8/5/2023 0 Comments Whitstable pearl![]() The spark came too soon because of the dead wife, and they kissed too soon, both for what would happen in real life and for what happens in the show. And so he walks away, and thus ends Season One.įirst off, they kissed too soon. He won’t even say hello to people on the street who greet him.īut by episode three he and Pearl clearly have a sexual tension, by episode four they kiss passionately, in episode five he enrages her, and in episode six she tells him “not to wait” for her because she needs more time. They decided to go for a drink (“it’s not a date”), but he stands her up. But he weeps in two episodes looking at her picture. The poor guy was crazy in love with his wife, and she died so recently of what, we never learn. Which is kind of a miracle because McGuire really is a sad sack. Mike McGuire and Pearl Nolan get to know each other, then there’s some sympathy, and they hit it off. There are six episodes to the first season (and of course, there might not be a second). So…the storylines were good, the writing was good, the characters were interesting, the acting was well done, and here’s the part I didn’t like. ![]() Gruff and off-putting does not begin to describe this guy, but he takes Pearl seriously and they work together when their issues intersect, Pearl providing the local lore and connections and Inspector McGuire providing the police resources as needed. She runs into a morose DCI recently transferred from London after the death of his wife less than a year before. She owns a restaurant in Whitstable that I’d like to go to and has a side hustle solving problems for the locals, which she is equipped to do because of the police training she received when she was younger, a career that was derailed when she got pregnant. I liked the eponymous lead, Pearl Nolan, a sympathetic character whose only child is heading off to university soon. Lest you think I’m panning this show, let me set the record straight: Overall, I liked it. And what is the result? Cozy Scandi noir. I haven’t read the novels, but evidently they’re “cozies.” (Cue tea shops and cats.) But the producers hired a Norwegian guy, Øystein Karlsen, to adapt the books, asking him to make them grittier. The series is adapted from the novels by Julie Wassmer, emphasis on adapted. Last night I finished binging a new series called Whitstable Pearl. Everything else, though, is pretty much my catnip. Neither torture, nor blood, nor death by beatings shall cross my eyeballs. Not every show is to my taste, of course. Now that I subscribe to the Acorn channel, which showcases television primarily from the UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, but also from other EU countries, as well, I’m just about as happy as a pig in mud. Kerry Godliman as Pearl Nolan in Whitstable PearlĪs I’ve mentioned here before, I’m a fan of mysteries, both to read and to watch on TV.
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