Whenever the story is with Freeman, the series is great. But the supporting characters make it hard to really love The Responder. Marco, for example, has been borrowed directly from Scooby-Doo: he's portrayed as such a comically stupid comic-relief character that you get whiplash from the tonal shift of his scenes. Likewise, Rachel, the partner of Freeman's Chris, is somewhat bizarre in her development towards the last third of the series.
It is this inconsistency that has somewhat spoiled this high quality series for me: Chris's life feels real, the lives of most of the supporting characters feel like made-up stories.
It is this inconsistency that has somewhat spoiled this high quality series for me: Chris's life feels real, the lives of most of the supporting characters feel like made-up stories.