Anna Friel is back in her role as DS Marcella Backland. Marcella is an experienced London Detective who suffers from severe blackouts that an become violent. Season 2 is somewhat close to home for Marcella. A body of a young boy is found inside a wall. A problem about this case is that Marcella’s son was seen walking home with the little boy years before. Soon after the first corpse is found more bodies begin to turn up. Marcella becomes very involved with this case and begins the tedious work of finding a serial killer. As the case is being investigated Marcella’s mental health begin to deteriorate.
'Marcella' is a wonderful series and allows the viewer to see police work with a human touch. Most of the time cop shows don’t allow the viewer that human touch. Most of the time you watch the cops solve the crimes and you might get a glimpse of their personal lives. Marcella does everything she can to get the crook but this time she may be out of her comfort zone. The fact that she knew the young boy and her deteriorating health just may be too much.
Jamie Barber, Peter Sullivan, Ray Panthaki,
Jason Hughes and Victoria Smurfit also star in this wonderful series.
Acorn brings this wonderful series to DVD on June 25th, 2019. The quality of the DVD is excellent and the sights and sounds are perfect. This Season 2 will make you want to spend an afternoon or evening watching some of the best of British TV.
'Marcella' does a wonderful job of being a British mystery at its best. Anna Friel does a beautiful job as a London detective and does a wonderful job of showing the human side of police work. So don’t waste any time and pick this one up and add it to that personal library. It will add to that personal library a different type of British mystery.
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