“Drowning” plays like a Lifetime movie on steroids – and is not meant to be derivative.
This four-part British thriller, which set a viewership record on Channel 5 in the UK, arrives on Thursday (6 May) – and will premiere simultaneously on sister networks Sundance Now and Acorn TV … so believe it Will attract the eyeball.
There is no reason why this should not happen; The action is fast and the story is about a mother who convinces a teenage boy that her child is a dead child, so shaded that you are never sure who is telling the truth here – or Which has got the opposite purpose.
Jill Haspany stars as Jodi Walsh, who is still mourning the loss of her 4-year-old son, Tom. He drowned in a lake nine years ago while out of the family (no one was watching him) and Jody never gave up hope that he was still alive. Eventually, the lake was drained and his body was never recovered, and Tom was seen just before it disappeared. Jodi kept his room exactly the day he went missing.
Sitting in traffic, Jodi spies a group of school-going children, including a curly-haired boy who holds a guitar case. She follows them (secretly) and is convinced that she has found Tom; The child, named Daniel Tanner, shares the same distinctive facial mark as Tom and is musical just like his parents. Jodie’s ex-husband, Ben (Dara Deveney), is not convinced; She has moved forward with her life and with her marriage. The pair’s best friends, Kate (Diedre Mullins), with whom they have a daughter. this is complex.
It is set in a quick revealing series of events. Jodi befriends both Daniel and his father, Mark (Rupert Penry-Jones), who is forever on the sidelines, never letting Daniel out of his sight and refusing to talk about his late wife. He does, even Daniel – who starts angrily questioning his father.
The action here is pretty much non-stop as Jodie, along with her obsession with Daniel, is replaced by sympathy and hunter-y as she is hell-bent on proving that Daniel is, in fact, Tom. But is that it? This is the central question at the core of “Drowning” and you’re never sure, as it does a great job of raising doubts about both Jodie and Mark, who live all the way through the series finale. There are several subplots along the way, including Jody’s relationship with his family and secrets, and his co-workers Yasmin and Eddie (Jade Enoka, Babes Olumanmokun), but they are not thankful and connect to the story’s central arc.
“Drowning”, which was filmed in Dublin (sub-way for England) and peaked at an average of 6 million viewers on Channel 5, when it premiered in February as one of the most-watched dramas in the network’s history. The form happened and its four episodes flew by quickly. A dull moment.
Check it out once.
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