Paranoid

Chasing a "ghost detective" after a murder is clunky and forced. The worst part is reducing a potentially strong female lead into a man obsessed nag. From the start she's crying over a man and almost every conversation she has outside of work is about her love life. Even when on the job. It's just a shame they made her a jealous nagging woman and not just a good detective.

Paranoid is a Brit crime drama that follows the "classic formula" whilst adding in a twist, in the form of an international conspiracy.

Its hard to fault British crime series. They really set the standard for both realism and intrigue. This series is, for the most part, no different.

The story is engaging and interesting, readily capturing and holding your attention. The characters too, are rendered as real, flawed and oftentimes, fragile people.

Perhaps my only criticism is the pace of this series sometimes flounders and I felt some characters were a little redundant. In particular, the young detectives neurotic,controlling mother seems like a pointless addition.

All in all, still a worthwhile watch. Seven out of ten from me.

Not sure what the one star reviewer is talking about, although I do respect their right to their own opinion. This show is a pleasure to watch.

The characters are complex and the play on paranoia and the psychology of the characters is a great twist, done in a very modern way. I am in my 30s, and love so many different genres. I'm not into tired old police dramas, but this is funny, at times strange, and always compelling.

I'm not saying I'm right and he or she is wrong, but I am saying don't be put off, make up your mind up, because you might love it.

Dreadful script, some really clunky lines, especially for poor Nina. The excellent actors did their best with it. Chris Crowley was superbly creepy and I loved the German duo but the wonderful Indira Varma's character was unnecessarily annoying. Denis looked like a superb character but never got the chance to get his teeth into anything.

It didn't quite know whether it was a thriller or a comedy or a romance - bit of a hodgepodge of everything.

While the story had me hooked until the end, it didn't feel satisfyingly tied up. Unexplained bits and unnecessary bits and just plain annoying bits.

So it was pretty awful, but enjoyably so.

It's a crime drama with a tone problem. The tone problem comes from the awkward and melodramatic romantic subplot between the lead detectives, and the odd construction of Indira Varma's character, which is the fault of the writer. Varma delivers a great performance even though the bad dialogue written for her role makes her character codependent on men. The relationship between her and her longtime boyfriend is forced, in order to manufacture conflict with her detective partner, and not believable. The series would have been better served by focusing on the role corporate corruption played in the crime. Christiane Paul, Polly Walker, and Kevin Doyle offer strong performances in their supporting roles.