The Fall on Prime
The Fall on Prime – A Detective Superintendent from England investigates a politically-sensitive murder in Belfast.
A psychological thriller that examines the lives of two hunters.
One is a serial killer who stalks his victims in and around Belfast and the other is a talented Detective Superintendent from the MET who is brought in to catch him.
The Fall has never been subtle about the fact that its two primary characters, the police detective Stella Gibson (Gillian Anderson) and the serial killer Paul Spector (Jamie Dornan), are opposing sides of the same coin.
Stella, all crisp white silk blouses and pale-blonde hair, is the yin to Paul’s yang, with his all-black combos, chunky sweaters, and implacable grimaces. Stella swims; Paul jogs. Stella is childless and romantically unattached; Paul is a married man with two young children. Stella hates misogyny; Paul hates, and murders, women.
That these two dueling forces have prove not so different after all should come as no surprise.
Popular culture is riddled with heroes whose antagonists are their perfect match, from Batman and the Joker (“You complete me”) to Sherlock and Moriarty.
But The Fall, subverting the formula, has shown what can happen when a truly poisonous villain is paired with a woman, and in doing so, it’s become one of the most fascinating dramas on television.
Stella isn’t a brilliant detective in spite of her gender but because of it; both her acuity as a policewoman and her ability to infiltrate her suspect’s psyche hinge on the fact that she’s a woman.
Storyline for The Fall on Prime
The Fall follows Paul Spector, AKA the Belfast Strangler (Jamie Dornan), who divides his time between being an unremarkable if dazzlingly handsome family man and a Nietzsche-spouting methodical killer of women.
Gillian Anderson plays DI Stella Gibson, brought over from the Met to work the case with a ceaseless carousel of seductive silk blouses and a permanently arched eyebrow.
Spector precedes his killings by prowling the homes of his victims, taking tokens and subtly rearranging their objects to mildly disorient them.
Episodes of The Fall on Prime
S1.E1 ∙ Dark Descent
DSI Stella Gibson is called in to review a murder case left unsolved for 28 days.
Episodes of The Fall on Prime, S1.E2 ∙ Darkness Visible
DSI Stella Gibson’s worst fears are realized as the murder spree in Belfast continues.
S1.E3 ∙ Insolence & Wine
DSI Gibson takes control of the hunt for the serial killer
Episodes of The Fall on Prime, S1.E4 ∙ My Adventurous Song
The investigation into Olson’s murder throws open some uncomfortable truths for Burns.
S1.E5 ∙ The Vast Abyss
When the net starts closing in, a dramatic confession follows.
