‘Gracepoint’ episode 3 review: Anna Gunn, David Tennant create tension
Emmett is convinced that Mark (Danny’s father) is the prime suspect in Danny’s murder after he lied to him about his whereabouts the night Danny died, his finger prints were at the scene of the crime and the fact that he owns a boat that has some of Danny’s blood in it, but Ellie is not so quick to jump to the same conclusion and arrest him.
Mark’s alibi’s are falling apart quite quickly as his alibi Vince stumbles and the “job” he said he did at the crime scene (before Danny died) is also a lie. When they ask him about the Danny’s blood found in his boat it’s enough for Emmett to arrest him. When Gemma comes forward and says that she had sex with Mark the night Danny died, he’s cleared with the alibi, but the secret could destroy his marriage if it comes out – not a good time since Beth is pregnant and still hasn’t told him. Beth sees Gemma and Mark kissing and now the truth is out there, but what will she do with the information?
Ellie’s son, Tom, is interviewed by Emmett and it was nice to see a softer side of him as he asked him some pretty tough questions and got some good answers out of him, including that Danny told him that his dad, Mark, had hit him a few times.
Watching the intensity between Anna Gunn and David Tennant’s characters is a lot of fun. Even though these two do not get along and can’t seem to agree on pretty much anything, they always end up finding their way back to the same conclusions. We are hooked. Episode grade: B+
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Ginger Crawford
October 18, 2014 @ 6:08 pm
I’m not divided at all and I own the DVDs of Broadchurch. Gracepoint has a distincly Amrican flavor. It’s only the ones who suffer butthurt in their Anglophile-riddled brains that don’t like it. Gracepoint is a fine show, in some ways better than Broadchurch. I love Broadchurch, always will, but I also love Gracepoint.