With many television drama series, it's a major writing problem, keeping things interesting while preventing the overall plot from spiralling out of control. Israeili drama 'Hostages' doesn't really solve this problem: it relies on a network of hostage-takers so powerful that at first it seems as if everyone is in on the gang, but so useless their hostages keep escaping; a mysterious "undetectable" poison, members of the conspiracy with unlikely personal motives, and finally, a heroine who chooses, in the end, to decide to play God. Although it's gripping in places, I found the motivations forced; moreover, there's something about a drama like this, that you just know that no-one's going to get free in episode two. I've seen plenty of T.V. with worse production values; but as a story, this one doesn't make a lot of sense.
Review of Bnei Aruba
