Reviews

I just finished episode four, and what I'm struck by is that there is nearly no one to root for in this series. Most of the "bad girls" are so hateful, so cruel, in nearly every single scene, which also is pretty uninteresting. Sometimes their behavior is so hard to watch that I have to turn the sound off and wait until the scene ends.

Reena Isn't much better, and I just finished episode four, and what she did is appalling. Because the "bad girls" are so one-dimensional, I have no sympathy whatsoever for Reena for feeling ostracized by them. So I can't sympathize with Reena's plight in feeling like she doesn't fit in. I think audience members are probably thinking, good! Reena run for the hills! It would be far better if they were at least interesting or kind sometimes.

The only character who feels likable is the lead female detective. And maybe Reena's parents, at times.

This would be much better if characters were written in shades of gray instead of black-and-white.

Lots of fun and twists and enjoyable characters, like in most Coban adaptations. The acting is strong and upstanding - except the bewildering choice of the female lead character. Her performance is cold and even blank, no range of emotions at all, and there's not a whiff of credibility that this character is also a tough military person who flies helicopters.

Despite that, it's a fun mystery and always keeps you guessing. The many characters all have engaging side-plots going on, and Joanna Lumley is always fun and brings a classic amusing haughtiness to het role. So many familiar faces, from a range of British productions.

I tried to make it through the first episode, but honestly every character was so unrelentingly negative to the other characters (esp to the main guy), I just couldn't keep with it.

Nothing wrong with sardonic wit, but snarky sniping as the general tone doesn't work for me. Some camaraderie would go a long way.

How is it even possible that they became the very same characters that they used to make fun of?

Couldn't make it more than halfway through the series and decided that for me, the much-loved, irreverent and wise characters ended with the original series. (Thank goodness I didn't have to see Samantha rebooted. At least I don't need to unpeel that from my consciousness.)

Stay with this! Just finished episode 2 and the performances are amazing, especially Naomi's Harris. The whole thing is such an important statement. There's so much more truth that than we realize in series like this, and it helps open our consciousness to new realities.