I may be alone, but I wish A Murder at the End of the World was about the Silver Doe Killer much more than about the retreat of brilliant minds in Iceland. The powerful opening of the series, to the sound of This is the End by The Doors, with Emma Corrin crushing her American accent, perfectly uncomfortable as a young geek with a passion for crime, launching her first book that recounts how she deciphered, with the help of her boyfriend, a trail of deaths of 17 women, all found with silver earrings. Shocking. Perfect.

“I can’t tell my story without talking about Bill,” she says painfully, explaining that she met him online, on an amateur detective forum. Her narrative is succinct and perfect, and just like the audience becomes more curious, so do we. “I’ll start at the end”, she warns, looking at the chapter that is labeled “debate” in the book. “I sometimes wonder would it have been better not to go,” she reads. This phrase was reinforced again in the penultimate episode when we already knew about the tragedy.

We meet Bill in a desert setting, with Darby, where the two are clearly not on good terms, although she delivers one of the best lines in the series: “It’s really hard to fall in love for the first time while tracking a serial killer”. The soul of the strange love between Bill and Darby. And the scene where they – without a word – get back together to the sound of No More I Love Yous was made to be classic. Seriously, headbanging to Annie Lennox was unexpected (even if long). Even without knowing how special the couple was, we realized it would be important.

A Murder at the End of the World focuses on several fronts, but the romance between these two intelligent young people, clearly different from the rest, who decipher the meaning of life in death, is one of the saddest and most different presented in a series for a long time, without a doubt. for the chemistry and great performance of Emma and Harris Dickinson, a great actor who has gained deserved prominence since Triangle of Sadness (his participation in Maleficent 2 was also good).

Bill and Darby look alike and differ radically. The investigation that brought them together – and separated them – tells us in every episode (always in flashback) that while Bill seeks a true connection with Darby, focusing on feelings and heart, she only relies on the rational. Which he later neatly sums up as “too much and not enough.” Always intense, but never complete.

This brings us back to the brilliant choice of Depeche Mode‘s song Strangelove for the series’ launch campaign. Part of the album Music for the Masses, from 1987 has lyrics that talk about a, well, “strange love” where pain, suffering, ups and downs are warned in advance, as well as the warning that it wants nothing more than authenticity, to practice what he preaches.

Strangelove is kind of rejected by the band, only part of the concert repertoire on rare occasions and considered one of the group’s most pop songs. “There is a line and if you cross it too much, it becomes a dull pop song,” he once said, happy that this was not the case with this composition that generated a lot of conflicts behind the scenes of the recordings. “I can’t even tell you how many times we had to redo it. We had to change the bass line at least a hundred times. We also had a lot of percussion that we ended up removing,” he explained. “The live version is much more satisfying,” he added.

It was perfect for A Murder at the End of the World and, as a bonus, the theme of love between Bill and Darby, perfect for each other, separated forever by the murderers who brought them together for the first time.

There’ll be times
When my crimes
Will seem almost unforgivable
I give in to sin
Because you have to make this life livable

But when you think I’ve had enough
From your sea of love
I’ll take more than another river full
Yes, and I’ll make it all worthwhile
I’ll make your heart smile

Strangelove
Strange highs and strange lows
Strangelove
That’s how my love goes
Strangelove
Will you give it to me?

Will you take the pain
I will give to you?
Again and again
And will you return it?

There’ll be days
When I’ll stray
I may appear to be
Constantly out of reach
I give in to sin
Because I like to practice what I preach

I’m not trying to say
I’ll have it all my way
I’m always willing to learn
When you’ve got something to teach
And I’ll make it all worthwhile
I’ll make your heart smile

Pain, will you return it?
I’ll say it again, pain
Pain, will you return it?
I’ll say it again, pain

Pain, will you return it?
I’ll say it again, pain
Pain, will you return it?
I won’t say it again

Strangelove
Strange highs and strange lows
Strangelove
That’s how my love goes
Strangelove
Will you give it to me?

Strangelove
Strange highs and strange lows
Strangelove
That’s how my love goes
Strangelove
Will you give it to me?

Strangelove
Strange highs and strange lows
Strangelove
That’s how my love goes
Strangelove
Will you give it to me?

I give in
Again and again
I give in
Will you give it to me?
I give in
I’ll say it again
I give in
I give in
Again and again
I give in
That’s how my love goes
I give in
I’ll say it again
I give in
I give in

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