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[Cornballer]

I updated the thread title. Not sure if there's a UK-centric thread for this, but let me know if the title isn't accurate or you're all planning on posting in a different thread.

 

[Burger]

Haven't seen Broadchurch, but I did work on series 2. Hope everyone enjoys it.

 

[Kikarian]

Going to start this soon. I've got Happy Valley, The Missing and The Fall to watch as well.

UK TV has been killing it.

 

[BlazingDarkness]

Starts in just under 2 hours.
Curious how they'll continue after S1.

 

[BlazingDarkness]

1 minute warning

 

[Slowdive]

That was good.

 

[Dalek]

Wow, season 2 started tonight? What a pleasant surprise.

 

[Moozo]

Lots of questions in episode one. Watched most of season 1 after it had already started so I could binge it and get the answers quickly. Gonna be long weeks from now.

 

[Diprosalic]

wow. great episode, so many questions. i feel terrible for Miller.

 

[Red Comet]

Just watched series one last week after having watched the American version. Really great show, but I just read that BBC America won't be airing S2 until March. What the hell.

 

[Dryk]

Agent Carter is going to be sooooo weird airing alongside this

 

[Phear]

Hey guys,

i watched Gracepoint and since it wasn't renewed, i'd like to switch to Broadchurch, favorable without having to watch season 1.

I know about the slightly different resolution on the murder case in season 1. Is there anything else considerably different i have to know about before watching the first episode of Broadchurch Season 2?

Thanks in advance!

 

[StopMakingSense]

Hey guys,

i watched Gracepoint and since it wasn't renewed, i'd like to switch to Broadchurch, favorable without having to watch season 1.

I know about the slightly different resolution on the murder case in season 1. Is there anything else considerably different i have to know about before watching the first episode of Broadchurch Season 2?

Thanks in advance!

The

Spoiler

father killed the boy, the son wasn't part of the death at all. The woman detective doesn't have have anything she's hiding going into S2.

Otherwise it seemed like it was exactly the same show, almost shot for shot. If you have netflix, you should just go ahead and just watch the last episode.

 

[roundabout]

Hey guys,

i watched Gracepoint and since it wasn't renewed, i'd like to switch to Broadchurch, favorable without having to watch season 1.

I know about the slightly different resolution on the murder case in season 1. Is there anything else considerably different i have to know about before watching the first episode of Broadchurch Season 2?

Thanks in advance!

It's pretty much the same show only without the whiff of desperation to it that the yank version had. Better actors too

 

[survivor]

The opening episode for this season was really such a logical followup to the ending of the first season that I don't know why I never thought about it. I kept assuming this season would just start with another murder case and move on from there.

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

It's pretty much the same show only without the whiff of desperation to it that the yank version had. Better actors too

..... I'm... I'm going to agree with this.

 

[Diprosalic]

The opening episode for this season was really such a logical followup to the ending of the first season that I don't know why I never thought about it. I kept assuming this season would just start with another murder case and move on from there.

yeah me too. i thought we would be done with it and move on. the trailer made it to look that way with the "where were you when these two girls went missing" (-ish) line.

but this makes much more sense than just another murder in the town, glad they went this way.

 

[Diprosalic]

Hey guys,

i watched Gracepoint and since it wasn't renewed, i'd like to switch to Broadchurch, favorable without having to watch season 1.

i still would watch the first season, makes you feel more for the characters and some of the differences might get important later on. it's only 8 episodes.

edit: oops DP.

 

[Phear]

If you have netflix, you should just go ahead and just watch the last episode.

That would make sense

Thanks all, i'm excited for season 2 now.

 

[Messofanego]

Going to start this soon. I've got Happy Valley, The Missing and The Fall to watch as well.

UK TV has been killing it.

I should get on Happy Valley.

 

[Exterminieren]

I'm getting a bad feeling about Mark hanging out with Tom. A very bad feeling.

 

[Beefy]

I'm getting a bad feeling about Mark hanging out with Tom. A very bad feeling.

I think a lot of people we thought were nice will be shown to be sick human beings in series 2.

 

[Diprosalic]

I'm getting a bad feeling about Mark hanging out with Tom. A very bad feeling.

Spoiler

i wonder if it's just him compensating for losing his boy
but probably not.

he
- actually wants hurt him or
- just rubbing it in joes face or
- use it as leverage. "if you do not plead guilty, i'll hurt your boy".

but it seems like it has been going for a while so it might be a combination of the first two points.

 

[Ruruja]

Great opening episode, the music really helps build the tension on this show.

I'm getting a bad feeling about Mark hanging out with Tom. A very bad feeling.

Spoiler

but it seems like it has been going for a while so it might be a combination of the first two points.

It got me thinking maybe there is/was some kind of 'ring' with Mark, Joe and possibly the guy who works with Mark.

 

[Diprosalic]

It got me thinking maybe there is/was some kind of 'ring' with Mark, Joe and possibly the guy who works with Mark.

i know they're hinting at that a bit but i don't believe it. Mark was disgusted when he talked to him alone at the end of last season. Also his wife had the "You know that this one won't replace him" line, talking about the new kid, which makes me think that Mark is trying to do just that with Tom.

 

[hateradio]

Is this series more colorful and blurry than last time?


I see drama building up, but I don't know if I care. :?




Also, I like this weird Torchwood reunion. When can we expect aliens.

 

[Vazduh]

The opening episode for this season was really such a logical followup to the ending of the first season that I don't know why I never thought about it. I kept assuming this season would just start with another murder case and move on from there.

This is how I felt about the episode, too.

 

[Peru]

i know they're hinting at that a bit but i don't believe it. Mark was disgusted when he talked to him alone at the end of last season. Also his wife had the "You know that this one won't replace him" line, talking about the new kid, which makes me think that Mark is trying to do just that with Tom.

Yeah this seems like a pretty obvious ploy from the filmmakers, one of those 'is this something horrible' and then it's just something quite sad instead.

 

[RandyBobandy]

I'm getting a bad feeling about Mark hanging out with Tom. A very bad feeling.

Same. He's going to hurt him just to get back at Joe I think. This case will just throw him over the deep end

 

[The Elite]

The opening episode for this season was really such a logical followup to the ending of the first season that I don't know why I never thought about it. I kept assuming this season would just start with another murder case and move on from there.

That's exactly how I felt after watching it.

I think it's one of the strongest episodes as well.

 

[Sidewinder]

That's exactly how I felt after watching it.

I think it's one of the strongest episodes as well.

Hmm I don't know, it felt somewhat rushed and cramped, too much happening in one short episode imo and the graveyard scene with almost everybody united with their lawyers was kinda over the top, especially

Spoiler

the prime suspect from the old murder case peeking from afar had me almost rolling my eyes

.

But I'm usually not one to nag about single episodes, so I'll just go on with the show and see where it goes. Btw I absolutely loved the first season, very intense show!

They're stacking the melodrama thick, one heartrending scene after another and do we need to see that one family + miller dragged through the mud and kicked in the face crying and screaming any more? I'm def curious how this story goes and will follow it, but I feel they're going the sorrow porn route. Also this is kinda true http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-e...-shot-in-a-sweeping-scandi-style-9967580.html

Yeah, I have to agree with that.

 

[Peru]

They're stacking the melodrama thick, one heartrending scene after another and do we need to see that one family + miller dragged through the mud and kicked in the face crying and screaming any more? I'm def curious how this story goes and will follow it, but I feel they're going the sorrow porn route. Also this is kinda true http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-e...-shot-in-a-sweeping-scandi-style-9967580.html

 

[Rug Monkey]

But it was still good because of Olivia Colman. This was not a detective show starring David Tennant, it was a detective show starring Colman. One of the best performances I've seen on TV or film in quite some time.

Try and find the movie Tyrannosaur both Olivia Coleman and Peter Mullan are mesmerizing

 

[flowsnake]

They're stacking the melodrama thick, one heartrending scene after another and do we need to see that one family + miller dragged through the mud and kicked in the face crying and screaming any more? I'm def curious how this story goes and will follow it, but I feel they're going the sorrow porn route. Also this is kinda true http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-e...-shot-in-a-sweeping-scandi-style-9967580.html

Sounds about right. I need to look into Scandinavian stuff since I wasn't aware it was that style.

 

[Peru]

I do hope more british crime shows follow suit and do full season narratives.

 

[Qvoth]

surprised to see jarvis from agent carter in here, can't wait for episode 2!

 

[Triggerhappytel]

I have just started watching series 1 of this, and it's brilliant. Five episodes in so far and it's getting really good. I hope to finish off tonight and then I'll catch up with series 2. Just one episode televised so far, right?

 

[Currygan]

binge watched S1 because god knows how I missed it when it aired, and S2 really started with a bang, I'm glad to see the writing is still as solid as S1. Amazing show, can't wait for more

 

[Smelly Tramp]

binge watched S1 because god knows how I missed it when it aired, and S2 really started with a bang, I'm glad to see the writing is still as solid as S1. Amazing show, can't wait for more

i don't agree with the writing being as strong. that independent article mentions the plotholes of the secret witness protection cottage, miller keeping her child in a place that is soon to be visited by a previous child killer, and the immediate digging up of a corpse without any kind of notification to the family of which they turn up half way through for dramatic effect.

but for me, whilst not a plothole, the biggest crap introduced has to be the superhero-esque comical student vs master scenario with the two barristers on the case. the whole of season 1 reeked of a self contained story which was resolved at the end, but now has to be continued because of popularity, money, awards etc. so now they're really reaching for straws with these plotlines.

maybe i'm looking at the first series with rose tinted glasses, maybe there were glaring plotholes in that also, but i certainly can't remember so many of them being in one episode, and this surely doesn't bode well for the rest of the series.

 

[Peru]

One of the strengths of the first series was definitely the simplicity. Daring to tell an 8-part story that's really quite simple - a small community tragedy. Of course there were several sub-plots to keep the pace up and viewers on their toes, but it still felt like a pretty honest piece of storytelling. It's clear that they're ramping up the 'complexity' in s2 and thus may lose some of that quality. To be clear I don't envy the writers - you can't really drop the Broadchurch brand after a success like that and yet what to do? Another high profile murder in that town? Setting up a courtroom drama with a parallel new case from the past-ish is not a bad solution, really. They should just have tried to tone it down a bit. Or maybe, ideally, move to another place for a new case entirely. But they don't want to lose their stars.

That said this should be a pretty entertaining season of drama.

 

[Slowdive]

but for me, whilst not a plothole, the biggest crap introduced has to be the superhero-esque comical student vs master scenario with the two barristers on the case. the whole of season 1 reeked of a self contained story which was resolved at the end, but now has to be continued because of popularity, money, awards etc. so now they're really reaching for straws with these plotlines.

Chris Chibnall said a second series was always planned.

 

[Smelly Tramp]

Chris Chibnall said a second series was always planned.

didn't he admit to that after the popularity of the first series was established?

something about telling the director of itv there was more story to tell if he commissioned the show. well what else are you going to say really?

 

[Moozo]

One of the strengths of the first series was definitely the simplicity. Daring to tell an 8-part story that's really quite simple - a small community tragedy.

Those who enjoy this aspect might want to have a look at another ITV drama, Lightfields (and its predecessor Marchlands, although I haven't seen that). 5 episodes, whodunnit premise but it spans a few generations.

I've still got to read last week's ebook before tonight's episode. Anyone else tried it?

 

[Moozo]

Wasn't that impressed tonight. I think they're going the frustrate-viewer-and-drag-it-out route with justice in the end.

 

[BlazingDarkness]

Anyone else think the plot is going a bit bonkers in s2? It seems needlessly convoluted already. There's already some plot holes (such as the exhumation of Daniel's body, how would that have gone ahead without notifying anyone from the original murder investigation, or even his parents!) (or just glossing over stuff from s1, like how Beth's mum suddenly died from grief, and the lady from the caravan is just nowhere to be found) and some of the character's motivations aren't ringing true.

The Sanbdrook case hasn't been explored enough for us to really give a shit about any of the characters involved (not least the victims who we know nothing about), and the court case seems pretty unrealistic, and developing solely for the drama. And the judge said to the barristers before the trial started, "A boy has been murdered". - which is a bit of a slip up if the defence is fighting for manslaughter :lol I found the scene with Beth's waters breaking during the argument a little contrived as well.

 

[mujun]

Anyone else think the plot is going a bit bonkers in s2? It seems needlessly convoluted already. There's already some plot holes (such as the exhumation of Daniel's body, how would that have gone ahead without notifying anyone from the original murder investigation, or even his parents!) (or just glossing over stuff from s1, like how Beth's mum suddenly died from grief, and the lady from the caravan is just nowhere to be found) and some of the character's motivations aren't ringing true.

The Sanbdrook case hasn't been explored enough for us to really give a shit about any of the characters involved (not least the victims who we know nothing about), and the court case seems pretty unrealistic, and developing solely for the drama. And the judge said to the barristers before the trial started, "A boy has been murdered". - which is a bit of a slip up if the defence is fighting for manslaughter :lol I found the scene with Beth's waters breaking during the argument a little contrived as well.

I wasn't a fan of the first episode. A lot of the new threads seem contrived and overly melodramatic. The whole thing felt a bit silly to me.

 

[tarby]

Anyone else think the plot is going a bit bonkers in s2? It seems needlessly convoluted already. There's already some plot holes (such as the exhumation of Daniel's body, how would that have gone ahead without notifying anyone from the original murder investigation, or even his parents!) (or just glossing over stuff from s1, like how Beth's mum suddenly died from grief, and the lady from the caravan is just nowhere to be found) and some of the character's motivations aren't ringing true..

I thought they showed her leaving town in Season 1.

 

[DevelopmentArrested]

Kinda wish they just did a new case with tennant and coleman tbh


The melodrama is too thick indeed - the courthouse scene and the graveyard scene in particular. The parents are just annoying, yelling characters at this point.

 

[hateradio]

How was the confession thrown out just like that.

Man, this show.

 

[whatevermort]

This season is just dismal. Everybody has a secret, but we're told nothing. Completely unrealistic (even within the bounds of television drama) events occur, and nobody questions them. Characters are angry for so many reasons and act wholly irrational, changing mood with a click of their fingers. People can apparently silently evaporate to create dramatic situations that - frankly - we have no reason to be invested in.

I can't remember when I've seen a TV show fall so far so fast.