Being a fan of police dramas and having recently enjoyed Keeley Hawes's performance in the BBC's excellent 'Ashes to Ashes'. This was nowhere near as good as that but I still enjoyed it. Keeley Hawes plays DSI Martha Lawson, the officer in charge of the department investigating identity theft. In the opening episode a new officer who has spent a lot of time working undercover joins the team. This man is DI John Bloom, played by Aidan Gillen, the rest of the team doesn't know it but he hasn't fully left his undercover life and it appears that he is still in far too deep. He even goes as far as to hide a body after the woman he was sleeping with; the sister of a man he sent to prison kills him, ironically the convict thought John was his friend and had asked him to kill the person he thought turned him in. While he is dealing with his undercover life he is also trying to deal with cases for his new unit although his absences are raising suspicions, especially after a prison officer calls DCI Lawson to tell her Bloom has visited the prison under two different names.
The conclusion was a little over dramatic but I still found it exiting and while I thought it would work out I wasn't certain; a bad ending for a major character would have been a memorable conclusion but if there is to be another series it would be unlikely and personally I hope there is another series.
While this wasn't the best detective series I still enjoyed it; Aidan Gillen was great as Bloom, I knew I'd seen him in something before but would never have guessed it was in 'The Wire' if I hadn't checked here. Keeley Hawes was also good although her role was smaller than I had expected, also notable was Shaun Parkes who played DS Anthony Wareing, the officer who was always slightly suspicious of Bloom. The story wasn't too believable, for example I don't think a policeman would keep a body in his own fridge... although it did lead to a nice moment when a colleague visited him at home and it looked like he might go for a beer.
The conclusion was a little over dramatic but I still found it exiting and while I thought it would work out I wasn't certain; a bad ending for a major character would have been a memorable conclusion but if there is to be another series it would be unlikely and personally I hope there is another series.
While this wasn't the best detective series I still enjoyed it; Aidan Gillen was great as Bloom, I knew I'd seen him in something before but would never have guessed it was in 'The Wire' if I hadn't checked here. Keeley Hawes was also good although her role was smaller than I had expected, also notable was Shaun Parkes who played DS Anthony Wareing, the officer who was always slightly suspicious of Bloom. The story wasn't too believable, for example I don't think a policeman would keep a body in his own fridge... although it did lead to a nice moment when a colleague visited him at home and it looked like he might go for a beer.