Paul Evans It was obvious this was going to be head and shoulders above recent dramas, I imagine Helen McCrory is in a position where she gets to chose her work, she is a phenomenal actress, and of course gives an acting masterclass as maverick lawyer Emma Banville. The story was engaging, gripping, and constantly had you asking questions over guilt and motives. Very strong acting all round, Robin Weigert and Wunmi Mosaku were particularly good, nice to see a drama with strong female leads. I truly love John Bishop, and it was a surprise to see him pop up here, questionable casting I imagine for many, he did OK, trouble is alongside McCrory he was always going to be up against it.You just know some dramas will run forever, and you know full well that dramas like Fearless (And River) will only get a single run out, let's hope Emma Banville returns one day. This was exceptional drama, 9/10

markfranh When I watch a drama like this, I ask myself (and I hope others do too) whether or not the actions of the characters are credible. NOT, whether or not You or I would do or say the things they say; but rather whether or not it is credible that someone might do or say the things they say.The answer in the first painful hour and a half my wife and I sat through was all too often "no, a thousand times no." Kevin Russell's ex wife has remarried. Is it credible that the new husband is so supportive of his wife's years and years of trying to clear her ex-husband's name? Not really. Why would any man accept that their wife is more obsessed with their previous husband than with him? Is it credible that Kevin's son, who no doubt has been raised from birth to "know" that his father was innocent, is so openly hostile towards his father and his mother to the point that he joins a vigilante mob rallying against his father? Not particularly. Maybe, just maybe, but we didn't buy it.Is it credible that the victim's parents who are so incredibly hostile and confrontational (understandably) to Emma's efforts to re-open the case are suddenly willing later to almost calmly and voluntarily to even sit down with Emma to answer pointed questions about their dead daughter's behaviour? Absolutely not.Is it credible that when a second forensic exam arranged by Emma shows that the victim was initially murdered and buried at the air force base before then being dug up and reburied next to Kevin's shed are more or less glossed over despite it being pretty much unequivocal proof (or at least 'reasonable doubt') of Kevin's innocence? A thousand times no. Especially when one would have expected Helen to plaster this fact all over the media and doesn't. Why would someone murder her elsewhere and then shift the body to right beside Kevin's shed? Maybe, just maybe, to put the blame on Kevin? Would that possibly occur to the police if the findings were passed on to them as any defence attorney would normally do? I would hope so but not in this drama.Is it credible that the case would be sent for retrial rather than just dismissed once the confession is thrown out because of the obvious pressure and coercion when it would appear that there was no other significant evidence against Kevin other than he was seen talking to the girl on the night of her disappearance. Not really. Without the coerced confession, there doesn't seem to be any other evidence against Kevin. At least none that was given to the viewer.Yes, compromising photographs of the victim do appear but do the photographs really implicate Kevin when someone else confesses to having taken them? Not at all. It is not necessarily the case, as was implied in the plot, that he must have been disposing of evidence. The defence team says that if the photograph burning ever came out then Kevin is done for. Nonsense, when the defense can certainly argue that they were burnt in Kevin's shed because he found them so offensive especially after the photographer confesses to giving them to Kevin. Case closed.The implication also is that Kevin is so smart that he knew he had to dispose of the photographs because they might be used as evidence against him if they were found while at the same time being perfectly happy to dig up the body from the air force base and rebury it next to his shed where it would be eventually found. Would any jury buy that? Were we the viewing audience supposed to think that the defence wouldn't point out the inconsistency? Apparently.Is it credible that the original investigating detective just happens by some absolutely extraordinary coincidence to now be working for anti-terrorism and investigating Emma's only other client? Come off it! Coincidence is the refugee of the poor writer as far as I'm concerned.Was it credible .... Oh, I can't be bothered anymore.And on and on it goes. My blood pressure just kept going up scene after scene.My apologies for rambling a bit and perhaps not writing as well as I usually do but I'm still fuming about this rubbish and that we wasted an evening and a half watching it.Midway through episode 2, we'd had enough and put on something else.I would suggest others don't even start for the sake of your own health.

EG625 Personally I found this incredibly dull. It's like it's got all the right ingredients to be really gripping but just isn't. All of the characters have failed to engage with me and I care nothing about them. The (what I think is meant to be) a shadowy conspiracy back story has moved so slowly with no dramatic twists it's lost all its impact. All it's done is drag out in a not very exciting way over 6 episodes what we all knew was coming in episode 1. Coming off the back of far stronger dramas (Little Boy Blue for example) this is a disappointment. Can't stop watching as have invested too much time in it but the dark brooding atmosphere with dramatic background music all the way through does nothing to save this either.

pvsmadhukar I just saw only two episodes of it and i already started liking it. It started slowly with simple plot and makes you watch without a gap waiting for the next episode to air. It reminds me of True Detective but i sense more depth in it. I hope this continues in the next episodes without dragging too much. Script & screenplay is excellent.