I fell in love with the incredible landscapes and the intriguing mystery in the first episode. I thought this was another "Broadchurch." But by the second episode I was suspecting, and by episode 3 it was confirmed that this show has what Roger Ebert called an "idiot plot," one that could be resolved faster if people bothered to communicate vital information to one another and used common sense. People consider their secrets more important than helping the police catch a serial killer hunting in a very tiny village, or at least clearing their own name. It doesn't help that the most egregious offender in this regard is the teenage daughter of the protagonist, one of the cops. Most of episode 4 is filler, focusing on a character who comes out nowhere, has no arc and is irrelevant to the main story. On the positive side, the solution has to win some kind of prize for least likely suspect.
Review of The Loch
