A relatively good new "detective and sidekick" drama with fresh and interesting actors. However, despite my good ears and good sound system, I found about half the dialogue incomprensible and yes, that is partly due to the Scottish accents, but more importantly it's due to the actors' lack of projection or enunciation; too many statements are spoken quickly and almost muttered or swallowed.
In this series, the use of flashbacks is excessive and merely serves to drag out what could have been shown in 2 hours into 4 1/2. Or maybe they are trying to give the viewers a sense of the ponderous and drawn-out nature of police murder investigations? In which case they certainly succeeded!
This could have been so much better!
AND, please, why couldn't we have been given a proper subtitle track instead of one with CC's containing such incredibly irrirtating stuff like 'mug clacks', 'birds squark', as well as 'ominous music', 'accomplished music', etc. (I never knew there were so many kinds of music!!), all of which, I am certain, do not help hearing-impaired people at all. When you select subtitles, you should be able to choose a proper subtitle track OR a 'closed caption' track.
In this series, the use of flashbacks is excessive and merely serves to drag out what could have been shown in 2 hours into 4 1/2. Or maybe they are trying to give the viewers a sense of the ponderous and drawn-out nature of police murder investigations? In which case they certainly succeeded!
This could have been so much better!
AND, please, why couldn't we have been given a proper subtitle track instead of one with CC's containing such incredibly irrirtating stuff like 'mug clacks', 'birds squark', as well as 'ominous music', 'accomplished music', etc. (I never knew there were so many kinds of music!!), all of which, I am certain, do not help hearing-impaired people at all. When you select subtitles, you should be able to choose a proper subtitle track OR a 'closed caption' track.