A ground-breaker in its time, even if it looks a bit dated nowadays.
For English language viewers, it should be pointed out that the dialogue is almost incessant, and this will prevent you from looking up from the subtitles for lengthy periods.
Indeed, the stories rapidly unfold, and each appears to be reaching a conclusion mid-series, before some new angle or unexpected discovery turns everything on its head. These clever twists - and the acting gravitas of Grabol - are major selling points.
There are however a number of flaws that can play havoc with your sensibilities. These are the same loose ends, improbable finds, and unlikely passages of dialogue that we encounter in 90% of police procedurals.
And for all that Grabol's acting is magnetic, her character has been given both a charm bypass and a string of annoying habits that are hard to warm to. She regularly rejects advice and orders in an abrupt, carefree manner, often walks away from people or hangs up the phone without answering questions, and usually insists on keeping the team in the dark about her whereabouts or the emergence of new evidence. In reality, no boss or team dynamic could cope with such maverick, and frankly rude behaviour.
Finally, although season 3 marks a return to form after a disappointing season 2, it too closely mirrors the winning formula of season 1, to the point that the identity of the main felon can be easily guessed at.
My end of season scores were 8.5/10, 7.7/10 and 8.2/10.
For English language viewers, it should be pointed out that the dialogue is almost incessant, and this will prevent you from looking up from the subtitles for lengthy periods.
Indeed, the stories rapidly unfold, and each appears to be reaching a conclusion mid-series, before some new angle or unexpected discovery turns everything on its head. These clever twists - and the acting gravitas of Grabol - are major selling points.
There are however a number of flaws that can play havoc with your sensibilities. These are the same loose ends, improbable finds, and unlikely passages of dialogue that we encounter in 90% of police procedurals.
And for all that Grabol's acting is magnetic, her character has been given both a charm bypass and a string of annoying habits that are hard to warm to. She regularly rejects advice and orders in an abrupt, carefree manner, often walks away from people or hangs up the phone without answering questions, and usually insists on keeping the team in the dark about her whereabouts or the emergence of new evidence. In reality, no boss or team dynamic could cope with such maverick, and frankly rude behaviour.
Finally, although season 3 marks a return to form after a disappointing season 2, it too closely mirrors the winning formula of season 1, to the point that the identity of the main felon can be easily guessed at.
My end of season scores were 8.5/10, 7.7/10 and 8.2/10.