PROS; I think the lead actress (Paulina Andreeva) is gorgeous (at least from the neck up). I loved her in "Better Than Us". And I have a hard time looking away from the screen when she's on it.
CONS; - Who would have thought there were so many serial killers in Moscow? One would assume inbetween episodes, there is down time where nothing is going on. But that is not the way it is portrayed. Each episode ends with the next serial killer killing somebody. Gives the impression that it's non stop, one after the other.
PLOT HOLE; One of earlier episodes they, of course, are going after yet another one of the apparently endless number of serial killers who live in Moscow. This particular one likes to strangle women. We watch him kill a woman in a park. She just allows him to strangle her --- no resistance what-so-ever. Later Esenya is sitting on a bus in front of this strangling serial killer. Knowing he is the suspect. Of course he tries to strangle her from behind, and she does nothing. She doesn't scratch his eyes, she doesn't elbow him in the ribs, she doesn't kick him in the groin. Rodion had to rescue her. She's supposed to be an experienced police officer training to be a detective. What kind of police officer was she?
This is not the worst detective drama ever. But I had a hard time sticking with it.
CONS; - Who would have thought there were so many serial killers in Moscow? One would assume inbetween episodes, there is down time where nothing is going on. But that is not the way it is portrayed. Each episode ends with the next serial killer killing somebody. Gives the impression that it's non stop, one after the other.
- I usually like detective shows. Especially with female leads. One, because they're fun to look at. Two, because they are usually more cerebral, and more socially sophisticated than men. But this show is often slow, boring and tedious. It took me a long time to finish all 16 episodes.
- Supposedly, the lead male character (Rodion Meglin) has a serious illness that is painfully debilitating, and terminal. What illness is this? I watched all 16 episodes, and searched on the Internet, I couldn't find anything. And which detective would avoid treatment because "he needs to catch serial killers". Seems like contrived melodrama.
- Her father is the police chief who intentionally lets out the 16th serial killer just to kill Rodion. He ends up almost killing him and his daughter. Then the series ends with the daughter and father hugging, kissing, and her telling him she loves him. Him trying to kill Rodion is never addressed. What is that?
PLOT HOLE; One of earlier episodes they, of course, are going after yet another one of the apparently endless number of serial killers who live in Moscow. This particular one likes to strangle women. We watch him kill a woman in a park. She just allows him to strangle her --- no resistance what-so-ever. Later Esenya is sitting on a bus in front of this strangling serial killer. Knowing he is the suspect. Of course he tries to strangle her from behind, and she does nothing. She doesn't scratch his eyes, she doesn't elbow him in the ribs, she doesn't kick him in the groin. Rodion had to rescue her. She's supposed to be an experienced police officer training to be a detective. What kind of police officer was she?
This is not the worst detective drama ever. But I had a hard time sticking with it.