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uwantme2killhim? (2013)
Filming cheats the audience
Good while watching it, but I felt tricked at the end. The plot hinges on the difference between imagination and reality, but there is no indication in the way the scenes are presented that some are entirely in a character's imagination. The audience sees real settings – woman on computer with others working around her, girl being abused by angry boyfriend – and assumes that these are actual occurrences. And how does Jamie 'recognise' Kevin when visiting the flats where he is supposed to live? The audience sees a resemblance to the man shown abusing Rachel, but that scene didn't really happen. In the absence of this deliberate blurring of the real/unreal distinction, viewers would be able to work out early on what's 'really' going on.
Without You (2011)
Spectacular police incompetence and an implausible action
It is unbelievable that the police would not investigate the possibility that the 'accident' was not such at all. Having seen so many forensic examinations in other TV series I find it difficult to explain why no such investigation took place in this case. The fact that there was no evidence linking the victims should have raised at least a doubt as to whether the accident was staged. Moreover, the demeanour of the officer at the inquest in the presence of grieving family, etc. was unbelievable.
The later stages of the plot depend on Frances not revealing the name of her (and Milena's) lover to Ellie (alias Gwyneth). She did not appear to have any reason for not naming someone who would from her point of view be completely unknown to Ellie. Had she done so, the whole thing would have been tied up immediately.
This is one of those series where I feel that the earlier stages of the plot become questionable once the final outcome is reached.