The Returned (Les Revanants) (Spoilers!)

Ah watched it, and a couple of the spoiler tags here have made for excellent explanation of things I didn't immediately get. The passive woman in the café and the scars reveal at the end of the second episode.
It rather interesting.
 
To be honest i missed the connection to the woman in the cafe. I have just re watched the first two episodes again incase i missed anything. Even watching it a second time i enjoyed it.
 
I enjoyed it again tonight. The best part for me is how the story is starting to unravel bit by bit. All be it slowly.

I have loads of questions that hopefully will get answered in the coming weeks.

Still not convinced that Lena and Camille did not swap in the beginning. What the hell was in the bin? and where did it come from?

What is going on with that mark on Lena's back. Is it me or did it look like it was getting bigger?

Why did Frederic not recognised Camille. Surely he would have remembered what she looked like.

What is the Doctor's involvement as he seems a little creepy as though he has seen it all before.

What will we find when the dam water finally disappears? Will we get hordes of Zombies coming alive.

The woman in the cafe was Mr Costa's wife who he set alight in the house. Does that mean they can be killed but will regenerate some how back to the normal self.

Finally is it me but does everyone seem a little to calm considering the dead has risen.
 
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The slow unraveling is fascinating.
Yes, the scar's regressing into the original wound which caused it.

The Fred/Camille thing we just have to roll with... at that age 7ish years is almost half his lifetime, and the cousin thing kind of works.

The 'doctor'/Jesus freak is definitely creepy, but it might just be an evangelical thing; he's getting his rocks off seeing their local equivalent of the Rapture unfolding.

As for the dam, who knows... another tease thread which could prove disappointing in the end.

The woman in the cafe thing is clear now, but I still think the only 'rational' conclusion to all this is that they're all trapped in Purgatory until they find a way out. :-)

And yes, everyone does seem a bit too calm, apart from Lena and Victor's adopted mother (or should that be daughter the way things are playing out?), who both seem likely to flip at any moment.

I was glad to see the back of the nosy neighbour, but that was a bit too heavily telegraphed for my liking. They did spice it up with the possibility the murderer's involved, rather than Victor. Or maybe it's both, or... lots of entertaining possibilities there.

And finally -- I think! -- the head in the bin thing must be connected with the returned brother coming into town to visit the bar. No idea why he'd stop off to drop that wolf's/dog's head in their bin, or why he'd be connected to Camille's house, but...

Overall I can't help feeling this is a lot of great foreplay heading towards disappointing sex, but maybe this says more about my life than their drama. :-) Looking forward to the next one.
 
Another cracking episode tonight. For every thought i have about different people every week they change as different things are reviled.

My thoughts on Victor have totally changed after tonight. Hopefully it will continue in the same vain.

Now looking forward to next week already.
 
How did the old woman neighbour kill herself? I wonder what the pathology report said.

Also, Pierre was one of the men from the start? He was the one who tried to tell Victor to be quiet wasn't he? I wonder who the other one is that shot Victor!
 
Defintely looks like, also that's his mum that was at the hostel place and his dad was the old guy that threw himself off the dam
 
Finished watching the whole series now.

All I'll say is don't expect every question to be answered. That'll obviously come in series 2. :)

Really enjoyed the final episode. Very tense stuff.
 
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Ok, I just caught up with this week's episode and thought it was ok, but not as captivating as the first few. But then...
Victor arrived at the hostel. That scene actually gave me goosebumps!

The narrative tension's mounting quietly. And how come nobody told us the third Gallagher brother's a French actor?
 
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I'm still playing catch-up, and only as far as ep. 3 so far. But yes, it's a great piece of TV. The way it was sold as "zombies" was rather annoying, because it's nothing of the kind. This is much more a traditional European ghost story: ghost stories where the ghost has physical form aren't that rare. I like the way it slowly starts linking the lives of the various returned. And how the returned aren't necessarily nice people.
 
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