I guess it was too hard for the writers to create suspense without making Kata and her pal, Arnar, do stupid things. But Kata takes the cake. An opportunity to make the worst possible tactical decision rarely presents itself without her jumping on it with with willful abandon. Shall we review? 1) destroys evidence implicating her own son; 2) obstructs justice by conducting an unauthorized interview with her son's presumptive victim (which on its own should have gotten her fired, if not imprisoned); 3) brings a weapon into a hostage situation with no knowledge of what is happening and without calling for back-up; 4) fails to subdue the assailant in that situation, necessitating a search; 5) carries out the search alone with no back-up; 6) allows herself to be subdued by the assailant, giving up the weapon (the only weapon available to anyone on the scene), leading to the assailant's suicide, which could also have been her own murder; 7) allows herself to be drugged by Petur when she accepts a drink (she seriously couldn't have suspected that he was involved, given his previous whitewash of the boys home inspection? I mean, is she supposed to be a detective or not?); 8) when she finally gets the drop on Petur, springing up from the boat with the wrench, she just hits him once and then RUNS like a scared child, instead of picking up the wrench and making sure he doesn't get up again. And those are just the most irritating mistakes get I can remember.
This is not the quality of writing required to really grab the audience, these days. Check out something like Killing Eve or Better Call Saul or, actually, quite a few other really good series. This kind of tired formula detective-show writing just doesn't make it, anymore.
This is not the quality of writing required to really grab the audience, these days. Check out something like Killing Eve or Better Call Saul or, actually, quite a few other really good series. This kind of tired formula detective-show writing just doesn't make it, anymore.