TV Review: Glitch Season Three (2019)

 Glitch Season 3 (2019) created by Tony Ayres and Louise Fox

Click the links for reviews of Season One and Season Two.

Out of curiosity, I came back to the Australian zombie series Glitch. The first season was okay and the second was disappointing. My memories have gotten a little vague so I was more than willing to give the show another try.

This season opens with one character hoping his girlfriend will rise from the dead. Meanwhile, in another part of the cemetery, two other people come out of their graves. Belle is the daughter of some religious fanatics. She died 15 years ago and her family thinks she's possessed by a demon, so not a happy homecoming. Chi is a Chinese opera performer from the 1800s who came to Yoorana as a laborer in search of gold. He and Belle help each other throughout the show.

Their story intertwines with that of the main cast. Some people leave Yoorana hoping never to come back. Noregard, the chemical company that is involved with the resurrections, has some new bad guys running the show since the original ones were offed in the last season (and early this season). So all the characters get pulled back to town. Phil, who thought his purpose was to kill all the risen, has a change of heart and decides to be a family man. At the same time, William (who turns out to have been a pirate in a previous life) and local cop James decide that they do need to kill all the risen. They have a much more humane reason--since the resurrections violate the rules of nature, nature itself is unraveling and the world will end. Their zombie existence will cause the apocalypse. Signs are already appearing, like power outages, freak storms, earthquakes, and massive bush fires. 

The new reason for the risen to be rekilled is a bit of a stretch of credibility. Why didn't disasters start happening two seasons ago? The movement to the resolution of the series feels forced. The human drama of the characters is okay and more convincing than the larger apocalyptic picture.

Slightly recommended--I'm glad I finished the show but I'm not really interested in rewatching it.

All three season are currently (October 2020) streaming on Netflix.