This is a rare flop in the otherwise dependable genre of 'tartan noir' police procedurals.
At first glance, it wound appear to have all the right ingredients of a satisfying spiel in the mould of 'Shetland'. The addition of Gaelic dialogue is an intriguing touch.
Unfortunately, the whole production is a major disappointment. The story is implausible, beset with tropes and cliches you'll have seen a hundred times before. The script is mechanistic, the characters boring and the acting wooden.
Even on catch-up, with the ability to recap the action (such as there is), the story is disjointed, confused and exhausting to follow. The editing in particular is a frantic machine-gun barrage of shots that make it impossible to keep up with the subtitles for the split-second they appear on screen. The frequent switches between English and Gaelic in the same conversation are an added struggle to follow.
Despite the copious drone footage, there is no sense whatsoever of place and we learn nothing about the unidentified locations we are flying over.
None of these criticisms would necessarily be a problem on their own, but taken together they add up to a series that is more effort than enjoyment and ultimately difficult to recommend.
