This haunting story of the indentical twins the one preying on the others happiness and family life, ending with the triumph of the evil and murderous twin over her good sister which she substitutes to the affections of her husband after having burnt her and impersonated her, is masterful story on the pervasiveness of evil and its' ordinariness bearing in mind Hannah Arendt's dictum about the banality of evil.Having seen the six episodes(three stories) of the series one I have discovered that in all three evil in one form of another either prevails or gets away with its' acts.Is this a form of Scottish belief in original sin? Very fine though I was much impressed.
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A cracking first episode.
Sleepin_Dragon6 March 2023
After a few marital problems, Carol Fleming heads to an art gallery, where she spots and identical twin, she is approached by her friend Douglas Monaghan to take part in some experiments.
Sea of Souls is a show I had long since forgotten about, but I chanced upon a dvd of it in a charity shop, very strong memories came back.
In 2004 we were starved of anything even remotes science fiction based, but this show landed well, lasted a few series, and struck a cord.
It's a very good start, a fascinating storyline, what are the chances, but now on Earth would someone feel being out and about, and bumping into a carbon copy of themself? A thought provoking concept.
Douglas, Megan and Andrew all make a good start, but the main story is so good, that they're perhaps a little sidelines somewhat.
I thought Siobhan Redmond did an absolutely cracking job with the two parts, Helen and Carol were different enough. Some decent effects, only a couple of scenes of a woman's back in a wig facing Carol (straight out of Murder, she wrote) but not too many.
Great start, 9/10.
Sea of Souls is a show I had long since forgotten about, but I chanced upon a dvd of it in a charity shop, very strong memories came back.
In 2004 we were starved of anything even remotes science fiction based, but this show landed well, lasted a few series, and struck a cord.
It's a very good start, a fascinating storyline, what are the chances, but now on Earth would someone feel being out and about, and bumping into a carbon copy of themself? A thought provoking concept.
Douglas, Megan and Andrew all make a good start, but the main story is so good, that they're perhaps a little sidelines somewhat.
I thought Siobhan Redmond did an absolutely cracking job with the two parts, Helen and Carol were different enough. Some decent effects, only a couple of scenes of a woman's back in a wig facing Carol (straight out of Murder, she wrote) but not too many.
Great start, 9/10.
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