On Demand Weekly

On Demand Weekly provides new movie reviews of hot movies and shows on demand from the POV of watching from the comfort of your home. Today’s review: THORNE (Encore).

THORNE: SCAREDY CAT
It’s Raining Red Herrings

By Jean Tait

Are you a fan of “The Killing?” Do you like sullen atmospheres and troubled, in-need-of-therapy, but good-looking detectives? Then Tom Thorne is for you. Encore brings two (the equivalent of 6 British) episodes of the UK series to the US: “Thorne: Sleepyhead” and “Thorne: Scaredy Cat” based on the crime novels by Mark Billingham.

Brought to tortured life by David Morrissey (who also executive produces), Tom Thorne is the epitome of tortured cop. Looking like a cross between Liam Neeson and Stephen Moyer (True Blood), neither of whom are slouches in the booding department, Morrissey’s Thorne could partner right up with Sarah Linden (Mereille Enos), but of course, being the troubled soul who doesn’t always play by the book, he’s better off going it alone.

Going it alone, however, doesn’t mean going without a top-notch supporting cast which includes Aiden Gillen (Littlefinger on “Game of Thrones,” looking so different it took me quite a while to place the face) as Thorne’s medical examiner best buddy, Phil, and Eddie Marsan as his out-to-get him superior officer. The gorgeous Natasha McElhone is his love-interest in Sleepyhead, and Sandra Oh with an English accent is a coke-addicted fellow detective in Scaredycat.