Nothing is really a 10. But this is close. Very very close. How does a TV series get so meticulous is beyond me.
Everything takes its time. The setup, the dialogue, the lighting, the direction is so patient.
The story is nothing new - a detective with a difficult past now relegated to the props department rises again to a new challenge. The genre is crime. And even towards the end, who is the killer is not a surprise - there is no real mind bending twist here.
But the key is connection. Connection to make every little thing together as a whole. So you as the audience feel the effort of the writing. Every line of dialogue has meaning or will come back to at some point. Every minor character has a turning point. Every scene makes sense. But you wonder, was it a good director see the excellent script and stuck to it? Or is it a good script meeting a excellent director? Or maybe it's the producer ?
From the first episode, you see they want to cover a lot to track you in. And it does - not with over the top excitement, but with the a split story of the 2 male leads. And the multipple cases. All is there. It sets you up.
Now the acting maybe a small weak point. The lead actor I don't find particular subtle or charismatic. But the story doesn't need him to be that way. So I wonder? Or is he that good?
And the last episode has 1 or 2 things I can gripe - as to the history of the killer. But that is tiny 10min out of 450? I'm not complaining, really.
This is as good as it gets.
Everything takes its time. The setup, the dialogue, the lighting, the direction is so patient.
The story is nothing new - a detective with a difficult past now relegated to the props department rises again to a new challenge. The genre is crime. And even towards the end, who is the killer is not a surprise - there is no real mind bending twist here.
But the key is connection. Connection to make every little thing together as a whole. So you as the audience feel the effort of the writing. Every line of dialogue has meaning or will come back to at some point. Every minor character has a turning point. Every scene makes sense. But you wonder, was it a good director see the excellent script and stuck to it? Or is it a good script meeting a excellent director? Or maybe it's the producer ?
From the first episode, you see they want to cover a lot to track you in. And it does - not with over the top excitement, but with the a split story of the 2 male leads. And the multipple cases. All is there. It sets you up.
Now the acting maybe a small weak point. The lead actor I don't find particular subtle or charismatic. But the story doesn't need him to be that way. So I wonder? Or is he that good?
And the last episode has 1 or 2 things I can gripe - as to the history of the killer. But that is tiny 10min out of 450? I'm not complaining, really.
This is as good as it gets.
