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The Tower - Season 2
After the fateful events of The Tower Season 1, everyone is trying to move on with their lives. But is this so easy if you are all in the same world?
Season 2 of The Tower picks up where season 1 left off and actually builds on it. We see almost all of the main characters from the first season again and we see what effect the events of the first season have on them.
DS Sarah Collins (Gemma Whelan, Game of Thrones) has moved to the homicide unit in London. And that not only applies to her, but also her former supporter DC Steve Bradshaw (Jimmy Akingbola, Bel-Air) started there - just before her. An unpleasant surprise since they did not part on good terms. PC Lizzie Adama (Tahirah Sharif, A Town called Malice) has now been cleared of all blame for the events of the first season and has resumed her work with the local police.
Central to the second season are two crimes that Collins must focus on. First of all, there is a cold case from 1997, a case in which a 17-year-old girl disappeared without a trace and in which new information is now emerging. But in addition there is the murder of a young mother. It soon becomes clear that her husband committed the murder. More problematic, however, is the fact that he has taken their daughter and is on the run. When it subsequently turns out that a complaint of domestic violence against the husband of a few days earlier was dismissed due to Adama's actions (and the murder might therefore have been prevented), this is grist to Collins' mill, who already felt that Adama was not would have liked to work more.
Over the course of season 2's four-episode run, we see Collins trying to find a balance between these two cases while trying to bring both to a successful conclusion. Not an easy task as, on the one hand, she tries to do justice to the cold case (and thus provide closure to those involved who have lost confidence in the police after all these years), but on the other hand she cannot ignore the urgent nature of the other case. .
In the second season, The Tower once again managed to tell a good story in a relatively short number of episodes. Despite the fact that the second season is one episode longer than the first season, it remains impressive that in three hours (in total) there is plenty of time to properly discuss these two crimes and to create a good story.
We see, just like in season 1, a sober picture of the police. No glitter, glamor or flashy action, but a realistic and sometimes sobering image. Overworked police officers, often with their own agenda and ambitions that have to do with distrust from the population, with social media that sometimes makes the work more difficult and where justice does not always prevail.
Obviously, not everything can be covered in four episodes and we do not learn much about the past and private lives of the main characters (and therefore often the motivation). Every now and then we see a glimpse of it and get a hint in that direction, but not much.
During the first season I thought that was a shame, but this season I was less bothered by it as this season is imbued with the spirit of the previous season. It is clear that the events of the first season have had an impact on the main characters and the fact that attention is now being paid to this ensures that there is sufficient depth to the characters. Especially since they still meet each other regularly and are forced to overcome their own feelings and frustrations.
Follow The TowerSeason 2 of The Tower picks up where season 1 left off and actually builds on it. We see almost all of the main characters from the first season again and we see what effect the events of the first season have on them.
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DS Sarah Collins (Gemma Whelan, Game of Thrones) has moved to the homicide unit in London. And that not only applies to her, but also her former supporter DC Steve Bradshaw (Jimmy Akingbola, Bel-Air) started there - just before her. An unpleasant surprise since they did not part on good terms. PC Lizzie Adama (Tahirah Sharif, A Town called Malice) has now been cleared of all blame for the events of the first season and has resumed her work with the local police.
We see, just like in season 1, a sober picture of the police. No glitter, glamor or flashy action, but a realistic and sometimes sobering image.
Central to the second season are two crimes that Collins must focus on. First of all, there is a cold case from 1997, a case in which a 17-year-old girl disappeared without a trace and in which new information is now emerging. But in addition there is the murder of a young mother. It soon becomes clear that her husband committed the murder. More problematic, however, is the fact that he has taken their daughter and is on the run. When it subsequently turns out that a complaint of domestic violence against the husband of a few days earlier was dismissed due to Adama's actions (and the murder might therefore have been prevented), this is grist to Collins' mill, who already felt that Adama was not would have liked to work more.
Over the course of season 2's four-episode run, we see Collins trying to find a balance between these two cases while trying to bring both to a successful conclusion. Not an easy task as, on the one hand, she tries to do justice to the cold case (and thus provide closure to those involved who have lost confidence in the police after all these years), but on the other hand she cannot ignore the urgent nature of the other case. .
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In the second season, The Tower once again managed to tell a good story in a relatively short number of episodes. Despite the fact that the second season is one episode longer than the first season, it remains impressive that in three hours (in total) there is plenty of time to properly discuss these two crimes and to create a good story.
We see, just like in season 1, a sober picture of the police. No glitter, glamor or flashy action, but a realistic and sometimes sobering image. Overworked police officers, often with their own agenda and ambitions that have to do with distrust from the population, with social media that sometimes makes the work more difficult and where justice does not always prevail.
Obviously, not everything can be covered in four episodes and we do not learn much about the past and private lives of the main characters (and therefore often the motivation). Every now and then we see a glimpse of it and get a hint in that direction, but not much.
During the first season I thought that was a shame, but this season I was less bothered by it as this season is imbued with the spirit of the previous season. It is clear that the events of the first season have had an impact on the main characters and the fact that attention is now being paid to this ensures that there is sufficient depth to the characters. Especially since they still meet each other regularly and are forced to overcome their own feelings and frustrations.
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