Stanley Tucci
Fortitude, Season One, “Episode Ten”
Written by Tom Butterworth and Chris Hurford
Directed by Nick Hurran
Airs Thursdays at 10 pm (Et) on Pivot
With the town of Fortitude continuing to descend into chaos, a glimmer of hope was provided by the scientists last week as they seemed to have found a chemical that points to a reason behind the violent behaviour exhibited by Shirley. This week’s episode delves further into the research behind what’s causing the aberrant behaviour, while also exploring what happened to Ronnie and how Frank continues to cope, and how the interaction between Eugene Morton and Henry goes. The result is another compelling episode, despite a couple of weak points, as things continue to build to a head in the town.
Frank Sutter’s downward spiral continues to be fascinating to watch. His torture of Markus over the past two episodes showed the...
Fortitude, Season One, “Episode Ten”
Written by Tom Butterworth and Chris Hurford
Directed by Nick Hurran
Airs Thursdays at 10 pm (Et) on Pivot
With the town of Fortitude continuing to descend into chaos, a glimmer of hope was provided by the scientists last week as they seemed to have found a chemical that points to a reason behind the violent behaviour exhibited by Shirley. This week’s episode delves further into the research behind what’s causing the aberrant behaviour, while also exploring what happened to Ronnie and how Frank continues to cope, and how the interaction between Eugene Morton and Henry goes. The result is another compelling episode, despite a couple of weak points, as things continue to build to a head in the town.
Frank Sutter’s downward spiral continues to be fascinating to watch. His torture of Markus over the past two episodes showed the...
- 3/27/2015
- by Deepayan Sengupta
- SoundOnSight
Elizabeth Dormer-Phillips, Verónica Echegui
Fortitude, Season One, “Episode Eight”
Written by Ben Richards
Directed by Hettie Macdonald
Fortitude, Season One, “Episode Nine”
Written by Stephen Brady
Directed by Nick Hurran
Airs Thursdays at 10 pm (Et) on Pivot
With the mystery of Professor Stoddart’s death reaching some conclusion, the town of Fortitude seemed out of the shadows when Shirley proceeded to brutally attack her own mother. The last two episodes have examined the aftermath of both Shirley’s attack coming to light, and Frank’s attempts to come to terms with his son’s apparent criminal activity, among other things. This has resulted in the pressure cooker environment of Fortitude threatening to bubble over as the town finds itself forcefully isolated from the mainland, and has led the show down some intriguing paths.
The paranoia gripping the town in the wake of Shirley’s attack on her mother has been fascinating to watch.
Fortitude, Season One, “Episode Eight”
Written by Ben Richards
Directed by Hettie Macdonald
Fortitude, Season One, “Episode Nine”
Written by Stephen Brady
Directed by Nick Hurran
Airs Thursdays at 10 pm (Et) on Pivot
With the mystery of Professor Stoddart’s death reaching some conclusion, the town of Fortitude seemed out of the shadows when Shirley proceeded to brutally attack her own mother. The last two episodes have examined the aftermath of both Shirley’s attack coming to light, and Frank’s attempts to come to terms with his son’s apparent criminal activity, among other things. This has resulted in the pressure cooker environment of Fortitude threatening to bubble over as the town finds itself forcefully isolated from the mainland, and has led the show down some intriguing paths.
The paranoia gripping the town in the wake of Shirley’s attack on her mother has been fascinating to watch.
- 3/20/2015
- by Deepayan Sengupta
- SoundOnSight
Fortitude's mysteries are rooted in incongruity, and we've some distance to go before finding out how they all connect...
This review contains spoilers
Much of Fortitude’s sense of dread comes from the town’s terrible isolation. The extremity of its position, and of its conditions, makes it difficult to get in and out. While no one is genuinely trapped, well, not explicitly anyway, none of the residents have the option of just slipping off whenever they feel like it. From a social point of view, this makes for some very interesting relationships. It’s hardly suprising, for example, that Natalie Yelburton should have suggested that people hop in and out of bed with one another, or that so many of the formal relationships should have proven to be so porous. With a small pool of people, certain feelings can develop and when there is little opportunity for escape, it...
This review contains spoilers
Much of Fortitude’s sense of dread comes from the town’s terrible isolation. The extremity of its position, and of its conditions, makes it difficult to get in and out. While no one is genuinely trapped, well, not explicitly anyway, none of the residents have the option of just slipping off whenever they feel like it. From a social point of view, this makes for some very interesting relationships. It’s hardly suprising, for example, that Natalie Yelburton should have suggested that people hop in and out of bed with one another, or that so many of the formal relationships should have proven to be so porous. With a small pool of people, certain feelings can develop and when there is little opportunity for escape, it...
- 3/2/2015
- by michaeln
- Den of Geek
Fortitude, Season One, “Episode Three”
Written by Simon Donald
Directed by Sam Miller
Airs Thursdays at 10 pm (Et) on Pivot
Fortitude‘s nebulous two-part pilot promised mysteries on a cosmic scale; by offering sparse dialogue and dreamy imagery wreathed by the pristine whiteness magnanimous snow, creator Simon Donald and director Sam Miller seemed to be crafting a show more concerned with the ineffable than with cops and clues. Instead of establishing suspects and motive, excavating the nefarious underground ties that bind a small town, and strewing about red herrings, they suffused the frame with chilly melancholy. The serenity of a vast ice tundra is juxtaposed with the imminent dangers lurking above and below the permafrost. Fortitude has shades of The Killing‘s caustic theatrics and Donald’s Low Winter Sun, but none of the former’s genre-blind pretension. It’s serious not just in content but in form: any show...
Written by Simon Donald
Directed by Sam Miller
Airs Thursdays at 10 pm (Et) on Pivot
Fortitude‘s nebulous two-part pilot promised mysteries on a cosmic scale; by offering sparse dialogue and dreamy imagery wreathed by the pristine whiteness magnanimous snow, creator Simon Donald and director Sam Miller seemed to be crafting a show more concerned with the ineffable than with cops and clues. Instead of establishing suspects and motive, excavating the nefarious underground ties that bind a small town, and strewing about red herrings, they suffused the frame with chilly melancholy. The serenity of a vast ice tundra is juxtaposed with the imminent dangers lurking above and below the permafrost. Fortitude has shades of The Killing‘s caustic theatrics and Donald’s Low Winter Sun, but none of the former’s genre-blind pretension. It’s serious not just in content but in form: any show...
- 2/15/2015
- by Greg Cwik
- SoundOnSight
If everyone in Fortitude has a secret, then is everyone guilty? Here's Michael's review of episode three...
This review contains spoilers
At some point early in the preparation of From Hell, Alan Moore’s eyes alighted on an advertisement for Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency. It was the twist he’d been looking for. ‘A holistic detective?’ he said, ‘you wouldn’t just have to solve the crime. You’d have to solve the entire world that the crime happened in.’ It’s truer of more detective fiction than you might think, especially those that are as concerned with whydunnit as they are whodunnit. One of the best examples is An Inspector Calls, which I alluded to in my review of the first episode of Fortitude, particularly in the character of Dci Morton, an outsider who appears in the wake of an unexpected death and who begins to ask...
This review contains spoilers
At some point early in the preparation of From Hell, Alan Moore’s eyes alighted on an advertisement for Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency. It was the twist he’d been looking for. ‘A holistic detective?’ he said, ‘you wouldn’t just have to solve the crime. You’d have to solve the entire world that the crime happened in.’ It’s truer of more detective fiction than you might think, especially those that are as concerned with whydunnit as they are whodunnit. One of the best examples is An Inspector Calls, which I alluded to in my review of the first episode of Fortitude, particularly in the character of Dci Morton, an outsider who appears in the wake of an unexpected death and who begins to ask...
- 2/15/2015
- by michaeln
- Den of Geek
Johnny Harris and Michael Gambon have spoken about "secrets" and "difficulties" for their characters in Fortitude.
In Digital Spy's exclusive clip from the Sky1 drama, Harris explains how Ronnie Morgan is "old school" in the way he lives his life.
"You don't tell anyone your problems, you keep yourself to yourself," he says. "If someone hits you, you hit them back twice as hard, all of that kind of nonsense.
"There's an old saying, you're as sick as your secrets, and he's got this big secret and things start to go wrong."
Meanwhile, Michael Gambon - who plays photographer Henry Tyson - says his character finds himself in a troublesome situation.
"He seems to be quite a content person, until this happens, and he gets into trouble. As the show progresses, it seems to get worse and worse, the difficulties, problems and horrors grow."
Written by Low Winter Sun's Simon Donald,...
In Digital Spy's exclusive clip from the Sky1 drama, Harris explains how Ronnie Morgan is "old school" in the way he lives his life.
"You don't tell anyone your problems, you keep yourself to yourself," he says. "If someone hits you, you hit them back twice as hard, all of that kind of nonsense.
"There's an old saying, you're as sick as your secrets, and he's got this big secret and things start to go wrong."
Meanwhile, Michael Gambon - who plays photographer Henry Tyson - says his character finds himself in a troublesome situation.
"He seems to be quite a content person, until this happens, and he gets into trouble. As the show progresses, it seems to get worse and worse, the difficulties, problems and horrors grow."
Written by Low Winter Sun's Simon Donald,...
- 1/21/2015
- Digital Spy
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