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As a huge Trevor Eve fan I missed out on this one in the 90s, notably one of his few tv dramas that received awards. Coming around after a personal re-run of his Peter Boyd police work, this was very dissapointing. It's basicly a revenge story, appropriate for female viewers who are recently divorced. In the end I did not know which character I disliked more. Eve's acting is good as always although he does not have much fine material to work with. Stevenson has a limited supply of facial expressions and we see them all, numerous times. It's an 80's story with 90's nudity. Dissapointing. The Morse-like music did not help nor did the abysmal dvd release.

Revisiting this series in 2022 I had truly forgotten about this one. It has everything: a great cast, tight direction (the scenes from the past work very well) a brilliant script (those Boyd lines always make me smile) and what seems like a "False Flag" episode at first is actually much more than that. Great teamwork. Why doesn't this count as a perfect 10? Stating it is great stuff and scoring it 7/10 is weird. The series lost a bit of momentum after the Claire Goose years, despite Tara's entry. But season 8 and 9, which I only saw once before, are top notch. Trevor Eve is one of the best actors around.

The first season of this Netflix original from Belgium was a nice watch even though we have seen this sort of series a zillion times by now. The undercover pairing was interesting and Dutch actress Elise Schaap was outstanding. Dutch actor Frank Lammers as Ferry was okay if very one-dimensional. I liked him much better in the prequel that carries his name. And Raymond Thiry reprised his role from Dutch series Penoza, which was by far superior to Undercover. First season had an interesting setting. Binge watching I landed in season 2. That was an awful experience. Without the leads from season 1, the scene changes from narcos to weapons. And to Wim Willaert, who acts like he is a crook in a Studio 100 production. If you want to sleep easily stay tuned for season 2. Or be wise and quit after the first series.