This says it all. Trying so hard to be cutting edge it's just a mixed bag of overacting, weird camera angles & shots, overly long slow zooms on an embarrassingly anguishing actor, bad editing and dreadful direction that just doesn't work. It's an implausible storyline with everyone just immediately fessing up to the detective (each in their own episode) the role they played in his daughter's downward spiral. I was really looking forward to the sterling cast but it just shows how important a role the director plays in eliciting a great performance even from the best. By episode 6, I felt I was watching a Shakespearean play and James Nesbit's acting was as unbearable as his ridiculous drawn-on eyebrows. And what's with Sam Heughan's accent? He began his scene speaking with a strong Scottish accent but quickly lapsed into an upper class English one. He threw in some cockney and then jumped around all over the map. I couldn't follow any of his dialog because it was so distracting. Harry's episode was so boring and ludicrous I found myself wondering if I was, instead, watching an Ibsen drama.
This could have been so rewarding but massively fell short.
This could have been so rewarding but massively fell short.