Focus

I've had a long day today and I didn't sleep well last night. In fact I haven't slept well in a while, I think it's been the heat. Last night my overtired brain was imagining spider minion revenge (don't ask) and at 4 on the morning, I was frustratingly tired.

I'm not doing much tonight as a consequence. I am however, catching up on an episode of The Returned from last night. The Returned is a French series airing on channel 4. I don't know what it is about the French, but they always seem to make films and programmes with a gritty realism.

This is a series about the dead returning to a small town where they used to live. Suitably creepy concept anyway, but everything about it has me hooked, down to the eerie haunting title music, and of course Viktor (pictured).

What I really love about the programme the most is that you have to really watch it. I know a bit of French, so I can understand parts of it, but really you have to focus on the programme and get immersed in it or you'll miss something. There's so little these days that actually get our full attention, especially with modern mobile phone capabilities. So I enjoy switching off completely and focusing on The Returned, which incidentally, just got weirder...