Marcella: Season 1

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ITV1 | ITV | Netflix | Season Premiere Date: July 1, 2016

Summary: Originally aired on ITV, the first English-language series from The Bridge creator Hans Rosenfeldt finds former Detective Sergeant Marcella Backland (Anna Friel) still reeling from her husband leaving her when one of her unsolved murder cases is reopened and she is drawn back into active duty.

Genre(s): Drama, Action & Adventure, Suspense

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E8. Episode 8
Air Date: May 17, 2016
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S1:E7. Episode 7
Air Date: May 16, 2016
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S1:E6. Episode 6
Air Date: May 9, 2016

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Molly Eichel

Jun 29, 2016

There’s an artfulness to Rosenfeldt’s killers, and that’s what makes his stories compelling, even if they’re ridiculously improbable. Seeing how Rosenfeldt can keep everything moving cohesively is almost as much fun as the story itself. Read full review

Dalene Ravenstine

Jun 27, 2016

Friel's winning performance keeps each scene feeling fresh. [1 Jul 2016]

Ken Tucker

Jul 6, 2016

Marcella starts off well, but pretty soon its pace is impeded by a number of subplots and the abrupt introductions of characters whose role in the overall plot is either unclear or irrelevant. The series has a familiar enough cop-show structure, so if you like Friel’s performance, you’ll be carried pretty far along into the season. Read full review

Mike Hale

Jun 30, 2016

Marcella is portrayed as both an excellent detective and a basket case in a way that doesn’t add up (despite the past traumas that are introduced as explanations), and her blackouts feel like plot devices, there just to keep things mysterious. After the season finale, you may find yourself just as much in the dark as Marcella. Read full review

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TheGreyWolf

Jul 24, 2016

I am murder mystery aficianado. Marcella is excellent. It so knowingly takes the 'rules' of the genre and amps them, multiplies them, in a way that intrigues and amps the fun, The acting, especially by Friel, is good, as is directing. Camera and shot setup are good, but not special.I am murder mystery aficianado. Marcella is excellent. It so knowingly takes the 'rules' of the genre and amps them, multiplies them, in a way that intrigues and amps the fun, The acting, especially by Friel, is good, as is directing. Camera and shot setup are good, but not special. Excellent costuming and makeup. It really shows how a world full of compromised characters makes life difficult for everyone else, including themselves, and makes an intersecting complicated plot. There are no pure good guys, even some of the children. You get from fallible to really evil or sick. Lead character's self-doubt is not totally new, but rarely done or done this well. Not surprisingly comes from creator of the Bridge. Yet true to our real world. Addictive viewing that may lead to some frustrations.… Expand