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Better

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  • 2023
  • 59m
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Andrew Buchan and Leila Farzad in Better (2023)
After a family tragedy is narrowly averted, a corrupt police detective undergoes a painful moral awakening and decides to put right twenty years of wrongdoing but satisfying her newfound conscience won't be straightforward.
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A corrupt police detective has a painful moral awakening and decides to put right 20 years of wrongdoing.A corrupt police detective has a painful moral awakening and decides to put right 20 years of wrongdoing.A corrupt police detective has a painful moral awakening and decides to put right 20 years of wrongdoing.

  • Creators
    • Jonathan Brackley
    • Sam Vincent
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    • Leila Farzad
    • Andrew Buchan
    • Samuel Edward-Cook
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    • Creators
      • Jonathan Brackley
      • Sam Vincent
    • Stars
      • Leila Farzad
      • Andrew Buchan
      • Samuel Edward-Cook
    • 52User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
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    Leila Farzad
    Leila Farzad
    • Lou Slack
    • 2023
    Andrew Buchan
    Andrew Buchan
    • Col McHugh
    • 2023
    Samuel Edward-Cook
    Samuel Edward-Cook
    • Ceri Davies
    • 2023
    Zak Ford-Williams
    Zak Ford-Williams
    • Owen Davies
    • 2023
    Mark Monero
    Mark Monero
    • Curtis 'Lord' Roy
    • 2023
    Lucy Black
    • DCI Sandy Mosby
    • 2023
    Gavin Spokes
    Gavin Spokes
    • DI Phil Cowper
    • 2023
    Olivia Nakintu
    Olivia Nakintu
    • DC Esther Okoye
    • 2023
    Carolin Stoltz
    Carolin Stoltz
    • Alma McHugh
    • 2023
    Anthony Lewis
    Anthony Lewis
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    • 2023
    Garry Cooper
    Garry Cooper
    • Peter 'Bulgey' Donovan
    • 2023
    Junade Khan
    • DS Khan
    • 2023
    Ceallach Spellman
    Ceallach Spellman
    • Donal McHugh
    • 2023
    Anton Lesser
    Anton Lesser
    • Vernon Marley
    • 2023
    Moe Bar-El
    Moe Bar-El
    • Artem
    • 2023
    Kaya Moore
    Kaya Moore
    • Noel Wilkes
    • 2023
    Florian Rafuna
    • Thomas Ajazi
    • 2023
    Tillie Amartey
    Tillie Amartey
    • Jade Wilkes
    • 2023
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      • Sam Vincent
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    6coxl-00148

    Ruined by the ending

    This was good. For the first four episodes. Great to see Leeds, good acting by Leila Farzad and Andrew Buchan. Interesting take on the police drama. After the first four good episodes, we were excited to see how it ended. Only to find a completely implausible ending, which totally ruined our enjoyment of the previous episodes. It would have been better if we'd just watched 1-4 and it had ended there, with Lou never quite sure whether they would come for her for the rest of her life. That would have been believable. The conclusion provided by episode 5 was no. Disappointed and felt a bit cheated.
    6J-o-h-n-H

    Unbelievable!

    Whilst I found this so engrossing that I binge watched all episodes (finishing at 5am). I have to say that the ending was amateurish, sentimental and totally unbelievable. I won't provide details of this let down because I was so engrossed until then that I would not wish to spoil it for others. MYOMU. Now.... I've actually said all I have to say but apparently in order to post any review I am supposed to write a minimum of 600 (superfluous?) characters! Why? Is there no merit in brevity and clarity over indulgent pomposity? (Answers appreciated but not required)😊.....OMG!!! I thought I had attained the minimum requirement already....but apparently not. Now trying again. Thank you for your patience in matching my persistence!🤣
    8dingalingalong

    Good but schizo writing

    Did she ever do a days work?

    Good series but plot holes all over the place. And the script kept twisting making the characters act completely different from episode to episode. Poor Ceri didn't know if he was coming or going.

    But there was some rough justice and gritty plot lines. Makes you realise there is an underworld out there and if you get caught on the wrong side your life can get dictated and controlled by it - no easy options.

    The final scene was UK police all over.

    If I was watching this again I would focus on the non main characters because they are the ones that played their parts so well and didn't have to flip flop.
    8bryanstreek

    Anton Lesser steals it

    Well worth a watch. People saying the acting is poor are speaking too broadly. Most performances are good, except the cop's son who is not great. Anton Lesser is excellent as the retired bent cop; but then he is always good. It is a good story, some complexity to the characters, nobody is one dimensional. I don't really understand the really low raters. Not sure why Anton Lesser does not even feature in the IMDB cast list as he is the best thing in it. I didn't feel the accents were forced, I don't think any of the actors were using anything but their normal speaking voices. Make your own mind up.
    5SL_180

    Worth a watch

    If it wasn't for the ending I'd score this at a 7, I finished the entire thing in just two days and had very high hopes.

    Unfortunately the ending is bad, REALLY bad. There is no world in which this would happen... I've no idea what the writers were thinking.

    It does well to keep you watching though and all be it until the very last scene it kept me interested and wanting more.

    Anton Lesser was my favourite character by miles, Leila Farzad not so much, her character seems forced. A few elements throughout are silly and unrealistic but this goes for 90% of TV.

    Give it a watch and make your own mind up.

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      • February 13, 2023 (United States)
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