This should have been a stellar episode in which Arnott could have shone but, instead, it was possibly one of his most boring ones in my opinion. He made lots of presentations that just seemed like he he was reading his lines, he often looked tired or miserable and to hear him address Fleming as "boss" just doesn't sit well with me especially at a time when we are being "forced" to suspect Hastings as being corrupt. I get it that the show, just like real life, has to move on but the chemistry between Hastings, Arnott and Fleming was an important part of what made the show work so to mess with that so dramatically is a major risk to take. I also find it hard to believe they would be so quick to turn on their boss. It's also becoming ridiculous that almost everyone in the force seems to be corrupt. Especially at the higher levels.
The casting of Corbett was a brilliant move and even though I didn't like his character at first his acting was so compelling he grew on me and became the main reason I was still watching the episode (which dealt with upsetting subject matter). A strange decision to kill him off so soon except that he was deluding himself that the "top cop" would ever be bothered to come meet him and his cohorts. They all seemed like such "small fry" it was kinda hard to believe they'd pulled off the "heist of the century". I'm even surprised Hargreaves showed up but I somehow think we're going to find out more about that later.
A choppy episode with some definite shock value but not enough power to drive the show forward I think.
Review of The Betrayal
