I thought this was a very tense four-part thriller, with many good elements to it. These include the many aspects of John Paul's life. For instance, we see his domestic side as he has to care for his father and his need to reconnect with his first love Cassandra, his strategic mind that he has to use in order to cover his tracks and his good cop roots that are brought out by trainee Amanda Morgan, played by Kerrie Hayes. These make him a very multi-layered character and a very interesting one that I invest in, which is done through Warren Brown's good performance.
The series developed well, with the tension kept up by the relatively fast past, especially in the final episodes where it intensified even more. This was because, having been postponed due to the recent events in Manchester, it saw John Paul's erratic behaviour increase as Amanda was brutally attacked in a failed operation and led him to inadvertently kill an innocent man. By this point I can see how the character has changed and left wondering whether he will be caught at the end of the episode.
Obviously you wouldn't want to think of the a police officer taking justice into his own hands, but in a way you can see how he gets to and why he does what he did. In terms of the final episode this feeds into the debate about arming police that has risen recently. Also the use of sub-plots of different crimes display his good side but as well it effectively shows the blurring of his judgement. Brown does well to show the character's downfall in the last episode and there were also great performances from Kerrie Hayes, Michael Angelis and Aisling Loftus.
No comments:
Post a Comment