Reviews

The plot is complex but not beyond following. The cast is pretty good. Marcella's family situation and blackouts may be the point of unnecessary confusion but they do build up interest as she gets closer to revealing her personal truth. Editing and camerawork is tight and effective.

"DCI Banks" was a good series that deserved more than its five-year run and its sixteen major plots (much as "Scott & Bailey" did). The main character was capable of emotionally-driven decisions, but most of the police work was solid, the plots were interesting, and the relationships among characters made them all more than cardboard cut-outs (the top four or five). It was easily a better series than "Midsomer Murders," say.