Code of Silence

I watched Rose Ayling-Ross on Eastenders. Now I see she is flourishing as Alison Brooks. Despite being hearing impaired, Alison wants to be useful to the law enforcement and is a young woman who ends up falling for the wrong man. She lives with her deaf mother in an apartment complex in Canterbury, Kent, England. They're going to lose their longtime home. Her mother can't get a job without having an interpreter for training. Both mother and daughter are hearing impaired in real life as well. Their relationship onscreen feels quite genuine. The story about a secret gang trying to rob a jewelry store seems far fetched. Why would law enforcement there be so keen on this crime? Alison goes too far but that's the story. I'll enjoy it and hope to see more of the actress in the future.

I binged it too.... it did slide a little but not enough to worry me, and I did rely on subtitles occasionally and a couple of rewinds. I'd watch a second season though.

It gave a little insight in the deaf world, and if I ever came across a deaf person I would be a little more understanding of how they can be ignored.

It was engaging enough to me, and made sense with no real plot holes.... A nice experience overall. Good acting, location and film-work...it all flowed nicely.

A solid 7

I binged it too.... it did slide a little but not enough to worry me, and I did rely on subtitles occasionally and a couple of rewinds. I'd watch a second season though.

It gave a little insight in the deaf world, and if I ever came across a deaf person I would be a little more understanding of how they can be ignored.

It was engaging enough to me, and made sense with no real plot holes.... A nice experience overall. Good acting, location and film-work...it all flowed nicely.

A solid 7.

I found this show too stressful to watch. The principal character is a young woman Allison, who is a gifted lip reader due to her deafness. In a break from waitressing, she is temporarily recruited by the police of a British city, to lip read surveillance videos. The police clearly warn her, for her own safety and in order not to compromise their investigation, not to research the names or have any contact whatsoever with any of the subjects of the surveillance, who are very dangerous.

So, unbelievably, this is exactly what she does. She takes one foolish risk after another, with no sense of danger, with minimal precautions, and carries on oblivious to police warnings, in order to play detective. In the end, I found it just too stressful to watch, even though Allison was a personally very appealing character in several ways.

Code of silence.

ITV can be hit or miss with its dramas but this one's a hit.

We really enjoyed Code of Silence as it was a bit different for mainstream TV. The story is good enough to justify the show and even though it has more than its fair share of 'aye right' moments it doesn't detract from the overall enjoyment. The show is very well paced and there's no fillers like there are on Netflix.

Rose Ayling-Ellis holds the whole thing together brilliantly. She was absolutely convincing in her role as Alison. She's very likeable even though her character never does a thing she's told. Keiron Moore is also very convincing as Liam. All the main cast are good like Charlotte Ritchie and Andrew Buchan and all are convincing with only the odd one letting the side down. Most of the eff bombs are unnecessary and feel unnatural in places. We don't need them and British TV should not be influenced by the vulgarity plaguing US TV.

We watched on ITVX with the subtitles on even though neither of us are deaf or hard of hearing.

I hope there's a second series of this because we liked it.

Alison, a deaf working class girl is enlisted by police to read lips for a case regarding a gang of thieves and their latest caper. When she falls for one of the suspects, things get complicated. Fantastic and tense 6 part mini-series will keep you engaged the entire time. Crackerjack writing and a great performance by Rose Ayling-Ellis are the draws here. If Ellis wasn't deaf IRL i'd say she was a star in the making, but being deaf will limit the amount of roles available to her and that's a shame. COS isn't perfect there are a couple things I found to be not quite believable, but there so minor you won't mind much. I don't see a world where this doesn't at least get a couple BAFTA nods. Extremely enjoyable and highly recommended.