![]() ![]() But guess what? Grey areas make for great TV, and Vigil is a must-see for how it strands a righteous character amidst a grey mass of bureaucracy and secrecy. There’s a haunting grey area between the end of the detective’s jurisdiction and what the tight-lipped crew know. ![]() When he threatens to lock Amy in her quarters for the entire three days of investigation, you certainly believe him. One of the most striking stand-out performances comes from Paterson Joseph as the sub’s Commander Newsome he was so menacing as a cult manipulator in The Leftovers and is just as intimidating here. Bruising flashbacks show her once-happy home life with a loving husband and a daughter, in scenes that feel so bitterly distant from the cold physical and emotional atmosphere of the submarine -before we realise that her past trauma is closely tied to both water and enclosed spaces. As Amy, she delivers a portrait of a woman lost at sea long before setting foot on the HMS Vigil. ![]() Everyone she interrogates is irritable from lack of sleep (“You should get a good four hours”, she’s encouraged) or just straight-up unwilling to help, outranking Amy by such a degree that they can just walk away from her probing questions.īBC obsessives will recognise Suranne Jones from her equally sympathetic roles in series like Doctor Foster and Gentleman Jack. Most are cast as hostile seamen, making Amy’s investigations more challenging and generally being a pain in the neck. Vigil is infested with respectable British character actors, a buffet of “oh hey I know that guy” moments for those with an established taste for UK telly. The cast includes a boatload of British character actors And that’s all before Amy suspects foul play, believing somebody on board might be behind the supposed OD. Amy’s arrival is a terrifying process she’s helicopter-lifted into the middle of the ocean and dangled from a cable onto the grey sub, rising up from a totally uninterrupted teal ocean. The vessel can’t signal to shore, otherwise it risks giving away its position to enemy craft. The mere logistics of the mission and the isolation of life on the sub will give viewers the jitters. Even with colleague Kirsten (Rose Leslie, one of several Game of Thrones alumni in Vigil) passing on messages from land, her superiors aren’t particularly reassuring about the descent, telling her “it’s perfectly safe. Taking charge of this investigation is Detective Chief Inspector Amy Silva (Suranne Jones), a hyper-capable cop who seems initially unshaken by the prospect of three days deep underwater on assignment. But there’s no time to mourn: soon we are briefed on another death-the alleged overdose of a crew member on the HMS Vigil submarine. We soon learn there are forces way beyond civilian understanding at work-and that lives can be lost any second. The setup is a pulse-pounding moment of dread reminiscent of BBC’s beloved series Bodyguard, with its (literally) explosive opening scene of a terrorist attack on a London train. Here’s our guide to the world of this intensely entertaining submarine series, its powerful performances, and what makes the story so damn suspenseful. After watching the first few episodes you too will be helplessly dragged into this addictive mystery. The men die at sea, and the mystery begins.īINGE’s new drama, freshly imported from the UK, stars Suranne Jones and Rose Leslie as officers working to solve a marine murder investigation which spirals into international conspiracy. We hear blokey banter between a crew of six Scottish fishermen, before their trawler is helplessly snagged onto some craft in the ocean’s depths-dragging their ship down, down, down into the frigid waters. Vigil grabs viewers in its opening minutes, pulling us below the surface of a sinister maritime mystery from the makers of Bodyguard and Line of Duty. Here’s everything you need to know to get into this tense new series, and why Eliza Janssen gives it a thumbs (and periscope) up. Fresh from the UK, the buzzed-about thriller Vigil arrives on BINGE on August 30. ![]()
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