I enjoyed this series for a different reason than was probably intended.
From the first episode I was very interested in what was about to happen next, what clues will show up, how will the investigation proceed, etc.
During the entire series I was waiting for a big twist or a big reveal of some sort but it never came. This made me wonder, what is this series actually about?
The journey Naz does from a good school boy to a felon feels so obvious. The system put him in a cage with monsters so now he becomes the monster etc. There is nothing original about this.
The police work is terrible, they ignore so many details in the investigation yet they act as if they did not in court. Anyone in the court room could have just raised their hand at any moment in this series and asked "where was the blood on Naz?" and the series would have been over. When they find out that Box gave the inhaler back to Naz it gets all hyped up, omg this is such a big thing, and they make us believe that they will use this as an entry point to dropping the bomb on the entire investigation, perhaps Box is involved himself? But then nothing happens, "that was unprofessional, please don't do it again" and the entire inhaler plot is now felled.
We are given the interpretation that Naz panicked after finding the dead body and that made him make those bad decisions of saving the knife amongst other tings. But after this, Naz becomes eager to claim his innocence, yet he literally refuses to actually give his entire story. The only time the game with the knife is mentioned is by some random pathologist turns up and assumingly makes a guess that this is indeed what happened. Naz has so much more information to give about this night, yet just ignores to tell it? "Did you bring anything else?, No!, What about the knife?, Oh yeah I brought that too" is a conversation we hear in, what? The last episode?
The entire series is filled to the brim of these scenarios and in the beginning I was thinking "Its by purpose, they will make a big twist out of this in the end and reveal that Naz is actually a serial killer" or something like that. (since they hint about other people getting murdered with knives several times). But it never happens. This inconsistency keeps repeating over and over again and in the end there is just.. Nothing? He is free to go, says "Thanks" to the attorney and that's it.
I watched this to the end, and while there were moments I enjoyed and an overall mystery-like atmosphere that made me wonder, what's gonna happen now? I can't seem to figure out, what is this series actually about? In one sense, this could have been 8 random episodes from 8 random crime series and the outcome would have been pretty much the same.
I give this series a 4 because of John Stone. The story about him single single handedly boosted this show, but the rest is actually pretty bad.
From the first episode I was very interested in what was about to happen next, what clues will show up, how will the investigation proceed, etc.
During the entire series I was waiting for a big twist or a big reveal of some sort but it never came. This made me wonder, what is this series actually about?
The journey Naz does from a good school boy to a felon feels so obvious. The system put him in a cage with monsters so now he becomes the monster etc. There is nothing original about this.
The police work is terrible, they ignore so many details in the investigation yet they act as if they did not in court. Anyone in the court room could have just raised their hand at any moment in this series and asked "where was the blood on Naz?" and the series would have been over. When they find out that Box gave the inhaler back to Naz it gets all hyped up, omg this is such a big thing, and they make us believe that they will use this as an entry point to dropping the bomb on the entire investigation, perhaps Box is involved himself? But then nothing happens, "that was unprofessional, please don't do it again" and the entire inhaler plot is now felled.
We are given the interpretation that Naz panicked after finding the dead body and that made him make those bad decisions of saving the knife amongst other tings. But after this, Naz becomes eager to claim his innocence, yet he literally refuses to actually give his entire story. The only time the game with the knife is mentioned is by some random pathologist turns up and assumingly makes a guess that this is indeed what happened. Naz has so much more information to give about this night, yet just ignores to tell it? "Did you bring anything else?, No!, What about the knife?, Oh yeah I brought that too" is a conversation we hear in, what? The last episode?
The entire series is filled to the brim of these scenarios and in the beginning I was thinking "Its by purpose, they will make a big twist out of this in the end and reveal that Naz is actually a serial killer" or something like that. (since they hint about other people getting murdered with knives several times). But it never happens. This inconsistency keeps repeating over and over again and in the end there is just.. Nothing? He is free to go, says "Thanks" to the attorney and that's it.
I watched this to the end, and while there were moments I enjoyed and an overall mystery-like atmosphere that made me wonder, what's gonna happen now? I can't seem to figure out, what is this series actually about? In one sense, this could have been 8 random episodes from 8 random crime series and the outcome would have been pretty much the same.
I give this series a 4 because of John Stone. The story about him single single handedly boosted this show, but the rest is actually pretty bad.