User Reviews

The pair continue to dig away, and eventually track down the murderer.

I have loved this four part story, if I am totally honest I haven't fully understand some bits of it, although it's gotten less complicated as it's progressed, the solution does make sense, the pieces of the Jigsaw fit.

This was a thoroughly enjoyable episode, with some tense moments, as some awkward ones too. So well produced, this was a quality production.

The story has been good, the acting has been astonishing, Burke has continued to be amazing, and in this series Grainger has been equally as good.

It's neatly concluded, please Rowling and BBC no hanging around before the next one.

9/10.

Based on the other reviews, I would say the main problem was the book contained a labyrinthine plot and covering that in a mere four episodes required a condensation of the story that was confusing.

Season 3 was overly dependent upon Robin's stupidity. Throughout the episodes we see Robin repeatedly compromising her safety. Walking alone in the dark at night or investigating isolated environs with no backup. So, not surprisingly in this episode the climax is reached by Robin foolishly wandering into danger. Strike offers to go with her BUT NOOOOO, she wanted to go on her own. I found myself yelling at the screen for Raff to kill her. Which, I'm pretty sure, is not what the filmmakers intended.

The interesting part is, the executive writer is J. K. Rowling. You would think she would have developed a female character that is demonstrably smarter than Strike.

What we had in this episode was stereotypical and trite: the unfocused female becomes a damsel in distress. Which leads to a Deus ex Machina ending with Strike charging in to save her.

Overall, the story was somewhat interesting. But there was a constant feeling like elements were missing. Not because of the mystery but because there was not enough backstory.. Two more episodes would have done the trick.

I love this show, the acting is spot on and I love the main characters! I did not know about the books before this show but I am going to read them now!

A recipe with far too many ingredients, produced a very unsatisfying confection.

Lots of stuff going on here and lots of characters to choose from, but nothing drew me in.

I started out quite enjoying these BBC adaptations (having not read any of the source novels), but I think I've seen enough of The Strikeman and Robin on screen.