This wonderful, resonant show clearly has a deep belief in the power of redemption and connection. If you don’t believe me, see for yourself. Please.

This is what a great TV series does — it mines difficult emotional ground. It’s willfully complex, putting popularity at risk. It avoids convention and takes irregular dramatic steps.

By focusing on the power of cannily staged collective action to turn the tide of public opinion, Selma achieves a contemporary relevance that few historys can, especially those built around real-life figures as encrusted in layers of hagiography as MLK.

Its horrors go beyond any single raggedy phantom, reaching back to the primordial fear of death and loss: of a child, of a loved one, of one’s own sense of self.

Drop is based on Lehane’s short story Animal Rescue, and the terrific cast and punchy dialogue make it particularly worth seeing, bringing energy to a deliberately-paced tale that occasionally feels plodding.

It’s a mature, intricately layered visual delight.