The Fall series 1, a UK BBC crime drama TV series on DVD, starring Gillian Anderson as a Metropolitan Police detective drafted to Belfast to help on a puzzling murder case. Though her superiors aren't convinced, Stella Gibson (Anderson)'s investigations lead her to believe that a serial killer is at work.
When the hunter becomes the hunted…
In her first lead role in an investigative series since The X Files, Anderson
brings the same intelligence and depth of character to her portrayal of Stella
Gibson, a successful, highly driven homicide detective. Jamie Dornan (Once Upon
A Time, Sofia Coppola’s
Marie Antoinette) stars as Paul Spector, the ruthless serial predator
she seeks.
While chillingly hiding behind the façade of loving husband and father,
Spector – who is revealed from the outset – is preying on women in and
around Belfast. While the police are stalled in their investigation of these as
yet unconnected murders, Gibson is drafted in to conduct a 28-day review on
secondment from London’s Metropolitan Police.
Almost immediately, Gibson determines these heinous crimes are all linked to the
same person.
An outsider, she immediately feels a certain level of hostility from the
local detectives – but Gibson understands the psychology of serial
killers – and how to find them. Under
her lead, the team, including Archie Panjabi (The Good Wife) as pathologist
Reed
Smith, explores the case from every angle, uncovering an intricate web of lives
entangled by the murders – including members of both the killers’ and the
victims’ families.
Revealing how a modern, top level murder investigation team works when it comes up against every policeman’s worst nightmare, this rich and complex thriller is less of a “whodunit” and more of a cat-and-mouse game. Gaining in intensity as the drama unfolds, this is a hunt that will challenge the investigative skills of Gibson and her team to the limit as they race to catch Spector – before he succeeds in killing his next victim.