And Kelley, along with Dennis Lehane and the rest of the Mr. Mercedes staff, have put forth one of TV’s most engrossing dramas, with the story of retired detective Bill Hodges (Brendan Gleeson) trying to once and for all solve the case of the disturbed thrill-killer Brady Hartsfield (Harry Treadaway), who is just as intent on mentally breaking down the hard-drinking nemesis that sought him out years earlier.
And it only gets better as the season goes on.
Showrunner David E. Kelley has been in the TV business for a long time, and just prior to Mr. Mercedes, he adapted Liane Moriarty’s Big Little Lies for HBO, making some (but not many) changes in taking it up a notch on the dramatic front.