I'm so pleased I have someone to talk to this about now .... 4 eps. in and I'm still no clearer ... it's good tho'

Sorry gentleman, but as astonishing as it may seem , i didn't watch . Why ? Because i'm very defiant towards french tv show do i didn't even give a try but i've heard a lot of good critics about this one. There's also another french stuff wich seems to be something interesting, "maison close" (it takes place in a brothel during the 19th century) , produced by the same channel.

That little Victor is A CREEPY KID.

Episode 3:

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OMG the cats! Gross!!! 

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That's a bloody good point Cary.... Have you caught up to me yet? Just watched Ep. 4. What the hell is going on?

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 We're watched through episode 6. I can't stop watching it! I said to the OLS... we have to take a break from it. 

I don't want to get to the end yet! 

I got Macha downloading it. And now that it looks like Asha is going to try to watch it too.

mamma mía... watched ep 1 just 5 minutes ago. CREEPY as fuck. Felt scared, awkward and horrible and somehow I liked it, can´t grasp it tho... but something happened at the end or maybe when Victor showed up, that I didn´t like. Weird but I don´t want to hear an explanation and seemed like they were about to give one.  I hope not.

Idk, the idea is really creepy, uncomfortable... someone would say that that´s all the people who lost someone would want but somehow makes you feel it´s just wrong. Imma keep watching few more episodes.  I fear for a religious thing.

And there´s Portishead music (no Beth singing tho)... I think I heard Mysterons and that´s always really good.

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And the reservoir, wtf?  Will the receding water reveal something?

 

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 I can say beyond a shadow of a doubt that 

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your reservoir questions will not be answered by episode 6. 

 

-- Edited by Cary Storm on Saturday 6th of July 2013 12:30:23 PM

Andi , they never explain ... it just gets more confusing But I love it! I love the music too ...

I like the music. And yes, Yvy, every episode is stranger than the last. Okay, I'm only three in, but still... And yeah, the show went from creepy to freaky in episode 3.

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Cary, I love your observation about the cameras!  Too funny! And apparently the cameras can see close up onto everyone's property, and damn near into their windows.  Convenient how that works. 

So what's with Victor?  His murder of the neighbor was predictable, but his connection with the mad stabber is plain freaky. And obviously, Victor isn't like the others.  His presence at Camille's accident scene makes me wonder whether he's responsible for the deaths of the others.  He has that innocent, yet evil vibe going on.

I'm trying to think about a commonality between the people the returned are coming home to.  Julie and Lena both have scars that they're skittish about, but they're apparently unrelated.  Both Julie and Lena wished harm on a woman, and both women have been killed.  Adele was seeing Simon before this, which makes me wonder how much her desperation for his return has to do with this.  I don't know whether the little "shrine" that Camille's mom had relate to anything.  I just don't see any tangible connections at this point.  I'm sure that's by design. 

I'm curious where the old man's wife comes into this.  Did she have children who are characters?  I would think we would've found out at the funeral.  And did she die in the fire and re-resurrect, or did she escape?  Does it matter? 

And the reservoir, wtf?  Will the receding water reveal something?

 

Too many questions, but they're fun ones.  So yeah, I'll keep watching.  It's a good diversion.

Thanks so much, Cary. So helpful! Any other observations you'd care to share, or will you wait till we've caught up to you?

yeah, I wonder about the water too, so many fronts in this thing. Lol and some of that strange french humor, when Julie asked Victor before he "send" the Catwoman cats "Are you hungry?".

Some really good dialogues here and there, between Lena and her father most of all. The scar thing with Julie it´s ok but now that wound in Lena´s back... don´t pop up Alien or I´ll be pissed. I like how they contrast all the resurrection thing (which is very annoying how some of them even think it´s possible) with the rejection these returned trigger on people who loved them once. Lena said: "you don´t exist!"

Oh another creepy thing I forgot, the way they eat, the noises, the gluttony. It´s never in a close up but you can hear all they chew!

Explain to me the cats, still wondering wut the hell. I was a bit sleepy so maybe I lost something. Because it´s funny ye know, the whole Catwoman costume. Meh.

About the cameras... I never watched french tele but if has something to do with films the writers or directors are probably frenching us ye know...the meanings, the whole "surveillance and punishment" thing a la Foucalt? because yes, the use of the cameras is funny. I bet it has  something to do with some hidden symbolic meaning with us as viewers... and shit, please nevermind.

Another crazy thing in that note is the tunnel and I hope is not an analogy because I don´t like analogies. The way that dead and "for just few seconds more" living people meet there. Shit... wut if the people with scars is also dead? Julie and Lena for example... wut if Lena and Camille are really the same person? They drive me nuuuuuuuuuuuuuuts. Should be a connection somewhere.

Ok, I´m on episode 5 now. See ye!!!

 

aaaaaaaaaaaand I´ll be the bitch who wont´wait for youuuuuuuu. I´ll watch everything (just 2 left) but I´ll keep my mouth shut or I´ll use spoiler tags.

Oh I thought this was a movie! Didnt know it was also a show, will check it out.

Ok, this is creepy as fuck.

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Ok, this is creepy as fuck.

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 Bad creepy or... OMG I HAVE TO KEEP WATCHING creepy?  

Ep5 done ... still in wtf mode !

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Macha wrote:

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Ok, this is creepy as fuck.

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 Bad creepy or... OMG I HAVE TO KEEP WATCHING creepy?  

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 I was intrigued by the shot of the bus falling, since it reminded me of The Sweet Hereafter. Then I loved the butterfly shot. Then when I saw the girl (Camille? what's her name?) walking home, I thought "Well shit. This is one of the most disturbing things I have ever seen, and it's not even graphic in any way. " I have to finish Ep. 1, last night I fell asleep because I was exhausted, but I think I like it.

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Ry, you're a man after my own heart. But I like the actors they cast, French or not.

I'm on ep. 5. It's good, but not "I like it" good. I actually dislike it a lot because it makes me feel *so* uncomfortable watching it. It's too creepy for my taste, but I'll finish it because it's intriguing and....different? And because I like Julie and Victor. Actually, scratch that, Victor creeps me out. Every other character - I pretty much hate, except for the dad...Lena & Camille's dad, he's ok I guess. I loathe Camille and I really dislike the actress playing her. Adele and her boytoy are not interesting at all to me, and the killer is just too much. I can't deal with that tunnel. As maliti said, if it's symbolism, then it's cheapened by the repeated use of it. And enough stabbing, I honestly can't deal with the whole knife in the belly thing.


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The cats...blergh. At this point, I don't think Victor had anything to do with it though. I think he's just seeing other deaths or something like that, and that's how he knew. I should rewatch the bus crash from the first episode though, because I remember they used a rather wide shot with the bus approaching the turn , and Victor wasn't on the road. I do remember thinking he must have been dead for a longer time than the others when I first saw him, I think it was his hair that tipped me off.

Oh god peep, not you too.

Meh. This shouldn't have dragged on for 8 episodes. 5 at most would have been better. Too pretentious, too much unneeded symbolism, too many unanswered questions.

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We want Adele's baby, but we'll just leave her alone and flood the whole town instead. Brilliant.

I'm sorry, but television simply doesn't work that way. This could have been a good novel, and perhaps a decent movie. As a series, it's not bad. It has good acting and a really interesting premise. Aaaand that's about it. Everything else is too much or too little.

Wait, there's a second series?

Nevermind the damn flood, please explain to me

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what's with the wounds and how did Julie's neighbor die.

Also, why wasn't any episode centered on...what's her name? The dead wife.