So I was on HBO Max watching Raised by Wolves and I saw a few ads for The Tourist, and I gave it a shot, and I'm glad I did! How's that for a non-spoiler review?
But here's a little more, with some spoilers.
A man is run off the road by a truck in the Australian outback and wakes up in a hospital having no idea who he is. That's a fairly standard beginning, harkening back at least as far as Coronet Blue, one of my all-time favorite summer replacement CBS shows with a short number of episodes because the series was never finished. The Tourist also has a short number of episodes -- six -- and though the mini-series concludes, there's more than enough room for another season or two.
The main character other than the amnesiac is Probationary Constable Helen Chambers. That's barely police, but Helen has a keen sense of justice and morality, and is played perfectly by Danielle Macdonald. Helen is a little overweight, and engaged to a psychologically abusive guy who's even more overweight, but is driving Helen crazy to lose weight and has open contempt for her job. Helen is attractive, inside and outside, and it's no surprise that the amnesiac becomes increasingly attracted to her.
The other police are crooked or barely competent. The amnesiac (well played by Jamie Dornan) has a prior girlfriend with plenty of spunk, great lines, and names, Luci, Victoria, etc, also well played by Shalom Brune-Franklin. The action is nonstop, with major surprises in just about every episode.
Some of the characters are almost unbelievably hard to kill, but that's ok. The amnesiac's status is not clear at the end. But going by my standard that unless you see the character's head severed or blown to bits there's a always a chance he or she can live to show up in a second season. Which, as I said, I really hope to see. Harry Williams and Jack Williams, please write it.
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