Shaun Evans and Roger Allam are always wonderful to watch. I love the relationship between Morse and Thursday. Bright is allowed to become more human, and Anton Lesser does a fine job with his hesitant efforts to welcome back Morse into the fold. The entire ensemble is so good that I barely even care about the plot, which is this case was quite derivative (as other reviewers have pointed out).
The plot here is so convoluted that I couldn't follow it all (and I've read The Great Gatsby). There are just too many moving elements, and the eventual solution pulls in facts that haven't even been hinted at. Morse appears almost psychic, although the verbal tic that gives away the killer is clever. Here's hoping the writing improves.
The plot here is so convoluted that I couldn't follow it all (and I've read The Great Gatsby). There are just too many moving elements, and the eventual solution pulls in facts that haven't even been hinted at. Morse appears almost psychic, although the verbal tic that gives away the killer is clever. Here's hoping the writing improves.