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Marcella Backland, in her 30s, reboots her career in the Murder Squad of the Metropolitan Police after a 7 year maternity break, investigating a case that seems disturbingly familiar to her.
1969, London, England, UK
1974, Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, UK
14 April 1939, Northern Ireland, UK
6 September 1958, Flint, Wales, UK
3 February 1983, Dublin, Ireland
1969, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England, UK
20 January 1979, London, England, UK
5 August 1980, Ireland
1967, Westminster, London, England, UK
June 29, 2016
It's a performance that teeters permanently on the brink of ridiculousness, but one that never quite topples over. I'm looking forward to seeing more of it over the next eight weeks.June 29, 2016
If it sometimes stumbled into cliché, there was ample compensation elsewhere.August 01, 2016
British detective show is violent, complex.September 06, 2016
When the protagonist is female, as she is in Netflix's binge-worthy crime noir Marcella, the drama at home can be nearly as intense as the murder mystery.July 07, 2016
For lovers of British crime drama, it's a very pleasant puzzle.June 29, 2016
Seeing how Rosenfeldt can keep everything moving cohesively is almost as much fun as the story itself.June 29, 2016
Best of all is Mar-chella. We think we should empathise with the vulnerable, abandoned wife, and her slight frame and tearful, saucer eyes implore us to, but don't be too taken in.August 05, 2016
Complex, ultradark, and filled with more red herrings than an Agatha Christie novel, Marcella is a unique, powerful crime drama.July 05, 2016
Marcella is portrayed as both an excellent detective and a basket case in a way that doesn't add up (despite the past traumas that are introduced as explanations), and her blackouts feel like plot devices, there just to keep things mysterious.