Unforgotten (2015– )
5/10
Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone (Season 5)
17 March 2023
Warning: Spoilers
I'm sure like me you had a dream that Nichola Walker's character Cassie had faked her own death to get a death in service payout, flew to Argentina, had facial plastic surgery, and came back, applied for her old job & slotted straight back in for one more shot at that pension. Only Sunny would be in on it & the last season would be another cracker. Humph. Foiled again.

Sadly Sunny is not sunny any more. Gurning & groaning & moaning about his new horrible boss who is at home/work/on her phone gurning & groaning & moaning about her cratering home life, while the staff soldier on hiding under their desks from the 'boss lady' & hating every minute of it.

Meanwhile there appears to have been a murder & the boss isn't really interested. I mean why would you be interested if you're the senior officer of a murder squad right?

There are various characters strewn about with their own depressing stories running which are slowly tying together but so transparent it's no fun at all being an armchair detective.

When Cassie was around she & Sunny had a good friendship which helped to elevate the otherwise sad story lines. But she's gone & Sunny has turned into a real prat in the only other personal relationship he's got going for him.

I'm half way thru the 5th season & bored witless waiting for someone to get with it but in my head I'm just sitting like Sunny at Cassie's gravestone mourning the passing out of the series of the ever fabulous Nichola Walker.
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