This is (at least, it's supposed to be) a procedural drama - the procedures being those of the Forensic Service and the Prosecution Service. So it is not unreasonable to expect that while the cast may break the rules from time to time, they do at least know what the rules are supposed to be. Forensics-wise that works okay - procedures are followed and explained, and the science is (more or less) respected. That said, I suspect a half-decent defence lawyer could shred them on cross-contamination of DNA evidence.
Where the drama falls down almost to slapstick is with the Prosecutors, especially the heroine. Every one of them is corrupt, lazy, personally over-involved with a case, highly partial or/and incompetent. Our newbie Prosecutor heroine at her first crime - Moves. The. Body (I mean, come on!) for no particular reason, and contaminates the scene by not wearing protective clothing. She routinely rushes from one half-formed conclusion to another as new pieces of evidence arrive, acts on hunches, and constantly gets over-emotional when she should be calm. In one episode she tests the thesis that a boy had over-dosed by taking an overdose of the same pills herself - when on her own! No-one to observe or help if anything goes wrong - and then "proves" his state of mind based on the hallucinations she experiences. It's ludicrous. We are supposed to believe she is the top product of years of legal training to reach her position - did they teach her nothing? Frankly, her behaviour is just ditzy and worse than amateurish.
Now, pitting an uber-rational Forensic scientist against an over-emotional Prosecutor is where the dramatic tension is supposed to come from. But when, as here, the Prosecutor is made not just over-emotional but dangerously unmoored from due (and basic common-sense) professional process, the tension fizzles out very quickly, to be replaced by OFFS irritation. The result is not an exciting match of mutual respect between two professionals each with their own different approach, but between someone who is good at his job and someone who is downright at hers.
Poor.
Where the drama falls down almost to slapstick is with the Prosecutors, especially the heroine. Every one of them is corrupt, lazy, personally over-involved with a case, highly partial or/and incompetent. Our newbie Prosecutor heroine at her first crime - Moves. The. Body (I mean, come on!) for no particular reason, and contaminates the scene by not wearing protective clothing. She routinely rushes from one half-formed conclusion to another as new pieces of evidence arrive, acts on hunches, and constantly gets over-emotional when she should be calm. In one episode she tests the thesis that a boy had over-dosed by taking an overdose of the same pills herself - when on her own! No-one to observe or help if anything goes wrong - and then "proves" his state of mind based on the hallucinations she experiences. It's ludicrous. We are supposed to believe she is the top product of years of legal training to reach her position - did they teach her nothing? Frankly, her behaviour is just ditzy and worse than amateurish.
Now, pitting an uber-rational Forensic scientist against an over-emotional Prosecutor is where the dramatic tension is supposed to come from. But when, as here, the Prosecutor is made not just over-emotional but dangerously unmoored from due (and basic common-sense) professional process, the tension fizzles out very quickly, to be replaced by OFFS irritation. The result is not an exciting match of mutual respect between two professionals each with their own different approach, but between someone who is good at his job and someone who is downright at hers.
Poor.