Firstly, because the crimes themselves don't tend to be outlandish or shocking, nor are they the result of convoluted motives. The forest and its magic provides both an interwoven sense of mystery and a lens through which to view the mundane world of its human neighbours.
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Black Spot, though, doesn't have this problem. Because the ongoing plot threads are so rich, the mysteries so compelling, the actual crimes themselves are plausible, with regular motivations - it's how they fit into the wider picture of Villefranche and its magic that intrigues.
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More than once, individual episodes borrow from familiar horror tropes - a cave search evokes The Descent in one; found footage suggests The Blair Witch Project in another - but this never feels stale even so; more like a self-aware homage.
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The only show I've ever seen like it - and which I also highly recommend - is a Swedish show called Jordskott, whose second season I haven't yet seen, but which is also a magic murder forest crime show that touches on industrial politics, child loss and old pagan magic.
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S1 of Black Spot is only eight episodes long, so you can burn through it in a day if you have the time and inclination, but I recommend drawing it out a little longer: it's one of those rare shows that's so good, you want to savour it.
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In conclusion, PLEASE WATCH BLACK SPOT I NEED MORE PEOPLE TO YELL ABOUT HOW AWESOME IT IS WITH ME.
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(Also, final sidebar: as someone who has written a book whose female protagonist loses two fingers early on, I was weirdly thrilled that Laurene also has this in her story.)
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