I have always liked Simon Pegg and Nick Frost movies like Paul(2011). I have no idea whether this series
is worth watching or not but I really liked some of the things these two from England have done together.
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Truth Seekers
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| Genre | Comedy horror |
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| Directed by | Jim Field Smith |
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| Music by | Robin Foster |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 (list of episodes) |
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| Cinematography | Arthur Mulhern |
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| Running time | 24–32 minutes |
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| Original network | Prime Video |
| Original release | October 30, 2020 |
Truth Seekers is a 2020 British comedy horror web television series created by Nick Frost, Simon Pegg, James Serafinowicz and Nat Saunders. The series was directed by Jim Field Smith and stars Nick Frost and Simon Pegg.
The first two episodes premiered at the CannesSeries Festival, on October 10, 2020,[1][2] followed by a Prime Video release on October 30, 2020.[3][4]
Cast[edit]
- Nick Frost as Gus Roberts: A broadband installer for Smyle internet. He has an interest in paranormal investigations, and Frost described his character as someone "lost and looking for some truth in many aspects of his life."[5]
- Emma D'Arcy as Astrid, a young woman haunted by several ghosts
- Samson Kayo as Elton John: Gus's new partner at Smyle and in paranormal investigations. Running themes are nobody reacting to his name, and his ability to unwittingly discover secret passages.[6]
- Malcolm McDowell as Richard: Gus's aging father-in-law.[7]
- Simon Pegg as Dave: Gus's boss and the head of the broadband company Smyle.[5]
- Susie Wokoma as Helen: Elton's sister, an agoraphobic and anxious cosplayer.[7]
- Julian Barratt as Dr. Peter Toynbee
- Rosalie Craig as Emily Roberts: Gus's wife who died ten years prior to the start of the series.[8]
Premise[edit]
Gus Roberts is the number one engineer at Smyle, Britain's biggest mobile network operator and internet service provider. In his spare time he's also a keen investigator of the paranormal. Gus is initially disappointed when his boss Dave partners him up with new recruit Elton John, but the two rapidly form a friendship, working together both professionally and in the paranormal, however Elton is less enthusiastic than Gus in this area. Seemingly unrelated is Astrid, a young woman who is chased through a house and later a hospital by several ghosts. She escapes the hospital and runs through the countryside. Also introduced are Elton's agoraphobic sister Helen, a nervous cosplayer, and Gus' grumpy father-in-law Richard.
Episodes[edit]
| No. | Title | Directed by [9] | Written by [9] | Original release date [10] | |
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| 1 | "The Haunting Of Connelly’s Nook" | Jim Field Smith | Nick Frost, Simon Pegg, James Serafinowicz and Nat Saunders | October 30, 2020 | |
| Mrs Connelly calls Smyle to repair her Smart TV. Gus and Elton discover that the HDMI cable has been cut, but when replaced the TV displays an image of another room in the house. The image is traced to a secret laboratory hidden next to the upstairs study of her deceased father, a vet who unknown to Connelly had an obsession with separating the soul from the body. Gus mentions that Peter Toynbee has been proposing this theory for several years. In an attempt to do this Connelly's father vivisected their pet dog Pepper in 1965, and it is discovered in the secret lab skeletal but still alive due to artificial organs - the image is seen through the dog's eyes. As Connelly stares into Pepper's eyes the two are surrounded by a soul-halo, but it is un-noticed by Gus and Elton, and the dog dies. Satisfied that they have solved both the TV signal and paranormal issue Gus and Elton leave. As Connelly waves goodbye an ethereal voice is heard calling Pepper, and the woman reverts to all fours and bounds down the hall and up the stairs in a doglike fashion, suggesting Pepper's soul has moved to the woman's body. As they drive away it is shown that Astrid is hidden in the back of the van. | |||||
| 2 | "The Watcher on the Water" | Jim Field Smith | Nick Frost, Simon Pegg, James Serafinowicz and Nat Saunders | October 30, 2020 | |
| A flashback shows a prototype radar jamming device in World War 2 being activated. An air raid begins and the soldier on lookout calls in the alert code, but the device's aerial is struck by lightning killing him and transferring his soul-halo to the machine itself. In a panic the scientists flee the installation. Back in the current day, Gus and Elton are sent to fix the broadband connection at The Portland Beacon, "the only horror themed hotel on Dorset's Jurassic Coast". Gus believes the hotel to be a gimmick, but admits that the lack of mobile and wifi signal is strange. After conversation with Byron the caretaker Elton is overcome by curiosity and enters the forbidden "Room 2" which is found to have a secret passageway down to the basement. Looking further the two find several skeletons of dead scientists and the device, still working, and still occupied by the soul of the soldier who believes the war to be still on. Elton persuades the soldier that the war is over, and that Britain won, giving the soldier incentive to leave the device through a metaphysical door. As he leaves the machine powers down and Dave at Smyle HQ notices that mobile coverage in the area goes from 0% to 100%. As they drive back at Gus' house Gus questions Elton, pointing out that Elton originally said he was from Norfolk, but told the machine he was from Leicestershire - however further conversation is cut off as Astrid confronts them pleading for their help. | |||||
| 3 | "The Girl with All the Ghosts" | Jim Field Smith | Nick Frost, Simon Pegg, James Serafinowicz and Nat Saunders | October 30, 2020 | |
| Starting in the 17th century, a heretical cleric is trying to interest his book - the Praecepta Mortuorum - to a seller. A witchfinder and his group interrupt the two, tearing the last page from the Praecepta, killing the book seller and abducting the cleric. Un-noticed, a barmaid steals the abandoned Praecepta. Back in the current day Astrid explains her haunting and circumstances to Gus and Elton, who decide that Astrid would benefit from a seance held by Janey Feathers, a combination of medium, massage therapist - and by innuendo - prostitute. Despite appearances, Janey is a skilled medium, and current owner of the Praecepta which she recognises as a powerful artefact. The seance goes wrong, damaging Janey's static caravan home, and she declares Astrid's ghosts to be dangerously malevolent spirits and demands the trio leave. In the confusion, Gus takes the Praecepta to examine later. Deciding to exorcise Astrid's ghosts using parts of the Praecepta translated by Gus' dead wife the three return to the hospital Astrid awoke in. Partway through the incantation Gus is distracted by the presence of his wife's spirit and Elton has to read the last part of the exorcism directly from the Praecepta, completing it just before the spirits reach Astrid. After the exorcism is finalised, Astrid is a changed person, happier and saying she "feels alive". Elton invites her to stay with him, but has to work hard to persuade Helen to agree. | |||||
| 4 | "The Incident at CovColCosCon" | Jim Field Smith | Nick Frost, Simon Pegg, James Serafinowicz and Nat Saunders | October 30, 2020 | |
| The flashback shows a young Peter Toynbee and an unidentified scientist perform experiments on a rat, having inserted a controlling nano-bot into its eye. They successfully control its behaviour, then using an incantation extract and capture its soul-halo into a radio set, killing the rat in the process. Back in the current day Elton and Astrid are helping Helen prepare for Coventry Collectibles & Cosplay Convention - "CovColCosCon". When Gus discovers that a now adult Dr. Toynbee is to hold a seminar, he decides to go as well. Gus' father - Richard - also tags along when he recognises Helen from her youtube channel, and the two become friends. Once at the convention several events occur, all intermingled with each other: A mix-up with the tickets means that Richard is allowed into the seminar, and Gus is turned away. Helen is too agoraphobic to leave the van - in 5 years the car park is the closest she has ever made it to the convention. Elton & Astrid are invited to an "immersive horror" experience, and decide that it can't be any worse than the real thing, so follow along behind some cosplay hooded monks to join in. Richard finds Toynbee ridiculous, but Toynbee begins an incantation that places the audience into a trance. Gus makes a deal with Helen - he wears her dalek costume, allowing her to win the cosplay competition by proxy, and she will improve his website. Astrid and Elton do not realise the hooded monks are real and using the missing Praecepta page to facilitate Toynbee's indoctrination. They interrupt the process, and leave accidentally causing the death of one of the monks. Back in the auditorium Toynbee and his cohorts implant nano-bots into the eyes of all audience members, including Richard. Waking up Richard feels no different, and upon leaving the group consider it a good day - apart from Richard who says he found Toynbee so boring he nodded off. | |||||
| 5 | "The Ghost of the Beast of Bodmin" | Jim Field Smith | Nick Frost, Simon Pegg, James Serafinowicz and Nat Saunders | October 30, 2020 | |
| The flashback shows Toynbee infiltrating a research establishment and using the dismembered body parts of a scientist to bypass security and steal the missing Praecepta page. Back in the current day Astrid tells Gus & Elton that they have a tip regarding the Beast of Bodmin Moor from a new subscriber called "Jojo74". The trio travel down to Cornwall to investigate. Meanwhile Toynbee and his assistant Elara kill one of the implanted followers as a test of the nanobots ability. The trio identify the location of the beast's sighting from an abandoned Happy Eater in the background, and after being chased by the unseen beast break in to take cover. Elton discovers a hidden passage behind a vending machine, prompting Gus to comment "What is it with you and hidden passages?" before following it. Back at Gus' house Helen has arrived to work on his channel and makes conversation with Richard who is smitten with her putting her anxieties at ease. She notices his inflamed eye from the nanobot injection and thinking it to be an irritation asks if she can take a photo to use as the basis of a cosplay zombie. The camera flash reacts with the nanobot, but neither notice. In the Happy Eater basement the trio confront Jojo74 who admits that the beast is a hoax she perpetuates, and cryptically tells Gus that he is on to something and should choose his side as Smyle's new 6G rollout is intended to enslave humanity. Gus compliments her on including Toynbee's book in her collection, but she derides him as a hack. The trio find Jojo74 intimidating and leave, but agree to keep her secret regarding the Beast. At Gus' house Helen finishes and Richard examines his eye in the mirror - the nanobot activates and he sees a brief flashback of the indoctrination process but dismisses it. | |||||
| 6 | "The Revenge of the Chichester Widow" | Jim Field Smith | Nick Frost, Simon Pegg, James Serafinowicz and Nat Saunders | October 30, 2020 | |
| The flashback shows the basement of an insane asylum - the Chichester Institute - and the execution of a Mary Colford who has killed 12 men. Colford owns the Praecepta Mortuorum and uses it to curse Dr. Kettering who condemns her, but she is killed before completion, and her soul-halo moves into a stuffed toy. In the modern day, Gus and Elton installing wifi at the institute which is being converted into apartments. Astrid, Elton and Gus intend to do a livestream using body cameras and split up with Astrid and Gus entering the building while Elton monitors signal strength from the van. Back at Gus' house, Richard and Helen talk about Emily with Gus overhearing due to the livestream. Meanwhile and elsewhere, Toynbee identifies the location where Ley lines converge for his plan, but it is interrupted when Elara realises they have a phone signal - unknown to them caused by the deactivation of the device at Beacon's Point. In the attic, Astrid finds a room containing a book labelled 'Dr. Kettering' and tools, including "the Heretic's Fork" used to execute Colford. Meanwhile, Gus enters the basement, dropping out of signal range. He finds Colford's possessed toy which both torments and pleads with Gus asking him to help her escape, and that everybody is lying to him. The others arrive, including the new owner of the building - Mr. Kettering - but promptly leave except for Kettering as Gus runs out of the basement. The spirit forces Kettering to use the Heretic's Fork to kill himself as revenge for Colford's death. Back at Gus' house he checks his paranormal library, and realises that Elton could be "The Hinckley Boy" - the most haunted boy in the country. | |||||
| 7 | "The Hinckley Boy" | Jim Field Smith | Nick Frost, Simon Pegg, James Serafinowicz and Nat Saunders | October 30, 2020 | |
| 8 | "The Shadow of the Moon" | Jim Field Smith | Nick Frost, Simon Pegg, James Serafinowicz and Nat Saunders | October 30, 2020 | |
Development[edit]
In January 2018, it was announced that Stolen Picture was developing their first television project Truth Seekers, a half-hour comedy-horror series about a three-person paranormal investigation team.[11] In August 2019, Prime Video signed a full series order on Truth Seekers.[12] The series starred Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, alongside Emma D'Arcy, Samson Kayo, Malcolm McDowell, Susie Wokoma and Julian Barratt.[13][14] Jim Field Smith directed all 8 episodes of the first season.[9] In a July 2020 interview, Pegg revealed that in regards to the tone of the series, "you just have to not make fun of the horror, the key with horror comedy is to take the horror completely seriously and allow the comedy to exist adjacent to it."[15] On October 19, 2020, executive producer and Stolen Picture CEO Miles Ketley passed away unexpectedly, only 11 days before the series premiere.[16]
Release[edit]
On July 23, 2020, during San Diego Comic-Con@Home, a first trailer was released.[4]
The first two episodes premiered at the CannesSeries Festival, on October 10, 2020,[1][2] followed by an October 30, 2020 wide release on Prime Video.[3]
Critical reception[edit]
On Rotten Tomatoes, the series has an approval rating of 77% based on reviews from 31 critics, with an average rating of 6.99/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "It may not be as laugh-out-loud funny as Nick Frost and Simon Pegg's previous collaborations, but Truth Seekers is genuinely eerie, balancing out its silly sensibilities with creeping terror and a scary talented cast."[17] On Metacritic, the series has a weighted average score of 60 out of 100 based on reviews from ten critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[18]
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