GRcade

Can't help but feel that it's a bit of a shame he didn't get caught - when he royally strawberry floated up I felt like the pacing increased to a point where it appeared as though they'd track him down. When a series leaves it hanging in such a way it can't help but feel like an incomplete arc, I suppose...

Plus, while I understand her motivations (pregnant etc), does anyone else not buy that his wife wouldn't turn him in as a paedophile...? It's surely a much bigger deal than just a typical affair. Plus, one of the reasons he convinced her not to turn him in was to save her job, but then convinced her to move away anyway...while I like a cliffhanger ending it just felt to me like within the context of a standalone season, the story was incomplete.

That said I feel the show's premise hangs on the dual narration and seeing it from the killer's perspective - he's no doubt an interesting character and the (somewhat heavy-handed) hints at his backstory were quite intruiging. It almost feels to me as though they changed the ending with the hope it would get re-commissioned for a second series. Plus the whole killer/police on the phone is a really worn-out trope now...

Overall I enjoyed the series (as much as you can enjoy such a grim program anyway...), but maybe it'd have been better as a 5/6-part one off rather than something they can continue?

The two lead actors were excellent, too.