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The Fall

2013 – 2016Show3 seasons · 17 episodesTV-MAEnded

CrimeDrama
77
GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb8.1Metacritic797.3
77
GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb8.1Metacritic797.3

Summary

When the Police Service of Northern Ireland are unable to close a case after 28 days, Detective Superintendent Stella Gibson of the Metropolitan Police Service is called in to review the case. Under her new leadership, the local detectives must track down and stop a serial killer who is terrorising the city of Belfast.

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  • Feels like real life.
  • Puts you inside a crime.
  • Weighs on you.
  • Pulls you in.
  • Makes you care deeply.

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Tropes

The Irish Mobin 119 titlesThe street gang around James Tyler, though it's rather downplayed and a rare inversion, since they seem to be primarily composed of unionist extremists who therefore have obviously none of the usual…Everyone Is Armedin 77 titlesUnlike other British territorial police forces, all members of the PSNI routinely carry firearms due to the higher levels of gun violence present in Northern Ireland.All 92 tropes

The Fall episodes

3 seasons · 17 episodes

  1. S1 E1 Dark Descent, 7.7
  2. S1 E2 Darkness Visible, 7.8
  3. S1 E3 Insolence & Wine, 7.8
  4. S1 E4 My Adventurous Song, 8.0
  5. S1 E5 The Vast Abyss, 8.2
  1. S2 E1 These Troublesome Disguises, 7.8
  2. S2 E2 Night Darkens the Street, 7.9
  3. S2 E3 Beauty Hath Strange Power, 8.1
  4. S2 E4 The Mind Is Its Own Place, 7.9
  5. S2 E5 The Perilous Edge of Battle, 8.4
  6. S2 E6 What Is in Me Dark Illumine, 8.5
  1. S3 E1 Silence and Suffering, 7.1
  2. S3 E2 His Troubled Thoughts, 7.2
  3. S3 E3 The Gates of Light, 7.4
  4. S3 E4 The Hell Within Him, 7.3
  5. S3 E5 Wounds of Deadly Hate, 7.8
  6. S3 E6 Their Solitary Way, 8.3

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