Elsbeth is an attorney employed to carry out due diligence on the Police division after corruption claims but pokes around and solves murders. It takes around 10 minutes each episode to layout the plot and after that Elsbeth miraculously discovers unlikely clues everywhere to wrap up nicely in 40 minutes. There is no thrill, no drama. It's a walkthrough for all these actors and is plain dull. Good actors not even having to think, along with the audience. The quirky, no threat style protagonist is an old style trope. You know she's going to solve the crime single handedly. We all see it coming because there's no mystery. No thrill. The actors giving a slow wink to the camera is the next step. The sort of show that'll go on for ever because it's low budget. I'd cancel it after one season. CBS have been very lazy with this!
Review of Elsbeth
