drama not named Breaking Bad is bracketed in silent death. This week we open with the silent recreation of murder victim Danny’s last steps by his best friend, Tom (Adam Wilson) and end with a body washed up on shore.
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