Broadchurch accent adventures

Still really enjoying Broadchurch, except for the fact that I keep missing bits of the dialogue. Since it's a murder mystery and any bit of dialogue could contain a crucial clue, I have resorted to watching it with closed captioning on. But since I find the cc distracting, I then watch it a second time without the cc. (I tried doing it the other way -- no cc first, then cc the second time to pick up on what I missed, but it drives me too crazy -- "wait, no, what did he just say??!!!")

It's not all DT, although I find him particularly hard to follow when he's being all broody and muttering his lines. I can't always understand Olivia Colman either, and most of the others are also a little hit-and-miss. In fact, the only person whose dialogue I can understand 100% of the time is Arthur Darvill. Not sure if that's because he enunciates well (or in a way that works for my American ear), or because he sounds just like Rory. :D (In fact, it's slightly distracting because so far at least, his character could actually be Rory pretending to be a priest. I keep waiting for Amy to show up.)

It's still really good, though. We're still pretty early on -- I just saw episode 3 -- so don't spoil me for what's coming!*

*If Amy does eventually show up, you can tell me that. No wait, don't.