Meanwhile, the music swells and the camera moves slowly along the misty banks of the Russian River. Email Address. Opening Shot: A man’s face in shadowy profile, in a church confessional booth. He loses his shit and gets borderline-abusive when his daughter comes home with a new fleur-de-lis tattoo on her shoulder — probably because the killer used to target girls with tattoos and cut out the tattoos as trophies.

Early moments stir up intrigue, but after the halfway point, you’ll be calling bullshit with every passing scene. With the apparent return of the killer, Mike must return to the hunt and protect both his family and sanity as he faces off against the mysterious killer hiding in plain sight. He’s pretty popular for being cool and able to hang with the youths. In fact, it’s shockingly well-lit for a serial-killer saga. 1,588, This story has been shared 1,210 times. He’s haunted by his inability to catch the serial killer a half-decade ago, and he has horrid nightmares about it, which look a hell of a lot like Leo’s disturbing flashbacks, because these guys are PSYCHICALLY LINKED or something, maybe. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Are 'Below Deck Med's Alex Radcliffe and Bugsy Drake Dating? Subscribe to Daily and Breaking News Alerts. Reckoning offers only the most generic hook: Hey, how is this gonna turn out? 'The Great British Baking Show's Breakout Star, 'The Great British Baking Show' Soda Bread Challenge Shows off the Bakers' Biggest Fault This Year, 'Fargo' Season 4 Episode 4 Recap: The Snowman Cometh, Jessie Buckley Is the Existential Tour de Force 2020 Needs, Who Plays Swanee Capps in 'Fargo'? Review By: Jonathan W. Hickman Be in the know the moment news happens. Our Take: The debut episode of Reckoning runs around with a big hammer, smashing nails right on their noses. The show is already melodramatic, and these overwrought characterizations border on cornball cliche. Troubled cop Mike is haunted by a cold case from his past, a case where teenage girls with tattoos were murdered and mutilated. If you missed its release, it wouldn’t be surprising. 461. 617, This story has been shared 604 times. Also, it stars Sam Trammell from True Blood. Should you stream or skip the serial killer saga #Reckoning on @netflix? Was 'Emily in Paris' Really Filmed in Paris? Most Pilot-y Line: Leo’s confession: “If there is a god, I want him to protect my family from what I’ve done.”. He was once suspended from his job for assault. This story has been shared 7,191 times. 1,603, This story has been shared 1,588 times. So far, the premise is too contrived and the characters too familiar to render it more than just another rote serial killer story. A female student seems weirdly comfortable and flirty during a counseling appointment. The episode starts off reasonably well, not indulging the typical Seven-style rainstorms or Bonesesque autopsy-platter gore. The way Leo is a Very Religious Fellow who indulges a deep compulsion to choke young women to death and mutilate their bodies. 604, This story has been shared 549 times. 'The Trial of the Chicago 7' True Story: How Accurate is Aaron Sorkin’s Netflix Film? 7,191, This story has been shared 3,075 times. A Cast Guide To Netflix's Film Version of the Tony Award-Winning Play, Meet the Gay Pioneers Who Made 'The Boys in the Band' Happen, Real-Life Couple Ben Lewis and Blake Lee Cast in Lifetime's First LGBTQ Movie, Kate Winslet's Movie Love Interests (If They Were Sandwiches), Sorry, Lily Collins, Emily from 'Emily in Paris' is Definitely Not 22. He and his partner investigate, shaking down a local pedophile and fruitlessly combing the area where Gretchen’s cell phone was found.

1,128, This story has been shared 807 times. Meet Kelsey Asbille, 'Fargo' Season 4 Episode 3 Recap: American Pie, 'Lovecraft Country' Episode 9 Recap: Going Back to Tulsa, 'Lovecraft Country' Showrunner Admits She "Failed" Indigenous Character Yahima, 'Lovecraft Country' Episode 9: 5 Things You May Have Missed in "Rewind 1921". Actually, that’s only part of it but I’m guessing that’s all you need to know.

What a couple of Bundles of Contradictions these guys are, eh? There’s something alien about the new Netflix series “Reckoning.” The serial killer drama quietly dropped on the ubiquitous platform last weekend. He ended his rampage five years ago, but is still haunted and tempted and apparently on the cusp of sociopathy at any given moment.

We immediately sense the tension between him and his wife (Simone Kessell). Gretchen turns up wholly intact at school, and Mike’s hectoring be-careful-you-dumb-kid lecture is met with a big fat eff-you. Filmed in Australia, the series originally was slotted for international release via Sony’s AXS networks, but it ended up on Netflix in the midst of a pandemic lockdown, possibly because we’re more likely to judge a series with an overly familiar premise more generously in the context of our quests to relieve boredom. Netflix miniseries Reckoning offers a slight variation on the cop-chasing-a-serial-killer formula — both are family men, played by Sam Trammell (of True Blood fame) and Aden Young (Rectify), living in the same smallish community, and they inadvertently, frequently and unwittingly cross paths. RECKONING is a new Netflix mini-series about a serial killer. 'Emily in Paris' Star Lucas Bravo Says Critics "Are Right" About Cliches in the Show, 'Emily in Paris' Controversy Grows As French Critics Chime In, Help! 1,148, This story has been shared 1,128 times. We also get a glimpse of how much of a creepy-ass nice guy Leo the guidance counselor-slash-wrestling coach is. The Gist: The guy spilling his guts to the priest is Leo (Trammell), a high school guidance counselor nursing a wretched secret: He serially killed a bunch of teenage girls, dumping them along the Russian River. He’s been a little bit, shall we say, unprofessionally intimate with the mother of one of the killer’s victims. 691, This story has been shared 651 times.

Read more of his work at johnserbaatlarge.com or follow him on Twitter: @johnserba. He and the fam go to church the next morning and coincidentally sits a couple rows behind… Mike and his fam! Noel Fielding's 'Great British Baking Show' Antics are Growing on Me, 'Great British Baking Show's Prue Leith Insults NYC's Chocolate Babka, All Hail, Rowan! He finagles with the lock on his creepy shed in the backyard, which he keeps locked FOR NO REASON NOTHING TO SEE HERE MOVE ALONG JUST SOME OLD RAKES AND BORING BAGS OF DIRT WHY WOULD YOU NEED TO SEE THAT HA HA HA. #SIOSI. The two leads are solid actors, but someone needs to put leashes on Young’s simmering intensity and Trammell’s tortured Jekyll-and-Hyde routine. The way Mike is a Flawed Character whose collarbone is adorned with a line of distinctive tattoos, rendering him a Very Serious Man.

By clicking "SIGN UP" above you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Notice. This review of Reckoning (Netflix) is spoiler-free. Netflix miniseries Reckoning offers a slight variation on the cop-chasing-a-serial-killer formula — both are family men, played by Sam Trammell (of True Blood fame… It lays out the setting bread and adds some mustard of intrigue, a sheaf of lettuce of character development and a few supporting-character pickle chips, but starts stacking the ham so high, even Dagwood Bumstead would blanch. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window), Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window), Jim Carrey, Other NBC Stars Call For Network Boycott After Airing Trump Town Hall, © 2020 NYP Holdings, Inc. All rights reserved, 'Dexter' Showrunner Insists Revival Will Make Things "Right" After Disastrous Finale, 'Dexter' to Return to Showtime as Limited Series, Netflix Greenlights Ryan Murphy's 'Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story', 'I'll Be Gone in the Dark' Finale: Latest on the Golden State Killer Now, Bill Maher Implores Dems To Make Amy Coney Barrett’s Catholicism An Issue On HBO’s ‘Real Time’: “Being Nuts Is Relevant”, Stream It Or Skip It: 'La Révolution' On Netflix, A Horror Series That Reimagines French History. He visits the same pedo Mike shook down, and acquires some drugs. 549, This story has been shared 461 times. “Is everybody going to know what I did at my old school?” Leo’s son Pax (Ed Oxenbould) worries. What Jessica More Wants You To Know About 'Below Deck Med' Season 5: "I Wasn’t A Psychopath For No Reason", ‘Below Deck Med’ Exclusive: Your First Look at the Season 5 Reunion, 'Below Deck Med' Recap: Rob Bails on The Trip To Bali With Jess.

Mike is no saint.

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