Off Season (2022) User Reviews

Muddled

[crumpytv · 6/10 · 2 February 2024]

It was watchable, but there were too many inconstancies and holes in the plot.

The dam scene in episode 4 was a real mess.

With Sterenn and Lyes approaching the scene, we see Markus removing a trussed and unconscious Marciano from the boot of his car and drag him over the road to the railings.

Only seconds later when Sterenn and Lyes arrive, and pull up shorter than they would in reality, we see that somehow Markus has manhan-dled Marciano over the railings and sat him on the edge over the dam. This is nonsense and physically impossible to manhandle a trussed body of the size of Marciano over metre+ high railings.

As Sterenn continues to talk to Markus over the phone, even though they are now within hailing distance, she fails to take the obvious action. This is to save Marciano by shooting Markus and thus solving her own complicity problem.

Of course dramatically this would have brought the story to and end and not allowed for further episodes, but it does make me feel that the viewers are being played as mugs.

The ending was poor and not believable.

Some plot holes but a good series

[laduqesa · 8/10 · 19 April 2022]

I watched all the episodes within a twenty four hour period. The series was gripping and had twists and turns that I couldn't work out the final destination of. Having said that, there were some holes in the plot - even though the garage's video tape had been wiped (suspicious in itself) the shop assistant only had to be asked what the new suspect had bought on the day in question for all to be revealed. Similarly, the mechanic at the repair yard, who was on probation, could have had more pressure put on him to confess that he had helped in the commission of a crime. All excuses would have been off.

There was one more problem. After the Swiss captain had worked out the connection between the deaths, she left one of the potential victims to his fate. I don't think any competent cop would have done that.

Interspersed with the investigation were human interest stories relating to the two lead investigators that were not a graft-on. They seemed to grow naturally into the plot and explained some of the behaviour and motivations of the French and Swiss captains.

We knew the ultimate truth as did Captain Bouanni but a truth of sorts was accepted as a finality. The tension remained until the end of what was a very intriguing series. I recommend it.

a loser

[Rogermex · 3/10 · 15 April 2024]

Perhaps one of the stupidest series about cops and crime. A supposed-to-be smart cop does some of the stupidest wrongs to protect her stupid son. The acting is flat, the back story is generic, there's not much to care about at all. We all know that property developers are the worst of all evils, OK. And they are appropriate targets, as we know. So what's new here? The only redeeming feature here is the great photos of the mountains. The silly French cop sucks on lollipops all the time, isn't that interesting?

There are many fine crime & cops streamers out there, but this is not one of them. Waste of space, waste of time.

Serial Killings across The Alps.

[Pairic · 8/10 · 28 February 2024]

Off Season: A serial killer strikes on on both sides of the Franco-Swiss border. The victims have been dosed with ketamine, bound and thrown into ravines to die of their injuries and exposure. Police Captains Peiry from Switzerland and Bouanni from France are charged with tracking down the killer. Both cops have their own problems, which rise above the soap which too often infuses there dramas. Peiry's threaten to derail the investigation and she is forced to make choices which bring her future career into question. There is also some sort of conspiracy going on regarding the expansion of a local Ski Resort. Very much character driven the narrative does provide a few red herrings but the protagonists actions make sense when seen in context. Six episodes. Directed by Pierre Monnard, Co-Written by Sarah Farkas. 8/10.