Introduction

Bodies is a British crime/science fiction limited series primarily written and created for Netflix by Paul Tomalin.

It is based on the 2015 DC Vertigo graphic novel of the same name, written by Si Spencer and illustrated by Dean Ormston, Tula Lotay, Meghan Hetrick and Phil Winslade.

Also known as Project VI (working title, UK).

Outline

• Hillinghead brings Harker in for questioning about Defoe’s body, but Harker blackmails him with the compromising photographs, telling him to frame Ashe for the murder. He confesses he does not know who killed Defoe.
• Whiteman secures DCI Calloway’s help in finding Polly, discovering she is Managing Director of Harker Bank. Whiteman knocks out Calloway and abducts Polly, threatening her with Russian roulette in his synagogue until she confesses to killing Esther. Calloway stops Whiteman shooting her and arrests both of them for murder, but is then killed by Hayden Harker, a senior police officer and Polly’s son.
• Elias Mannix’s fingerprints are a direct match to Julian Harker’s, taken by Hillinghead in 1890. Hasan tracks down Elias’ birthmother, Sarah Mannix. Through Sarah, she discovers that DCI Barber is Harker’s great-grandson, and Elias’ father, but Barber disappears after taking Elias from HM Prison Feltham. Hasan goes to Barber’s home where she finds a 1941 recording addressed to her from Harker, confirming the teenaged Elias’ statement that she will help him bomb London.
• Lorna and Defoe take Maplewood to their base where she meets an older Hasan, and learns the truth of the Throat – Defoe’s active time-travel device. They explain Mannix needs this to facilitate his journey back to the 1800’s so he can start the cult to manipulate events that culminate in the 2023 bombing and result in the current society following his rise to power. Preferring the security of Mannix’s world, which also cured her paraplegia, Maplewood betrays Defoe and Hasan. Soldiers track her and raid the premises killing most of Chapel Perilous, and Maplewood leads Mannix to the Throat.

Bodies Series

You can find a full index and overview of Bodies here.

Production & Filming Details

• Release Date: 19 October 2023 (internet).
• Running Time: 60 minutes.
• Rating: 15.
• Country: UK.
• Language: English.

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