We Hunt Together

Dark and different story, with an interesting villain in "Frederika", a psycho for sure. I just wished she hadn't constantly said "Baba" the whole time! I know it was his name but it got a bit wearing agfter a while.

The relationship between police colleagues Lola and Jackson was fun and his character was really appealing. Eve Myles looks very dowdy in this, compared to the glamorous and sexy Faith in the brilliant Keeping Faith, but that's being a good actress I guess.

What I can't understand is that some of the better known actors in this - Kris Marshall and Neil Stuke - don't appear in the cast list shown on here.

Anyway, this is definitely worth watching.

A fantastic cast of very strong performers cannot salvage the heavy-handed script. There's a constant feeling of "where have I heard this before" as the dialogue advances and reveals itself as formulaic and disappointingly contrived.

The premise of a murderous duo, who also seem to be survivors with unusual backstories seems like a winner, except the creators drop too many emotional and moralistic breadcrumbs. More disappointing, the baddies are bad from a distance, so the against-type characterization is only applied to the killers.

The law enforcement are pretty by-the-book "chalk and cheese" who will discover how much they need each other as the series unspools.

This is head above much of the competition, but seems intent on tripping itself up in the strangest ways. Worth watching if there's nothing else around.

The main reason I watched the series in addition to the rave reviews was Eve Myles. I absolutely loved her in Torchwood and the Apple TV+ series Hijack. However, after seeing this series, a new star is on my radar, the lovely Hermione Corfield who plays "Freddie", a beautiful, sexy, alluring, manipulative sociopath. And I loved every scene she was in. But that's not what makes this series superb, this show is the total package. It has everything, murder, love, sex, secrets, twists, psychological manipulation, and so much more.

First we have two police officers who are paired together to work a murder case. He, an African immigrant played by the wonderful Babou Ceesay. He is the DI, and is in charge of the investigation despite the fact it's his first day in homocide. He had worked in the Anti-Corruption unit (Internal Affairs). His partner, played by Myles is a sargent and a seasoned murder investigator. It's like mixing oil and water. He is an intelectual type, she is old school, hard nosed murder police. The sparks fly, but they aren't mean mostly funny. On the other side we have another African immigrant who is called "Baba" who has secrets and lives a tormented life because of his past, played by Dipo Ola. He meets Freddie one night and his life is never the same.

So, we have a murder mystery but there's more than the eye can see. Everybody has secrets, and I mean everybody.

All I can say is this is one of the best shows I've seen in a while. I came across it looking for something decent to watch. I have nearly every network out there, from Amazon to whatever starts with a Z and the choices are limited. This show is a winner. There is one reason I didn't give it 10 stars, despite the freshness of this series, they did do one thing I was so disappointed with. They fell into the formulactic trap by having these two detectives working their behinds off trying to solve murders and the "Suit" or boss is screaming at them to "LET IT GO!!IT'S OVER!!!" There's always some pencil neck boss sitting in the office telling our detectives to drop the case, it's over when we all know it isn't. Other than that silly part, this is a great show.

Three episodes in and really enjoying the dark energy of this series.

The main characters are well played and the dynamics work well too.

Recommend watching it - better than many "cop" series on more mainstream channels.

I found this series after finishing up Season four of Killing Eve, and noticed a startling resemblance with the principal characters. For a British crime procedural, it's quite good, without overly heavy leaning on common tropes. Certainly watchable, and I always enjoy Eve Myles' work.