Borrowing from King Lear for its first plot, McDonald & Dodds aims high and sails through to the denouement with flying colours.
In introducing the title characters, we see the no-nonsense McDonald's respect for her nondescript partner go from a shaky 1 to a begrudging 100 while Dodds is shaken awake by the whirlwind pace to find his new operational role in "this detectivey stuff".
Highlights include McDonald's meltdown in the library - Dodds's second home ; her gale-force takedown of the killer and Dodds's instinctual suspicion early on of the family patriarch, played with crafty gusto by Robert Lindsay.
The script fizzes and sparkles as South London meets the city state of Bath. The Mozartian orchestral music comments delightfully on the action. The casting is superb. We're in heaven.
This is my favourite episode by far and sets a high bar for the series to follow. Maybe the creators need to watch it again to get this refreshing series back on track.
In introducing the title characters, we see the no-nonsense McDonald's respect for her nondescript partner go from a shaky 1 to a begrudging 100 while Dodds is shaken awake by the whirlwind pace to find his new operational role in "this detectivey stuff".
Highlights include McDonald's meltdown in the library - Dodds's second home ; her gale-force takedown of the killer and Dodds's instinctual suspicion early on of the family patriarch, played with crafty gusto by Robert Lindsay.
The script fizzes and sparkles as South London meets the city state of Bath. The Mozartian orchestral music comments delightfully on the action. The casting is superb. We're in heaven.
This is my favourite episode by far and sets a high bar for the series to follow. Maybe the creators need to watch it again to get this refreshing series back on track.