Playing Nice

This is a great story. Lots of times I found myself wondering what I'd do in their situation and it was worth the binge watch. Lots of moral questions asked throughout.

Well acted- I found all the main characters to be believable and they were well cast. Even the kids did well!

The scenery of Cornwall played a part here too, it was visually interesting too and gave a dramatic edge to it.

At various points there are twists and turns and obviously lots at the end. This is certainly one of the best UK TV dramas I've seen for a while (not big like Netflix etc) and makes a nice change from police dramas.

Give it a watch.

The subject matter starts off well. What would any of us do if we discovered that our child wasn't our child.

The frustration and confusion at the start makes sense and you do get a fairly accurate take on what 4 regular people would do in this scenario.

Then however, they made Pete become a complete man child without zero intellectual though, making basic mistake after basic mistake and being far too trusting for any normal human being. Then of course he forgets that he was a journalist and shows next to zero of these skills, showing zero attempt to do any basic research. With 99% of his mistakes just not being something any normal human being would make.

Peter aside, Miles was far too two dimensional a villain, being laughable at times, with Pete and Maddie not reacting like any normal person would. No police down South?

Overally the show starts with promise but soon turns into a badly written villain series, with Pete repeatedly making mistakes that makes no logical sense, and the finale was well, lackluster to say the least.

Doubt anyone will be watching this in a month's time.

The story really fits the bleak winter of Cornwall. The characters can be a little infuriating, but you're left to stew in your own emotions while you wait for the story to evolve.

Loved seeing Mevagissey as it's rarely seen in Cornish TV programs. Watergate, Truro and Saint Agnes, as well as a few south coast beaches also take a starring role.

But the scenery does it for me. It's the real deal.

In an age of fakery and cgi, this drama feels real and at a pace that you'll soon get used to, like the pace of life in Cornwall, UK.

I suggest you go find these places off season, you won't be disappointed.

This is compelling uncomfortable viewing that pulls you in and gets you involved. This got my Spidey senses tingling from the beginning, and slowly ratcheted up the fear factor as the plot and the characters were revealed.

I truly don't understand the reviews that talk about this being unrealistic. If it were a story about normal people in normal circumstances, it would be EastEnders. This, on the other hand, is genuinely scary. It's almost unthinkable that this could happen, but only almost, which is what makes it so tense and scary. Perhaps you have to be parent to really feel the current of fear that runs through this thriller/drama.

Four episodes of superb acting, plot, backdrop, everything! Horrific idea underpinning the whole thing but its all entirely plausible, really real characters, the story build and builds. And the way the "system" gets involved in these things is well portrayed. It'd be easy to binge watch the whole thing, was so good I saved the final episode to look forward to another day. Not a single weak episode in the whole thing - am really not sure what the couple of poor reviews were watching. It wasn't this! This is one of the best TV dramas I've seen for ages, will almost certainly watch it again. Highly recommend!