I’d say that The Fall is a deeply moral crime thriller, but that description is too boring for a drama that’s electric with suspense and erotic tension and pulpy cliff-hangers. Anderson’s performance is riveting. Last season, her icy confidence made some fans (including this one) want to be Gibson, but this season, she shows a real vulnerability without sacrificing any strength.
As for Dornan, there’s a reason his character is named Paul Spector: He’s quite the specter himself, an oft-shirtless heartthrob who might be TV’s sexiest psychopath if he weren’t also a good reminder that serial killers are known for charming women to death. Without revealing too much, season 2 picks up just days after the season 1 finale and finds Spector starting to get bold, paying visits to women he’s tormented in the past and leaving easily traceable clues for Gibson—who’s already close to catching him—while messing with her head on a very personal level. He’ll mess with your head, too. In one scene, Gibson finds a video of him torturing a woman. ”Why are you watching this?” he asks, straight into the camera. ”Are you sick?” He’s talking to Gibson, but he’s also talking to the rest of us. Like Spector, we know we shouldn’t be taking pleasure from other people’s pain. But it’s impossible to stop.
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