Levelling the Playing Field

Loved Series 1. It was new. The cast was new. The story was good and suspenseful although maybe a bit too much, reminding me of many Agatha Christie stories which had a huge cast of characters, many of which had their moments as possible culprits but, in the end, one character who had little exposure turned out to be the culprit.

Series 2 was somewhat more of the same and I was getting a bit tired of the same themes. I also was getting a bit tired of Marta Dusseldorp.

Series 3 was just too much. Too much time looking Marta's mug. Marta smiling. Marta Laughing. Marta looking concerned. Marta having a gay moment. Marta being so smart in court. All of it with endless facial closeups. I felt the show could have been cut by 1/2 per episode if the director wasn't so fixated with Marta.