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HBO MaxEx Scotland Yard detective Millie-Jean Black returns to Kingston to work missing persons; soon finding herself on a quest to save a sister who won’t be saved, to find a boy who can’t be found, to solve a case that will blow her world apart and prove almost as tough to crack as Millie Black.
Tamara Lawrance as Millie-Jean Black in "Get Millie Black". Courtesy of HBO. Television is clogged full of mystery series. HBO alone has had several breakout hits in recent years, including “Mare of Eastown,” “The Undoing” and the most recent installment in the “True Detective” franchise. However, with its singular location and distinct characters, “Get Millie Black,” the network’s latest five-episode limited series set in Kingston, Jamaica, stands on its own.
Get Millie Black has a grittier Death in Paradise vibes. Dealing with social issues regarding homophobia/transphobia in Jamaican society. The after effects of slavery. It did feel unoriginal, the over reliance in the narration indicates that it might be adapted from a novel. More intriguing was the focus on white Jamaican society.
