I know there are only so many ways to say this, but most of Nocturne’s deficiencies are made up for by the talent of the cast and crew. As much as the actual mechanics of the investigation feel off, the actors involved — Zazie Beetz, Stephen Graham, Rory Culkin, and Liev Schreiber in particular — feel dead on. Part of me wishes the show could somehow drop all the detective stuff and just put those four people in a room somewhere to see what happens. Those performances, not drones and dead drops, are where the power of Nocturne resides.
