The Fall: The Complete Collection [DVD]

The Fall was a series that ran for three seasons, from 2013 to 2016, starring Gillian Anderson and Jamie Dornan. Dornan plays Paul Spector, a bereavement counselor who is married with two young kids, and who is also a serial killer known as the "Belfast Strangler" (which is not a fact that the show tries to hide). Anderson plays police superintendent Stella Gibson who is brought to Belfast to take over the investigation of a murder that has been unsolved for over a month. She figures out that the murder is the work of a serial killer and leads the investigation to take him down. Each of the seasons is short. The first season has just five episodes, and the second and third seasons have six episodes. Season one focuses on establishing the characters and the investigation into the killings. Season two focuses on finding proof of Spector's guilt and taking him down, and season three focuses on the fallout.This collection is just a repackaging of the individual season releases. As far as I can tell, the discs are exactly the same as what you would get if you purchased the seasons individually (each season has two discs), and all of the extras carry over. The show looks and sounds great in HD. Of course, there is no CGI or a lot of special effects, but the location shots look great, especially if you have a large screen tv. The extras are fairly sparse, but for each season you get some trailers, and a making-of featurette focused on that season, and the second and third seasons have some deleted scenes. Not a ton of bonus features, but what is included is good.The series is very good. It is not overly gory like, for example, Dexter. It focuses more on the psychological aspect, especially the cat-and-mouse game between Spector and Gibson. The writing and acting are both great, and the series gets in and out of the story for each season well. So, if you are a fan of crime dramas, this is a very good one to check out.

Wow, Gillian Anderson is perfect in this series.

Love the series.

This series is like nothing I have seen before. It shows the intense impact of the crimes on the police, on the victim family and in the perpetrator’s own family. Chilling. Disturbing. Incredibly finely drawn performances by the entire cast. An uncomfortable reminder that crime affects not only victims, but the lives and psyche of the entire community. The performances are so stunning that the series is worth watching multiple times.

The Fall is a good suspense story and the characters stick with you. Most of the characters are damaged in their own way. The police are hunting a serial killer, but everyone has their backstory, making a psychological thriller

The story line and characters are incredibly believable. Both Jamie Dornan and Gillian Anderson give outstanding performances. Worth watching a second time! The ending wasn't what I thought it would be. I had unanswered questions. Definitely wish it would have gone on for another episode or two.

I enjoyed this series so very much that I watched it thru in just 3 nights! Only disappointed in one character/actor choice. Why can't we make good entertainment like that in America...

Extremely well done.