Ruth Wilson’s ‘The Woman in the Wall’ unpacks a ‘grim history’: review

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Magdalene Laundries, a real church-run institution where so-called “immoral women,” such as pregnant teens out-of-wedlock, endured harrowing living conditions, frequent abuse and harsh work.And, Lorna’s baby was taken away from her.

Father Percy was involved in this group home and police become suspicious of Lorna and other women who spent their youth there.Making matters more complicated, this is a bad time for Lorna to attract attention from authorities, since she also finds a dead woman in her home in a crime that’s seemingly unrelated to Father Percy’s murder.Since Lorna has had sleepwalking incidents after her teen trauma, she doesn’t know if she’s responsible for the corpse.

She also gets a hint about her long-lost daughter’s whereabouts, and her past connects to Detective Akande’s in an unexpected way.

Although all of this is interesting, it doesn’t always mesh together neatly. At times, the show’s combination of police procedural combines awkwardly with whimsical elements like the surreal and darkly comic opening sequence.