“We are all assassins, you just have to meet the right person.
On death row in a prison in Arizona, USA, Jefferson Grieff cynically expresses his philosophy of life
.
On two counts, the character played by Stanley Tucci in
Inside Man
knows what he is talking about.
This expert professor in criminology is sentenced to capital punishment for having killed and dismembered his wife.
Just that.
Awaiting his execution, this very pragmatic man uses his expertise and his incredible, even improbable sense of deduction to help solve cases.
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Incredible domino effect
On the other side of the Atlantic, Harry Watling, a vicar without history, respected by his community, will meet
"the right person"
and make a series of bad decisions.
From a simple service rendered to one of his parishioners, an incredible domino effect will lead the clergyman played by David Tennant to sequester Janice Fife (Dolly Wells), his son's private mathematics teacher, in his cellar.
Should he release her at the risk of being reported to the police or kill her?
During the lying poker game between the vicar and his victim, journalist Beth Davenport (Lydia West) worries about the disappearance of the latter and calls on Jefferson Grieff with whom she hoped to obtain an interview.
Between the suffocating heat of Arizona and the coolness of Britain, Steven Moffat manages to make us tolerate scriptwriting implausibilities thanks to charismatic characters, a captivating plot and subtly distilled black humor.
We would almost forget that 8,500 kilometers separate the character of Stanley Tucci, impeccable in the guise of this death row inmate with millimeter replicas, and that of David Tennant, a sort of Mister Bean of crime.
And if
Inside Man
brings a real end to the end of its four episodes, the series opens the door to a sequel with, on the one hand, an enticing cliffhanger inserted in the final credits and, on the other hand, many questions. about Jefferson Grief's past.
"I wouldn't want to go into a sequel and find out that the story was really over"
Steven Moffat
"The story ends in four episodes, the ending was designed with that in mind
," Steven Moffat told RadioTimes.com.
“As to whether we could consider a sequel, I don't know at the moment.
According
to him, the future of
Inside Man
will depend on the success of the series on BBC One and on Netflix.
On the streaming platform, the thriller has been one of the most watched content in France since it went online on October 31.
In the United Kingdom, the broadcast at the end of September in a burst of two episodes per week (one on Monday and the other on Tuesday) left viewers with mixed feelings.
"I had never seen such a terrifying and captivating drama.
Unwatchable but undeniable.
What the hell is going to happen?
“
, commented one of them.
Steven Moffat says he doesn't want to do a sequel for the wrong reasons.
“
Television is littered with shows that were supposed to have only one season
and claimed they could go on.
I wouldn't want to jump in and realize that the story was really over,”
he said.