But it is not the best if we're being honest. We watched season 1 and it was ok, halfway through 2, and it is becoming taxing.
You have your typical characters, the big secret, the smaller secret that will probably connect to the bigger one. You have your rookie (TDC Billie Fitzgerald, Tori Allen-Martin) which is our view into this new dynamic we are being presented, (rookie btw which I had hoped would turned up being an undercover in the unit because of the big secret, but as of now, no, only a rookie so far).
You have the boss lying (DI Bradford, Hugo Speer), but not well, you don't know if he's involved in the big secret, but he might have killed a posible witness to it, we don't really know. Obviously, conflict with the step daughter in this show, which has not appeared much in this 2nd season.
The smaller secret will most likely not be that important, it's here to cause tension inside the unit, between the characters, to show how stupid the boss can act when caught in a simple misunderstanding, but that may make viewers think he is in fact capable of doing away with the witness and the wife.
The production is poor, you get to watch the same videos of the outside of the police station, (that truck and bus aren't going anywhere...), and other areas.
The interrogations are mundane, not much there sadly. The shots are ok, maybe; too tight sometimes to create false tension, ends up only being annoying. Most dialog is very predictable sadly.
The action is almost non existent, that's not really necessary for a procedural; but when it's there, is not very believable.
The acting is fine for what they are given to do, but it could be better, there's lots of room to improve. The actor playing the character of DC Rob Brady (Bailey Patrick) is finally doing some acting! He was mostly a wall 1st season, now he seems more ready to play his part. We like Sarge, DS Vivienne Cole (Sharon Small), she really tries her best with the little there is to do, I like how rough she was in season 1, I believe she's more soft now, which I hope doesn't last.
Supporting actors are not great, I know they are trying, but they are lacking. I assume the production has a low budget, but it shows not only in scenes, which you can tell were shot the best they could, but in casting too, not the best for the "criminal of the week" or suspect. Surprisingly a child that was in the 2nd episode of season 2 was great in his role, he really did well, others have not so far.
So there, we want to like it, we do, but is not the best we have watch from British TV, so we can only hope it gets better.
You have your typical characters, the big secret, the smaller secret that will probably connect to the bigger one. You have your rookie (TDC Billie Fitzgerald, Tori Allen-Martin) which is our view into this new dynamic we are being presented, (rookie btw which I had hoped would turned up being an undercover in the unit because of the big secret, but as of now, no, only a rookie so far).
You have the boss lying (DI Bradford, Hugo Speer), but not well, you don't know if he's involved in the big secret, but he might have killed a posible witness to it, we don't really know. Obviously, conflict with the step daughter in this show, which has not appeared much in this 2nd season.
The smaller secret will most likely not be that important, it's here to cause tension inside the unit, between the characters, to show how stupid the boss can act when caught in a simple misunderstanding, but that may make viewers think he is in fact capable of doing away with the witness and the wife.
The production is poor, you get to watch the same videos of the outside of the police station, (that truck and bus aren't going anywhere...), and other areas.
The interrogations are mundane, not much there sadly. The shots are ok, maybe; too tight sometimes to create false tension, ends up only being annoying. Most dialog is very predictable sadly.
The action is almost non existent, that's not really necessary for a procedural; but when it's there, is not very believable.
The acting is fine for what they are given to do, but it could be better, there's lots of room to improve. The actor playing the character of DC Rob Brady (Bailey Patrick) is finally doing some acting! He was mostly a wall 1st season, now he seems more ready to play his part. We like Sarge, DS Vivienne Cole (Sharon Small), she really tries her best with the little there is to do, I like how rough she was in season 1, I believe she's more soft now, which I hope doesn't last.
Supporting actors are not great, I know they are trying, but they are lacking. I assume the production has a low budget, but it shows not only in scenes, which you can tell were shot the best they could, but in casting too, not the best for the "criminal of the week" or suspect. Surprisingly a child that was in the 2nd episode of season 2 was great in his role, he really did well, others have not so far.
So there, we want to like it, we do, but is not the best we have watch from British TV, so we can only hope it gets better.