Number 1 Netflix Thriller is Twisty in All the Right Ways: “Had me By the Bullocks”
Chad Collins
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Almost two weeks after first premiering, Paul Tomalin’s Bodies, based on the graphic novel written by Si Spencer and illustrated by Dean Ormston, Tula Lotay, Meghan Hetrick, and Phil Winslade, continues to dominate the Netflix charts. Today, it remains the number one thriller series on the streamer as it continues to attract new viewers with its dense, cerebral thrills and unpredictable murder mystery. Check out a trailer and synopsis below:
Per Netflix: One victim, found dead on a London street. Four detectives, in four different time periods, must solve the mystery to protect Britain’s future.
Unlike A24’s Bodies, Bodies, Bodies released last year, Bodies features just one body, namely a young man with a gunshot wound in the eye. This body, curiously, keeps cropping up across timelines, with the first episode introducing audiences to four distinct periods, all tethered by the same body and the same central mystery. Bodies swaps between 2023, 1941, 1890, and 2053, a veiled threat, no doubt, toward Netflix’s other time-traveling thriller, Dark. When in doubt, just add more timelines.
Fans have been loving the series so far, which isn’t too surprising given the positive critical reception the graphic novel received when first released. Check out what they’ve been saying about the series on Twitter below:
I’m not the only one who thinks it bears a passing resemblance to Dark, it seems. Netflix series are infamous for catching fire and then burning out, so it’ll be interesting to see if Bodies remains a favorite among audiences or whether it will be cast aside and replaced with the next best thing (a murder mystery with five timelines, maybe?).
What do you think? Have you had a chance to check out Bodies on Netflix yet? Were you as confused as some viewers? Let me know over on Twitter @Chadiscollins!
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