‘Case Sensitive’: ‘The Other Half Lives’ Episode 2 review
Female-led British cop thrillers are uncommon enough, and ones as good as this are as rare as a smile from either of its lead characters.
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Female-led British cop thrillers are uncommon enough, and ones as good as this are as rare as a smile from either of its lead characters.
In the concluding part of ITV1’s gritty thriller based on Sophie Hannah’s novel, Ruth Blacksmith has been arrested for the murder of her estranged husband.
Darren Boyd (Spy) returns to ITV1 as DC Simon Waterhouse this month for a new two-part story of Case Sensitive.
Amid the dearth of interesting female detectives onscreen in the post-Prime Suspect era, Olivia Williams’ portrayal of DS Charlie Zailer is refreshing and compelling.
In the final episode of the series, Dirk Gently tries to track down a murderer who’s bumping off the agency’s former clients while simultaneously trying to apprehend a stalker.
Like last week’s opening episode, it’s intelligently-plotted, well-acted and makes exceptional use of a small budget to end up looking extremely stylish.
The real draw of this deliberately silly – and occasionally, surprisingly moving little programme – is to see a ‘new’ version of the Python boys do their stuff.
At some point the show finds a rhythm that the pilot never had and bounces jauntily along with verve and – crucially – some much-needed laughs.
Based on the books by Douglas Adams, Dirk Gently returns to BBC Four next month for a new three-part series.
Stephen Mangan (Green Wing) returns to BBC Four in Dirk Gently next week as the morally dubious, self-styled Holistic Detective, alongside Darren Boyd (Spy) as Dirk’s business partner Richard Macduff, who attempts to rein in Dirk’s more tangential decisions, keep them both out of prison and generally restore order to the chaos that Dirk creates. … >