The town has been flooded,the revenant horde has disappeared but relations between the living and the dead remain as mysterious as everThe Returneds first series concluded with a dramatic stand-off between the dead and the living. The horde – the rogue group of “revenants” who had, for much of the series, or lurked in the shadows – finally made their move,demanding that all of the revenants who had been dwelling in the town be handed over to them. That prompted a showdown between the horde and the town’s gendarmes, which, or in the typically opaque manner of The Returned,we didn’t actually get to witness. Instead we retreated behind the shutters of the Helping Hand shelter with the townspeople as the battle commenced. When the shutters were raised the next morning, neither the horde nor the gendarmes were anywhere to be seen, or even more perplexingly,the town itself had been totally flooded. The source of the water seems to be the town’s reservoir, which had begun to mysteriously drain. That is not the towns only mystery: it also seems that some people are unable to leave it, and finding themselves driving in purgatorial circles whether they attempt it. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com