Watching the James Nesbitt character swagger around from episode to episode threatening, bullying, and in general being a totally dislikable moron, the implausibility of the plot becomes just too overwhelming.
As hot messes go, this is right up there -- the Nesbitt character is ridiculous: he abandoned his daughter years ago when she was a teenager, is currently estranged from her, but now assumes the role of a caring Dad who screws over his job, colleagues, and career in an effort to "solve" what he believes is her murder; he's untethered generally, but also apparently has no home and doesn't exist within any daily life parameters; he threatens and bullies multiple people, including leaving the scene of accident with someone near death, but somehow everybody just keeps humoring him (despite the fact that at minimum, he's an insufferable jerk, or for the most part, is dangerously dysfunctional); and in spite of being a known danger, he isn't being tracked by the police; etc.
What a shame to waste the talents of brilliant, and generally highly watchable actors like Ben Miller, Joely Richardson, and Richard E. Grant.
As hot messes go, this is right up there -- the Nesbitt character is ridiculous: he abandoned his daughter years ago when she was a teenager, is currently estranged from her, but now assumes the role of a caring Dad who screws over his job, colleagues, and career in an effort to "solve" what he believes is her murder; he's untethered generally, but also apparently has no home and doesn't exist within any daily life parameters; he threatens and bullies multiple people, including leaving the scene of accident with someone near death, but somehow everybody just keeps humoring him (despite the fact that at minimum, he's an insufferable jerk, or for the most part, is dangerously dysfunctional); and in spite of being a known danger, he isn't being tracked by the police; etc.
What a shame to waste the talents of brilliant, and generally highly watchable actors like Ben Miller, Joely Richardson, and Richard E. Grant.