by Cookie N Screen
I’m currently curled up under my sheet, with mascara streaming down my face and blonde curtains dancing around my eyes as I wail into my camera phone; “leave Ellie alone.” It’s been a while since a television show has given one of the most impressive characters that you just want to take down the pub, buy a few glasses of wine and give her a massive hug. Though this is Broadchurch and your favourite character (or unassuming) could come out of the woodwork and say “oh, I’ve slaughtered an entire orphanage,” it seems that Ellie Miller is our main favourite. And the only one who gets all of the crap.
I’m currently curled up under my sheet, with mascara streaming down my face and blonde curtains dancing around my eyes as I wail into my camera phone; “leave Ellie alone.” It’s been a while since a television show has given one of the most impressive characters that you just want to take down the pub, buy a few glasses of wine and give her a massive hug. Though this is Broadchurch and your favourite character (or unassuming) could come out of the woodwork and say “oh, I’ve slaughtered an entire orphanage,” it seems that Ellie Miller is our main favourite. And the only one who gets all of the crap.
Broadchurch follows exactly after the previous episode, with Beth going into labour in the middle of the streets. Still trying to shun Ellie’s help, as a baby is born, the trial is about to twist into new territories as secrets and lies are all laid bare. As the Sandybrooke case comes to a boil as well, Claire and Ellie bond over their journey’s being in the centre of a crime. But is there something else going on? Is someone hiding more than they seem.
After the calamities that occurred last week, Broadchurch is tonal back to it’s evocative and complex drama. Rather than shoving in as much dramatic events, people screaming in the middle of the streets whilst waters break, the complexities of both cases and indeed the characters have been reinvigorated here. It’s less soap and more detective work as Sandybrooke and Broadchurch collide once again. With the writing harking back to this intriguing mirror between Ellie and Claire’s storyline's, one a little more suspect that the other, the television show feels as though it is regain is dominance in dramas.
After the calamities that occurred last week, Broadchurch is tonal back to it’s evocative and complex drama. Rather than shoving in as much dramatic events, people screaming in the middle of the streets whilst waters break, the complexities of both cases and indeed the characters have been reinvigorated here. It’s less soap and more detective work as Sandybrooke and Broadchurch collide once again. With the writing harking back to this intriguing mirror between Ellie and Claire’s storyline's, one a little more suspect that the other, the television show feels as though it is regain is dominance in dramas.
Bringing it back to Ellie though, Olivia Coleman has seen a rise to fame since her supporting stint in Peep Show and has gloriously grasped some excellent emotional weight for Broadchurch – rightly winning her a BAFTA last year. Her triumphant role as Ellie, though hard for audiences to watch as she is belittled and broken down, is superbly realised in this episode. Struggling to cope with the entire town turning their backs on her. Roaring and broken, weaving tenderness and anger all at once, Ellie’s character is sensitively written and portrayed – owing to one cold and bleak sex scene too.
Broadchurch is still in the grips of Danny’s murder, with brutal barristers and cruel analysis of the events. Whilst it may seem a little too over the top at times, the show has grasped back at the plot points instead of spiralling them into Eastenders craziness. Back to form, Broadchurch is still as compelling as ever.
Broadchurch is still in the grips of Danny’s murder, with brutal barristers and cruel analysis of the events. Whilst it may seem a little too over the top at times, the show has grasped back at the plot points instead of spiralling them into Eastenders craziness. Back to form, Broadchurch is still as compelling as ever.
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