The Control Room

Taking the stretching of disbelief to the limit and then stretching it some more. A total waste of Joanna Vanderham. Poor Gabriel a rabbit in the headlights who we are led to believe somehow saves the day.

Gabe is an emergency call-handler in Glasgow with dark secrets from his childhood which unexpectedly come back to life when he takes a call at work.

Production values were OK, it was well cast and acted for the most part but it had problems script and direction wise. I watched all three episodes and gradually fell out of love with it.

I'd agree with other reviewers that the flashbacks were really overdone and disrupted the storyline. There were also just too many improbabilities in the plot all the way through, yes we can take a few coincidences and strokes of luck once in a while but storylines can't entirely rely on them.

Overall disappointing. For me the story didn't pan out well and the ending was a bit of a damp squib that you could anticipate coming.

Glasgow based thriller. An emergency call handler takes a call confessing to a murder, from a girl who then recognises his voice. So begins a frantic journey as the story unfolds, mingled with his backstory.

It started well but it's a bit far-fetched and implausible. It has some good tense moments.

This is better than some whilst not brilliant. Would I recommend? Maybe, but I wouldn't want to watch it again.

I was enjoying this for the first episode, but it just all fell apart.

The plot was ridiculous and totally implausible.

The actions of the central character were totally illogical and the scenarios involving the police a complete nonsense.

What I don't understand is how these dramas make it to production.

There are so many inconstancies and plot holes, or do they think the viewers are just too stupid to notice?

Have to agree with the majority of the previous reviews.

Wanted to switch off after first episode and wasn't bothered to find out the ending. Why?, because after Gabe makes the most obvious of "no, you didn't just agree to that" moments, it goes from bad to worse. Every twist and turn in the first 2 episodes have me screaming at the TV "nooooooo".

But as a dutiful husband, having had my wife watch some of the stuff I like, I repaid the debt a million times over to watch this to its conclusion.

There were a few more twists in the final episode that we didn't see coming which kinda redeemed it a bit, but not enough for me to recommend it.

IDC was ok in Marvel agents of Shield but he almost felt the same in this, with his nervous affectations.

So glad it's over and hopefully no sequel..... Sounded good on the radio adverts but in reality a MISS rather that a HIT.

Would give it a 2.5 for the little twists in the last episode.