From an original story by Stephen King, the pilot grabs you and holds you after the first 3 minutes, which starts pleasantly with an interaction between 2 pleasant people waiting in line for a jobs fair to open and then suddenly shocks you with a senseless act of mass murder. Jump 4 years and then the main story begins. Starring Brendan Gleeson as the original detective on the case, now retired, the pilot centres on his gruff character, his life and what follows. Everything about it is good: the plot, the acting, the directing. Personally I can't wait for the 2nd episode and wish it had been on Netflix or Amazon so that I could binge watch it. I stumbled across this by chance and I'm very glad a did.
Review of Mr. Mercedes
