It’s not until Season 3 that we get a glimpse of some of the reasons behind Marcella’s blackouts, but all three seasons offer plenty of underworld figures, suspenseful action sequences and grisly crime scenes, along with a view into the detective’s fractured home life.
Anna Friel plays DS Marcella Backland, a former London detective who decides to return to duty after raising two children, in this dark and sometimes violent series that raises issues of mental illness alongside the usual serial killer pursuits. It’s not until Season 3 that we get a glimpse of some of the reasons behind Marcella’s blackouts, but all three seasons offer plenty of underworld figures, suspenseful action sequences and grisly crime scenes, along with a view into the detective’s fractured home life.