This has many of your typical British cop ingredients - corrupt but well-meaning coppers, women led to do bad things for love, lots of yelling and contentious arguments, overweight, corrupt cops and a dash of diversity. Too bad for Gemma Whelan, who despite putting on a fine show and making her character one of the few sympathetic ones in this show of bad people, fights a unwinnable battle.
The final episode made me feel as if the world is upside down where lawless, weak men and women in uniform win while the honest ones struggle. The hidden piece of evidence revealed near the end of episode three could indicate that this series was meant for more episodes but was cancelled before it ran its course, leaving an unfinished feeling.
Perhaps this show is true to the reality of policing but not what I want to watch to be entertained and inspired. Instead I was left with a feeling of needing to take a shower, especially after the appalling immorality of the final scene.
The final episode made me feel as if the world is upside down where lawless, weak men and women in uniform win while the honest ones struggle. The hidden piece of evidence revealed near the end of episode three could indicate that this series was meant for more episodes but was cancelled before it ran its course, leaving an unfinished feeling.
Perhaps this show is true to the reality of policing but not what I want to watch to be entertained and inspired. Instead I was left with a feeling of needing to take a shower, especially after the appalling immorality of the final scene.