Silent Witness (TV Series) True Love Waits: Part 1 (2013) User Reviews

Yes, It Is Multilayered

[Hitchcoc · 9/10 · 22 April 2019]

The plot begins with a policeman, doing something so eerie that it defies description. He uses a horror technique to get a teenaged girl to agree to let him take her home. But there are inevitable consequences attached to her agreeing to this. Meanwhile, the body of a woman has been found, and her barkeeper husband is arrested as a suspect. The pathologists are convinced he could not have done it, but an overzealous female detective arrests him anyway because her father, whom she is frightened of, feels it's a way for her to get promoted. But the really big deal involves the trickle down effects of his actions.

The art of storytelling.

[Sleepin_Dragon · 9/10 · 19 October 2018]

It's definitely fair to say that Change launched what has been a new era for Silent Witness, and this excellent series hits a peak with this cracking episode. The quality of writing is fantastic, it is such a deep, complex, multi layered story, you are constantly moved in tangents, as what you think is happening is trumped by something much worse. Another very strong female detective, following on from last week's DI Reed, her story is just as good, as she tries to appease a demanding father. Jack has quickly cemented himself as a quirky member of the team, Clarissa is still annoyingly underused.

All in all this is an episode of the highest quality. Loved it, 9/10

Off the charts!

[steven-222 · 10/10 · 26 January 2013]

"Silent Witness" has been reliably excellent in recent years, but every so often this show transcends even its own high standards of storytelling, as shown by this episode. It's riveting from the very first scene; and about 45 minutes into the first part, the intellectual equivalent of a shrapnel bomb goes off, so quietly you hardly notice it (rewind!); and from then on, it's pure catnip for the mystery-plot connoisseur. Seriously, this episode carries all the moral weight and ambiguity of "Silence of the Lambs," and even (at a few points) matches that movie for horrendous suspense. Emilia Fox proves worthier than ever to serve as our template for The Wisest Woman in the World, and I am loving the addition of David Caves to the cast. The last time "Silent Witness" created such a masterpiece was last season with the episode "Death Has No Dominion," written by Ed Whitmore, who also has a co-writing credit for this episode, so a special shout-out to him. Bravo to all concerned!