The 1st episode of this contains so many infuriating elements I don't even know where to start. We have the stereotypical dour policewoman who immediately opines that a mom who has disappeared has simply "left her children on their own". There is no evidence to support that this mom would would do that. You've barely begun investigating. Then they have the stepdad. No less than 3 lingering shots of him staring blankly at the policewoman when she asks him routine questions about his wife. ( It's clear that he is not the culprit). I mean blank. Absolutely nothing in the eyes. I assume he is supposed to be frustrated or offended or something, but he just sits there like a mannequin. No acting visible here. Then we have the missing woman's babbling parents, who inexplicably leave the missing woman's home-leave the stepdad and their older granddaughter there, while all the hullabaloo about investigating the disappearance is going on. They leave as she chirps, "I'll bring breakfast" (when they come back the next day). Your daughter and 2 little grandkids are missing and you're leaving the house and you're thinking about making breakfast tomorrow? Why wouldn't you be completely freaked out? Again-they have nothing to do with the crime. It is just bad writing and bad acting here. Another ridiculous moment occurs when the police are talking to the stepdad and the teen daughter in the living room. The daughter is very upset, of course. (Earlier in the show they had very heavy-handedly tried to show that the stepdad and this daughter don't get along). The stepdad asks her, dismissively, can you stop making such a fuss. Make a fuss? Her mother and little siblings are missing and police are there! Kind of expected she would make just a teeny bit of a fuss. The teen daughter had been portrayed as somewhat rebellious before the disappearance. She is very worried about everything going on. Her best friend comes over to visit, comes upstairs into the bedroom where daughter is crying. "Go away!" she bleats. "I never want to see you again! You fat (something)." Friend runs off down the stairs. OK, I mean the daughter is upset and doesn't feel like talking to anyone. But would she really say to her best friend that she never wants to see her again, and that she's fat? It is just taking it too far. It's like the effort to portray every emotion or personality characteristic of each chatacters is taken so far that we wind up in crazy town. Nobody reacts normally whatsoever. Do yourself a favor and do not watch this nonsensical show.
Update: Five Days only got worse. When we finally learn what happened to Leanne, It's a total let down. Very improbable that some ex army guy pal of the dad decided to kill Leanne and dump her in the lake because she stumbled across his illegal cigarette smuggling business. And the weirdo mamma's boy guy who was arrested because he drove up to the location where the little girl was, and apparently Leanne had been held-it's not clear why he was involved at all either. Why would the army guy even deal with such an idiot? In any sort of business? Then there is the completely unnecessary and irritating addition to the character list, Sarah. By chance she finds the little boy hiding after the mom had disappeared and army guy/weirdo had taken Rosie. After that she insinuates herself into the family's life in a very bizarre way. Before you know it she and Matt are fooling around. And she's taking a motherly role with the kids. They seemed to adore her after about 5 seconds. I mean the investigation into Leanne's disappearance is still going on and Matt is supposedly upset, why the hell would he jump into bed with her, a needy and strange woman? In a weird and improbable coincidence, she has a murdered family member in her past also-her mom. I think this is supposed to explain why she has such a strong attraction to Matt. Why not, makes no more sense than anything else in this series. There are so many stupid aspects to talk about, but I'll just discuss one more. There's a female police officer who from the beginning has been pretty sympathetic to the family's loss, and supportive during the investigation of the disappearance. Before long, she is hanging around Matt's house-out of uniform-all the time, and taking care of the children, almost taking a nanny role or a motherly role, similar to Sara. Hello -she's a police officer, this is totally inappropriate. Then before you know it, she's arresting Matt for the murder of Leanne. Nothing up to that point would have indicated that she-or anyone else in the police dept.-thought he was guilty, and there's no evidence to support his involvement. But as soon as the body is discovered, she's slapping the cuffs on him. And then later on is apologetic about it to him and to her boss. No clue why she would do that. And the list goes on and on. Skip this show unless you want to watch a case study in how to produce a piece of crap.
Update: Five Days only got worse. When we finally learn what happened to Leanne, It's a total let down. Very improbable that some ex army guy pal of the dad decided to kill Leanne and dump her in the lake because she stumbled across his illegal cigarette smuggling business. And the weirdo mamma's boy guy who was arrested because he drove up to the location where the little girl was, and apparently Leanne had been held-it's not clear why he was involved at all either. Why would the army guy even deal with such an idiot? In any sort of business? Then there is the completely unnecessary and irritating addition to the character list, Sarah. By chance she finds the little boy hiding after the mom had disappeared and army guy/weirdo had taken Rosie. After that she insinuates herself into the family's life in a very bizarre way. Before you know it she and Matt are fooling around. And she's taking a motherly role with the kids. They seemed to adore her after about 5 seconds. I mean the investigation into Leanne's disappearance is still going on and Matt is supposedly upset, why the hell would he jump into bed with her, a needy and strange woman? In a weird and improbable coincidence, she has a murdered family member in her past also-her mom. I think this is supposed to explain why she has such a strong attraction to Matt. Why not, makes no more sense than anything else in this series. There are so many stupid aspects to talk about, but I'll just discuss one more. There's a female police officer who from the beginning has been pretty sympathetic to the family's loss, and supportive during the investigation of the disappearance. Before long, she is hanging around Matt's house-out of uniform-all the time, and taking care of the children, almost taking a nanny role or a motherly role, similar to Sara. Hello -she's a police officer, this is totally inappropriate. Then before you know it, she's arresting Matt for the murder of Leanne. Nothing up to that point would have indicated that she-or anyone else in the police dept.-thought he was guilty, and there's no evidence to support his involvement. But as soon as the body is discovered, she's slapping the cuffs on him. And then later on is apologetic about it to him and to her boss. No clue why she would do that. And the list goes on and on. Skip this show unless you want to watch a case study in how to produce a piece of crap.