Synopsis
Psychoville (2009), Season 1 is a pitch-black BBC Two comedy-mystery you can watch online on iFILM — seven episodes that open when five strangers each find the same note: "I know what you did."
The series spends the season peeling them apart one at a time. Blind millionaire Lomax sends his carer hunting for the last piece of a deeply strange collection. David and his mother Maureen keep tidying up after themselves, with something in the trunk nobody should ask about. Mr Jelly, the hook-handed clown, traces the grudge that ruined him, while midwife Joy treats a demonstration doll like it breathes. The blackmailer keeps pulling the threads, and every road bends toward one place: Ravenhill.
League of Gentlemen alumni Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton write it and play half the oddballs themselves, balancing farce and genuine dread on a knife edge. It lands for viewers who like their British absurdism dark and don't mind when the laugh curdles. Stream Psychoville Season 1 online on iFILM.
7 episodes
S1·E1Black Mail
A blind recluse with an unusual hobby, a telekinetic pantomime dwarf, an embittered hook-handed clown, a serial killer-obsessed man-child and a deranged but caring midwife all receive the ominous message 'I know what you did'. The past catches up with these five seemingly unconnected characters as they go about their darkly comic present-day lives.
S1·E2Lomax
Mr Lomax enlists the help of his care worker in the quest to complete his unusual collection. Things go from bad to worse when a misunderstanding leads David and his mum to cover up for his incompetence at the murder mystery evening. Robert is surprised when Debbie asks him out on a dinner date and midwife Joy enlightens the morning group with the perils of choosing a water birth.
S1·E3Jelly
This episode reveals the story of how Mr Jelly, the one-handed children's entertainer, ended up the way he is. Mr Lomax travels to the private auction of Snappy the Crocodile in Dudley. David and his mum dispatch their next victim disguised as beauticians, and Robert wreaks his revenge on Debbie during a midweek matinee of Snow White.
S1·E4David and Maureen
David and his mum are mid-murder when an unexpected visitor throws them into panic. Who is the mystery caller? What will happen to the body in the trunk? And will Maureen finally get to try one of those pyramid teabags?
S1·E5Joy
Midwife Joy is left alone with her demonstration doll Freddy when a Pinocchio-like miracle happens. David and his mum lure their next victim to a waxwork museum, and Mr Jolly explains to Mr Jelly the reason for the blackmail letters.
S1·E6Robert
Robert uses Debbie's amnesia for his own ends. A battle of wills ensues with more than cross words flying through the air. Mr Jelly is entertaining an old people's home when a phone call from Mr Jolly plunges him back into danger. Maureen learns the truth about her killing spree. Mr Lomax has acquired a new home help.
S1·E7Ravenhill
All of the characters are drawn back to the scene of their crime. Who has summoned them there and for what terrible purpose? Meanwhile, Kerry takes Robert from the theatre to the heart of the deep, dark woods. Will anyone survive the great day of judgement?
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