raquelzepeda
I like this series except for the way they always seem to investigate the crime scenes in the dead of night. Sometimes I forget that this series is based in the 21st century due to their lack of use of technology.The research analyst that volunteered really drives me crazy because he doesn't even have any sort of data base for all of his research. Even a list on word processing software placed in a table could do the job! LOL!So, I guess you could say this series is in twilight between the early 20th century and the beginning of the 21st.Nonetheless, the dialogue is good along with the characters and a very good plot behind each episode.
pensman
Not a typical series. The show is based on a sort of premise that crimes repeat themselves and for the first season it was tracking down a Jack the Ripper intent on replicating the original Ripper's crimes. And the following season follow suit to a degree but of course everything is updated and frequently contains a twist. The series relies on atmosphere and character relations, especially the growing respect between DI Chandler (Rupert Penry-Jones) and DS Ray Miles (Philip Davis). Chandler suffers from OCD and his fast track career is ended when he chooses to save his sergeant over capturing a criminal. Miles is a hard-nosed by the gut street smart cop. The two find themselves enmeshed in eerie crimes assisted by civilian researcher Edward Buchan (Steve Pemberton) who is a crime fan who surfers from guilt when his research can't save a victim. The shows get better from season to season and the third season two parter (episodes 3.5 and 3.6) will have you watching with the lights on. If you don't have patience for character development, I would suggest you just start with season two.
ianlouisiana
Succinct and to the point,Mr Kray addressed these remarks to me whilst handcuffed to a water pipe in the Charge Room of an East End nick after I had declined to call his brief at 2.40 in the morning."Get Durand" was all he said in the few precious hours he was in custody(Victor Durand QC,the Krays' lawyer of choice and a man whose moral compass was as skewed as their own). Having been arrested for being in charge of a loaded firearm and in possession of a razor - sharp bayonet Mr Kray might reasonably have been assumed to be in deep sh*t,,but "Mr Magic" as he referred to Durand for his skill in getting charges and evidence to disappear earned his pay and Mr Kray walked and for the next five years,raped,shot,bludgeoned and stabbed as the mood took him. Robin f******* Hood he wasn't. I go to all this trouble in order to demonstrate that the Twins were not "respected" in East London,they were feared and dreaded. They weren't chubby jolly pomaded working - class heroes and in their heyday it most certainly wasn't safe to leave your door unlocked. If you had something they wanted - they took it.End of. So when "Whitechapel" resumed on our screens and the hoary old myths and downright lies about the Boys from Vallance Rd started getting resurrected my first instinct was to move for my remote. Mr Philip Davis,a truly malevolent presence as D.S.Miles,kept me watching long after I should really have turned this bit of nonsense off and will probably keep me watching the whole series simply because he epitomised to me the way old - style detectives used to be before "Evian"(read it backwards to gain an insight into its customer profile) water replaced scotch in their desk drawers. Mr R.Penry - Jones represents the New Men,media - savvy and politically aware and unwilling to offend anybody even if they need offending. The villains at "The Grave Maurice" represent a trawl through "Rent an 'ard bastard" with scowls,tattoos,scars and fists like hams,indeed,sometimes with all four at once.I doubt if they'd frighten my Aunt Margery. A body is found on the Thames foreshore and is somehow linked to the disappearance of Frank "The Mad Axeman" Mitchell 44 years earlier despite the fact that Frank "The Mad Axeman" Mitchell's body was never found. Next one up according to D.S.Miles' almost telepathic reasoning is going to be a copycat of Jack "The Hat" McVitie's murder and so it proves to be when one of the pensioners who turned Q.E. against the brothers is found stabbed to death in his motor.(Not quite a copycat because Mcvitie was found pinned to the floor in a flat - but,hey,this is showbiz - right?)That just leaves George Cornell and "Ginger" Marks then by my reckoning,of their acknowledged victims. After a bout of in - fighting Miles and his team are taken off the case and an obviously bent DCI (uses haircream,dresses beautifully and probably smells nice) takes over only to facilitate the conviction of a patsy for the murder before beating his D.S to the floor(the way you do). I really look forward to seeing what fantasies they come up with next week.
