Gillian Anderson will always be Special Agent Dana Scully for 'thetvreviewguy'. Such was the impact of the 'X Files', that it was hard for Anderson, a talented and impressive actress, to break out of the career-defining role. But break-out she did and eagle-eyed spotters will have seen her in classy ventures like 'The Last King of Scotland' and she's currently starring in the new TV production 'Hannibal'. Which brings us to 'The Fall', (BBC2/RTE1) which stars Anderson as a Senior Met Police Officer brought in to Belfast to review a murder case where she rapidly realise she's hunting a serial killer. Despite an excellent cast (Jamie Dornan extremely menacing as the murderer [its ok, we know he is, 'Colombo-like'] and John Lynch as conscientious Officer), we never escape from the predictability of the 'murder most horrid' school of detective TV which is now the mainstream. The subtleties, plotting, characterisation and cerebrum stroking of shows like 'Lewis' or 'Endeavour' are becoming less and less the norm. There's undoubtedly a viewership for this but 'thetvreviewguy' won't be tuning in for a second episode of stalking, slashing, strangulation and dark, dark lighting. Actors, writers and
directors stand by their work, but in this case, through no fault of the actors, sadly, they 'fall'.
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