
Black Snow
Taste attributes: crimedramamysteryslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticintricateenclosedcomplex relationshipfighting evilsolving the riddle/not as it seems
Boxlist takeExpect a heavy, intricate crime series, fresh rather than familiar. Best if you like puzzles over plain sailing.
Taste details
Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: very intricate · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
Quality rating
6.8 /10
TMDB · 30 votes
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Season
Season 1
· 2023 · 6 episodesEpisodes (6)
1Unfinished Business1 Jan 2023
When a time capsule is opened and a secret is unearthed, Detective James Cormack is put on the trail of a murderer from a 1994 case that was never solved.
2Predators1 Jan 2023
After the discovery of Isabel's hair, those involved with the time capsule project in 1994 are at the forefront of Cormack's investigation.
3Ezekiel1 Jan 2023
Rumours spread around Ashford, and suspicion lands on Joe, Isabel's father; as Cormack interviews the time capsule kids, more secrets emerge.
4The Lost Boys1 Jan 2023
Cormack investigates the link between Ezekiel's missing cousins "the lost boys," and Isabel's murder as a new person comes forward with evidence.
5Sugar Sugar1 Jan 2023
Turner concludes that Billy's death was an accident, but Cormack suspects foul play and believes it's linked to the missing workers and Isabel's murder.
6Spirits Speak1 Jan 2023
Cormack tries to track Anton down to question him, but he's disappeared, and when Cormack and Hazel discover that Kalana is also missing, they fear the worst.
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What lines up
- Intricacy: Smart / intricate, just how this profile likes it
- Pace: Slow, just how this profile likes it
- Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Emotional punch: Balanced emotional punch, where this profile leans emotive / stirring
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Synopsis
In 1995, seventeen-year-old Isabel Baker was murdered. The crime shocked the small town of Ashford and devastated Isabel's Australian South Sea Islander community. The case was never solved, the killer never found. In 2020, the opening of a time capsule unearths a secret that puts cold-case detective James Cormack on the trail of the killer.
Synopsis: TMDB
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- Genre
- Crime
- Year
- 2023
- Status
- Ended
- Studio
- Goalpost Pictures
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