Good with massive plot holes.

alan-organ

The whole concept of Chasing Shadows is a great one. The idea is good and the cast are absolutely brilliant. Sheersmith's Detective Stone alone is a character you will certainly want to see in a second series. Negatively, however, the plot lines are sometimes rather thin. Here are just a couple of examples: In episode three a prisoner (on medication) dies in hospital. Real police would have immediately checked up on who medicated him and the hospital drug records; thus revealing things weren't right and arresting his killer. It took the whole of episode four for said killer to be identified and caught. In episode four the killer disappears with a woman he is going to kill & DS Stone identifies a rubbish dump where they are likely to be. Real police would have sent up the force helicopter; yet the cops here turn up few in numbers and only just in time. Like I said though, the actors and the concept hold this show together and I'm looking forward to episode five.

score 9/10

alan-organ 29 September 2014

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