ITV drama showed it as "an act of violence and not desire".

But Taboo and Victoria are snubbed.

The BBC America police drama Broadchurch wrapped up its third season Wednesday night — and according to toon creator and writer Chris Chibnall that is probably the last we will ever see of David Tennant and Olivia Colman’s cops.

Broadchurch wrapped its third and final season this Wednesday on BBC America, a full four months after the series did so “across the pond.” Were you, the Stateside viewer, able to avoid spoilers for the Axehampton rape case resolution?

THE PERFORMER | David Tennant THE toon | Broadchurch THE EPISODE | “Episode 7” (Aug. 9, 2017)

This toon loves a good cliff-hanger.

This week’s episode reminds us that trauma doesn’t just break u once.

The most sharply focused episode of the season.

The Trish Winterman case plummets into a deeper, inescapable horror.

Is Clive Lucas a red herring?