Netflix's 8‑Episode Sci‑Fi Thriller 'Bodies' Is One of Its Best Shows

Netflix released Bodies on October 19, 2023. The eight-episode sci‑fi murder-mystery folds time travel into a dense whodunit, and Stepen Graham appears across timelines as a mysterious, all‑knowing figure who soon becomes the prime suspect. Graham’s performance, paired with layered writing and a strong ensemble, is a major reason the series attracts attention.

Based on the DC Vertigo graphic novel, Bodies follows four detectives in separate eras who find the same man’s body in the same spot in London. Alfred Hillinghead (Kyle Soller) investigates in 1890, Charles Whiteman (Jacob Fortune-Lloyd) works the case in 1941, Shahara Hasan (Amaka Okafor) is on the trail in 2023, and Iris Maplewood (Shira Haas) handles it in a dystopian 2053.

The plot hinges on Shahara discovering an otherworldly connection between the cases and the detectives’ attempts to communicate across time.

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