The Divide2014

All the pieces are here, not just for a real potboiler, but a satisfying character piece, the sort of show that can flood my living room anytime.

The Divide is a tense and thoughtful drama, with what promise to be complex characters and at least one breakout performance.

There’s a certain amount of melodrama in the premiere (which is all that was previewed for critics), but the beginning fits a fair amount of nuance into a package that could have been a soapbox. Ireland in particular gives Christine fine shading, and the way that race plays into the story--and into Adam’s career ambitions--feels more natural than engineered.