Bodkin: Netflix's seven-part thriller that quietly delivers

Bodkin is a seven-episode Netflix series from 2024, produced by Higher Ground and created by Jez Scharf. It has one season and, so far, no signs of being renewed. The plot follows American podcaster Gilbert Power (Will Forte), Irish investigative journalist Dubheasa "Dove" Maloney (Siobhán Cullen), and Gilbert's assistant Emmy Sizergh (Robyn Cara) as they converge on an Irish coastal town to re-examine the decades-old disappearance of three people during a celebration.

The series leans into the era's true crime obsession, drawing inevitable comparison to other murder-mystery projects while carving out its own tone. Bodkin often evokes the darkly comic spirit associated with Irish storytellers like Martin McDonagh, mixing folksy charm with unsettling undercurrents as the town's pleasant veneer gives way to deeper, grimmer truths.

Pacing is deliberate; the opening episodes can feel slow and methodical, but the season finds momentum by midrun.

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