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Apr 14, 2020 · A young girl called Felicity dies in a car bombing and with fingers pointing at a whole host of colourful and deceptive players in a small town, Felicity’s sister Allegra arrives to try and get to the bottom of what happened.
- Briarpatch - Season 1 Episode 1 Recap & Review - The Review Geek
The Captain defiantly refuses to believe Felicity was a bad...
- Briarpatch - Season 1 Episode 1 Recap & Review - The Review Geek
Feb 7, 2020 · The Captain defiantly refuses to believe Felicity was a bad cop and it’s here we learn they were soon to be wed. The investigation continues and Allegra heads to the local bar, asking questions about the Captain with Freddie Laffter. He suspects the killer is someone with money.
Apr 14, 2020 · The opening to the season 1 finale of Briarpatch begins with Gene Holder smashing open a vending machine and stealing a can of drink from within. Allegra and A.D. meanwhile, prepare their plan after showing their recording to Jake.
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By Matt Fowler
Updated: Feb 7, 2020 6:38 am
Posted: Feb 7, 2020 4:01 am
Warning: Spoilers for the Briarpatch premiere follow...
Sometimes too stylized for its own good, as if Wes Anderson adapted a John Ridley novel, Briarpatch is a slice of naughty noir that might satiate your mystery cravings this winter (though it's set in scorching temperatures) if shows like The Sinner or The Outsider are too grim and gruesome for your tastes.
Adapted from a 1984 Ross Thomas novel by podcaster/critic Andy Greenwald, and executive produced by Mr. Robot's Sam Esmail, Briarpatch is awesomely anchored by Rosario Dawson, who plays a D.C. investigator called back to her quirky, quicksand hometown of San Bonifacio, Texas (nicknamed "Saint Disgrace") after the sudden, and explosive, murder of her sister.
All the hallmarks of a fun and fundamental murder mystery are on hand - from a past tragedy very few people talk about to an estranged sibling who kept a ton of secrets to an assortment of colorful-yet-shifty characters at our disposal. There's Edi Gathegi's chatty lawyer A.D. Singe, Jay R. Ferguson's "big man in the mansion" Jake Spivey, and Brian Geraghty as Felicity's married love interest, to name a few silly members of the citizenry.
Ostensible allies might be enemies, and vice versa. There are even two seemingly separate cases going on here, what with Allegra also being tapped by a senator to investigate a bunch of missing war money. If things click the way they usually do in this BBQ-slathered noir, both threads will connect somehow.
Nothing feels quite real and because of that you're less invested overall. As Allegra enters her town, it's ferociously hot, random animals are on the loose, and her hotel is somehow incapable of clearing up a room service tray left out in the hall (to get symbolically blanketed in ants over days). It's like she walked onto the set of a Coen Bros. film and not a grounded, true place.
Fortunately, Dawson's Dill isn't phased easily and her tendency to cut through small talk and pleasantries helps us navigate the dreamscape. Her non-reactivity is what makes the craziness around her work because if it's somehow all normal to her, it can be more readily accepted by us.
Briarpatch's loony pulp grows on you over time - as quick as the runtime of this season opener. Once the stakes start to go up in the third act, Felicity's facade starts to fade, and Dawson's Dill begins to realize there are larger dangers lurking, the playground reveals its jagged edges and makes a little more sense.
The first season of Briarpatch began airing on February 6, 2020 and consisted of 10 episodes. The series follows Senate investigator Allegra Dill who returns to her hometown in Texas following her younger sisters murder.
Feb 7, 2020 · On Briarpatch Season 1 Episode 1, things took a turn when Allegra Hill learned that her sister was murdered in her hometown. Who was the killer?
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USA Network describes the series as follows: Briarpatch follows Allegra Dill (Dawson), a dogged investigator returning to her border-town Texas home after her sister is murdered. What begins as a search for a killer turns into an all-consuming fight to bring her corrupt hometown to its knees.
