Started off with promise but I soon realised that the story was full of'padding' which really did not advance the characters or entertain. I can't remember when I watched a TV show where guns were pointed at each other so often and with the same predictable outcome. The dialogue is simplistic and banal at times although this may be down to the need for accurate lip syncing. The premise of the heist is very good but it is spoiled by a lack of detail, like the dead heist member breathing on the table and the sillyness of the captors counting handfulls of notes at a table when the are stealing several millions. Despite it's lack of sophistication in places the acting is fairly decent although some of the characters are almost pantomime in nature. Worth watching in my opinion but don't beleve the hype that seems to follow it.
This series is not what it was at the beginning. When it began, the writing was sharp, the cast top notch, performances witty and profound and the story captivating. By the second season this Legal Drama was firmly on my Top TV List. In the third season, it began to move towards the surreal, much to my disappointment. Sharp writing was replaced with cutesy information bits and crisp legal drama became political drama that slid into the stuff of conspiracy theories. The shift continued into the forth season, hampered now by a public weariness with the horror show of public politics. And, frankly, I missed Leslie Rose’s character and the whole demographic it represented. So, it’s been a roller coaster and my ratings have followed suit, it began strong with an 8 (great) out of 10, which, by the end of the second season, had elevated to 10s (sharp, clever drama). It ebbed (6) and flowed (9) during season season three, and, now, at the end of season four, the best I can muster for it is a 7 (ok), for in my opinion it has dipped far from it’s potential. [Legal/Political Drama/Parody]
