This is a well executed mini series for the most part, and I liked the casting.
But the Denise Mina novels, on which it's based, had better plots, in my opinion.
In Field of Blood, the novel, there is in fact a much more understandable motive for the shocking murder of little Brian. the plot in the script was understandably simplified, but the writer really shouldn't have left out that part of the backstory--it answers the question of how a seemingly normal person commits an unthinkable crime.
And in the second "season," the grittiness of the original story was severely undercut in what seems to be a mistaken attempt at highmindedness.
But the Denise Mina novels, on which it's based, had better plots, in my opinion.
In Field of Blood, the novel, there is in fact a much more understandable motive for the shocking murder of little Brian. the plot in the script was understandably simplified, but the writer really shouldn't have left out that part of the backstory--it answers the question of how a seemingly normal person commits an unthinkable crime.
And in the second "season," the grittiness of the original story was severely undercut in what seems to be a mistaken attempt at highmindedness.