Grace

Like one reviewer said, sad detective with stupid boss who couldn't find her own ass in a line-up, and enough holes to keep me yelling suggestions at the screen!! If I didn't have the remote to just skip the drivel I'd have given up. That being said ... it has potential. Hire some people to clean up the storyline, ie, check phone records! Keep any eye on suspects. Just simple stuff that even we peons know good cops do. On the good side, we really liked John Simm & Richie Campbell. We'll watch the next part hoping for more of them, better writing and another boss!

I like everything about this series except Assistant Chief Constable Vosper. The boss who is too stupid and dull to recognize the talent s/he has working for her has been way overdone. IT'S BORRRRING!!! Write her out of the show and concentrate on the detective work, not the idiot boss. Richie Campbell, Craig Parkinson, Laura Elphinstone all lend dimension to the show. Develop their characters more. That would be much more interesting than Ayola's shrewish performance as a boss whose only motivation seems to be meanness and moronic behavior. John Simm is always good. He doesn't disappoint here. The stories are also original.

We quite liked this show for its somewhat unique & gruesome plots. But I am quite tired of the head honcho coming down on the cop who bends the rules a bit, but produces great results. It has become a tope that is increasingly tiresome in this (our favourite) genre.

This is an edgier crime series from the novels of crime writer Peter James adapted for the screen by Russell Lewis. Lewis has written for Morse, Spooks, Lewis and of course Endeavour so he knows crime dramas.

Set in Brighton on the south coast it's about Roy Grace a Detective Superintendent who's good at solving murders. Only two episodes released for 2021 both 90 minute length and it looks like 2022 will also be two episodes. John Simm and the rest of the cast are very good, good plots and development.

Not a Colin Dexter or Ann Cleeves series, but it's very good, I look forward to season 2.

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I came across this almost by accident and watched both season 1 episodes in one sitting. There were are a few of the usual stereotypes, but overall it was quite good, and kept my attention throughout. Well paced and well acted. It's possible to make a serious, enjoyable drama without graphic sex scenes and constant unnecessary cussing (although I know there are some viewers who need those elements to make something "edgy" and "real"). I'd be happy to watch season 2 when it comes out.