7/1/2023 0 Comments Harlan coben's gone for good![]() ![]() ![]() When Jenny goes out to a raging party and never returns, Tom is forced to turn amateur gumshoe in a mystery in which everybody, including his best friend Pete (Marc Warren) and his various seemingly upstanding neighbors could be a suspect. Hall plays Tom, a pediatric surgeon still grieving the death of his wife and struggling to relate to his two daughters, particularly rebellious teen Jenny (Amy James-Kelly). In this case, it’s an enclosed community and, in the opening credits, the show’s title is written in the severe metal gate that offers residents the illusion of security. The eight-episode series, created by American novelist Harlan Coben, fits into several tried-and-true TV genres, starting with the story of a quiet suburb in which behind every carefully manicured hedge or pristinely skimmed swimming pool lurks a festering secret. ![]() Hall’s accent, reasonably consistent and yet rarely believable, is one of many things on Safe that are askew and, the more I think about it, the more I can’t tell if it’s intentional if not particularly satisfying, or merely bad. In Netflix’s upcoming thriller Safe, Hall is a primary selling point, and it’s impossible to listen to him say “privacy” or “uni” in a proper British accent without losing concentration for the next two or three lines of dialogue. ![]()
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