Boy did this show take me by surprise. All I can say is don't miss it. It's so much more than a detective series and Stellan Skarsgård gives a performance that will take your breath away. Nicola Walker is of course magnificent as well. The whole cast just puts this story together into a piece of poetry. There was a moment near the end - an unexpected moment - that touched me in a way that nothing ever has. Nothing. I burst into tears, the choking, primal, emptying out of the soul tears, that brings you so close to something in yourself that you've been trying to reach for years - and there it is, on the screen in front of you. Mr. Skarsgård's performance reaches into you like a fish hook. Every one of these performances shines like a diamond.
Review of River
