Reckoning

The writing and acting is like a cross between a Lifetime movie and a soap opera. I had high hopes that it would be of the same caliber as True Detectives...it's not. I only continued watching in disbelief and for the laughs.

It's one of the few shows I've seen in which there's not a single character who is likable at the show's end. I kept watching because I thought they'd throw the big curve and blow me away with who the killer really was. But N-o-o-o-o-o! I had it figured in the first episode and nothing they did changed my mind. It had its moments, but it also had too much cardboard language and cheesy acting when you least expected it. And the ending was a huge downer.

Why go through the trouble of shooting 10 episodes, full of drama, and go to great lengths to build back stories that we invest in, making us want more and more. After we have committed our precious time you go and then bomb us with the most confusing and anti climatic ending!?!?!?!?

A lifeless thriller/drama centered around the lives of generally unlikable characters. The acting is pretty good, but the characters lack depth, I didn't feel compelled to care about any of them. The storyline is slow and boring, the detective work is nonexistent and its endlessly predictable.

It's alright, it's not one of those dramas that will have you desperate to see the next episode or reach the conclusion, partly because there isn't much of a mystery, the only true mystery is how on Earth can some of the killer's nearest and dearest be so stupid.

It's interesting enough, I like that we see the killer functioning fairly normally with everyday life, and masking their true nature, but incredulity becomes an issue. We are left with lots of loose ends.

The acting is decent, although it is a bit patchy in parts, nice production values.

It is overlong, they could have made it a little more exciting, and had it in six parts, instead they allowed the middle section to drag, the penultimate and opening episode were the best installments, the finale was very disappointing, it doesn't actually progress at all.

A second series isn't needed, it's a decent watch, 6/10.