It was watchable and exciting but not quite as gripping as the 1st series. As a viewer I felt I was watching some last minute adaptations to make the storyline and dialogue more relevant to current events in the Middle East. The series does attempt to explain islamophobia to the viewers but because none of the muslim characters were given any real depth, it sort of failed.
So a brave detective averts a war, and shames the military and security services. I almost started believing that the Police are all a bunch of lovable lefties. Perhaps they are in Scotland.
Quite a complicated plot, a lot of names to remember and we have to pretend to be surprised quite often, like when our hero Suranne runs into danger like all the time, disarms all her assailants, and when she finds footage of drones missing targets, who weren't actually their targets and we'd already seen them missing those targets anyway.
Suranne Jones' performance seemed a little awkward. I watched mainly because I think she's amazing, just not in this. She plays the strong silent type who runs towards explosions, doesn't talk about her feelings, prioritizes work over everything and doesn't give her girlfriend enough attention. Hasn't that theme been done to death by now though? Why do female lead rolls still have to sink into these male moulds? Bit disappointing.
So a brave detective averts a war, and shames the military and security services. I almost started believing that the Police are all a bunch of lovable lefties. Perhaps they are in Scotland.
Quite a complicated plot, a lot of names to remember and we have to pretend to be surprised quite often, like when our hero Suranne runs into danger like all the time, disarms all her assailants, and when she finds footage of drones missing targets, who weren't actually their targets and we'd already seen them missing those targets anyway.
Suranne Jones' performance seemed a little awkward. I watched mainly because I think she's amazing, just not in this. She plays the strong silent type who runs towards explosions, doesn't talk about her feelings, prioritizes work over everything and doesn't give her girlfriend enough attention. Hasn't that theme been done to death by now though? Why do female lead rolls still have to sink into these male moulds? Bit disappointing.