The slightly too forced ending makes The Jetty not a real winner.The Jetty centers on Detective Amber Menning (Jenna Coleman, Victoria). This young mother lost her husband a year ago. Her daughter deals with this in her own way. She regularly seeks support from her grandmother. Something that bothers Amber because her relationship with her mother is complex. Amber is confronted with her past through her work due to a raging fire. Her late husband seems to have done more than she could imagine. Her obstinacy and stubbornness cause Amber to get into more and more trouble, including in her work.
Podcast maker Riz (Weruche Opia, High Desert) simultaneously starts an investigation into the disappearance of teenager Amy (Bo Bragason, Renegade Nell) seventeen years ago. Amber soon becomes involved as well. By using flashbacks, we as viewers gain more and more insight into what happened in the past. It slowly becomes clear that everything is connected. The fire at the pier (or the jetty in English), Amber's husband and the withdrawn attitude of all the residents in the town where it takes place. Amy's disappearance appears to be an old wound that most people do not want to be reopened.
The Jetty is full of acting talent.
A very complex story is told in just four episodes. Using flashbacks is an excellent way to shed further light on the past. By keeping it vague in the beginning, what happened to Amy remains intriguing. It quickly becomes clear that she is rebellious and outgoing. This doesn't always attract the right friends. Amy herself attracts the insecure Caitlin (Laura Marcus, The Serpent Queen). Through Caitlin's eyes we get to see more and more of the world of and around Amy. The connection with Amber's past and present becomes increasingly clear and urgent. It makes Amber seem to lose her self-control even further.
The Jetty is full of acting talent. Despite the fact that the sun usually shines, the images are suitably dark. That darkness helps to further exploit the atmosphere around the already not cheerful story. The story is an interesting trip in a relatively short period of time. By using only four episodes, there is no room for all kinds of storylines that don't matter anyway. That helps the story. Where the series unfortunately falls down is in the forced ending. There was a little too much search for a surprising ending and less for a fitting ending.
A very complex story is told in just four episodes.
A second season has now been announced. Striking considering the end of this season. While the first three episodes warrant a sequel, the last part of the final episode lets the series down a bit. Yet there is so much quality on offer that I am looking forward to that second season. If the ending had been executed a little more consistently compared to the first three episodes, I would have been a little more enthusiastic.
About the writer, Karzal
Mike (1995) has been a member of MySeries since 2016 and is mainly active on the English version of the site. Since 2018, he has been actively translating news articles, columns, reviews and basically everything that ends up on the Dutch site. The original articles, columns and reviews were actually written by others. During the week Mike can be found at IKEA, where he is a national systems specialist and occasionally also in the classroom to teach an English lesson. In addition, Mike logically enjoys watching series and has actually been spoon-fed this from an early age. The genre doesn't matter, there is a place for everything in the otherwise busy life.
