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Mr. Mercedes (2017)

Mr. Mercedes poster
Genre
thriller television series, police television drama
Country
United States
Length
3 seasons, 30 episodes
Rated
TV-MA
Rating
7.1 of 10 from 403 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A retired police detective is haunted by a mass murder case he never solved. The killer reaches out to him, and the two begin a twisted game of cat and mouse.

tensesuspensefuldarkslow-burnmelancholicgrittycerebraluneasy

What happens

Mr. Mercedes is an American crime drama television series developed by David E. Kelley. An adaptation of Stephen King's Bill Hodges trilogy of novels (Mr. Mercedes, Finders Keepers, and End of Watch), it stars Brendan Gleeson as Bill Hodges. It premiered on Audience on August 9, 2017, and concluded on November 12, 2019, spanning 30 episodes over three seasons. Audience went defunct in May 2020, with no indication of whether Mr. Mercedes had been cancelled or renewed. The series was made available to stream on Peacock in September 2020. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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