'Roadkill': Episode 3 Recap
Roadkill is a series that’s comprised of just four episodes, the sort of short length that makes you think that it has to be a show that knows what sort of story it’s telling and what its ultimate endgame is. But three-fourths of the way through the thing, it’s really hard to feel even remotely confident that it does.
The cliffhangers from last week’s episode shake out exactly the way we expected – struggling reporter Charmian Pepper is dead and all-around dirtbag Peter Laurence ends up with his arm in a sling, because that’s the way these stories go, generally.
Charmian’s death vaguely motivates barrister Rochelle to do the right thing and decide to go after Peter herself, but that’s as much of an in-memoriam as the poor girl gets, outside of a handful of people randomly mocking her alcoholism. Will we ever find out who truly killed her? The show doesn’t seem terribly interested in the question, so I’d maybe not hold your breath.
