![]() Undoubtedly it is, but that’s to detract a little from the sheer quality of Jack Thorne’s script and his ear for a truthful line, the sort said by actual people, never mind his success in luring the phenomenal Robbie Coltrane back to telly. It’s an eight-parter – I’ve watched the next two and it just gets better – so will see me through until bonfire night, with promises of a huge German pharma-conspiracy.Ĭhannel 4’s new four-part drama National Treasure has been dogged slightly by being labelled as An Important Drama for most of the past month. There are layers upon the twists, an early Escher doodle and a lot to come. There was also cop Robert Glenister, suffering the kind of panic attacks that might have unseated Thor, wandering for solace into the arms of Lesley Sharp, a surprising but fine casting decision: she’s wonderful, but is she a true, kind Quaker or a Blue Meanie? “But I want kids,” she shouts to his retreating back: the boyfriend may have been nondescript but his sperm were apparently people. What is it about players who honed themselves on 80s comedy proving so adept at serious-chops High Acting?Ĭhiefly through Indira Varma, who plays a stroppy cop just dumped by her partner. It’s too early to say whether it might be another Happy Valley, but it might take a bronze. But this thundered its way on with speed into a tight police procedural with knotty twists: and also the humanity of the best cop dramas. This was the first sign of promise: too many other dramas have ramped, with slo-mo retro, the killings of women. It was sudden and it was gruesome but it was over, didn’t linger. Constantly you see a detective going into an abandoned house or something of that nature and look for a stick or a pan to defend themselves.Paranoid began nastily on ITV: there was a stabbing of a female doctor in a safe play park. Regardless of your personal take on weapons, I feel its obnoxious for a detective to be investigating a crime, chasing culprits, going into shady areas without any means of protection. ![]() On a complete tangent, as an American, I find it unreal that cops/detectives in the UK don't carry guns. One of the best, if not the best show on Netflix imo, but not really a "crime drama" (mystery, murder, etc) Very entertaining and one of the favorites, but isnt as real or gritty as the ones above. Has a more "fictional" feel to it, but still pretty good. Probably our favorite one, or close tie to Broadchurch Below are some British crime shows that are absolutely amazing. You wait 8 boring episodes to get to the finale and its super bland and doesnt really solve anything since the show pretty much had the answers out in front of you and has been dragging it out. When things do finally come together, it is so boring. The episode ends and you are nowhere closer to solving the mystery and quite honestly you dont even want to start the next episode. There are some episodes where literally nothing happens. Plot: The whole season centers around a few crimes that are linked and happen within the first two episodes, and the pacing is just so slow. Why did he run inside in the first place, and what did he think was going to happen, who knows?! Bad decision, missing clues, one is like 65 years old and on the verge of a psychotic break down, its just bad! Example: Detective hears culprit shoot a gun inside a house so he runs in, sees the culprit with a gun so he turns around and starts running away from him. Not to mention, pretty much all the characters suck at being cops. ![]() ![]() Alec and Linda are the only ones that were somewhat enjoyable but thats it. Potential spoilers below (not direct, but I will talk about show and characters.)Ĭharacters: Most of the characters lack any likable qualities, you dont connect with them at all, they seem bland, and just unlikeable. My wife and I absolutely love British crime dramas, so we decided to give it a try. ![]() I dont know about you but I have been seeing Paranoid on the Netflix recommended originals over and over again. ![]()
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