Broadchurch, S1 Ep8

Broadchurch, S1 Ep8

Hi everybody, Mary here.

So, here it is, the very last post for the first series of Broadchurch, which closes this first week in #TwoWeeksOfBroadchurch with a #DoubleSunday ! So here it comes !

Episode 8

"Is it someone we know ?

- It's Joe Miller."

     And here it is, folks, the murderer ! He's defenitely not the person we were expecting, someone close to Danny (as the man who sees ghosts said), and Ellie's husband. We can see that this discovey is devastating for everybody, not only for Ellie herself who threw a tantrum in the cell where he was maintained, but for the Latimers who now hate the Millers, not only Joe who killed their son but also Ellie who's suspected to be an accomplice, or at the very least they made her feel guilty for "not seeing anything", to a point where she doesn't believe in herself anymore because she thinks she failed as a cop to see the murder who slept with her and spent time not only with her and their two sons, but also with the Latimers, the family that got their son killed. And now, we can wonder how the Millers will survive with, maybe, a backlash from the population and the media, but also with themselves, without Joe, who will maybe be sentenced for the rest of his life...

"What's that ? How did everyone know ? Was this you ?

- I passed the word."

     We can also see in this episode that since Danny's murderer was arrested, the Latimers can have a proper funeral, and there was also a commemoration (that was the part where I cried like a little baby, because Beth "saw" her son in the distance, and when she realised that people cared about her, it was so emotional, just thinking about it makes me want to cry even more), and the light that carries on, even after Danny's death, shows that it's really important to show proper condoleances to grieving people, and maybe, the depression part that we've seen in the previous episode is about to end, that maybe, the last stage of grieving, the acceptance, is now beginning, as Beth "lets her son go", after more than two months of grieving. She obviously will never forget Danny, but maybe, she will try, like the rest of the family, to accept the facts and go on with her life.

"DS Miller ? I'm so sorry for what you're going through. Don't talk to anyone."

     Last but not least, now the journalists have to go in order for Broadchurch to go back to a normal life, even all this exposure will always leave marks in everybody, a sort of tension that will never fully go away, and the fact that many secrets were revealed recently show that maybe, there are things that are hidden from everybody else (and maybe more secrets), and that the relationships between people are changed forever. The fact that Ellie Miller will probably won't be able to see the Latimers ever again without being treated as "the murderer's wife, thus accomplice or oblivious to the situation, then worst cop ever", that Alec Hardy finally told the truth about Sandbrooke, and maybe justice will be given to him, but his health problems will maybe come back, that the Latimers will also probably be remembered as "that family that lost Danny and shook an entire city just for that ", and many more. Will the situation ever go back to normal in Broadchurch ? Possibly not...

Overall impression : EXCELLENT ending of series, very moving, REALLY shows the aspects of a TRUE investigation and the consequences on people (that we NEVER see in other cops show, that I don't watch that much). Overall, EXCELLENT series, would recommend 10000000000%.

Okay, that's it for today ! And with a #DoubleSunday we end this first week of Broadchurch. Tomorrow will be the beginning of the second week of #TwoWeeksOfBroadchurch. I hope to see you there quite soon !

And as usual, our last word : KIDNEYS !