Less of the blarney and more of the Irish noir in the first episode of Bloodlands.
Hard bitten cop DCI Tom Brannick (James Nesbitt) is on the lookout for former IRA operative Pat Keenan who is believed to have been kidnapped.
Brannick thinks this might be the work of a notorious serial killer Goliath suspected in the deaths of four people going back to the 1990s. He was never found and the investigation might have ceased due to the Good Friday Agreement.
Goliath is personal for Brannick. One of the victim's might be his wife. She worked for the intelligence services and has been missing for over 20 years.
His boss DCS Jackie Twomey (Lorcan Cranitch) is not keen on reopening old wounds and tearing a hole in the fragile peace in Northern Ireland.
Although the publicity mentions that this is produced by Line of Duty's Jed Mercurio. It was an uninspired opening episode. It had too many police drama cliches. A shouty boss with something to hide. Brannick's partner DS Niamh McGovern seems to be too inexperienced as a cop.
Still it warmed up at the end with some much needed tension. It might be interesting to look at how the past and present collide in this thriller.
Hard bitten cop DCI Tom Brannick (James Nesbitt) is on the lookout for former IRA operative Pat Keenan who is believed to have been kidnapped.
Brannick thinks this might be the work of a notorious serial killer Goliath suspected in the deaths of four people going back to the 1990s. He was never found and the investigation might have ceased due to the Good Friday Agreement.
Goliath is personal for Brannick. One of the victim's might be his wife. She worked for the intelligence services and has been missing for over 20 years.
His boss DCS Jackie Twomey (Lorcan Cranitch) is not keen on reopening old wounds and tearing a hole in the fragile peace in Northern Ireland.
Although the publicity mentions that this is produced by Line of Duty's Jed Mercurio. It was an uninspired opening episode. It had too many police drama cliches. A shouty boss with something to hide. Brannick's partner DS Niamh McGovern seems to be too inexperienced as a cop.
Still it warmed up at the end with some much needed tension. It might be interesting to look at how the past and present collide in this thriller.