Coldwater

Matt Roush says...

Watching a one-time action hero struggle with cowardice provides a fascinating hook to this six-part psychological thriller (airing weekly) that brings The Walking Dead‘s Andrew Lincoln back to TV in a polar opposite role. Here, he’s more like running scared. The intrigue begins when John, a mild-mannered househusband and dad, relocates his family from London to the small Scottish town of Coldwater to escape the public shame of having fled a violent incident in a neighborhood park, leaving one of his kids behind. It’s his bad luck that his new Coldwater neighbor, Tommy (a wild-eyed Ewen Bremner), is a manipulative lunatic and possible serial killer who exploits John’s insecurities and weaknesses. Scene-stealer Eve Myles plays Tommy’s enabling wife Rebecca, an unconventional pastor who may be even more of a monster. Episodes air on the linear Showtime schedule Sundays at 9/8c.

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