Garth Davis

A 6-episode crime drama series set in New Zealand. Robin returns home as a naive police detective to the small mountain town where she grew up and learns that the early darkness is not just from the sun setting behind the mountains. The series opens with a 12-year-old girl contemplating death. Robin uncovers the secret, but the cost is psychologically high. There is plenty of strangeness along the way. Overall, I was pleased. Though there are scenes that seem unnecessary and the plot slowed down in the early going. Beautiful scenery and photography. This plot is a whole genre and kinda felt unoriginal in places. The ending satisfied.… (more)