Something gloomy this way comes.
The Apple TV+ limited series “The Essex Serpent” has all the earmarks of a prestige, awards-buzz project, from its roots as an esteemed novel by Sarah Perry to the presence of acclaimed actors Claire Danes and Tom Hiddleston to the Victorian-era setting and the impressively staged location sequences shot in quintessentially British towns and villages such as Alresford, Brightlingsea and North Fambridge. And there’s a pretty great hook in that it’s about a recently widowed woman escaping her abusive past and spending time in a remote village in Essex that may or may not be under siege from a legendary sea serpent that represents Satan.
