35 Diwrnod

Someone totally incompetent wrote WHITE subtitles on light or white backgrounds. Just awful. In a mystery every bit of dialogue is crucial, but one misses a lot of it here - incomprehensible. So disappointed. Why doesn't someone fix this?

If you're patient enough to collect disconnected clues throughout, with no coherent storyline to follow, then you might like this drama. Perhaps the payoff rewards the hard-working viewer. I found it more gimmicky than engrossing, and abandoned the effort 2/3 of the way through the first episode. Plus, the subtitles really are a challenge.

I was pulled in by the photo on the show title page and was surprised at first that the series is in Welsh. I'm in Seattle and have no clue what is being said so was really thankful there is closed captioning in English. The stories unfold in a really creative way, starting with the end result and then jumping back 35 days prior to the event and moving foward to the outcome we see at the beginning. Sounds strange but it works really well and it's fun to seeing the big picture step by step this way. The acting is excellent, the stories are well told and the language is really beautiful. If you don't speak Welsh, don't let the subtitles deter you from watching. It's a fun dark mystery that I hope will continue for many more seasons!

I just finished bingeing all four seasons. The first season is the best. It was a great change from the usual detective story -- by showing the murder victim die to begin with, then working up to it over the previous 35 days. Be ready for almost every character to have a definite dark and deceitful core. Even the "best" of them are revealed as the unpredictable chain of events unwinds. I have never seen a show with so many side plots, yet they don't interfere with the main story. Except in the last season which is a bit helterskelter to say the least. In an effort to add humor, they lost the plot a few times. And the way that it ended was unsatisfactory -- other characters were far more deserving of his fate. Also, Season 4 starts slow and moves at an erratic pace. Seasons 1 and 3 are the most watchable. Although I see reviews complaining about the white subtitles disapppearing against the background? I didn't have that problem at all. I could read everything clearly. You do have to stay glued to the screen, however. It's worth it.

I watched seasons 1-3 on BritBox. They don't have season 4 right now - in its place was 35 Awr (35 Hours, listed separately on IMDB). I didn't have any trouble reading the subtitles. They are white, with a narrow black outline.

I totally enjoyed seasons one and three. The premise is fun - you know the end right from the start, and subsequent episodes unravel the who and why. Red herrings, unexpected twists, and lots of unreal drama make these seasons a lot of fun to watch. 99% of the characters are terrible people who do awful things, which makes for interesting storytelling but might be a drag if you're not in the mindset for it.

Season two was a mess, IMO. It took several episodes for me to figure out what the heck was going on. There were too many characters and too many overlapping storylines to keep track of and the ending was lousy. The seasons aren't connected in any way so you can easily skip season 2.