Having only seen the first episode, it's impossible to give an overall opinion on the bigger picture of the series. However, it seems - so far - off to a reasonably good start.
This interesting vigilante concept (à la "Death Wish) starts off with a strong method of hooking the viewer into this story of a sensitive issue. It does, though, quickly slow down... then picks up a bit... then slows down... and so it goes.
The seemingly left-orientated writer/s also can't resist the usual right-wing baiting at the beginning. The detective in charge of the case gives a rundown to his team. One (or more?) of his team balks at his reference to the (unconvicted) paedophile as the "victim", to which he goes off on a left-wing rant to suggest that anyone who doesn't like that reference should go off and exchange tweets with Katie Hopkins (or words to that effect).
Firstly, I object to the constant barrage of left-wing bias in these programmes, and secondly the premise that anyone leaning to the right - in this particular case - cares not a jot for the rule of law (the totally unjustified Katie Hopkins reference). Load of absolute nonsense, and I'm sick of it. Maybe though, the whole idea is that this detective has to be shown to be hypocritical, as the actor does seem to project a strong element of (the character's) self-doubt and personal failings.
The acting, generally, is reasonable (but may get better in future episodes), the script-writing (again) reasonable and the plot interesting. Hopefully the periods of slow-pace (in fact, painfully slow at times) experienced in this first episode will diminish as the plot develops.
We... shall... see...
This interesting vigilante concept (à la "Death Wish) starts off with a strong method of hooking the viewer into this story of a sensitive issue. It does, though, quickly slow down... then picks up a bit... then slows down... and so it goes.
The seemingly left-orientated writer/s also can't resist the usual right-wing baiting at the beginning. The detective in charge of the case gives a rundown to his team. One (or more?) of his team balks at his reference to the (unconvicted) paedophile as the "victim", to which he goes off on a left-wing rant to suggest that anyone who doesn't like that reference should go off and exchange tweets with Katie Hopkins (or words to that effect).
Firstly, I object to the constant barrage of left-wing bias in these programmes, and secondly the premise that anyone leaning to the right - in this particular case - cares not a jot for the rule of law (the totally unjustified Katie Hopkins reference). Load of absolute nonsense, and I'm sick of it. Maybe though, the whole idea is that this detective has to be shown to be hypocritical, as the actor does seem to project a strong element of (the character's) self-doubt and personal failings.
The acting, generally, is reasonable (but may get better in future episodes), the script-writing (again) reasonable and the plot interesting. Hopefully the periods of slow-pace (in fact, painfully slow at times) experienced in this first episode will diminish as the plot develops.
We... shall... see...