I gave up on this one halfway into the first series. It started out very nicely: who, who has had small children themselves, cannot identify with a parent's worst nightmare..? I suppose, by the way, that one is meant to think of the McCann tragedy - a British three-year old gone missing when the family is on holiday abroad - and the mother of the little boy has also been made to look a lot like Mrs McCann.
The first efforts of detection, finds and surprises were also exciting. But soon it became too dark a drama, or should I say too grey? Too much raw violence, drugs addicts, criminal gangs made up of young people from the suburbs... Then the suspense wore off.
Another problem is that it moves to and fro in time; this is very seldom a good idea. It only becomes confusing.
The first efforts of detection, finds and surprises were also exciting. But soon it became too dark a drama, or should I say too grey? Too much raw violence, drugs addicts, criminal gangs made up of young people from the suburbs... Then the suspense wore off.
Another problem is that it moves to and fro in time; this is very seldom a good idea. It only becomes confusing.