Moiraine Damodred (Rosamund Pike) and Lan Mandragoran (Daniel Henney) in ‘The Wheel of Fortune’ season 2 (Photo Credit: Prime Video)
Prime Video’s released seven posters featuring 14 characters from the upcoming second season of The Wheel of Time. The posters were released with details on each character and, according to the streaming service, the posters contain easter eggs hidden in the pairings and costumes.
Season two will kick off with the release of the first three episodes on September 1, 2023. The second season’s based on Robert Jordan’s second novel of the series, The Great Hunt. It will also include some of Jordan’s third novel, The Dragon Reborn.
The Wheel of Time Season 2 Poster Descriptions:
The heart of the series, Moiraine Damodred (Rosamund Pike), and her Warder, Lan Mandragoran (Daniel Henney), who, after her loss of magical abilities, will both struggle to adjust to their new relationship. The Dragon Reborn,...
Prime Video’s released seven posters featuring 14 characters from the upcoming second season of The Wheel of Time. The posters were released with details on each character and, according to the streaming service, the posters contain easter eggs hidden in the pairings and costumes.
Season two will kick off with the release of the first three episodes on September 1, 2023. The second season’s based on Robert Jordan’s second novel of the series, The Great Hunt. It will also include some of Jordan’s third novel, The Dragon Reborn.
The Wheel of Time Season 2 Poster Descriptions:
The heart of the series, Moiraine Damodred (Rosamund Pike), and her Warder, Lan Mandragoran (Daniel Henney), who, after her loss of magical abilities, will both struggle to adjust to their new relationship. The Dragon Reborn,...
- 8/17/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Who will find their true love in the first season of the Soulmates TV show on AMC? As we all know, the Nielsen ratings typically play a big role in determining whether a TV show like Soulmates is cancelled or renewed for season two. Unfortunately, most of us do not live in Nielsen households. Because many viewers feel frustration when their viewing habits and opinions aren't considered, we invite you to rate all of the first season episodes of Soulmates here. *Status Update Below.
An AMC anthology drama series, the Soulmates TV show stars Sarah Snook, Kingsley Ben-Adir, David Costabile, Sonya Cassidy, Charlie Heaton, Malin Akerman, Bill Skarsgård, Betsy Brandt, JJ Field, Darren Boyd, Dolly Wells, Karima McAdams, Laia Costa, Shamier Anderson, Georgina Campbell, Henry Goodman, Sofia Oxenham, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Sandra Teles, Letty Thomas, and Adam El Hagar.
An AMC anthology drama series, the Soulmates TV show stars Sarah Snook, Kingsley Ben-Adir, David Costabile, Sonya Cassidy, Charlie Heaton, Malin Akerman, Bill Skarsgård, Betsy Brandt, JJ Field, Darren Boyd, Dolly Wells, Karima McAdams, Laia Costa, Shamier Anderson, Georgina Campbell, Henry Goodman, Sofia Oxenham, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Sandra Teles, Letty Thomas, and Adam El Hagar.
- 2/27/2023
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
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Does everyone have one true love? Has the Soulmates TV show been cancelled or renewed for a second season on AMC? The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of Soulmates, season two. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you?
What's This TV Show About?
Airing on the AMC cable channel, the Soulmates TV show is an anthology series. The first season stars Sarah Snook, Kingsley Ben-Adir, David Costabile, Sonya Cassidy, Charlie Heaton, Malin Akerman, Bill Skarsgård, Betsy Brandt, JJ Field, Darren Boyd, Dolly Wells, Karima McAdams, Laia Costa, Shamier Anderson, Georgina Campbell, Henry Goodman, Sofia Oxenham, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Sandra Teles, Letty Thomas, and Adam El Hagar. Set 15 years into the future, science has made...
Does everyone have one true love? Has the Soulmates TV show been cancelled or renewed for a second season on AMC? The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of Soulmates, season two. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you?
What's This TV Show About?
Airing on the AMC cable channel, the Soulmates TV show is an anthology series. The first season stars Sarah Snook, Kingsley Ben-Adir, David Costabile, Sonya Cassidy, Charlie Heaton, Malin Akerman, Bill Skarsgård, Betsy Brandt, JJ Field, Darren Boyd, Dolly Wells, Karima McAdams, Laia Costa, Shamier Anderson, Georgina Campbell, Henry Goodman, Sofia Oxenham, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Sandra Teles, Letty Thomas, and Adam El Hagar. Set 15 years into the future, science has made...
- 2/27/2023
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
The Leap Short Film — Karel van Bellingen‘s The Leap (2015) short film is available for viewing. The Leap short film stars Simon Merrells, Alix Wilton Regan, Katie Gunby, Jon Campling, Peter Pedrero, Chris Webb, Bella Saer, Russell Barnett, Karima McAdams, Phoebe Higson, Cameron Harris, Lee Ravitz, Paul Michael Harrison, Mark Brooks, Craig Gilmore, [...]
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- 12/17/2021
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
We don't have to worry about Soulmates being cancelled because the AMC series was renewed for a second season months before the series premiered. Will this unusual concept attract a lot of viewers? Will the execs end up regretting the early renewal? Stay tuned.
An anthology drama series, the first season of the Soulmates TV show stars Sarah Snook, Kingsley Ben-Adir, David Costabile, Sonya Cassidy, Charlie Heaton, Malin Akerman, Bill Skarsgård, Betsy Brandt, JJ Field, Darren Boyd, Dolly Wells, Karima McAdams, Laia Costa, Shamier Anderson, Georgina Campbell, Henry Goodman, Sofia Oxenham, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Sandra Teles, Letty Thomas, and Adam El Hagar. Set 15 years into the future, science has made a discovery that changes the lives of everyone on the planet – a test that unequivocally tells you who your soulmate is. Each of the episodes features a different cast and explores a...
An anthology drama series, the first season of the Soulmates TV show stars Sarah Snook, Kingsley Ben-Adir, David Costabile, Sonya Cassidy, Charlie Heaton, Malin Akerman, Bill Skarsgård, Betsy Brandt, JJ Field, Darren Boyd, Dolly Wells, Karima McAdams, Laia Costa, Shamier Anderson, Georgina Campbell, Henry Goodman, Sofia Oxenham, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Sandra Teles, Letty Thomas, and Adam El Hagar. Set 15 years into the future, science has made a discovery that changes the lives of everyone on the planet – a test that unequivocally tells you who your soulmate is. Each of the episodes features a different cast and explores a...
- 10/7/2020
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Network: AMC
Episodes: Ongoing (hour)
Seasons: Ongoing
TV show dates: October 5, 2020 -- present
Series status: Has not been cancelled
Performers include: Sarah Snook, Kingsley Ben-Adir, David Costabile, Sonya Cassidy, Charlie Heaton, Malin Akerman, Bill Skarsgård, Betsy Brandt, JJ Field, Darren Boyd, Dolly Wells, Karima McAdams, Laia Costa, Shamier Anderson, Georgina Campbell, Henry Goodman, Sofia Oxenham, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Sandra Teles, Letty Thomas, and Adam El Hagar.
TV show description:
An anthology drama series, the Soulmates TV show is set 15 years into the future and examines the nature of romantic love.
In the future, science has made a discovery that changes the lives of everyone on the planet – a test that unequivocally tells you who your soulmate is. Each of the episodes features a different cast...
Episodes: Ongoing (hour)
Seasons: Ongoing
TV show dates: October 5, 2020 -- present
Series status: Has not been cancelled
Performers include: Sarah Snook, Kingsley Ben-Adir, David Costabile, Sonya Cassidy, Charlie Heaton, Malin Akerman, Bill Skarsgård, Betsy Brandt, JJ Field, Darren Boyd, Dolly Wells, Karima McAdams, Laia Costa, Shamier Anderson, Georgina Campbell, Henry Goodman, Sofia Oxenham, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Sandra Teles, Letty Thomas, and Adam El Hagar.
TV show description:
An anthology drama series, the Soulmates TV show is set 15 years into the future and examines the nature of romantic love.
In the future, science has made a discovery that changes the lives of everyone on the planet – a test that unequivocally tells you who your soulmate is. Each of the episodes features a different cast...
- 10/6/2020
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
AMC has announced the cast for its anthology drama series about the intersection of love and science, from Emmy-winning writer Will Bridges and Brett Goldstein.
Succession actress Sarah Snook, Billions star David Costabile and Sonya Cassidy are among the cast for the untitled project, which is made by Banijay’s Fearless Minds and AMC Studios. It is currently shooting in Madrid, Spain.
The six-part series takes place 15 years from now, when science makes a discovery that changes the lives of everyone on the planet – giving people a way to find their soulmate. Each of the six episodes features a different cast and explores an entirely new story based on the discovery.
Snook plays Nikki in the first episode, a suburban mother who becomes tortured by the knowledge that her soulmate is not her husband of 15 years.
Succession actress Sarah Snook, Billions star David Costabile and Sonya Cassidy are among the cast for the untitled project, which is made by Banijay’s Fearless Minds and AMC Studios. It is currently shooting in Madrid, Spain.
The six-part series takes place 15 years from now, when science makes a discovery that changes the lives of everyone on the planet – giving people a way to find their soulmate. Each of the six episodes features a different cast and explores an entirely new story based on the discovery.
Snook plays Nikki in the first episode, a suburban mother who becomes tortured by the knowledge that her soulmate is not her husband of 15 years.
- 10/23/2019
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
“Succession” star Sarah Snook will topline the premiere episode of AMC’s untitled episodic anthology series from Brett Goldstein and “Black Mirror” writer Will Bridges.
The series is centered on the intersection of love and science. Per AMC, it takes place 15 years from now, when science makes a discovery that changes the lives of everyone on the planet — a way to find your soul mate. The series uses the sci-fi conceit to tell six provocative stories about the cost of finding true love, all different in tone and featuring a spectrum of people and relationships.
Each episode will feature an entirely new story and different cast, a first-time format for AMC.
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In the Rob Savage-directed premiere episode, Snook plays Nikki, a suburbanite mother tortured by the growing suspicion that her life’s...
The series is centered on the intersection of love and science. Per AMC, it takes place 15 years from now, when science makes a discovery that changes the lives of everyone on the planet — a way to find your soul mate. The series uses the sci-fi conceit to tell six provocative stories about the cost of finding true love, all different in tone and featuring a spectrum of people and relationships.
Each episode will feature an entirely new story and different cast, a first-time format for AMC.
Also Read: 'The Walking Dead' Renewed for Season 11, Lauren Cohan to Return as Series Regular
In the Rob Savage-directed premiere episode, Snook plays Nikki, a suburbanite mother tortured by the growing suspicion that her life’s...
- 10/23/2019
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
To celebrate the release of the eagerly-anticipated second season of Deep State, which begins this month on Fox, we were lucky enough to sit down with some of the cast of the show to see just where we might be heading for the sophomore season.
After the success of the first season, Deep State: Season 2 will delve deeper into the murky and political world of the deep state. Having failed in the Middle East, those powers are now turning their attention to sub-Saharan Africa and the scramble to plunder its natural resources. This is the first dirty war over clean energy. The series will also explore the origin stories of some of our favourite characters from season one alongside witnessing the fall of a hero and orchestrating the making of a terrorist in the eyes of the West.
Here, we chatted to newcomers Walton Goggins (Ant-Man & The Wasp) and Lily Banda...
After the success of the first season, Deep State: Season 2 will delve deeper into the murky and political world of the deep state. Having failed in the Middle East, those powers are now turning their attention to sub-Saharan Africa and the scramble to plunder its natural resources. This is the first dirty war over clean energy. The series will also explore the origin stories of some of our favourite characters from season one alongside witnessing the fall of a hero and orchestrating the making of a terrorist in the eyes of the West.
Here, we chatted to newcomers Walton Goggins (Ant-Man & The Wasp) and Lily Banda...
- 5/2/2019
- by Scott Davis
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Fox Networks has revealed the first look trailer along with synopsis details for the 2nd season of ‘Deep State’.
The new season will expand the deep state universe and introduces a range of new characters, led by Critics’ Choice Winner and Emmy-nominated actor, Walton Goggins.
It will delve deeper into the murky and political world of the deep state. Having failed in the Middle East, those powers are now turning their attention to sub-Saharan Africa and the scramble to plunder its natural resources. This is the first dirty war over clean energy. The series will also explore the origin stories of some of our favourite characters from season one alongside witnessing the fall of a hero and orchestrating the making of a terrorist in the eyes of the West.
As Season Two opens, Harry Clarke (Dempsie) and Leyla Toumi (McAdams) are still reeling from the fall out of Season One’s debacle in Tehran.
The new season will expand the deep state universe and introduces a range of new characters, led by Critics’ Choice Winner and Emmy-nominated actor, Walton Goggins.
It will delve deeper into the murky and political world of the deep state. Having failed in the Middle East, those powers are now turning their attention to sub-Saharan Africa and the scramble to plunder its natural resources. This is the first dirty war over clean energy. The series will also explore the origin stories of some of our favourite characters from season one alongside witnessing the fall of a hero and orchestrating the making of a terrorist in the eyes of the West.
As Season Two opens, Harry Clarke (Dempsie) and Leyla Toumi (McAdams) are still reeling from the fall out of Season One’s debacle in Tehran.
- 2/25/2019
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Deep State is back and this time it’s even more political. The drama, which was Fox Networks Group Europe & Africa’s first original drama, returns this spring with Justified and Vice Principals star Walton Goggins and you can see the first clip from the show above.
The series, which is produced by Endor Productions, will air on Epix in the U.S. on April 28 and will air on Fox in the UK and across 50 countries in Europe and Africa in early May.
The second season of the show, which was commissioned by Fng and acquired by Epix, will delve deeper into the murky and political world of the deep state.
Having failed in the Middle East, those powers are now turning their attention to sub-Saharan Africa and the scramble to plunder its natural resources. This is the first dirty war over clean energy. The series will also explore the...
The series, which is produced by Endor Productions, will air on Epix in the U.S. on April 28 and will air on Fox in the UK and across 50 countries in Europe and Africa in early May.
The second season of the show, which was commissioned by Fng and acquired by Epix, will delve deeper into the murky and political world of the deep state.
Having failed in the Middle East, those powers are now turning their attention to sub-Saharan Africa and the scramble to plunder its natural resources. This is the first dirty war over clean energy. The series will also explore the...
- 2/22/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Joseph Baxter Feb 25, 2019
Deep State, the Epix action/spy series, returns for Season 2, this time with Walton Goggins as its star.
Deep State made its U.S. debut back in June 2018 on cable channel Epix, showcasing a slick small screen spy thriller headlined by the ever-capable (Shazam! villain) Mark Strong, who played Max Eaton, an ex-spy who becomes thrust into a covert intelligence war. The series, an internationally distributed product of Fox Networks Group, received a quick Season 2 renewal, but the status of its domestic deal was left uncertain for months until Epix's renewal announcement arrived that August.
Not only would fears over the show's status prove unwarranted, but the renewal would come with the reveal of a brand-new star in Walton Goggins. Moreover, it appears that Season 2 will see the show live up to its titular term, “deep state,” which has become a potent concept in the increasingly partisan political arena,...
Deep State, the Epix action/spy series, returns for Season 2, this time with Walton Goggins as its star.
Deep State made its U.S. debut back in June 2018 on cable channel Epix, showcasing a slick small screen spy thriller headlined by the ever-capable (Shazam! villain) Mark Strong, who played Max Eaton, an ex-spy who becomes thrust into a covert intelligence war. The series, an internationally distributed product of Fox Networks Group, received a quick Season 2 renewal, but the status of its domestic deal was left uncertain for months until Epix's renewal announcement arrived that August.
Not only would fears over the show's status prove unwarranted, but the renewal would come with the reveal of a brand-new star in Walton Goggins. Moreover, it appears that Season 2 will see the show live up to its titular term, “deep state,” which has become a potent concept in the increasingly partisan political arena,...
- 8/29/2018
- Den of Geek
Is there a hit from the past decade more widely imitated than “Homeland”? Perhaps that’s because the spy serial’s action-packed appeal seems easily replicable, even without a character as indelible as Carrie Mathison. Building relatable characters is hard, but ratcheting up tension is easy. Right?
Epix’s new series “Deep State” creates tense situations that don’t quite hit home — because, artfully directed and grimace-inducingly violent as those situations may be, they’re happening to people from whom we feel a strange remove. On “Deep State,” Mark Strong’s Max Easton is called back into the field as an MI6 agent to course-correct a failing mission in the Middle East. In so doing, he’s called away from his bucolic family life in France — including a wife who knows less than she might and who takes it upon herself to learn what her husband’s been up to.
Epix’s new series “Deep State” creates tense situations that don’t quite hit home — because, artfully directed and grimace-inducingly violent as those situations may be, they’re happening to people from whom we feel a strange remove. On “Deep State,” Mark Strong’s Max Easton is called back into the field as an MI6 agent to course-correct a failing mission in the Middle East. In so doing, he’s called away from his bucolic family life in France — including a wife who knows less than she might and who takes it upon herself to learn what her husband’s been up to.
- 6/13/2018
- by Daniel D'Addario
- Variety Film + TV
Deep State, the Mark Strong-fronted spy thriller, has been renewed for a second season ahead of its debut bow. Fox Networks Group (Fng) Europe & Africa has ordered a second run of eight episodes as the show kicks off this evening, April 5 in 50 markets across the region.
Co-created, directed and written by Matthew Parkhill (Rogue) Deep State is described as a grounded, visceral thriller, moving between the deeply personal story of a family man fighting to escape his past and the violent, dark excesses of government and global corporate power. Game of Thrones‘ Joe Dempsie also stars.
It centers around Max Easton (Strong), an ex-spy whose past comes back to haunt him when he’s summoned away from his new life in the Pyrenees by George White (Alistair Petrie), head of covert MI6/CIA team “The Section.” White convinces Max to return to the field to avenge the death of...
Co-created, directed and written by Matthew Parkhill (Rogue) Deep State is described as a grounded, visceral thriller, moving between the deeply personal story of a family man fighting to escape his past and the violent, dark excesses of government and global corporate power. Game of Thrones‘ Joe Dempsie also stars.
It centers around Max Easton (Strong), an ex-spy whose past comes back to haunt him when he’s summoned away from his new life in the Pyrenees by George White (Alistair Petrie), head of covert MI6/CIA team “The Section.” White convinces Max to return to the field to avenge the death of...
- 4/5/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Epix has announced its upcoming Deep State TV show will premiere on Sunday, June 17, 2018 at 9:00pm Et/Pt. Back in January, Fox Networks Group was shopping the project, and Epix eventually sealed the deal. An espionage drama, Deep State stars Mark Strong, Joe Dempsie, Alistair Petrie, Karima McAdams, Anastasia Griffith, Lyne Renée, Amelia Bullmore, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Pip Torrens, and Fares Fares. The series centers on former spy Maxon Easton (Strong), whose past returns to haunt him. Learn more about the first season of Deep State from this Epix press release. Read More…...
- 3/17/2018
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Author: Zehra Phelan
Fox have released the first look trailer and a number of images for their edge of your seat espionage thriller series, Deep State, starring Mark Strong.
The show focuses on Max Easton (Mark Strong, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Zero Dark Thirty, Kingsman-The Golden Circle), an ex-spy whose past comes back to haunt him when he’s summoned away from his new life in the Pyrenees by George White (Alistair Petrie, The Night Manager, Rogue One), head of covert MI6/CIA team “The Section”. White convinces Max to return to the field to avenge the death of his estranged son Harry (Joe Dempsie, Game of Thrones, Skins).
The stakes are soon raised when Max finds himself at the heart of a covert intelligence war, immersed in a widespread conspiracy to profit from the spread of chaos in the Middle East. Max enters into a dangerous game as powerful...
Fox have released the first look trailer and a number of images for their edge of your seat espionage thriller series, Deep State, starring Mark Strong.
The show focuses on Max Easton (Mark Strong, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Zero Dark Thirty, Kingsman-The Golden Circle), an ex-spy whose past comes back to haunt him when he’s summoned away from his new life in the Pyrenees by George White (Alistair Petrie, The Night Manager, Rogue One), head of covert MI6/CIA team “The Section”. White convinces Max to return to the field to avenge the death of his estranged son Harry (Joe Dempsie, Game of Thrones, Skins).
The stakes are soon raised when Max finds himself at the heart of a covert intelligence war, immersed in a widespread conspiracy to profit from the spread of chaos in the Middle East. Max enters into a dangerous game as powerful...
- 1/10/2018
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Dave Vitagliano Dec 14, 2017
Lagertha forms an alliance with Ubbe, and Ivar holds the Saxons at bay in a thrilling episode of Vikings...
This review contains spoilers.
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5.4 The Plan
“I didn’t come here to make peace. I came here to make trouble.”
This is one of those instances that after a period of intense action, Vikings wisely steps away and takes a moment to breathe as each of the major players reevaluate their individual situations and make plans to strike out in new directions. While the overall intent of the story arcs remains the same, The Plan sets out to remind viewers that these are men and women of action, and once again manages to provide a reasonable amount of attention to each.
Lagertha forms an alliance with Ubbe, and Ivar holds the Saxons at bay in a thrilling episode of Vikings...
This review contains spoilers.
See related The League Of Gentlemen: celebrating a work of comedy genius The Den of Geek Christmas 2017 UK TV and radio guide Inside No. 9 series 2: Pemberton & Shearsmith's twisted genius
5.4 The Plan
“I didn’t come here to make peace. I came here to make trouble.”
This is one of those instances that after a period of intense action, Vikings wisely steps away and takes a moment to breathe as each of the major players reevaluate their individual situations and make plans to strike out in new directions. While the overall intent of the story arcs remains the same, The Plan sets out to remind viewers that these are men and women of action, and once again manages to provide a reasonable amount of attention to each.
- 12/14/2017
- Den of Geek
Louisa Mellor Jun 19, 2017
ITV’s political thriller Fearless, from the writer of Homeland, has much to recommend it, not least Helen McCrory in the lead…
This review contains spoilers.
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Fearless’ gripping first episode introduced us to Emma Banville, a human rights lawyer with a taste for neat vodka, liquorice roll-ups and overturning wrongful convictions. Played redoubtably by the redoubtable Helen McCrory, Banville’s a half-detective/half-lawyer cross bred in a lab especially for television. She’s dogged, principled and, as the title suggests, afraid of nothing. Her accessories include the voice of Sue Lawley, a statement red leather jacket and a statement Volvo the colour of microwaved tea (the statement being ‘I drive a fucking Volvo estate. Problem?’).
Episode one saw Banville take on the case of Kevin Russell, an ex school-caretaker who’s spent the last fourteen years inside for the murder of fifteen-year-old schoolgirl Linda Simms. Banville believes Russell didn’t do it, and is raking up all manner of trouble, and making all manner of enemies, in her attempt to prove it.
In the first hour, Banville did enough to have Russell’s conviction declared unsafe and him released from prison pending a retrial. In the second, she moved him into her home (where she also keeps lovable boyfriend Steve, played by John Bishop, the wife and son of a British-Syrian doctor wanted for suspected links to terrorism, and a fresh bottle of Stoli in the crisper drawer) before discovering that there’s much more to Kevin’s case than meets the eye.
That much was made clear to the audience the moment Michael Gambon showed up. Forty-six minutes in to episode one, and Fearless unveiled its delicious gooey centre. If you weren’t already sold on Banville driving around East Anglia in a beige estate car finding clues and showing scant regard for the 2003 Clean Indoor Air act (I was. It had me at Volvo), then Gambon’s appearance as Sir Alastair McKinnon, a man with links to Us intelligence and reason to want Russell’s conviction intact, should convince you that Fearless is no ordinary ITV crime drama. It’s an Atlantic-crossing political thriller complete with spooks, armed police ops, counter-terrorism surveillance, Michael Gambon, and a Volvo estate.
So far, we’ve seen Banville spend more time coppering than in court. She’s visited crime scenes and interviewed witnesses and spotted tell-tale clues everyone else has missed like your common or garden genius TV detective. As a lawyer building a case, she’s unusually hands-on, which is all the better for us the viewers.
Episode two concluded with a tense counter-terrorist extraction involving a patrol of armed officers storming Banville’s leafy London address. As Miriam Attar (Karima McAdams) was taken into custody for contacting a known Isis telephone number, she passed Banville an illicit Sim card. Not minutes after that, a new lead in the Russell case phoned up out of the blue. Linda’s murder, it seems, was tied with in a photographer taking ‘glamour’ shots of underage girls, and the Us air force stationed at the base at the time of her death.
That explains the arrival of shady Us agent Heather Myles (Deadwood’s Robin Weigert), who’s flown over to discredit Banville and generally get in her way. As the latter says in episode two, “there’s something going on here, there’s a police cover-up or a paedophile ring, or they’re protecting someone on the American base.” All of the above, possibly. I certainly don’t trust Jamie Bamber’s smiley MP with the Linda-lookalike wife as far as I could throw him.
Banville will get to the bottom of it, no doubt. That’s the overriding sense McCrory provides here. She feels as safe a pair of hands as Sofie Grabol in The Killing or Elisabeth Moss in Top Of The Lake, all three of them women with wonky personal lives but determined, and ultimately successful, professional ones.
Fearless has taken the trouble to create Banville a personal life, though so far it’s less compelling than her job. Her father is dying, and she and her boyfriend are trying to adopt. She went off the rails as a student protestor, and it’s hinted she may have given up a baby as a younger woman. All that’s just tangy dressing on the salad of really good stuff though – the political conspiracy, and her professional hostilities with two other powerful characters; counter-terrorism officer Olivia Greenwood (Wunmi Mosaku) and Heather Myles.
Greenwood and Myles also have hostilities of their own, keeping things nicely complicated (three women over the age of thirty driving a primetime thriller? Fearless, where have you been all my life?).
A hook of a central case, tantalising layers and complexities, international intrigue and codenames... put that all together with a performer as strong as McCrory and it adds up to thrilling TV.
Fearless continues next Monday the 26th of June at 9pm on ITV1.
ITV’s political thriller Fearless, from the writer of Homeland, has much to recommend it, not least Helen McCrory in the lead…
This review contains spoilers.
See related Broken episode 3 review Broken episode 2 review Broken episode 1 review
Fearless’ gripping first episode introduced us to Emma Banville, a human rights lawyer with a taste for neat vodka, liquorice roll-ups and overturning wrongful convictions. Played redoubtably by the redoubtable Helen McCrory, Banville’s a half-detective/half-lawyer cross bred in a lab especially for television. She’s dogged, principled and, as the title suggests, afraid of nothing. Her accessories include the voice of Sue Lawley, a statement red leather jacket and a statement Volvo the colour of microwaved tea (the statement being ‘I drive a fucking Volvo estate. Problem?’).
Episode one saw Banville take on the case of Kevin Russell, an ex school-caretaker who’s spent the last fourteen years inside for the murder of fifteen-year-old schoolgirl Linda Simms. Banville believes Russell didn’t do it, and is raking up all manner of trouble, and making all manner of enemies, in her attempt to prove it.
In the first hour, Banville did enough to have Russell’s conviction declared unsafe and him released from prison pending a retrial. In the second, she moved him into her home (where she also keeps lovable boyfriend Steve, played by John Bishop, the wife and son of a British-Syrian doctor wanted for suspected links to terrorism, and a fresh bottle of Stoli in the crisper drawer) before discovering that there’s much more to Kevin’s case than meets the eye.
That much was made clear to the audience the moment Michael Gambon showed up. Forty-six minutes in to episode one, and Fearless unveiled its delicious gooey centre. If you weren’t already sold on Banville driving around East Anglia in a beige estate car finding clues and showing scant regard for the 2003 Clean Indoor Air act (I was. It had me at Volvo), then Gambon’s appearance as Sir Alastair McKinnon, a man with links to Us intelligence and reason to want Russell’s conviction intact, should convince you that Fearless is no ordinary ITV crime drama. It’s an Atlantic-crossing political thriller complete with spooks, armed police ops, counter-terrorism surveillance, Michael Gambon, and a Volvo estate.
So far, we’ve seen Banville spend more time coppering than in court. She’s visited crime scenes and interviewed witnesses and spotted tell-tale clues everyone else has missed like your common or garden genius TV detective. As a lawyer building a case, she’s unusually hands-on, which is all the better for us the viewers.
Episode two concluded with a tense counter-terrorist extraction involving a patrol of armed officers storming Banville’s leafy London address. As Miriam Attar (Karima McAdams) was taken into custody for contacting a known Isis telephone number, she passed Banville an illicit Sim card. Not minutes after that, a new lead in the Russell case phoned up out of the blue. Linda’s murder, it seems, was tied with in a photographer taking ‘glamour’ shots of underage girls, and the Us air force stationed at the base at the time of her death.
That explains the arrival of shady Us agent Heather Myles (Deadwood’s Robin Weigert), who’s flown over to discredit Banville and generally get in her way. As the latter says in episode two, “there’s something going on here, there’s a police cover-up or a paedophile ring, or they’re protecting someone on the American base.” All of the above, possibly. I certainly don’t trust Jamie Bamber’s smiley MP with the Linda-lookalike wife as far as I could throw him.
Banville will get to the bottom of it, no doubt. That’s the overriding sense McCrory provides here. She feels as safe a pair of hands as Sofie Grabol in The Killing or Elisabeth Moss in Top Of The Lake, all three of them women with wonky personal lives but determined, and ultimately successful, professional ones.
Fearless has taken the trouble to create Banville a personal life, though so far it’s less compelling than her job. Her father is dying, and she and her boyfriend are trying to adopt. She went off the rails as a student protestor, and it’s hinted she may have given up a baby as a younger woman. All that’s just tangy dressing on the salad of really good stuff though – the political conspiracy, and her professional hostilities with two other powerful characters; counter-terrorism officer Olivia Greenwood (Wunmi Mosaku) and Heather Myles.
Greenwood and Myles also have hostilities of their own, keeping things nicely complicated (three women over the age of thirty driving a primetime thriller? Fearless, where have you been all my life?).
A hook of a central case, tantalising layers and complexities, international intrigue and codenames... put that all together with a performer as strong as McCrory and it adds up to thrilling TV.
Fearless continues next Monday the 26th of June at 9pm on ITV1.
- 6/19/2017
- Den of Geek
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