Silent witness - new series
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Started watching this series on iPlayer and I don't think it's too terrible. Yes, there are some plot holes and yes perhaps they do more than such people would in real life, but it's FICTION! That said, I must admit that i was a bit surprised at how immovable Amanda B's face has become.
Also, having watched some stuff like the abysmal, dreary and irritating 'Chloe' recently, it really doesn't seem all that bad for a BBC drama!
And Emilia really is lovely, although she could definitely do with being locked in a cake shop for a week or so.
Also, having watched some stuff like the abysmal, dreary and irritating 'Chloe' recently, it really doesn't seem all that bad for a BBC drama!
And Emilia really is lovely, although she could definitely do with being locked in a cake shop for a week or so.
I've watched this one as I've watched most of the earlier series, and enjoyed it for what it is. But, did I miss something? They go up to Liverpool and get introduced to the grumpy cop and his young female sidekick, go about their business, then something happens back in London and the young female cop from Liverpool CID somehow gets to investigate that as well. Seemed a bit weird to me, but perhaps no more weird than all the rest of the interfering that the forensic people do.
I don't think Concorde and Skeletor getting together is adding anything, and the decision to stretch one story across the whole series while also having standalone stories that only last one episode isn't really working, nothing is getting treated with any depth and the standalone cases aren't interesting enough.
Pluses are that there is a lot more lab porn this series, vials being filled and dipped and spun etc, and the new assistant is great, although it's lucky they've got all these soil-related cases now that she's arrived and not while Clarissa was there, she'd've had to pop her BFGoodriches on.
It's thinking-man's bubblegum TV, it's probably shed as many viewers as it's ever going to and I can't see it ending any time soon.
And who cares if there were three female detectives in one series, there's been enough male detectives on the BBC already to balance that out. Would be good to get Neil Stuke back for a case though.
Pluses are that there is a lot more lab porn this series, vials being filled and dipped and spun etc, and the new assistant is great, although it's lucky they've got all these soil-related cases now that she's arrived and not while Clarissa was there, she'd've had to pop her BFGoodriches on.
It's thinking-man's bubblegum TV, it's probably shed as many viewers as it's ever going to and I can't see it ending any time soon.
And who cares if there were three female detectives in one series, there's been enough male detectives on the BBC already to balance that out. Would be good to get Neil Stuke back for a case though.
Been watching the last few with the missus. WTF is this "Vigil" thing that they seem to bring up every 10 minutes or so, the entire plotline seems to be built around it. Bit much.
Nikki making two searches of the national DNA database and then flatly lying about it, before it eventually becomes apparent that there was a clear match all along, seems like it'd result in her doing time in the real world?!
Nikki making two searches of the national DNA database and then flatly lying about it, before it eventually becomes apparent that there was a clear match all along, seems like it'd result in her doing time in the real world?!
Southerner said:
Been watching the last few with the missus. WTF is this "Vigil" thing that they seem to bring up every 10 minutes or so, the entire plotline seems to be built around it. Bit much.
Some sort of mega-computer thing, I think, though every time they mention it I think of a submarine. If you ever watched "Person of Interest" I think it's supposed to be a bit like the computer in that, but without so much killing.droopsnoot said:
Southerner said:
Been watching the last few with the missus. WTF is this "Vigil" thing that they seem to bring up every 10 minutes or so, the entire plotline seems to be built around it. Bit much.
Some sort of mega-computer thing, I think, though every time they mention it I think of a submarine. If you ever watched "Person of Interest" I think it's supposed to be a bit like the computer in that, but without so much killing.
I used to enjoy watching in the past but i'd have to agree with the comments above about the woke-ness of it now, and since netflix and whats available on there, better call saul eg, the BBC has been left way behind and is now pretty s
t to be honest. I think we have some good actors but they are wasted at the beeb.
t to be honest. I think we have some good actors but they are wasted at the beeb.
Cfnteabag said:
What a load of nonsense, worst bit was the outfit Jack was wearing at the end!
We were torn between Wallace from Wallace and Grommit, Granville from Open All Hours, or Mr Gumby.Emilia Fox seemed to think some of the lines were dross as it's the most wooden I've seen her act. And the crash scene felt like it was put together by a bunch of fourteen year olds, a giant but narrow metal spike that went right through the middle of the car so missed everyone but didn't miss everyone and some got hit but only grazed and not decapitated but still killed instantly even though they were wearing seatbelts and the impact speed was probably below 30mph.
I did kind of buy into the concept of the Vigil system though - facial recognition, bigdata and CCTV already exists, ANPR is already used in this way, it's just the networking and data sharing that is probably unrealistic.
droopsnoot said:
The closing bit of conversation sounded a bit like a preaching session to me, a bit like when Doctor Who started preaching about not carrying knives in the last episode I watched.
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