Disillusioned Detective Danny Frater visits the mortuary to see the body of a young girl, in a cruel twist of fate, he knows her identity.
Everyone I know who's watched this show, has absolutely slated it, but as always, I'll judge it on its own merits.
The story itself is a good one, it's gritty, and it does have the shock factor, the issue I have is more so with the behaviour of the two characters.
I know that pathologists have a reputation on TV for being procedural, cold and lacking the human touch, but Jackie's behaviour towards Danny is diabolical, I'm not sure of the history or present between the two, but her behaviour is shocking towards the grieving man.
The shirt running time is perhaps a benefit here, had this been 45 or 60 minutes long, it would have dragged on endlessly, 24 minutes did mean that the story moved on at pace.
I'm not wowed by it, but James Nesbitt is always worth watching.
6/10.
Everyone I know who's watched this show, has absolutely slated it, but as always, I'll judge it on its own merits.
The story itself is a good one, it's gritty, and it does have the shock factor, the issue I have is more so with the behaviour of the two characters.
I know that pathologists have a reputation on TV for being procedural, cold and lacking the human touch, but Jackie's behaviour towards Danny is diabolical, I'm not sure of the history or present between the two, but her behaviour is shocking towards the grieving man.
The shirt running time is perhaps a benefit here, had this been 45 or 60 minutes long, it would have dragged on endlessly, 24 minutes did mean that the story moved on at pace.
I'm not wowed by it, but James Nesbitt is always worth watching.
6/10.