The final episode of the first series opens with two boys discovering the body of a girl on Borth Marshes. She doesn't appear to have been abused and far from being dumped it looks as if her body was placed with great care. Initial suspicion falls on her father; an ex-policeman who lost his job when he started drinking. Inevitably more suspects emerge including her lecturer, who thought she was special, a boy who dated her a year before and hadn't got over her and the man who lives at the nearby station. As the case develops Mathias gets involved with the girl's mother in a way that is less than professional
an action that will have consequences.
This was a fine conclusion to the opening series; Richard Harrington continues to do a fine job as protagonist DCI Matias and he is ably supported by Mali Harries who plays Mared Rhys; his DI. The rest of the cast do a fine job too. The story is solid enough even if it does involve some clichés of the genre any relationship involving the protagonist can't end well and the most suspicious characters are always innocent! That said I still enjoyed it and there was a real sense of tragedy at the end. Once again the setting was part of the episodes appeal; rather than mountains this time it was the marsh with its evocative spring birdsong. This is the last episode of the current run but the concluding scenes suggest that there are issues unresolved from the first episode so hopefully we will be getting another series some time.
This was a fine conclusion to the opening series; Richard Harrington continues to do a fine job as protagonist DCI Matias and he is ably supported by Mali Harries who plays Mared Rhys; his DI. The rest of the cast do a fine job too. The story is solid enough even if it does involve some clichés of the genre any relationship involving the protagonist can't end well and the most suspicious characters are always innocent! That said I still enjoyed it and there was a real sense of tragedy at the end. Once again the setting was part of the episodes appeal; rather than mountains this time it was the marsh with its evocative spring birdsong. This is the last episode of the current run but the concluding scenes suggest that there are issues unresolved from the first episode so hopefully we will be getting another series some time.
