Monday, May 18, 2020

DEAD STILL (Acorn TV Original Series, Commissioned) - Episodes 1 and 2

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Set in 1880s Ireland, this six-episode dark comic murder mystery drama follows the strange adventures of Dublin's most famed memorial photographers, Brock Blennerhasset (Michael Smiley, Luther, who played Benny "Deadhead" Silver) and Conall Molloy (Kerr Logan, Game of Thrones, Alias Grace), who take professional portraits of the dead during the Victorian era of "postmortem photography." Meanwhile, tenacious detective Frederick Regan (Aidan O'Hare, Jackie, The Sister Brothers) investigates a series of local murders and eyes possible disturbing connections between them and Brock. This series also stars Eileen O'Higgins (Brooklyn, Mary Queen of Scots) as Brock's estranged, imaginative niece, Nancy Vickers. (2 EPS, 2020)

Episode Descriptions:

Episode 1 - In Victorian-era Ireland, portrait photographer Brock Blennerhasset has made a successful career out of commemorating the recently deceased. When one of his photographic plates goes missing - putting his reputation on the line - Blennerhasset hires eager gravedigger Conall Molloy to help find it.

Episode 2 - Blennerhasset and Molloy photograph a young boy who drowned, but when a heavy storm descends upon the area, it forces them to stay at a house that may be haunted. Desiring a more exciting social life, Blennerhasset's niece, Nancy, attends a party, though her brother, Henry, puts a damper on the evening.