First Time in Saint Disgrace

Episode aired Feb 6, 2020
TV-MA

IMDb RATING

7.2/10

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Briarpatch: First Time In Saint Disgrace

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Crime Drama Mystery Thriller

Allegra Dill returns to Texas after her sister is murdered.Allegra Dill returns to Texas after her sister is murdered.Allegra Dill returns to Texas after her sister is murdered.

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IMDb RATING

7.2/10

285

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
Singe speaks to Dill in French, in order to warn her without Strucker understanding what he is saying. Singe's accent and pronunciation of the French are so bad that it makes it difficult to figure out what he is saying, even if you have a decent ability to understand and speak French. The French spoken is "Je pense que nous devrions obtenir ces boissons maintenant," which means "I think we need to go get those drinks now."

Quotes
Freddie Laffter: [to Pick] How come they treat you like a white man?

Connections
References Casablanca (1942)

Soundtracks
Matchbox
Written and Performed by Carl Perkins

The first episode goes off with a bang.

Allegra Dill (Rosario Dawson) returns to her hometown of San Bonifacio after the death of her estranged sister Felicity. She who was a cop and a landlady, her car blew up.

The town seems crooked and someone in it hates cops. Allegra is the beneficiary of a large life insurance policy of her late sister. Allegra suspects something is not right as she searches for Felicity's killer.

Why did Felicity have such a large policy for her relatively modest police salary. Felicity's apartment was not the type she would live in.

This is a noirish first episode. The influences range from David Lynch, especially with the casting of the police chief and the animals escaping from the zoo. There are also hints of the Coen Brothers and Quentin Tarantino.

However this is also a slow burn opener. It wants to establish mood and works too hard to be off beat.