Both the 2014 graphic novel Bodies and its new Netflix adaptation begin with the same intriguing high-concept hook, and it’s tough not to be drawn in by the mystery. Four London police detectives in four different time periods each discover the same dead body in the same place, with the same unique markings and the same apparent gunshot to the head. As their parallel investigations unfold, various clues and suspects connect and overlap, pointing to an overarching conspiracy that spans centuries. The Bodies TV series presents a more concrete explanation for what’s happening than writer Si Spencer offered in the DC/Vertigo comic book, but both take mind-bending — if sometimes confounding — journeys to get there.The first episode of Bodies begins in the present, following Det. Sgt. Shahara Hasan (Amaka Okafor) as she monitors what appears to be a far-right rally on the streets of London. She chases a suspicious figure into the narrow, unpopulated Longharvest Lane, where she discovers a naked corpse on the ground. The young man Hasan was following manages to get away, and she’s left with the mystery of the dead body.That opening resembles plenty of crime TV series, setting up a mystery to play out over the course of eight episodes. It’s only one piece of Bodies’ increasingly complicated puzzle, though, as the episode shifts back to 1941 when Det. Sgt. Charles Whiteman (Jacob Fortune-Lloyd) comes across the exact same corpse in the exact same place. The shady Whiteman is being manipulated by a mysterious organization, and they order him to move the body in the middle of a bombing raid by the German military. He fails to cover up the crime, though, and soon, the London police of 1941 are investigating a murder just like the one in 2023.RELATED: Netflix Teases Big Reveals and Fun Surprises in Geeked Week ’23 Trailer
Both the 2014 graphic novel Bodies and its new Netflix adaptation begin with the same intriguing high-concept hook, and it’s tough not to be drawn in by the mystery. Four London police detectives in four different time periods each discover the same dead body in the same place, with the same unique markings and the same apparent gunshot to the head. As their parallel investigations unfold, various clues and suspects connect and overlap, pointing to an overarching conspiracy that spans centuries. The Bodies TV series presents a more concrete explanation for what’s happening than writer Si Spencer offered in the DC/Vertigo comic book, but both take mind-bending — if sometimes confounding — journeys to get there.
The first episode of Bodies begins in the present, following Det. Sgt. Shahara Hasan (Amaka Okafor) as she monitors what appears to be a far-right rally on the streets of London. She chases a suspicious figure into the narrow, unpopulated Longharvest Lane, where she discovers a naked corpse on the ground. The young man Hasan was following manages to get away, and she’s left with the mystery of the dead body.
That opening resembles plenty of crime TV series, setting up a mystery to play out over the course of eight episodes. It’s only one piece of Bodies‘ increasingly complicated puzzle, though, as the episode shifts back to 1941 when Det. Sgt. Charles Whiteman (Jacob Fortune-Lloyd) comes across the exact same corpse in the exact same place. The shady Whiteman is being manipulated by a mysterious organization, and they order him to move the body in the middle of a bombing raid by the German military. He fails to cover up the crime, though, and soon, the London police of 1941 are investigating a murder just like the one in 2023.
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