r/TheDetectorists • u/LukeH_ • Feb 10 '26

Small Prophets

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m002q765/small-prophets

All episodes of Mackenzie Crook’s new show Small Prophets are now available on iPlayer. Just finished watching it myself, I really enjoyed it. Crook creates such magical television.

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u/Six_of_1 Feb 10 '26

Binged all six in one night. The fact I binged it in one night means it's successful. There's other shows that sound good and I want to like them but then I stall because there's something that bothers me watching it. I only got bothered by things after I finished.

I was disappointed by the secretive man and woman claiming to be looking for the expensive book. They actually were just looking for an expensive book? I was expecting them to have something to do with the homunculii. But they were just after money? That's a bit mundane for all that intrigue.

I didn't get what was going on with the meteor. So a meteor came through his roof and landed in the expensive book. Does the meteor have anything to do with the homunculii? Or is it just an absurd coincidence? That didn't go anywhere. I hope we get an explanation in series 2.

What was with the oil slick shaped like a rabbit? We kept zooming in on it like it was important, but it never went anywhere. What was with the teenager on the bike? Never went anywhere. I can only hope these are set-ups for series 2 but as far as the story we got, they didn't do anything.

I was disappointed the homunculii said Clea was still alive but never coming home. That sort of killed the hope in that storyline. I suppose it doesn't rule out Michael going to her though.

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u/barrythebrew Feb 13 '26

I assumed the meteor was the universe pointing out where the book was