Overspel (2011–2015)
4/10
Is this really justice in Holland?
3 February 2020
Warning: Spoilers
Stuck me that this is a low-key version of "The Affair" and the characters are similarly ones I can't seem to care about.

Production is ok but low budget with very few different locations and lots of lingering looks and pregnant pauses.

I know nothing of Dutch criminal system, but wire-taps at the drop of a hat, prisoners endlessly grilled with no legal representation even where clearly suffering mental issues, doctor just believing the character when he said he was normal, last-minute witnesses without any hesitation or reference to either party, no vetting of information, guns getting past security as hip pins - it all seems so wrong.

Thankfully, series 1 has an ending I can leave there (unlike The Affair) and shan't bother with season 2 or 3. All fairly predictable fare.
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