Naturally, there’s a core mystery underpinning them all, but it’s Molina’s sheer charisma that carries you through to the series conclusion.
If Three Pines offers nothing else, it’s a solid opportunity for the shape-shifting English character actor Alfred Molina to take centre stage. Here he plays Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of a small town Quebec police force. Interestingly, this eight-episode police procedural splits itself into four distinct cases for our hero to solve across two hours of impeccably produced television. Naturally, there’s a core mystery underpinning them all, but it’s Molina’s sheer charisma that carries you through to the series conclusion.