Broadchurch

Impeccably made, and the two leads are stellar in their roles, but the writing, while often clever and engaging, gets rather pretentious and preachy, especially in season 3. Still, it's a better-than-average procedural that's very much worth a watch.

It's like The Killing but not a giant pile of dead kids. Just one. Danny. Beautiful Danny. Oh Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling From glen to glen, and down the mountain side The summer's gone, and all the roses falling It's you, it's you must go and I must bide... Oh Danny boy, oh Danny boy, I love you so.

The first season was some super great television, honestly. Character motivations were well-developed, there was an unimpeachable feeling of dread and mourning that permeated the whole show, and the performances from our two leads were stunning. Not only that, but the mystery was pretty compelling, and the creators did a solid job of balancing this show with its dual-genre of crime and drama. I haven't seen the second season, but I don't see how it could beat the first.

I mean it's fine but the commentary about how this reshaped the crime drama is ridiculous. Oh you're telling me there's a murder in an idyllic small town and the whole community is suspect in some way? AND the pair of detectives comprise of an aloof workaholic and a more grounded wisecracking wit??

The first season was painting the mystery well till the shocking ending. The second one was more traditionally build with cliffhangers and all. Stunning work with Olivia Colman.

The first season was good entertainment, quirky and sad and interesting. I have mixed feelings on the second season.

worth a watch

Amazing show with intriguing plot and fantastic actors. Both the plot and characters develop in a very interesting, real way. I watched all three seasons in the span of 10 days, couldn't get enough!

Season 1 is an excellently-made small town murder mystery, and Season 3 is pretty decent, but Season 2 is a painfully melodramatic courtroom drama with ridiculous and hard-to-believe plot twists and it almost ruins the series. The two leads are great throughout, especially Olivia Colman, who is breathtakingly phenomenal at times. I'd put good money her to be a Oscar contender within the next 5 years, she's that good. Score is an average of all 3 seasons.

My ranking would be considerably higher, had there not been the second season. Seriously, season 1 is one of the best crime/drama/detective serials I saw and seeing the first few episodes of season 2 was a huge disappointment after that. It felt a bit like they forced the whole plot of S2