We Hunt Together

The main reason I watched the series in addition to the rave reviews was Eve Myles. I absolutely loved her in Torchwood and the Apple TV+ series Hijack. However, after seeing this series, a new star is on my radar, the lovely Hermione Corfield who plays "Freddie", a beautiful, sexy, alluring, manipulative sociopath. And I loved every scene she was in. But that's not what makes this series superb, this show is the total package. It has everything, murder, love, sex, secrets, twists, psychological manipulation, and so much more.

First we have two police officers who are paired together to work a murder case. He, an African immigrant played by the wonderful Babou Ceesay. He is the DI, and is in charge of the investigation despite the fact it's his first day in homocide. He had worked in the Anti-Corruption unit (Internal Affairs). His partner, played by Myles is a sargent and a seasoned murder investigator. It's like mixing oil and water. He is an intelectual type, she is old school, hard nosed murder police. The sparks fly, but they aren't mean mostly funny. On the other side we have another African immigrant who is called "Baba" who has secrets and lives a tormented life because of his past, played by Dipo Ola. He meets Freddie one night and his life is never the same.

So, we have a murder mystery but there's more than the eye can see. Everybody has secrets, and I mean everybody.

All I can say is this is one of the best shows I've seen in a while. I came across it looking for something decent to watch. I have nearly every network out there, from Amazon to whatever starts with a Z and the choices are limited. This show is a winner. There is one reason I didn't give it 10 stars, despite the freshness of this series, they did do one thing I was so disappointed with. They fell into the formulactic trap by having these two detectives working their behinds off trying to solve murders and the "Suit" or boss is screaming at them to "LET IT GO!!IT'S OVER!!!" There's always some pencil neck boss sitting in the office telling our detectives to drop the case, it's over when we all know it isn't. Other than that silly part, this is a great show.

A fabulously refreshing series with a wonderful blend of humour with a sinister brooding atmosphere. The story is entertaining, snaking its way across the landscape in a dangerous game of catch-me-if-you-can.

The main characters are superbly portrayed with powerful intra-team dynamics with the ever bickering Lola and Jackson and their strongly contrasting temperaments. Also cross-team there is a taunting love/hate relationship between matter-of-fact Lola (Eve Myles) and the out-and-out psychopath Freddie (Hermione Corfield). This is reminiscent of the liaison between Eve and Villanelle in Killing Eve; both ladies are magnificent, as anticipated from Myles, but the (to me) unknown Corfield is a breath of fresh air, nailing her part.

An original series, head-and-shoulders above most UK procedural thrillers with excellent writing, powerful dialogue and suspense to spare.

I'm not sure how I feel about this series. I liked it but it did irk me too. Some nice performances which hide the story weaknesses. There were too many plotting conveniences, logic problems, plot holes and poor procedural research in the latter episodes. I think it's a mistake to carry on with Freddy's story. It'll be too much like Killing Eve.

Dark and different story, with an interesting villain in "Frederika", a psycho for sure. I just wished she hadn't constantly said "Baba" the whole time! I know it was his name but it got a bit wearing agfter a while.

The relationship between police colleagues Lola and Jackson was fun and his character was really appealing. Eve Myles looks very dowdy in this, compared to the glamorous and sexy Faith in the brilliant Keeping Faith, but that's being a good actress I guess.

What I can't understand is that some of the better known actors in this - Kris Marshall and Neil Stuke - don't appear in the cast list shown on here.

Anyway, this is definitely worth watching.

To date, there have been two seasons released of this series. They have left it open for another season, but there is no word yet. (Open, but not a cliffhanger.) The acting is superb. Eve Myles playing cranky against Babou Ceesay's perpetual optimism makes a great investigative pairing, while Hermione Corfield's performed psychopathy and Dipo Ola's convincing search for redemption shifts our moral compass. There is a dark lightness at play here, that, at first, I found dissonant, but soon became an integral rhythm of the story. The cast is wonderful, the story is darkly captivating, the series is compelling, I give this series an 8 (compelling) out of 10, {Crime Drama}