Traces

No emotion in the protagonists voice,same in everything she does.So monotone and her facial expressions are always the same. Stuck with it just to know the outcome.

This is an okay show with a good plot but the one glaring issue is the lead who plays Emma, she looks about 14 years old and can't act or at least very well, she's flat and emotionless.

I'm giving this 7 out of 10 because although I found it enjoyable, the actress playing Emma seemed so wrong for the role. As others have said, she looks too young, is monotone, and it felt more as though she was in an early rehearsal for the role rather than the finished product.

I like Martin Compston and Laura Fraser, and have always enjoyed other productions when they are in the cast - and the actor playing the detective could flirt with me if he wanted to! Both seasons were good, I binge-watched it while working on a craft project, so being focused on that - plus the rest of the cast being good - was what probably helped me to stick with it despite the just-so-wrong Emma.

I initially intended to watch the first episode of Traces just to try it out, and ended up watching the entire series in one go- I haven't seen television this engaging in a long time! I was struck with the attention to detail and the commitment to realism in regards to the forensic aspects of the show, it was incredibly intriguing. The characters were nuanced and unique, and the dialogue was believable. I hope a second series is in the works!

Series 1 was good but Series 2 was a mess - they literally lost the plot - the unusual central saga of S1 is abruptly written out in ep 2.02 without being concluded, leaving a great big hole which they desperately try to fill with melodramatic romances between cardboard cut-out characters which even Eastenders would reject as too clunky. Meanwhile a nutter sets off homemade bombs around Dundee for no real reason, even on nutter-logic. It's all become very silly ...

Please either let it die now, or if anyone is desperate enough to commission a 3rd series, bring back the unfinished central plot from S1 and focus on that without trying to throw all the soap opera froth into the mix. And bring in a better director and scriptwriter who can give the cast something less wooden to work with.