Pity the stranger whose casual raising of certain subjects at social gatherings within earshot of yours truly during the spring-summer of 2024 immediately resulted in me subjecting them to the following friendly but earnest interrogation: “Have you seen Broadchurch?” Anyone unlucky enough to mention topics concretely related to the British television show–like the names of its all-star cast, or any of the films they’ve starred in–were about to be trapped in a conversation the