This series was NOT good. I can't understand how everyone on here is raving about this awful show. The scripts/stories are childish and nonsensical. Episode 1: the police are already set up on the location but no one intervenes to save the girl. Really? Meglin begins speaking from 20 feet away just as she dies, but no one goes to save her or even check on her. Ridiculous. Every episode (up to 8, that's as far as I got) have similarly huge plot holes and incredulous plot points. 3 episodes Meglin almost gets Esenya killed with his carelessness. By that I don't mean he wasn't careful, he just doesn't care. And why is Esenya such a wimp? Do they not teach any self defense in Russian police academy? All the adversaries manhandle her like a child. The rooftop scene physically didn't make sense with her suddenly changing positions and the killer falling. She seems to have no training whatsoever. In episode 7 she's standing in front of the killer with her gun pointed at him, but she lowers her weapon and allows him to rush her and hit her head with a mallet. Then in 8, she's suddenly a ninja and leaps to her assailant and flawlessly stabs both of eyes out with that stupid pencil she's been wearing in her hair since her supposed deflowering in episode 1. The scenic locations: is Russia that dilapidated? I think their budget was so small they could only use abandoned propertied to shoot. They used several locations repeatedly. The park in 2 is the same one that's used in 7.As to the "Method", it is only related to his condition, oneiroid syndrome, which seems to be brought about by epilepsy and possibly intoxication. During these episodes he "sees" the origins of the perpetrators. This of course can't be taught, so when Esenya says she used his method she is ignorant of what she speaks. Other than that it just straightforward observational deduction with a bit of behavioral science and is blatantly obvious as the script makes no effort to conceal it. All in all, a very poor and boring police procedural.
Review of The Method
