# Gracepoint (2014)

> After a young boy is found dead on an idyllic California beach, a homicide investigation tears apart a small seaside town and the family at its center.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/54749

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 10
- Episode runtime: 43 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: mystery, crime, drama
- Created by: Chris Chibnall
- Network: FOX
- Cast: David Tennant, Anna Gunn, Michael Peña, Virginia Kull, Jacki Weaver, Josh Hamilton, Kevin Rankin, Kevin Zegers
- TMDB rating: 7.0/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3435532/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: moderate
- Tone: somber, tense, melancholic, claustrophobic

## What critics say

Audiences found the mystery gripping and well acted, with a strong lead performance, though the series was seen as a familiar, somewhat derivative take on a known British formula.

## Synopsis

Gracepoint (2014) is an American crime mystery series created by Chris Chibnall for FOX, a single-season ten-episode run and a US remake of the British format Broadchurch. Set in a close-knit seaside town in California, the story follows detective Emmett Carver (David Tennant), a investigator brought in to lead a homicide inquiry after a young boy is found dead on an idyllic beach. Local police officer Ellie Miller (Anna Gunn) is pulled into the case as the town turns on itself, and the wider cast includes Mark Solano (Michael Peña) and Beth Solano (Virginia Kull), whose lives are shattered by the loss. The engine of the show is the slow, methodical hunt for the killer, with each episode peeling back another layer of suspicion among neighbors, shopkeepers and friends while the investigation seeps into every corner of the community. Its atmosphere is somber and tense, built on grief, guilt and a rising sense of paranoia, and the case-driven structure unfolds as one continuous serialized mystery rather than standalone episodes. Fans of Broadchurch, The Killing and Twin Peaks will find resonance in its portrait of a small town undone by a single unspeakable crime and the media frenzy that follows.

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