Peter Atanassov I don't normally watch series like this - I find the crimi series predictable and repetitive. But I read that Rellik had a story told backwards and I thought "hey, maybe this will be interesting and different". I was wrong.The idea was great - to concentrate not on story development and character actions, but on their motives and the reasons they did them, and at the same time not reveal the killer until the latest possible moment. I also liked that it was relatively realistic in terms of real police work and how long some things take. I liked that the main character was a broken man and his lover was quite sexy. But that's about all the good things I can say.The killer was obvious from the start. It's very disappointing to find out you were right with your suspicions all along. It's good to give certain clues, but by episodes 3 and 4 they were basically shouting it in the audience's faces. There were many subplots that went absolutely nowhere. Certain reveals were so poorly written, as if by a 5-year-old. The killer was supposedly smart and careful and yet acted like a lunatic after the reveal. The backwards watching prevents you from caring about any of the characters and the amount of characters makes the watch confusing (and not because I'm dumb an unable to follow it, thank you very much - it's simply poorly written). Also, it took only 6 episodes to create so much family drama, that it would feel like an year of The Bold and the Beautiful, and by that I mean it goes over the top towards ridiculousness.I struggled to watch past episode 3 and I only watched to the end, because I had passed the half and I didn't want to believe that this series has absolutely nothing surprising or worth my time at least in the end. How naive of me.

jdhb-768-61234 Some will undoubtedly consider 'Rellik' to be a masterpiece, it's reversed story line representing some sort of writing and directorial genius. For me, it makes it virtually unintelligible and I gave up half way through episode 3.Because of the reversal of the normal time line, viewers do not see the characters develop in the usual way and, hence, have no opportunity to come to identify or empathise with them. Added to this, most, if not all, of the characters are shallow and of little interest, flitting in and out for little discernible reason until, that is, the story regresses to yet another earlier time We constantly see the results of incidents and activity before we discover the causes, which may be clever as far as the cognoscenti are concerned but is simply confusing to the rest of us.The acting, such as it is, is typical of too much modern drama with actors rushing around and looking anguished. Quick flashes of a face or scene, loud noise but little relevant dialogue, and sudden flashes of couples copulating replace real acting or a proper script. What script there is, is the now usual rapid fire handful of words, often spat out through gritted teeth as if any longer sentences are simply too much trouble.It may be clever arty-crafty stuff and the story may even be a good one if told in the right order and accompanied by a decent script, but, as it is, this is rubbish. Perhaps watching it in reverse might help.

bendipa1 The first ep is confusing, as you need to get used to the backward storytelling, as well as the introduction of a lot of new characters. But this turned out to be a totally brilliant series. Some have dissed this series after only 1 ep (I ask you) which is just plain nuts. A few of the reviews just appear to be either seriously dumb, lazy or both. You have to make the effort with this and focus, but it's worth it as the pay-off is dramatic as well as tragic.The acting of the 2 leads, Richard Dormer and Jodi Balfour is amazing as well as the chemistry between their 2 characters, DCI Gabriel Markham and DI Elaine Shepherd. They are investigating a brutal serial killer who likes to dowse his victims in acid. With each backward jump in time, you'd think there would be less known in the investigation, but actually as viewers we see and learn more. By the end of the 5th episode it's clear who the killer is, then in the finale we jump forward to where the 1st ep left off and move forward as normal, and what a finale! For me this was the best UK TV drama of the year. Nothing else even comes close.

fjones-87745 we see the guilty person caught straight away and work further rand further back into the past from there so that the perspective one what we saw initially keeps changing, and there is a constant doubt about whether the initially apparent guilty person actually was guilty. clever, indeed excellent strategy!