2017 science fiction, 10 episodes. Kirsten Clark continues to have her
consciousness inserted into the minds of the recently-dead.
And, well, it's more of the same. Mostly case-of-the-week, with
lots of sinister looks and asides and occasional hints at the Big
Revelation; but really all of that comes in the final episode, and
while it makes some changes to the setup there's still a great deal
left up for grabs. After all, the cancellation of the show wasn't
announced until the ratings were in for this season, so there was no
opportunity to wrap things up in a definitive way.
Some things do get resolved, most obviously the elephant in the room
of "with all the murders that happen every day, who chooses the ones
where you people get to recover the victims' memories". It's always
risky to take something that was basically a series premise marked "do
not open" and promote it to something diegetic that one can
effectively speculate about (it can go horribly wrong, as in the
departure of Sarah Jane Smith at the end of The Hand of Fear); here
it works, and it's a shame it was kept until the last episode.
Episode 4 may feature some of the very worst "British" accents I've
ever heard, and I've seen quite a bit of American television.
As before, the best acting is from Allison Scagliotti and Salli
Richardson-Whitfield, though Damon Dayoub as the police liaison has
significantly upped his acting game and does a solid job with what
little he's given.
Yes, the show's miracles remain basically arbitrary. This is TV SF
after all, and there wouldn't be enough here to run a game set in the
world; there are just too many unanswered questions. But as drama it's
enjoyable if never exceptional.
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