We’ve stuck with The Fall (Thursdays, 9pm, BBC Two) through three long series with very little being revealed. We know that Paul Spector (Jamie Dornan) is a serial killer and that DSI Stella Gibson (Gillian Anderson) is the only one who can catch him. This scenario obviously doesn’t work as a whodunit – we see Spector do it several times – so all that matters is why he did it, yet The Fall refuses to say. And even when Gibson finally gets her man and has a chance to ask, an unforeseen tragedy lands him in hospital with amnesia. Or is he faking it? Who knows? Who cares? Just lock him up anyway.
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Television: The world’s most boring serial killer
we’ve stuck with the fall (thursdays, 9pm, bbc two) through three long series with very little being revealed. we know that paul spector (ja...
Tim Stanley
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