[Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for “The Investigation,” including the ending.]There’s something conspicuously absent from a large portion of “The Investigation,” Tobias Lindholm’s dramatic retelling of the 2017 death of investigative journalist Kim Wall.
It’s hard to imagine another treatment of this story that would span six episodes while omitting any onscreen depiction of eventual convicted murderer Peter Madsen.Some audiences may balk at the ways the HBO show (now available in full on HBO Max) removes some of these standard elements of biographical crime stories.
In staying as close to its title as possible, though, “The Investigation” managed to address a recent tragedy in a surprisingly clear-headed way.Much of that stems from the way that “The Investigation” handles the passage of time.
Though the season spans months, writer/director Lindholm resists putting down easy markers to wring tension out of breaks in the case.
There’s a sameness to the way it unfolds,
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