The Promise

I did enjoy this series over all, it was engaging with good characters and was at times tense. I do agree with others that the ending was somewhat disappointing. But it was well acted and directed throughout and I will watch the next series.

Sofia Essaïdi and Elisa Ezzedine were both good as Sarah Castaing. Leslie Medina as Lilas Castaing was full of character and a little underused in the story. Olivier Marchal as Pierre Castaing was good until the last episode as others have said, but that was the writing, not his acting.

Influenced by the, in my opinion, relatively low rating (7.0/10 out of 116 ratings at Aug 28 2021), this series positively surprised me in quite a few matters: reasonable plot (not a whodunit but about the hunt on a horrible child kidnapper), as well as the acting. Very good camera work and direction and some fine music. Exiting and tensive till the end... A recommendation to everyone who likes a solid and firm thriller.

Unexpectedly good solidly-acted thriller.

Very impressed.

I read a review comparing this to Spiral and began watching in high hopes. It becomes clear very quickly that this isn't going to attain that high standard. Spiral built up tension and sucked you in. This dissipates tension as unlikely actions and reactions increase in number, eventually rendering the whole thing rather laughable.

We did watch it to the end as our decision to cease came with only 1 episode left. We should have decided sooner!

Had me hooked until the final episode then everything collapsed. What a huge letdown. Could have been a classic but oh dear. So much promise until the finale. Could have been so much better.