Thanks to Netflix (and to the stupid covid virus), I am able to binge-watch this amazing show. I was hooked from the first episode. Trying to figure out the 'truth' while watching is half the fun. I've been right a few times, and wrong many more, which is ok by me. I like to be surprised.
But,,,,, I will admit to be growing tired with the character (not the actress) Beth. In this episode I rolled my eyes yet again at her constant hypocrisy., and it's getting boring. Telling her husband that 'he needs to change', was just another example, and the one that threw me over the edge with her character. She says he needs to change? Um,,,,,Pot, meet kettle.
She's allowed to blow up constantly, but nobody else is. She's allowed to accuse and berate her best friend (Ellie) for not knowing about her husbands involvement with Danny, but refuses to acknowledge that she didn't know about her own husbands affair. She acts like the only one whose allowed to grieve, and calls out people for not doing it 'her' way.
They say a persons true character is not shown when all is going good, but revealed during times of adversity. If this is true, then Beth is not a very good person.
Losing a child must be gut wrenching.
But that doesn't allow you to treat people so insensitively like she has.
I hope they redeem her character at some point. But I feel she will get away with being a jerk, because she 'suffered a lose'.
It would make more sense to accept help and support from your friends during a terrible time like this. Not push them away.
4 Reviews
I tried to watch this once before but kept falling asleep.
eileen-guthrie55517 October 2018
Wow! I cannot believe the bullcrap coming out of the mouth of that defense attorney, Sharon Bishop (Marianne Jean-Baptiste). That defense would NEVER happen in the US Court system. Any judge and the Prosecutor's would be objecting left and right citing assumes facts not in evidence and the other that would be used is Counsel is testifying. No Judge would allow this idea of an affair between two investigators or detectives would NEVER be allowed in Court. They spent 2 hours in his hotel room, talking about this case, when she was still trying to figure this strange detective out, whom she didn't even like him, as he infuriated her most of the time. Sure, they are trying to bring about up reasonable doubt, but the defense has nothing but innuendo and no facts to support this ludicrous concept. Unless this was the OJ Simpson case, where the judge always ruled against the prosecutor's office. There's an underlining of hostility between the prosecutor and the defense attorney as well. Bitter rivals? I prefer UK crime drama's; murder mysteries and television thrillers were the crime or mystery isn't solved in 44 minutes. You can spread the full story out and provide more clues. In the US, I generally known who the killer is before the first commercial. These are much harder to guess though, which I LOVE. I always love a challenge.
Where Is the Judge
Hitchcoc24 August 2016
Warning: Spoilers
This episode leads us up to the verdict. Closing arguments are presented. The prosecution provides facts; the defense simply repeats its ludicrous theory. Are British judges all like this one? The motions presented by the defense are nothing but stories. The judge (whom I found quite tiresome and short-sighted) seems to allow so much to go on. Are lawyers unable to object to a contrived case. In American courts the judge would have meat out of all this. She would also have had some serious directions for the jury. She has no trouble putting a stop to things like the use of sarcasm or smugness. What about the evidence itself? The final scene is the usual cliffhanger ending.
It's getting there, slowly.
Sleepin_Dragon9 September 2022
The final pieces of evidence are given, both The Prosecution and Defence complete their cases, it's up to The Jury to decide.
I do wish I could be as enthusiastic as my fellow reviewers here, but for me this penultimate episode is typical of this second series, the elements are there, the acting, the production, but all are marred by the shocking pacing, and the impossibility of most of the events.
The acting, again is first rate, and again I must highlight how impressed I was with both Rampling and Baptiste, a masterclass from both.
The Claire story, I just haven't been able to engage with it at any point, it feels as if it's been there to pad out Danny's story, which has so often gotten lost in proceedings.
The courtroom scenes were good, and I am keen to see how it concludes, but on the whole, series two isn't a patch on the first series.
Intrigued, but frustrated, 6/10.
I do wish I could be as enthusiastic as my fellow reviewers here, but for me this penultimate episode is typical of this second series, the elements are there, the acting, the production, but all are marred by the shocking pacing, and the impossibility of most of the events.
The acting, again is first rate, and again I must highlight how impressed I was with both Rampling and Baptiste, a masterclass from both.
The Claire story, I just haven't been able to engage with it at any point, it feels as if it's been there to pad out Danny's story, which has so often gotten lost in proceedings.
The courtroom scenes were good, and I am keen to see how it concludes, but on the whole, series two isn't a patch on the first series.
Intrigued, but frustrated, 6/10.
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