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 Gracepoint is a remake of acclaimed ITV series Broadchurch which won the BAFTA (British Emmy) for Drama Series, Lead Actress, and Supporting Actor. The show is a small town murder mystery in the vein of The Killing. Unlike The Killing, however, it doesn't suck. Although Broadchurch was an 8-part series, episodes ran 44-50 minutes, so Gracepoint's 10 episodes should cover the same material. In fact, my understanding is the pilot is a shot-for-shot remake, which was also done with the U.S. pilot of The Office. David Tennant, most famous for playing the tenth Doctor Who, reprises his role from Broadchurch - no other actors do. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9IWvbbZPZc CHARACTERS The Police Detective Emmett Carver (David Tennant) is new to the town of Gracepoint  Detective Ellie Miller (Anna Gunn) is a townie and Carver's partner  The Solanos Danny Solano (Nikolas Filipovic) is a 12-year-old boy whose death sets the show in motion Mark Solano (Michael Peņa) is Danny's father and owns a plumbing business  Beth Solano (Virginia Kull) is Danny's mother  Chloe Solano (Madalyn Horcher) is Danny's older sister  The Millers Joe Miller (Josh Hamilton) is Ellie's husband  Tom Miller (Jack Irvine) is Ellie's son and Danny's friend  The Press Owen Burke (Kevin Zegers) is a young reporter at the local newspaper  Renee Clemons (Jessica Lucas) is a big city reporter who follows Carver to Gracepoint  The Townspeople Reverend Paul Coates (Kevin Rankin) is the town's pastor  Susan Wright (Jacki Weaver) lives in the trailer park and has a dog  Jack Reinhold (Nick Nolte) runs the beach's kayak rental  Vince Novik (Stephen Louis Grush) is the coworker/best friend of Danny's father, Mark  Gemma Fisher (Sarah-Jane Potts) owns the town's only hotel where Carver is staying 
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They could have the same killer or they could not. I suspect it's a closely guarded secret. One thing I don't understand is the hotel owner. "Gemma" is much more a British name than American, and the actress herself is English.
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Sep 25, 2014 09:19
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Did anyone else watch the premiere?
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Oct 7, 2014 18:10
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Zero One posted:I did. I really liked Broadchurch so I was looking forward to this. Regardless, the ratings were not good and if this wasn't a miniseries, it would be cancelled after 10 episodes anyway.
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Oct 9, 2014 15:42
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Kin posted:I just don't understand the need for a remake. Is the concept of a passably good British show so alien to American audiences that it has to be reshot with the same characters, but with an American accent? And before you say it, very few people watch Downton Abbey in the US. That said, very few people are watching Gracepoint. Yesterday's ratings fell from a 1.2 premiere to 0.9 which is even worse than Bad Judge's 1.3.
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Oct 11, 2014 03:53
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wormil posted:Anna Gunn wasn't the problem. The biggest problem was it was billed as a mystery and was really terrible at being that. I would call it a complete failure. Which is a surprise because the British like their mysteries and are typically pretty good at them. In other aspects it was competent. I really liked Broadchurch, but it had all the "problems" you stated. This show would probably have been better off on Netflix.
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Dec 21, 2014 07:32
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