heartbreaking

This is a stylish watchable British police drama with agreeable actors for the most part. If it were called anything else it would be fine. Or if they had said inspired by or loosely based on; but, as it's called Lynley that's the basis for my review. I am comparing this to the books not the first Lynley production. There is such a wide swath of inconsistencies between book character backstory and personal plots and those established in this series as well as no relation to plots in episodes bearing book titles. The Lynley portrayal is appropriately posh but there is no angst. It's only hinted in passing at his struggle between his upbringing/nobility and being police. The actress playing Havers is far too lovely. Havers grumpy, abrasive nature is the basis for her entire character as well as a bucketload of family guilt like Lynley. She is the rough to his smooth and that dynamic as well as the adjustment to each other was nonexistent! There is much more that's inconsistent (entirely different order and survival of key family members, entirely different occupations for key characters)and that's what was disappointing. One specific show related critique-Helen is complete cardboard. In the second season please give her a personality!

The two men who came up with the premise of this show and then created humiliating situations for real people to earn ratings should be ashamed and prosecuted legally by every contestant they harmed. They can justify this in every way possible and it's still shameful and wrong. They made these human beings into sideshow freaks and put their lives in danger every damn week by dangling impossible outcomes in front of them for money. The doctor should be disbarred for blaming the producers for the abuse he allowed. Everyone, producers, doctor, trainers, everyone is reprehensible!

I loved the hosting and general presentation. I feel the ability of the contestants and the fashion they presented was so terribly uneven and the judging way, way in the stratosphere off. While certain designers continued and other clearly more talented and more capable designers were sent home is something I just don't get. I understand having a signature as a designer but when every single design looks the same with no variations what growth does that show? Episode 5 was a travesty in terms of judging and so preferential and biased. The absolute wrong team went home.