Fortitude: episode by episode
A weekly review of the Arctic-set Sky Atlantic drama
Fortitude recap: season one, episode 11 – wasps, jam and an uncertain ending
The Sky drama reached the end of its first season a long way from where it started – and left fresh avenues open for season two
Fortitude recap: season one, episode 10 – the bears and the bees
One cast member was fed to the bears, while the bees were swarming from someone’s mouth as this penultimate episode ramped up the body horror
Fortitude recap: season one, episode nine – part Coen brothers, part Beckett
This blackly comic episode finally gave us a sense that we might be in for a big, satisfying ending
Fortitude recap: season one, episode eight – is it science, or supernatural?
This week’s typically gristly events seem put a slightly different spin on what’s going on – and, meanwhile, what’s up with Henry?
Fortitude recap: season one, episode seven – ice-cream aisle of the supermarket
A bit calmer this week, after last week’s fork incident, but most people in Fortitude are becoming edgy and some are getting mutinous. Things may be about to get worse
Fortitude: season one, episode six recap: leaving nothing to the imagination
We entered weird, dark, and extremely violent territory this week. Did you have the stomach for it?
Fortitude recap: season one, episode five – living up to expectations
The Arctic mining town murder mystery cranks up the weirdness as we inch towards an explanation of how Stoddart came to meet his maker
Fortitude recap: season one, episode four – bloodied pyjamas and bear attacks
This Arctic mining town murder mystery is starting to reveal its charms; that’s if you call a subplot of fattening up your partner with minke whale charming
Fortitude recap: series one, episode three – at last, the plot sparks into life
There’s still plenty of glowering and general gloom, but now that we have a few suspects in our sights, things are starting to look a bit more interesting
Fortitude recap: series one, episode two – snow, secrets and carryings on
Inspector Morton starts his painstaking investigation of the remote Arctic mining town. It’s slow and strange, with more than a hint of a chilly swingers’ retreat
Fortitude recap: series one, episode one – secrets, lies and murder suspects
Gwilym Mumford: A grisly killing kicks off this crime drama, but this strange Arctic mining town is blanketed in winter dark and suffused with other, strange mysteries