Cracker is a British TV series about a psychologist named Edward Fitz. Set in Manchester, Fitz is an alcoholic, chain smoker, gambler, and obese, we see him get a drink thrown in his face over dinner. That’s before he loses again at the track. When his wife finds out that he’s in debt, she leaves him.
During this time, a woman is murdered on a train. The train is stopped but no suspects can be found. Then, miles away by the track, a man is unconscious but awakened by several children. There is blood all over him.
The man is taken in and questioned by the police. He doesn’t remember anything and claims to have amnesia. The police think he is faking.
Enter Fitz, who earlier on, says he wants to help the police and is confident that he can crack the case. The woman who was murdered was one of his students. The family knows him very well and agree that he should be involved in the case.
Fitz has an unusual way of questioning the suspect, often referring to the woman and the clothes she was wearing, trying to get into his mind and say that he did it. Much of he plot is based on Fitz trying to determine if he has the man who murdered his student.
It’s hard for me to say early on whether I like Fitz since he plays the main part in this series. He’s not a very likable character and throughout the show, he’s either yelling at the suspect or his son who for some reason stays with him while his wife goes off to live somewhere else.
I think Fitz is intriguing enough to follow and I’ll give this show three stars, hoping to see how Fitz develops as a character.
Rick Holman
During this time, a woman is murdered on a train. The train is stopped but no suspects can be found. Then, miles away by the track, a man is unconscious but awakened by several children. There is blood all over him.
The man is taken in and questioned by the police. He doesn’t remember anything and claims to have amnesia. The police think he is faking.
Enter Fitz, who earlier on, says he wants to help the police and is confident that he can crack the case. The woman who was murdered was one of his students. The family knows him very well and agree that he should be involved in the case.
Fitz has an unusual way of questioning the suspect, often referring to the woman and the clothes she was wearing, trying to get into his mind and say that he did it. Much of he plot is based on Fitz trying to determine if he has the man who murdered his student.
It’s hard for me to say early on whether I like Fitz since he plays the main part in this series. He’s not a very likable character and throughout the show, he’s either yelling at the suspect or his son who for some reason stays with him while his wife goes off to live somewhere else.
I think Fitz is intriguing enough to follow and I’ll give this show three stars, hoping to see how Fitz develops as a character.
Rick Holman