Steinesongo Too many fans seem to be blown away

Skunkyrate Gripping story with well-crafted characters

Comwayon A Disappointing Continuation

Iseerphia All that we are seeing on the screen is happening with real people, real action sequences in the background, forcing the eye to watch as if we were there.

moorek I have only seen Season 1 and watching it in French with French subtitles so I stop a lot to be sure I am following the story. Maybe because I am stopping so often I have noticed the very negative points.First the Positive. If you're used to North American series then I think you'll like the elements that make many European series interesting: actors you've never seen before; city and country settings that are fresh; a culture reflected in everything from road signs to the hundreds of European cars. It brings a fresh face even to a tired genera. In this particular case I love the setting even if it is always wet and grey. I do want to visit there.I found the editing stilted but at the same time liked that it moved the plot along quickly. One minute someone makes a comment, the next scene they are acting on it. Felt a little jerky but fast.I liked the two main subplots in general ignoring the glaring loopholes in both. Actually that is about all I can saw positive about it.Even with the editing, I felt there was still lots of filler. I think they should have jettisoned the subplot with the detective and her companion, kept the two main subplots and reduced it by an episode. The acting is just barely acceptable. At times the female lead (Marie Dompnier )can be captivating but it's all in small bits. Overall she comes across as dull, unconfident, poorly trained and on the verge of crying almost all the time. Clearly this is an actress that has not held a weapon before because you can't believe this person has had training. In a gunfight in a graveyard she is lucky she got a shot off; she doesn't stop one murderer from killing himself, in a scene with a wolf she slowly goes for her gun then freezes and then falls to the ground and in doing so lets the criminals get away, in the final scene she just blindly fires away all the rounds in her pistol. When she goes to investigate some houses at a golf course it looks like she just runs around the golf course hoping to see the villain instead of any type of logical approach to the houses. In fact we never actually see her approach a house as she is on the greens the whole time like the villain will be golfing. And this is a trained officer? The male lead was only a little better since his character was supposed to be stoic so being dull fit the role. I think the worse was the actress who I think was Dompnier's immediate supervisor. She had no personality and presence in the show. The worst part is the stupid way the police react. Even not knowing French police habits, I'm sure you don't go into crime sites without gloves and shoes. You don't remove evidence (key) and carry it around with you. You don't break into an apartment esp when the person you are looking for has not done any crimes against a person. And we think American police shows have gun happy police? In this series the police pull their guns whenever they have an opportunity. A suspect rushes out of his office onto a crowded ferry, 5-6 police give chase. They all pull their pistols out. There is no indication this man is armed or necessarily dangerous. At least some of the police keep their weapon by their side and almost out of site. Dompnier keeps her well out in front so that every passenger can see it. She rushes into the building above where she breaks into an apartment with her pistol out. But the woman she is going after has not apparently done anything wrong. In the golf course scene, she has her gun pulled the entire time she is running around the greens.And in typical police show fashion, one officer lets the villain have his way to not risk the possibility of never finding his kidnapped victims. Ignoring the fact that this man is a serial killer and has just killed several police officers. You'd shoot him or arrest him and then hope you find the victims. You could never risk having this man free in society again. (Same thing happened in Glace.)I will watch season 2 to help my French although the IMDB reviews are telling me that it is worse than season 1 and the flick act even worse. I hope I can get through all of season two.

jimparrett Season 2 let down from first series: Well acted with intriguing plots, this series can not overcome its flaws: the selfish sloppiness of the main character may be more true to life than the infallible detectives in US and British crime dramas but at times just seems ridiculous. More of a drawback is the low- budget filming, so dark and dull I wondered at first if the makers couldn't afford better lighting. Then I realized the higher-contrast image is most likely a product of post-processing where the makers have deteriorated the image to make it look more like a documentary. That's not a bad idea but you have to show the audience detail and not hide important aspects of the image, especially faces which are often darkened in shadows. Too bad because the actors are top notch. The script and pacing, when they aren't dragging, can be involving, building tension as the series progresses. But by the final episode, the plot-convenient actions of the characters become almost comical. While there are some drawbacks, don't let that discourage you from watching. This is a series made for grown-ups who think and there's too little of that in today's crime dramas. Hopefully, when season three comes around, the series will find a little more color, definition and more refined character development.

Moacir Fuhr I only watch the first season, so the comment below only applies to that: The plot seems interesting at first, but the script is so bad that the series ends up falling in quality to each episode. There is no character development. Everyone is empty and boring, and it's hard to care about any of the characters. The relationship between the main characters, Sandra and Paul Maisonneuve, is simply ridiculous. The script tries to force a relationship that simply never happens. The two behave like strangers throughout the entire series and although a past story is quoted it has no ability to create a true relationship and the two characters spend the whole series being boring and distant. The script is very bad. There are no words to describe how bad it is. French police act like a bunch of retarded people in every episode and the way detectives make the discoveries is simply laughable. Most of the time they simply guess things without any evidence. The acting is very bad too. I just watch the series because I'm studying French and I wanted to have a greater contact with the language and the French culture. But I would never recommend this series to anyone. It's just bad.

fiona_r_lamb Season one: OK so I didn't hate this but I didn't love it either. It started out really well with a very interesting and quirky plot but I was not enamoured by the character of Paul M. He was too cold and did not engage me. Then there was the female lead who I liked but of course she couldn't have a happy relationship, nope, her partner is cheating on her. Can't there be any female lead with a happy or just stable relationship? And the entire cast seemed to go on for days and nights with NO SLEEP.Not going to lie, I did fall asleep often through the first three episodes but was awake the last three when things started to make more sense. I thought it had a good ending by showing that there is no such thing as a happy ending. I felt bad for the victim at the end and for one of the police officers who was terribly injured.Not as good as The Tunnel which gripped me from beginning to end. This was more in the middle. I watched this on Netflix over three nights. Six episodes = perfect.Season Two: I just finished watching all eight episodes over two days. I actually really enjoyed this even though the plot was completely crazy. I did enjoy all the female characters and the whole thing revolved around motherhood, which made me think. It did feel like two movies - the first four episodes felt totally different from the last four which was a wee bit jarring. There were major plot holes too but I'll give the writers 10/10 for coming up with the most bizarre storyline EVER!