Season 2 rebounds and embraces its kitschy self and is all the better for it. Burnett finally gets her chance to shine (and speak — first season she was mum).
This six-episode series, while being essentially indistinguishable from so many others of its ilk, goes above its own pay grade when Jamie (Duchovny) starts smelling a rat likely living in his posh London digs now. That’s when the series kicks into high gear and the hunt turns deadly, if predictable.
This is a cerebral thriller of the highest order, and that’s reflected in the writing, acting — Danes, Rhys and Snow are all deserving of accolades — and the direction.
Director Jessica Palud loosens up the buttons on this whole affair and never lets things lag in creator Jean-Baptiste Delafon’s bad people behaving badly period piece with a take-command performance from Vartolomei.
“Death By Lightning” rousingly entertains and enlightens in equal measures while giving a talented cast some colorful real-life figures to portray while handing them extra-tart dialogue to chew on. It’s one of Netflix’s better series this year.
These rich folk are hiding scandalous secrets – some that don’t make much sense upon closer inspection. That illogic is part of the guilty fun of “All Her Fault,” which provides a decent enough diversion along the lines of Netflix’s equally star-studded bit of domestic thriller ridiculousness “The Perfect Couple.”
It’s ghoulish fun to see it all play out, but “Welcome to Derry’s” ambition sometimes outstrips its execution. The special effects can look corny and the story overloads us with too many characters. But each are given King-sized personalities.
