VERY different treatment of a murder mystery (not sure if in fact this is based on a true story or not). A couple without many marketable skills spills the beans to a relative about a double killing, in hopes of getting some money to tide them over. The police become involved and they surrender. Was it homicide or something less? Each episode add a little to the answer as well as obscures it. I have to add in concert with many other reviewers - it's very British - the cast, their stiff-upper lip take on life, etc. This is a good thing, btw.
The 4th episode was somewhat anti-climax but so oddly directed/presented that it is the most memorable. They go on trial, but the significant points (burial of the bodies; the confession to the step-mother; experience with revolvers, etc) are presented in court immediately followed by a fantasy/dream sequence where their "emotions" are relived in a Wild West setting (for instance, the couple - dressed in late 1800's Western gear - drive the bodies in a cart pulled by 2 horses). I say the emotions are presented, rather than facts, just as you might have the facts twisted as in a dream: The investigating detectives are the towns marshals and enter into a gun battle with Susan and Christopher, and so on. Fascinating treatment, perhaps hinting how disconnected from reality the couple were, but in any case a unique directorial choice that I'd like to see emulated someday.
The 4th episode was somewhat anti-climax but so oddly directed/presented that it is the most memorable. They go on trial, but the significant points (burial of the bodies; the confession to the step-mother; experience with revolvers, etc) are presented in court immediately followed by a fantasy/dream sequence where their "emotions" are relived in a Wild West setting (for instance, the couple - dressed in late 1800's Western gear - drive the bodies in a cart pulled by 2 horses). I say the emotions are presented, rather than facts, just as you might have the facts twisted as in a dream: The investigating detectives are the towns marshals and enter into a gun battle with Susan and Christopher, and so on. Fascinating treatment, perhaps hinting how disconnected from reality the couple were, but in any case a unique directorial choice that I'd like to see emulated someday.