heleneulv

If you don't tolerate body horror, do NOT watch this.

But under the thick layer of gore, it's a heart-breaking metaphor for self-hate, a story of how the entertainment industry sets expiration dates on women, and how the fear of aging and the hate of your own body destroys you.

A mysterious substance that allows you to create a better, younger, prettier version, if only you manage to maintain the balance. But when everything you hate so much about yourself is physically separated from you, how could you possibly treat it with compassion?

Since we know the protagonist is doomed from the start, I found the ending a bit unnecessarily bloody and long, which is why the rating isn't higher. But definitely recommended.

It's a cute little detective drama, but it's far from what it has been compared to: far from Jonathan Creek or Dirk Gently.

What I take most issue with is actually the personality of the main character. In the beginning he's shown as a shy recluse, who doesn't leave the house and is only comfortable around his puzzles. But that character is very inconsistent.

You would expect a person like that to have a lot of difficulties trying to maintain a huge lie, lead a team of cops, and confront a new pool of suspects on a daily basis. However, he seems to have no trouble with that, and whenever the story calls for it, he's suddenly the most confident police officer in England.

Other than that, the plot is fine, the characters are likeable... Good enough to kill a Sunday.

Normally I love a slow burner, but this one wasn't particularly enjoyable.

First, no way around it: it was boring. For a slow burner to work you need something to keep the viewer engaged: good dialogue, or beautiful cinematography, or charismatic characters... This show doesn't have any of that.

Second, there were a few plot holes and generally dumb and unnatural choices that characters made. I'm not saying it's not realistic: I'm sure real people would often behave like idiots in supernatural circumstances. It's just not very satisfying to see it on screen.

I finished the season, but I did skip ahead quite a bit. No idea why this is praised so much: it's a pretty beat up idea about people with sudden powers that are being hunted, and I don't think the show introduces anything novel. Better than Marvel, I suppose, but that's not a high bar.