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This is an excellent series. Great acting from the leads; superbly cast.

Definitely a binge set, you won't be able to push the pause button.

All the settings are very authentic looking and time adjusted extremely well.

Shaun Evans just continues to improve in his acting ability (Male lead). In this series he is unbelievably good. At times, the hairs on the back of your neck will stand up and shiver.

Anna Maxwell Martin continues to impress immensely (Female lead). She is incredibly convincing in her role.

I'm certainly not going to add any spoilers, I think that is the worse thing you can do, especially if the series or movie is a good one. If you want to find out what happens, watch it.

Tremendous! Thoroughly recommended 8/10.

If you've never known a person on the spectrum as Delia obviously is, you will have a difficult time empathizing with her during her horrific ordeal.

She can be cold, abrupt, and abrasive, even to the extent of seeming to make a bad situation even worse, shutting down, shutting people out, blaming and lashing out at others.

But that is not at all who Delia truly is. Those are her defense mechanisms when it comes to dealing with the real world.

I have a dear and close relative on the spectrum just exactly like Delia. She is extraordinarily brilliant, funny, and has the most tender of hearts. However, that is not how she will come off to most people she is not close to or trusts implicitly. She is an extremely literal person and very exacting about how things should be "just so", and very direct in her speech to the point of appearing rude or blunt.

But this all a result of her disability, though I dislike that word in reference to her.

She's just different, and only those who truly know her for who she is, and genuinely love her, get to see what an enormous heart she has within, coupled with a childlike innocence that struggles to live and cope in our harsh world, even in the best of circumstances.

Were my relative ever, God forbid, to have experienced anything even remotely like the horrific ordeal Delia did, I cannot even imagine how soul shattering an affect it would have on her.

Delia managed not just to survive, but even to thrive in spite of all of she went through. That in itself was a remarkable story.

P. S. I love Shaun Evans (Endeavor), but can't say I like him playing such a baddie. Makes me sad.

Engaging story and great acting. The lead actress's dialect did not bother me as it did others but it was definitely noticeable. She did an incredible job though. Great acting by the lead actress and everyone else.

I'd read an article that while working on the script the writer worried about how people would find empathy or be on the side of someone.with an "unconventional personality." She was quirky for sure. I didn't find that distractive though. I did however find her abusive to the people trying to help her. I found it difficult to watch because she was quite simply not a likable person. That does not mean she deserved anything that happened to her or that she caused it in any way. It just means it's understandably challenging to tell her story. Others have pointed out that she would of course have anger. I agree. But that anger was directed at other people. People that cared about her and were trying to help. For me this made the series difficult to watch.

This short series left me speechless, just blew me away! Not only because of the great actors and performance but also because of how well the story is told, realistic, very strong and at times uncomfortable and frustrating. Once you start watching it you won't be able to stop it!

The first two episodes are the most intense and brutal. The actress Anna Maxwell, in the role of Delia, is simply magnificent! She acts with great strength, power and realism, I can't imagine anyone better, it is simply perfection!

The series reflects on the protection systems that are established around victims of abuse, and she holds responsible those who should contribute to guaranteeing their safety.

The plot is very well structured, marking each of the episodes as outstanding stages in the development of events, and they look very deep into personal obsessions.

Don't miss this one! It is an extremely solid British true crime production that will get under your skin thanks to the excellent performances.

Not only is this a compelling, uncomfortable drama, one almost unique in not seeking to exploit misogynistic violence for kicks, but also an indictment of a judicial system where everyone involved is clearly compromised by seeing the victim as a means to their end career-wise. The police want a conviction and the criminal is the target and the victim is merely the enabling ammunition to achieve this; a passive cipher best forgotten afterwards unless they become useful again.

The viewer is also forced to confront their expectations of a true-crime victim. Typically these are vulnerable and quite passive individuals lacking confidence and not infrequently conventionally attractive as film and television producers seek to manipulate empathy from their audiences by all means at their disposal. Delia Balmer/Anna Maxwell Martin does not bow to this convention and the syrup-free drama is all the better for presenting a victim in the round.

As a story, 'Before I Kill You' is rather depressing: a true tale of a psychopath who murdered two women, and nearly killed a third. In fact, what makes it more interesting is even more depressing: it shows us how abusers identify victims who are vulnerable and how badly those who survive can be damaged by their experience. What makes it worth watching is the excellent performance by Anna Maxwell-Martin, who plays a woman who is something of a misfit even before the murderer targets her. We're all to dramas where all sympathetic characters are cuddly and "nice"; the protagonist here is much harder to love, although of course she deserves none of what she has to go through. I hope that the real Delia Balmer has finally managed to rebuild her life, and is happy with her portrayal on screen (if it is accurate, I reckon she will be).

I dipped my reluctant toe in, thinking that, despite the content, this would be a poorly delivered presentation of a female's time of horrors.

So many of these programmes can turn to sentimentality or sensationalism and can make a viewer miss the point or worst still, be manipulated into anguished responses.

I was wrong, the performance from Anna Maxwell-Martin was so good, that it felt like listening to Delia. It is Delia, who kept me watching, it is Delia, who made this an exceptional programme.

Delia was hard work, even before the troubles, her intransigence in the face of what I guess she considered petty rules and conventions, does not endear her to others.

As an aside, I will add a further two comments.

The sheer frustration of watching, yet again, the keystone cops, metaphorically fumbling around in an unlit room, simply because they could not be bothered to switch the light on, was palpable.

The anger one felt at the judicial system that allows clearly vulnerable victims to be pilloried in the witness box was at a peak.

Enough said; I highly recommend the programme.

I love Anna Maxwell Martin she is one of the few actors who I'd watch anything in. This is a first class well acted drama based on a true story. The only question mark is what is with that accent? Someone of her calibre doing the worst Canadian accent I've heard - the fact constantly characters ask "are you American" make me wonder if the creators couldn't figure out how to keep reiterating she is supposed to be Canadian. Once you get past this you'll be hooked. Her character is deeply unlikeable but still you sympathise with how this relationship and subsequent abuse has affected her mental state which doesn't sound like it was completely stable to begin with. All played all round - just remember she isn't from Cornwall ...apparently.

...and most of the time it's not possible. Because the ordeal is so intimate and profoundly unique to each and every being.

I cried during those four stellar episodes. I was in tears at the end. The victim must remain in her role as a victim until anger, rage and bitterness. The rules of the law rarely proceed with empathy.

Thank you @kindofblue-78221 for finding the right words, which my limited english abilities don't allow me to do.

Thank you for putting this essential story on screen and to Anna Maxwell Martin, for bringing such a strong and memorable character to life. Your acting talent is such a wonderful gift to us all.

I was initially hopeful. But it was hard to sympathize with the leading character. It's a powerful theme for sure but for some reason it didn't make it all the way. The story could have been more intriguing and the investigators were for some reason not intertwined in the story. It always became like a weird add on when they switched to the investigation. This show didn't succeed in blending the story and the investigators in a good way.

Also the leading character is so weird and you didn't really feel for her, even if you should have given the circumstances.

It could have been better, it's a shame it wasn't.

One of those shows where you hover between "Surely it couldn't have happened like that!" and "How on earth can people be so incompetent?" It's a true story, though, and from what we know of other cases, the failings of the police and the demands of the criminal justice system damage far too many victims - which was Delia case.

Anne Maxwell Martin plays Delia with an extraordinary intensity, rarely making it easy to like her: she is irrascible, mercurial and unpredictable.

Shaun Evans is truly scary, switching from the quiet and self-effacing shy man Deliameets in a pub, to a furious and violent narcissist with a dark, dark past.

A very well-written, cleverly-paced and carefully directed short series.

Overall, the series is fine - not bad, not extraordinary. I don't know the real story's details, but the production was what I anticipated. I suspect some of the dramatization was just that. This is how we expect, or are at least conditioned to respond with whatever appropriateness the writers, director and cast desire. The story needs to be told and retold. This, domestic abuse with potentially fatal consequences, is an unresolved sociological and criminal issue of past, present, and likely future times, one that must continue to be a matter for discourse.

I must share that I find Ms. Maxwell Martin is a fine actress. She carries me into her characters. I felt her rage in this story. I viscerally disdained her in Line of Duty. However, I find her inability to deliver proper, consistent regional dialects extremely distracting. I would prefer she not even try. Her attempt to be Scottish in Spy Among Us was laughable. Somehow, in this series, she was confused for American, when her accent was meant to be Canadian, all while she was clearly English throughout the series, with an occasional Scottish or Canadian or maybe Northern English vowel.

If you are not as anal about this sort of stuff, enjoy the show.

This drama leaves out any analysis of Who and How Delia was repeatedly failed by both law enforcement and the judicial system of the UK at every step of the way, over many years. (Although certainly all criticisms are protected and defended against by legal gags and immunity.)

All of the victims of this one serial killer, and all of the communities and families affected by his repeated (and reported) offenses, were failed by that ineffectual system for a great number of combined years, and absolutely no accountability is addressed.

But we sure do get hammered on the head (axed and stabbed, perhaps?) by how 'unconventional' Delia is. Too much focus is spent on this aspect, as if her being traumatized beyond repair is somehow something she drew onto herself by a less-than-thorough conformity. That's a pretty despicable thing to imply, and this production leans into it too heavily. Must a victim be more personally judged and investigated to either be believed or disbelieved regarding acts of crime against them by a malevolent perpetrator? This is upside-down.

They even de-fanged the best parts of her self-expression in defense by acting as though ineffective and off-based council was something she was supposed to just accept from everyone outside of her experiences. They kept offering worthless platitudes against the factual realities, and people are like 'can't you see they care about you'? Well, couldn't they see that everything they offered was full of nonsense and holes based on a total lack of actual societal support?

Top notch performances from everyone involved, made for uncomfortable viewing at times, but also gripping television. I often wince at real life dramas because they sweeten things for one side or the other. In this case you felt they gave a fair representation of both sides. I don't remember the original story so it felt quite fresh for me.

We binged the programme, and never intended to, so that says something. The fact it felt so underwhelming made it even more believable and the pacing as we moved through the key components of the story maintained the tension, I would recommend this as a quality piece of TV.

Mainly due to Anna Maxwell Martin's performance. At long last she has a role that showcases her inestimable talents

Shaun Evans brings all the cringe to a role that I'm sure disturbed him as an actor deeply. He has been one of my all time faves since his brilliant turn as a young Inspector Morse. It's hard to see him play such a darkly disturbed soul but that's when you know you're watching someone with such star power - you can't take your eyes off of him.

Ann's acting skills are just off the charts of depth of emotions, running the gamut from uncomfortable humor to deep deep pain.

Please let them win ALL of the awards.

Well done to the crew behind the camera for bringing by this very difficult and dark story into the light Well done ALL.

While I think this was a brilliant series it was hard to watch! The lead deserves an Oscar if this was truly how awful of a person Delia is/was. She truly is one of the most unlikable and unsympathetic characters I have ever watched in a show. What she endured was horrific and tragic, but a shining example of how to make everything worse in your life by your behavior. I definitely recommend watching it, but just be prepared for it to be very uncomfortable in quite a few scenes. I am an avid, true crime and documentary enthusiast. This one is good. Really good. The female lead made me want to research her and watch other things that she has done. Truly talented.

Agency nurse Delia Bulmer meets and falls for John Sweeney on a night out. Delia quickly falls for John, he moves in a relationship begins. It begins evident quickly that John is controlling and violent, and worse, confesses to a murder.

It's been a while since we've had a real life crime drama, the likes of Des and Pembrokeshire Murders, Until I kill you continues the remarkable standard, I wasn't aware of Delia's Incredible, but tragic story, it's fascinating.

It's very realistic, it shows John's horrendous cruelty and barbarity, and the way that poor Delia was failed by that criminal justice. It doesn't pull its punches, it shows what Delia suffered in graphic detail, appalling violence.

The production is great, I recognise so much of my birthplace Swansea, including the wonderful La Braseria restaurant in episode 3. The period detail is great, and you'll be rescuing for Spotify for the likes of The Charlatans.

The acting is remarkable, Shaun Evans and co are excellent, but Anna Maxwell Martin will surely win an award for her incredible performance as Delia, she has phenomenal talent.

9/10.

A very difficult series to watch even though it was well done ... mainly because the main character was so unlikeable and really frustrating to watch with her erratic behaviour and anger issues, as well as her disgraceful behaviour towards those trying to help her, but also because it proves the justice system is so often more on the side of criminals than finding justice for victims. (As a former court reporter. I've sat through trial after trial where justice was not served fully -sometimes not at all - and criminals were given far lighter sentences than what they deserved. Several of my colleagues and I used to say that sometimes the judiciary need to have one of their loved ones harmed to realise the trauma suffered by victims and their families - maybe then they wouldn't hand down such light sentences and set inappropriate bail conditions ... or even grant bail at all.)

Delia's erratic behaviour was understandable to some extent after the terrible ordeal she endured, but she was one of the most frustrating real-life characters I've ever watched and was definitely her own worst enemy.

The fact they cast a British actress with a very strong accent when the true-to-life character was Canadian didn't help as so often throughout the series people asked whether she was American and yet she sounded broad Cornish without one Northern American 'twang'. A word to film makers: be careful with bad casting and don't include dialogue in the script referring to someone as being Canadian if the actress doesn't even try to sound like she is!!!

Overall, this was a shocking miscarriage of justice with thankfully a satisfactory ending.

The first two episodes were good. Than the series was dragging (especially in the 3rd episode) thus becoming boring.

Anyway, the acting was very good and so I could stay until the end.

Ms Anne Maxwell Martin was fantastic in the role of a 40-years-old woman, who is unable to grow up and behaves like an unripe girl.

I read many complains about her accent, but I think the problem can concerns only anglophone people.

People who do not speak English as a mother language, like me, cannot be annoyed by this.

All in all the film could be a little more interesting, especially in the last two episodes, so that it did not become tiring.

My vote: 5/10.

PS: Following your guidences, I resubmit my review, as it has not be posted yet.

This excellent drama is based on the true, horrific story of Delia Balmer. Unlike a lot of these true life dramas, there is no sugar coating on the events or the characters, or some dynamic hero wading in to save the day. Instead we have Delia who, to be honest is not a particularly likeable lady. She can be abrasive, rude, quick to snap and hurl insults- and that's before she meets John Sweeney. However, Delia's ordeal is so incredibly tragic, I was reduced to tears many times and overcome with anger and disgust at the attitude of the police and judicial system.

Anna Maxwell Martin deserves to win awards for her stellar performance. She was just WOW. This programme is not for the faint hearted, but it is well worth watching. I sincerely hope lessons have been learnt by the police and judicial system, and that victims are not treated like liars and criminals.

This is an extremely disturbing but superbly produced drama series that portrays the slippery but deeply manipulative side of an horrific serial killer. But it is much much more than that. It also portrays the shocking failures and misogyny of a mainly white male police force that treated not just women in general with contempt, but their very own female police personnel.

As someone who has suffered from extensive and very damaging childhood emotional neglect, abuse and PTSD, and having a lifetime of expertise with same, I was taken aback by the superlative performance from Anna Maxwell Martin whose trauma must be extremely painful for people to watch. This is HOW you act. The subtle but highly intelligent innuendo to her earlier life - quite probably the character's own childhood emotional neglect, adding to her later horrific trauma at the hands of a serial killer - is one of many accolades that can be made for the brilliant director of this drama series.

Outside of Maxwell Martin, the acting in this drama series is of a high standard and everyone should be proud of their performances. The script writers too deserve nothing but praise.

I would warn those yet to watch this superb but equally disturbing and distressing drama series to take care as your emotions will be tested and I am sure many will shed tears throughout.

Thank You sincerely to all in the making of this superior drama series.

I'm not usually a big fan of these TV four-part dramas that seem to be in vogue at present as they often veer into the absurd but decided to give this a go as it was based on true events and was most certainly not disappointed. Anna Maxwell Martin's performance as the key character was exceptional and even though she was the 'victim' she came across as an extremely difficult person to like and didn't do much to help herself. Overall, it was a bit clunky, had to cover a long time period and some of the other acting of the minor characters was a tad wooden but it did not spoil my enjoyment. It'll be interesting to watch the documentary with the real Delia Balmer to see if she comes across as prickly and abrasive as portrayed in the dramatisation - which she was even before her ordeal. I thought it was excellent TV and despite my negative opinion of Balmer, Sweeney is the unequivocal monster here.