So, white, straight(ish) male reporting in - it's not my fault ;)
I got recommended this after complaining about s4 of True Detective and I'm glad I did.
I'd previously seen Kate Box in the very excellent Little Death, so that was a nice surprise. She plays a "retired" detective, but still a cop partnered with out of town Madeleine Sami - a bit of a wreck. It's a "traditional" mis-match cop setup and it works incredibly well.
There's a lot of humour, that could easily have been overplayed, but it isn't - nicely understated.
The cast are excellent throughout, believable, well scripted and everyone gives excellent performances.
YES, there's a lot of Lgbtq+ in the cast (with the emphasis on the L). Is the setup believable? Yes. Is the story believable? Kinda, it's a bit far fetched in the small-town serial killer vein, but that's the price of admission.
I could easily suspend my disbelief and go with it. I was left guessing until the end and maybe more importantly I cared about the characters - regardless of their orientation.
I'd previously seen Kate Box in the very excellent Little Death, so that was a nice surprise. She plays a "retired" detective, but still a cop partnered with out of town Madeleine Sami - a bit of a wreck. It's a "traditional" mis-match cop setup and it works incredibly well.
There's a lot of humour, that could easily have been overplayed, but it isn't - nicely understated.
The cast are excellent throughout, believable, well scripted and everyone gives excellent performances.
YES, there's a lot of Lgbtq+ in the cast (with the emphasis on the L). Is the setup believable? Yes. Is the story believable? Kinda, it's a bit far fetched in the small-town serial killer vein, but that's the price of admission.
I could easily suspend my disbelief and go with it. I was left guessing until the end and maybe more importantly I cared about the characters - regardless of their orientation.
