Bodies – Review
The good news is that there is a tremendous amount of content available on Netflix available for us to watch whenever we want. The bad news is that there is so much that is difficult to know what is junk and what is worth watching. One of the most recent that we have watched is Bodies.
Bodies is actually based on a graphic novel (Amazon affiliate link) and so I figured it must be an interesting enough story to make the journey from comics to television.
I will not give a full overview as I would soon get into spoilers and much of the value of this series is in the twists. I will say that it takes place simultaneously in four time periods: 1890, 1941, 2023, and 2053. In each year, there is a police detective in London, England investigating the very same crime. In all four periods, a naked dead man has appeared after a flash of light.
I will confess that after the first couple of episodes that I was wondering what I was watching and if it was worth continuing. But this is one of those series that is worth sticking with and the payoff comes at the end.
It is not a huge spoiler to say that time travel is involved. Time travel can be done well but is often a rather messy plot device. In Bodies, it is done very well. The consequences of time travel are very thoughtfully explored.
But this series is not really about time travel. It is more about philosophical questions that we struggle with. Are we pre-determined to do what we do or do we have free will. For theologians, there is all sorts of fodder for discussions about predestination. It also asks the question of whether we can ever get a second chance and redeem ourselves after previous mistakes.
There were times that my brain was hurting but Bodies is definitely worth watching. It is a thought provoking series that rises above its confusing premise. I recommend Bodies but request that if you start it, follow on through until you get to the end.
