Devil's Hour starts as your usual English mystery crime show with some added spooky & stylish effects. But it soon becomes clear that some supernatural elements seem involved.
For one I really enjoyed the fast pace, almost too fast as the timeline sometimes jumps between episodes and chooses to skip beats so it can concentrate on the key elements.
The tight cast and scenes repeats help to focus on the core elements so we follow through and the story ends up more intriguing than confusing.
There are a few plot holes as always, like why the cops didn't interrogate that mom and child about this mysterious Lucy Chambers, why after they find her is she's always allowed on crime scenes. Once we understand the Gideon twist, I do question why everything always happened in such a tight time frame like within minutes, that doesn't make sense if we try to follow that logic. And the other cop's fate is not explained at all unless I missed it.
But those are details in a generally very well balanced and build up program. This year had its fair share of "elevated" UK dramas that starts well but usually end up going off the rail with ridiculous and contrived ending, Yes I'm talking to you "The Tourist" and "Sherwood"... For the sake of plot twists and surprise, most writers seem to invent dumb resolutions that usually destroy any realistic conclusion.
So Devil's Hour is definitely a big step up and hopefully should become a reference on how you actually nail the ending by respecting the viewer and carefully building the intrigue.
For one I really enjoyed the fast pace, almost too fast as the timeline sometimes jumps between episodes and chooses to skip beats so it can concentrate on the key elements.
The tight cast and scenes repeats help to focus on the core elements so we follow through and the story ends up more intriguing than confusing.
There are a few plot holes as always, like why the cops didn't interrogate that mom and child about this mysterious Lucy Chambers, why after they find her is she's always allowed on crime scenes. Once we understand the Gideon twist, I do question why everything always happened in such a tight time frame like within minutes, that doesn't make sense if we try to follow that logic. And the other cop's fate is not explained at all unless I missed it.
But those are details in a generally very well balanced and build up program. This year had its fair share of "elevated" UK dramas that starts well but usually end up going off the rail with ridiculous and contrived ending, Yes I'm talking to you "The Tourist" and "Sherwood"... For the sake of plot twists and surprise, most writers seem to invent dumb resolutions that usually destroy any realistic conclusion.
So Devil's Hour is definitely a big step up and hopefully should become a reference on how you actually nail the ending by respecting the viewer and carefully building the intrigue.