The Woman In The Wall

Matt Roush says...

No one sleeps easily in this provocative six-part Irish mystery—least of all Norma (the mesmerizing Ruth Wilson), whose sleepwalking already pegs her as damaged goods, never having fully recovered from having her baby taken away from her 30 years ago at a notorious convent and workhouse for unwed pregnant girls. Plot twists include a priest’s murder, an anonymous note promising information about Norma’s daughter and a dead female stranger whom Norma impulsively hides within a wall in her home. All of these elements intertwine when a Dublin detective (Bad Sisters’ Daryl McCormack) comes to town, himself plagued by nightmares from his childhood before being adopted. The whodunit angle is mostly perfunctory, because this series’ true focus is on bringing justice and peace to women like Norma who have spent their adult lives under a cloud of grief and unresolved shame. (See the full review.)

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