Review by mallaverack

Have so far watched three episodes and have desperately been trying to like this series. But when at every turn you have to put up with the whining and often incoherent 'breaking of the fourth wall' by Annika, it's difficult to appreciate the normally excellent Nicola Walker. It doesn't help that Annika is not a particularly likeable person with an even more unlikeable daughter. Is this relationship the pivotal aspect of the series? If so I'll not make it past episode 4.

Overall the plots so far have been pretty tepid and the supporting characters have not much to offer. Even DCI Oban, with her attempt at humorous self-deprecation, remains fairly wooden.

A number of reviewers here chastise those of us who rate this series so poorly and seem to think that the quirkiness of having Annika address the camera, the presence of the petulant daughter, the references to Nordic mythology and sea-faring characters and the general very low-key participation of almost all characters somehow make this a vibrant and fresh approach to a crime series.

Can't see how. The preponderance of the unimpressed viewers here is hard to ignore. It is indeed very disappointing.