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The Tourist TV series
Mar. 23rd, 2024 09:42 pmThe Tourist, 2022-
I fell into this show and did not come up for air until I finished the 2nd season. It was wild and delightful fun. I love the amnesia trope and this story satisfied.
Stars Jamie Dornan, Danielle Macdonald. On Netflix.
Content notes: lots of violence. claustrophobia, a scorpion. A dog gets killed by a villain. Drug use. Car crashes. Hospitals. Unrealistic healing from injuries. Probably others.
Reasons to watch: Extremely tropey, funny, excellent chemistry between various characters. A fun mystery format that unravels as our hero, who has lost his memory, tries to figure out what the hell is going on. This show really made me like Jamie Dornan, he's excellent at being baffled and handsome. There are some wild plot twists and his response is like, "For fook's sake!"
Helen, our main heroine, is super charming. She is also fat and the narrative is on her side, which is so unusual and refreshing. What I mean is, there is fatphobia / weight loss attempts shown in the first couple of episodes, but it's correctly shown as abuse and control, and Helen gets away from it. That plot line is basically dropped and then she's just like, a regular fat person. She has some kind of self-admitted attraction to "broken men," she's cheerful, she's brave, and she's an excellent detective.
Also enjoyable are the landscapes. S1 is set in the Australian Outback. S2 is set in Ireland.
I fell into this show and did not come up for air until I finished the 2nd season. It was wild and delightful fun. I love the amnesia trope and this story satisfied.
Stars Jamie Dornan, Danielle Macdonald. On Netflix.
Content notes: lots of violence. claustrophobia, a scorpion. A dog gets killed by a villain. Drug use. Car crashes. Hospitals. Unrealistic healing from injuries. Probably others.
Reasons to watch: Extremely tropey, funny, excellent chemistry between various characters. A fun mystery format that unravels as our hero, who has lost his memory, tries to figure out what the hell is going on. This show really made me like Jamie Dornan, he's excellent at being baffled and handsome. There are some wild plot twists and his response is like, "For fook's sake!"
Helen, our main heroine, is super charming. She is also fat and the narrative is on her side, which is so unusual and refreshing. What I mean is, there is fatphobia / weight loss attempts shown in the first couple of episodes, but it's correctly shown as abuse and control, and Helen gets away from it. That plot line is basically dropped and then she's just like, a regular fat person. She has some kind of self-admitted attraction to "broken men," she's cheerful, she's brave, and she's an excellent detective.
Also enjoyable are the landscapes. S1 is set in the Australian Outback. S2 is set in Ireland.
