Paul Dubar

Took bravery and belief to write this and a strong spine to air it in these woke times. Finally something written to be enjoyed for what it is and what it was meant to be rather than playing lip service to social etiquette and wokeness that has ruined so much in such a short time. If you are offended by something on TV, turn it off, move on. Let people enjoy and appreciate good writing, plot, and character development as intended, even if it has some confronting material that may seem OTT. This show was hilarious at times and serious at others. A fantastic achievement. It will be a cult classic. I am at ep7 but I don't expect it to disappoint by the end.

I can only start after s01e01 which is brilliant and frustrating at the same time. The latter because it doesn't address the blindingly obvious question about the birth control capsule. A sheriff is supposed to be able to think critically about circumstances and evidence and scenarios. To quickly accept there is not hing sinister going on with their failure to conceive over three years, given his wife's discovery leaves me annoyed until more questions are answered rather than believing their new "Bible" . Time will tell if the computer showed them what the Judiciary wants them to see, versus what really is "outside". I'm guessing it is beautiful, lush and clean. But the computer makes them believe not. Sheriff should start his investigation.. I'll say no more. Enjoy.

This show is a different take on the first account police responders genre which does hit the mark on many fronts, with likeable and unlikeable characters, plot and subplot, good story threads to keep you invested, redemption for questionable behaviour plus an ending. It's more literal than cerebral, but very watchable compared to the tropes on offer. I don't normally binge shows but I could easily while away 2 hours back to back totally absorbed in the narrative here. There was no throw away scripting or time fillers. However, I was disappointed by the lack of exploration of Grace's mother/son relationship which seem to be there just because she needed to have some angst in her character. I also found the ending dissatisfying given the ease with which the intelligence services capitulated after all the talk of the European magnitude of their operation. That just wouldn't happen. Not least a constable interfering with a CID suspect who had more than adequate legal council. For these reasons I gave it 3/5. I don't feel there is enough substance to justify a season2.

Bluntly put, you could skip 8 episodes of this show because everything significant that happens is revealed in 9/10. Yup, its one of those shows. If you have time to waste, this is the place to spend it.