Okay, so some cops were bitten by sharks. You can't make an entire television show about that, but Bite Club is attempting to do just that. The police drama is incidental to the romantic entanglements of the cops - everybody is either sleeping with everybody else or trying to - consequently the "crime" part of this "crime drama" is almost like an afterthought. And a very ill-conceived afterthought at that.
In the first episode, the killer turns out to be the guy who was the prime suspect all along, and his motives are never explained. Insurance scheme gone bad? That's my guess, but half a minute's worth of dialog could have clarified it. In the second episode, the killer is just some random stranger --in fact, I think they use those exact words to describe him - who shows up for the first time in the final ten minutes of the show and blurts out a confession, despite the fact that the police don't have a shred of evidence against him.
And the romances are no more believable than the police action. Officer Zoe is sleeping with the police psychiatrist who has to certify her ex-boyfriend as fit to return to duty. In what universe would that be acceptable professional conduct? The superintendent is sleeping with one of her detectives - one of her married detectives. Are we supposed to believe there are no professional standards at all in Australia?
So what we have here is a crime drama that can't handle crime or drama. There's no mystery or suspense, and there's no way to become invested in relationships that are so inappropriate one wonders why the police department's human resources officer isn't a major character. I'm amazed this show ever got made in the first place...
In the first episode, the killer turns out to be the guy who was the prime suspect all along, and his motives are never explained. Insurance scheme gone bad? That's my guess, but half a minute's worth of dialog could have clarified it. In the second episode, the killer is just some random stranger --in fact, I think they use those exact words to describe him - who shows up for the first time in the final ten minutes of the show and blurts out a confession, despite the fact that the police don't have a shred of evidence against him.
And the romances are no more believable than the police action. Officer Zoe is sleeping with the police psychiatrist who has to certify her ex-boyfriend as fit to return to duty. In what universe would that be acceptable professional conduct? The superintendent is sleeping with one of her detectives - one of her married detectives. Are we supposed to believe there are no professional standards at all in Australia?
So what we have here is a crime drama that can't handle crime or drama. There's no mystery or suspense, and there's no way to become invested in relationships that are so inappropriate one wonders why the police department's human resources officer isn't a major character. I'm amazed this show ever got made in the first place...