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- 2024
- TV-MA
- Netflix
- 2024
- TV-MA
- Netflix
Summary American podcaster Gilbert (Will Forte), researcher Emmy (Robyn Cara) and investigative journalist Dove (Siobhán Cullen) look into three disappearances that occurred 21 years ago in the Irish town of Bodkin in the dark comedy thriller created by Jez Scharf.
Created By: Jez Scharf
- 2024
- TV-MA
- Netflix
- 2024
- TV-MA
- Netflix
Bodkin
Season 1 Premiere: May 9, 2024
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Summary American podcaster Gilbert (Will Forte), researcher Emmy (Robyn Cara) and investigative journalist Dove (Siobhán Cullen) look into three disappearances that occurred 21 years ago in the Irish town of Bodkin in the dark comedy thriller created by Jez Scharf.
Created By: Jez Scharf
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
58
33% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
60% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
7% Negative
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It expertly crafts a riveting mystery but also fleshes out its central – and supporting – characters. A series like this hinges on the chemistry of the show’s cast, and thankfully, each and every player gives it their all.
The series is a genuine two-hander; when Siobhan and Gilbert investigate together, Forte and Cullen’s chemistry and their mutual commitment to fleshing out their characters’ neuroses helps the show jump off the screen in ways its subdued style otherwise wouldn’t allow.
Bodkin is relatively light and pleasant to watch, but we’re not sure if the show is going to get much deeper or more interesting than what we saw in the first episode.
It gains in pace, charm (and in dead bodies) and that first hour turns out to be an investment worth making.
The series is a tricky balance of tones and ideas that works at some times, but not at others. And its own interest in the mystery of what happened that night of the Samhain festival comes and goes. But many of the performers do interesting and appealing work.
It’s not effective true crime, nor is it an effective censure of true crime. It’s somewhere in between, and that doesn’t really serve anyone. The true-crime genre certainly has its pitfalls, but it deserves sharper analysis than this.
Plot points, including a mysterious death partway through, are lazily explained away. Heinous acts don’t match up with the characters who supposedly committed them. Identities are discovered and then go unexplored. With shoddy plotting and chaotic pacing, Bodkin falls far short of the thought-provoking satire that it aims for.
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Production Company:
- Higher Ground Productions
- Wild Atlantic Pictures
- wiip studios
Initial Release Date: May 9, 2024
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-MA