Home > Marcella > Season 1 « TV Series Page Marcella: Season 1 (2016) SEASON: Season 1 Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Want to see Episode List Season 1 Marcella Critics Consensus Buoyed by Anna Friel, Marcella will satisfy any fan of dark crime drama. 73% TOMATOMETER Critic Ratings: 15 74% Audience Score User Ratings: 209 See score details Other TV Shows Mindhunter Dark Alias Grace Peaky Blinders Narcos Rate And Review Submit review Want to see Edit Submit review Super Reviewer Verified Super Reviewer Verified Edit Super Reviewer Rate this season Oof, that was Rotten. Meh, it passed the time. It’s good – I’d recommend it. Awesome! So Fresh: Absolute Must See! What did you think of this tv season? (optional) Submit Continue Super Reviewer Step 2 of 2 How did you buy your ticket? Let's get your review verified. Submit By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie. You're almost there! Just confirm how you got your ticket. Super Reviewer Rate this season Oof, that was Rotten. Meh, it passed the time. It’s good – I’d recommend it. Awesome! So Fresh: Absolute Must See! What did you think of this tv season? (optional) Submit How did you buy your ticket? Submit By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie. Episodes 1 Episode 1 Air date: Jul 1, 2016 Former DS Marcella Backland is left devastated when her husband unexpectedly ends their marriage. After rejoining the police, she decides to follow up on a hunch regarding the identity of a notorious serial killer she had been chasing before leaving to have her second child. Can Marcella separate her professional and personal life, as she strives to catch the killer while her family falls apart? More 2 Episode 2 Marcella attempts to uncover what unfolded at Grace's and if it had something to do with her disappearance, Meanwhile, the team continues to hunt the killer. More 3 Episode 3 Marcella becomes terrified after finding Grace's body, and things become even more complicated when it is revealed Grace was having an affair with Marcella's husband. Meanwhile, Cara, a young girl on the take, gets in the killer's way. More 4 Episode 4 An aborted attack on an old man gives the police a new lead in the Grove Park killings. Marcella tries to track down the taxi driver from outside Grace Gibson's house, fearful that he saw her on the night of the murder. More 5 Episode 5 Marcella's husband Jason manages to get his job back, but at what cost? When Hassan is shot, Mo blames the police. Marcella triumphs over Peter Cullen and finally gets information about the death of Grace, the woman with whom her husband was having an affair. Meanwhile, deliveryman Ronnie makes the mistake of his life. More 6 Episode 6 Crime drama series about Marcella Backland, a detective sergeant in the Metropolitan Police who is searching for a serial killer while battling to save her marriage. The killer targets a six-year-old girl, which devastates Marcella, but a DNA match on the corpse gives the police team their strongest lead yet. DI Tim Williamson investigates the death of Andrew Barnes - was it really suicide? More 7 Episode 7 Crime drama series about Marcella Backland, a detective sergeant in the Metropolitan Police who is searching for a serial killer while battling to save her marriage. After finding his brother dead, Mo confronts Marcella. The police continue to investigate Yann but Marcella has her doubts. Jason and Tim clash when he starts to investigative the curious circumstances surrounding the death of Andrew Barnes. More 8 Episode 8 Crime drama series about Marcella Backland, a detective sergeant in the Metropolitan Police who is searching for a serial killer while battling to save her marriage. In the desperate hunt for Matthew, Marcella questions Henry at his home. Meanwhile, the pressure mounts on Jason as Tim's investigation gets closer to the truth. More Tv Season Info Series 1 sees DS Marcella Backland back with the police force after 11 years as the Grove Park Killer returns. The case began in 2005 and with Marcella's previous suspect out of prison, she is led to him once again. Genre: Mystery & Suspense Network: Netflix Premiere Date: Jul 1, 2016 Cast Nicholas Pinnock as Jason Backland Ray Panthaki as DI Rav Sangha Sinead Cusack as Sylvie Gibson Nina Sosanya as DCI Laura Porter Harry Lloyd as Henry Gibson Charlie Covell as DC Alex Dier Jack Doolan as DC Mark Travis Tobias Santelmann as Yann Hall Anna Friel as DS Marcella Backland Florence Pugh Show More Cast Episodes 1 Episode 1 Air date: Jul 1, 2016 Former DS Marcella Backland is left devastated when her husband unexpectedly ends their marriage. After rejoining the police, she decides to follow up on a hunch regarding the identity of a notorious serial killer she had been chasing before leaving to have her second child. Can Marcella separate her professional and personal life, as she strives to catch the killer while her family falls apart? More 2 Episode 2 Marcella attempts to uncover what unfolded at Grace's and if it had something to do with her disappearance, Meanwhile, the team continues to hunt the killer. More 3 Episode 3 Marcella becomes terrified after finding Grace's body, and things become even more complicated when it is revealed Grace was having an affair with Marcella's husband. Meanwhile, Cara, a young girl on the take, gets in the killer's way. More 4 Episode 4 An aborted attack on an old man gives the police a new lead in the Grove Park killings. Marcella tries to track down the taxi driver from outside Grace Gibson's house, fearful that he saw her on the night of the murder. More 5 Episode 5 Marcella's husband Jason manages to get his job back, but at what cost? When Hassan is shot, Mo blames the police. Marcella triumphs over Peter Cullen and finally gets information about the death of Grace, the woman with whom her husband was having an affair. Meanwhile, deliveryman Ronnie makes the mistake of his life. More 6 Episode 6 Crime drama series about Marcella Backland, a detective sergeant in the Metropolitan Police who is searching for a serial killer while battling to save her marriage. The killer targets a six-year-old girl, which devastates Marcella, but a DNA match on the corpse gives the police team their strongest lead yet. DI Tim Williamson investigates the death of Andrew Barnes - was it really suicide? More 7 Episode 7 Crime drama series about Marcella Backland, a detective sergeant in the Metropolitan Police who is searching for a serial killer while battling to save her marriage. After finding his brother dead, Mo confronts Marcella. The police continue to investigate Yann but Marcella has her doubts. Jason and Tim clash when he starts to investigative the curious circumstances surrounding the death of Andrew Barnes. More 8 Episode 8 Crime drama series about Marcella Backland, a detective sergeant in the Metropolitan Police who is searching for a serial killer while battling to save her marriage. In the desperate hunt for Matthew, Marcella questions Henry at his home. Meanwhile, the pressure mounts on Jason as Tim's investigation gets closer to the truth. More Critic Reviews for Marcella Season 1 All Critics (15) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (11) | Rotten (4) When the protagonist is female, as she is in Netflix's binge-worthy crime noir Marcella, the drama at home can be nearly as intense as the murder mystery. Sep 6, 2016 | Full Review… Thelma Adams Observer Top Critic Complex, ultradark, and filled with more red herrings than an Agatha Christie novel, Marcella is a unique, powerful crime drama. Aug 5, 2016 | Full Review… Tirdad Derakhshani Philadelphia Inquirer Top Critic For lovers of British crime drama, it's a very pleasant puzzle. Jul 7, 2016 | Full Review… John Doyle Globe and Mail Top Critic Marcella is portrayed as both an excellent detective and a basket case in a way that doesn't add up (despite the past traumas that are introduced as explanations), and her blackouts feel like plot devices, there just to keep things mysterious. Jul 5, 2016 | Full Review… Mike Hale New York Times Top Critic If it sometimes stumbled into cliché, there was ample compensation elsewhere. Jun 29, 2016 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review… Gabriel Tate Daily Telegraph (UK) Top Critic Not only is the basic premise of this crime thriller duller than we'd hoped, the acting is too. Jul 3, 2019 | Full Review… Eleanor Halls GQ Magazine [UK] Rosenfeldt likes his dramas long, complex and tortured and you get the feeling that the Swede will make good on his promise to cram in more "hooks, twists and red herrings" (his words) before our time is up. Jan 28, 2019 | Full Review… Ben Dowell Radio Times Marcella starts off well, but pretty soon its pace is impeded by a number of subplots and the abrupt introductions of characters whose role in the overall plot is either unclear or irrelevant. Jan 25, 2019 | Full Review… Ken Tucker Yahoo.com Marcella stands out as a show that allows its central strong female character to have flaws. Sep 7, 2018 | Full Review… Rosie Knight Nerdist n the meantime, all we know for sure is that when it comes to the least capable cop on television, it's now a straight fight between Marcella and Chief Wiggum from The Simpsons. Sep 5, 2018 | Full Review… James Walton The Spectator Series one bashed its way screaming through several plotlines, scattering fistfuls of red herrings into the air as it went and leaving behind a series of structural integrity-threatening holes that left the whole thing teetering. Jun 12, 2018 | Full Review… Louisa Mellor Den of Geek British detective show is violent, complex. Aug 1, 2016 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review… Melissa Camacho Common Sense Media View All Critic Reviews (15) Audience Reviews for Marcella: Season 1 Jul 10, 2020 The people are sullen and two-dimensional. There is not one drop of joy anywhere to be found, past or present. Fine that it's dark, but can't anyone even have a personality? Marcella is not likable. Her children are just awful. The only person who is at all likable is the step son of the cold bitch owner of the building business—and then he, too, turns out to be a sicko. Typical Nordic, but certainly not even close to a Wallander! Christa W Jun 30, 2020 Laughable, really bad. It takes more for a dark drama then ominous music and numerous plot-twists and characters. Iemand A Jun 24, 2020 season 1 is good. season 2 has plot holes. but is worth watching. season 3 is garbage. Rj Z Jun 19, 2020 Almost good, The cast was all cream of the craft but unfortunately, the Marcella role ruined the storyline being brain-damaged is ok but being a dumb bitch as an investigator is a lot to take in. despite the fact that I gave 2 stars I am still looking forward to watching the next season. FortMac M Jun 18, 2020 If I could give minus stars I would. The lead character Marcella is a dumb bitch. Her behaviour as a supposed experienced police detective investigating a series of murders is absolute rubbish!!!!!!! Tracey L Jun 15, 2020 Grief porn. No character development. Just a bunch of people grieving because grief is cool to the filmmakers I guess. No one to root for. If I watch three episodes in a row, I sort of understand what's going on, but if I take a walk for two hours and come back to it? There are no clues as to what happened in the previous episode and I have to go back to square one. I've done this a number of times, especially whenever I get a notification that a new season is coming on. Finally, I realized today that it's not worth it. This show can go to hell for all I care. Erik B Jun 14, 2020 So tired of watching this bad acting, included the overdone botox face of actress Anna Friel... Peter J Apr 23, 2020 I recommend it, very intriguing. Keeps you on your toes. Anna Friel's detective is a nutcase! Brilliant. Chris M Apr 22, 2020 Pity about the story line, because the acting and directing were riveting. Sulky, retired cop with multiple mental health issues is accepted back as sergeant, rejects orders, has blackouts and takes no action - how silly can it get? Episode 1 series 1 was so silly I can not watch another. 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