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My foresight was strong but so was the whiplash
This my first series I've completed with each episode being only 15 minutes. Although there's 52 in total, it really didnt feel that long to get through. And like other reviews have mentioned, this really did feel like a speed run through a collection of mysteries that led to the finale, linking most of them back together.
My foresight was strong with this one. I knew who the mastermind was in the 2nd episode, and all the segmented mysteries. If you are paying attention, it's really not that hard to figure it out. So the finale was not a surprise for me, and on occasion throughout the show, I even felt frustrated. The ML is a master psychologist and can read body language cues. How he wasn't picking up on who was leading him astray felt like a plot device. Even the body with no face, I immediately knew it wasnt the real victim. Perhaps I've just watched enough murder mysteries now to know but often, a lot of the 'mistakes' made just felt silly to me.
I also didnt understand the master plan at the end. I understand the mastermind wants total control of the area and has basically created a cult of loyal followers through fake empathy, but how does flooding the city give him control? Did he plan to create chaos just so he could swoop in a save people? Or was he just planning to destroy the city piece by piece and then just flood, leaving no or few survivors? Or even just his own cult following? And if he did succeed, what was he going to do about the invasion that happened of screen? Did he have an alliance with them as well?
Some questions were left unanswered. I wasn't annoyed by the last scene that creates a possibility of a second season, a lot of shows do that. I was just felt a little detached.
Perhaps the show goes by too quickly for me to catch some details. We dont really get to know the characters very well as we just jump from murder to the next without a breath. If it was an average episode length, the series would be around 27 or so episodes, so there was room for more details to be added but I guess this is just one of those quick shows, you watch a few episodes throughout your day, if you can.
This is also my first 'republican era' series I've completed so i dont have much experience with the costumes and sets but I found them beautiful in this show. I did think there was some creativity happening as at times, it appeared very modern in dress, but the FL is a coroner for the police so I can appreciate a little bit of imagination, as it's not a historical.
The music was quite catching and I always love to hear a little bit of rock happening for some action scenes.
My foresight was strong with this one. I knew who the mastermind was in the 2nd episode, and all the segmented mysteries. If you are paying attention, it's really not that hard to figure it out. So the finale was not a surprise for me, and on occasion throughout the show, I even felt frustrated. The ML is a master psychologist and can read body language cues. How he wasn't picking up on who was leading him astray felt like a plot device. Even the body with no face, I immediately knew it wasnt the real victim. Perhaps I've just watched enough murder mysteries now to know but often, a lot of the 'mistakes' made just felt silly to me.
I also didnt understand the master plan at the end. I understand the mastermind wants total control of the area and has basically created a cult of loyal followers through fake empathy, but how does flooding the city give him control? Did he plan to create chaos just so he could swoop in a save people? Or was he just planning to destroy the city piece by piece and then just flood, leaving no or few survivors? Or even just his own cult following? And if he did succeed, what was he going to do about the invasion that happened of screen? Did he have an alliance with them as well?
Some questions were left unanswered. I wasn't annoyed by the last scene that creates a possibility of a second season, a lot of shows do that. I was just felt a little detached.
Perhaps the show goes by too quickly for me to catch some details. We dont really get to know the characters very well as we just jump from murder to the next without a breath. If it was an average episode length, the series would be around 27 or so episodes, so there was room for more details to be added but I guess this is just one of those quick shows, you watch a few episodes throughout your day, if you can.
This is also my first 'republican era' series I've completed so i dont have much experience with the costumes and sets but I found them beautiful in this show. I did think there was some creativity happening as at times, it appeared very modern in dress, but the FL is a coroner for the police so I can appreciate a little bit of imagination, as it's not a historical.
The music was quite catching and I always love to hear a little bit of rock happening for some action scenes.
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