Me and J just finished the last episode of Harper’s Island, CBS’s now defunct 13-episode tale of revenge in which each member of a wedding party–trapped on an island–meet their grisly end “one by one,” as a child’s voiceover reminds us frequently, ominously. It’s basically Agatha Christie’s Ten Little Indians updated. I was hooked from the beginning, thrilled to see who’d get sliced up next (one per episode), caught up in the horror movie tropes that had me screaming to no one in particular, “Run, Abbie, run,” or “Don’t go in there!” Check it out when the DVD gets released, but careful: what happens on Harper’s Island will haunt your sleep.
Above, Christopher Gorham and Elaine Cassidy.