What a disappointing mini-series.
It started off very generic - a typical British police crime drama, with all the usual ingredients: dead bodies, a mystery and a police lead trying to solve the case. It picked up mid-series (episode two) and left me wanting to see the obvious liars within the force held to account and exposed.
Major spoiler alert - in one of the worst and most frustrating endings I've ever seen, they all get away with it. The evidence remains hidden, the bent coppers manage to cover their tracks through lies (all supported by each other at every rank) - they also try to justify their behaviour and the writers obviously want you, the viewer, to have your own beliefs and morals challenged and possibly sympathise with them too. The ending stinks - it wasn't satisfying, it didn't provide the closure expected or needed - you never actually find out what really happened on that tower (only a liars version) and never will, as this was a standalone mini-series. A waste of time. 4/10.
It started off very generic - a typical British police crime drama, with all the usual ingredients: dead bodies, a mystery and a police lead trying to solve the case. It picked up mid-series (episode two) and left me wanting to see the obvious liars within the force held to account and exposed.
Major spoiler alert - in one of the worst and most frustrating endings I've ever seen, they all get away with it. The evidence remains hidden, the bent coppers manage to cover their tracks through lies (all supported by each other at every rank) - they also try to justify their behaviour and the writers obviously want you, the viewer, to have your own beliefs and morals challenged and possibly sympathise with them too. The ending stinks - it wasn't satisfying, it didn't provide the closure expected or needed - you never actually find out what really happened on that tower (only a liars version) and never will, as this was a standalone mini-series. A waste of time. 4/10.