Netflix’s recently released interesting time travel with twits and plots and the murder mystery series ‘Bodies’ is something that you’re missing if you haven’t watched yet.
Based on four different timelines, the British crime thriller limited series compels a murder mystery that sees detectives grapple with four killings. Based on the DC Vertigo comic and graphic novel of the same name written by Si Spencer and illustrated by Dean Ormston, Tula Lotay, Meghan Hetrick, and Phil Winslade, the series premiered on Netflix on 19 October 2023.Â
Consisting of eight episodes, the story follows four different detectives in past, present-day, and future London as they investigate a mysterious murder in their respective eras.
The fact that each homicide has the same MO, a gunshot to the eye, and takes place on the same Whitechapel backstreet is certainly an uncanny coincidence.
The fact that each homicide involves the same victim is, well, somewhat harder to chalk up to chance and this is where things should get interesting.
The show had an interesting story yet became boring at the start, the plot and the speed of the story could have spiced up at the start. but it’s understood as any show that chooses to juggle four parallel narratives has to match everything all at once.
Now coming back to the story, there’s little regard for order and structure as the story jumps erratically from 2023 to 1890 to 1941 to 2053 every few minutes. A bigger issue than the disorientating, freewheeling chronology is the jarring shift in tone from scene to scene.
The fact that Netflix limited series are interesting and with just one episode, it becomes binge watching but it also cannot be denied that such series are often dragged for no reason intentionally or unintentionally by te streaming platform. Those who disagree can recall how 1899 ended.
Inshort, Bodies gives a lot of hope, suspense, mystery and a chance for a good watch.Â
