Masterpiece Theater

[Drunk Monk]

Today was a binge day. Season 1 (8 eps) of The Missing, which was the intro of Julian Baptiste. Stacy had watched it last night, or bits of it and then skipped to the final ep. She said it was okay but there were a lot of loose ends. I felt I deserved a day of binging self care and watched it straight through. Stacy came back in for the end of it, picking up what she missed or dozed off during and decided that most of the loose ends she just missed because she wasn't paying attention. Set in 2006 and 2014, mostly in Paris but some in London, a child goes missing and Baptiste is on the case. It's stylistically and structurally similar to Baptiste, a bit more raw on the edges, not quite as slick, but enjoyable. Same formula of Baptiste partnered with an obsessive civilian, an array of rich characters, good and evil ambiguity and that last twisty hook in the last 5 mins. I was pleased to have guessed one of the main criminals, but it was mostly from the plot devices, not because I figured the motive or method. The other main culprit was a total surprise.

No sword fights. Only recommended for DOOMers that enjoy Euro police procedurals (it's the Euro part that gets me hooked).

There's a season 2, which I'm putting in our Netflix queue now.