The first season was a 8.0 for me, though like many others here I thought the revelation of killer was a bit of a cheat.
I was excited to see season 2 and happy that they managed to keep the two main leads in the story.
But I had a lot of problems with season 2 and probably wouldn't rate it as high as a 5. The courtroom bits didn't seem realistic to me, though with my not being English, maybe your courts are run that badly and I didn't know it.
The weird couple who wasn't part of the town broke both the power of the insularity of the town...and they were dull and weird and unreal, and I think the writer thought making them a little kinky made up for the lack, but it didn't.
The final scenes with what happened to the murderer from season 1 made me laugh, they were so ridiculous. And how does his kid turn on a dime like that? Bad character writing.
And finally, as a viewer, I realized a couple of pieces of emotional detachment were happening to me. There was resolution to season 1, and season 2 removed it, so I thought "Well, no reason to believe any of the plot developments here are going to stick beyond an eyeblink, either." That is, whatever emotional investment I had was gone. Moreover, the beauty of the landscape had worn on me too. As with beautiful art you buy and hang on your walls, you quit seeing it after a couple of months.
I was excited to see season 2 and happy that they managed to keep the two main leads in the story.
But I had a lot of problems with season 2 and probably wouldn't rate it as high as a 5. The courtroom bits didn't seem realistic to me, though with my not being English, maybe your courts are run that badly and I didn't know it.
The weird couple who wasn't part of the town broke both the power of the insularity of the town...and they were dull and weird and unreal, and I think the writer thought making them a little kinky made up for the lack, but it didn't.
The final scenes with what happened to the murderer from season 1 made me laugh, they were so ridiculous. And how does his kid turn on a dime like that? Bad character writing.
And finally, as a viewer, I realized a couple of pieces of emotional detachment were happening to me. There was resolution to season 1, and season 2 removed it, so I thought "Well, no reason to believe any of the plot developments here are going to stick beyond an eyeblink, either." That is, whatever emotional investment I had was gone. Moreover, the beauty of the landscape had worn on me too. As with beautiful art you buy and hang on your walls, you quit seeing it after a couple of months.