Code of Silence

I binged it too.... it did slide a little but not enough to worry me, and I did rely on subtitles occasionally and a couple of rewinds. I'd watch a second season though.

It gave a little insight in the deaf world, and if I ever came across a deaf person I would be a little more understanding of how they can be ignored.

It was engaging enough to me, and made sense with no real plot holes.... A nice experience overall. Good acting, location and film-work...it all flowed nicely.

A solid 7

I binged it too.... it did slide a little but not enough to worry me, and I did rely on subtitles occasionally and a couple of rewinds. I'd watch a second season though.

It gave a little insight in the deaf world, and if I ever came across a deaf person I would be a little more understanding of how they can be ignored.

It was engaging enough to me, and made sense with no real plot holes.... A nice experience overall. Good acting, location and film-work...it all flowed nicely.

A solid 7.

Wanted to watch this with the wife. But unfortunately her hearing isn't great, so we rely on subtitles. But a show featuring a deaf person as the main character of all things, does not have subtitles. We can't play the volume too loud because we have children in the house, and the show does have some strong language. And still then, while the main actress makes an admirable effort, she is nonetheless at times hard to understand - even for someone with remarkably sharp hearing as myself and the volume up just fine. So had to stop watching 3/4 of the way through the first episode. If they ever sort out the subtitles, I'll watch the rest of this (with my wife hopefully) and return here to leave a proper review.

Detectives find themselves without an expert lip reader, urgency means they have to turn to Alison Woods, an employee at the Station canteen. The team are attempting to bring down a group of dangerous criminals, who only meet in wide open spaces, Alison prices invaluable, but things get complicated when she gets close to one of the suspects.

Code of Silence is an excellent series, if you haven't seen it yet, I'd urge you to make some time and binge watch it, it's gripping, must watch TV. It's important, amazing that we're seeing more deaf actors having central roles.

So many shows struggle to fill 6 episodes, not that case here, every episode is rich in content.

It's packed with tension and intrigue, in the first few episodes you will quite literally be on the edge of your seat, it will hold your interest from start to finish.

Rose Ayling-Ellis follows a busy spell, appearing in Dr. Who and the terrific Reunion, she puts in another superb performance here, as does Kieron Moore, who's equally good. If you haven't seen Reunion yet, I urge you to do so.

I loved it.

9/10.

I binged all 6 episodes in one day, loved it!

Code of Silence reminded me of Patience as well: a girl with a mundane job and a special talent helps the police.

But this time it's one case for the whole season. Loved that it was a robbery case, not the usual murder.

Rose Ayling-Ellis is super sweet. I guess she played the character really well: Alison desperately wants to prove herself, to show people that she's worth something. And oh my God, she's absolutely insufferable when she does what she's not supposed to do. I was almost screaming at the screen every time she put herself in danger. The suspense was killing me.

I haven't seen Kieron Moore before, but wow. He is annoyingly attractive and has that bad boy with a good soul vibe that makes heart of every female skip a bit.

The series turned a bit melodramatic in the end, but still hope there will be season 2.

Code of Silence is a Masterclass - in how to squander a brilliant premise. What began as genuinely compelling television deteriorated so rapidly that I had to ABANDON it midway through the season - something I rarely do as a completionist.

The show started with real promise. Rose Ayling-Ellis delivered a committed performance as Alison, a deaf lip-reader assisting police surveillance. The concept felt fresh, and the deaf representation was handled with authenticity and care. For two episodes, this looked like quality television.

Then the script completely collapsed. The writers seemed trapped between maintaining Alison as the central character while manufacturing artificial drama through increasingly poor decision-making. Instead of smart procedural work, we got protagonist-driven plot conveniences that destroyed any sense of realism.

The romantic subplot with one of the suspects represents everything wrong with modern television writing - lazy, predictable, and insulting to viewers' intelligence. The crime thriller elements became afterthoughts as the show devolved into generic romantic drama garbage.

The scriptwriters clearly had no idea how to sustain their initial concept beyond a few episodes. What could have been a tight, focused series - and with a great upshot about deaf representation in crime investigation became an exercise in how NOT to write television.

A complete waste of talent and potential.