You have to admire this drama's ability to be both laughable and entirely humourless at the same time
You have to admire this drama's ability to be both laughable and entirely humourless at the same timetakes itself incredibly seriously. When Channel 4’s thriller series, starring crime drama stalwart James Nesbitt as a police detective who found himself investigating the death of his estranged daughter Christina, was first broadcast in 2022, it was criticised for being, to quote, “both very serious and quite silly at the same time”.
Last night’s opening double bill began with Susannah in the throes of grief, walking amongst the dark wood and glass panels of her expensive Scandi-inspired home like a ghost. Less than a month had passed since Danny’s arrest and she wasn’t ready to return to reality just yet.But then came a knock on the door from an unassuming man called Jonathan Fallow , who was looking to use her services as a hypnotherapist. He was polite and keen, yet a dodgy glint lurked in his eye.
“You have to stop me,” he yelled, suddenly, clutching his hands around Susannah’s neck before writhing on the floor. Cooper, you could tell, was really trying to prove his acting chops, yet the consistent intensity in every line made the performance a little hammy. Susannah made a dash and dialled the police, and got through to Richard Groves , the superintendent with whom she was having an affair. But Jon had fled before the fuzz rocked up.
Watching the opening episode in isolation, you’d be forgiven for assuming Jon was going to be the primary villain. But the series structure means things are never that simple – all characters are treated with the same scepticism, forcing the actors to give cookie-cutter, generically shifty performances.
The answer, I would predict, is a combination of all three, but this muddled double bill gave little away. The next six episodes could be exciting and more focused, but from here, it’s hard to understand why you’d stick around long enough to find out.
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