A Northern Irish police detective connects a suicide note to an infamous cold case.
Episode 1. Episode 1
2021-02-21 · 56 min
When a former IRA man is abducted, DCI Tom Brannick is forced to confront an assassin who haunts his past, in order to crack the investigation in the present.
Episode 2. Episode 2
2021-02-28 · 56 min
Tom continues to search for Pat Keenan’s kidnapper, hoping they will lead him to Goliath. But is somebody leading him down a false trail?
Episode 3. Episode 3
2021-03-07 · 56 min
Tom and Niamh launch a manhunt for Adam Corry, who has disappeared in mysterious circumstances. Tori Matthews agrees to help Tom in the quest to identify Goliath, but as pressure builds on the police, Tom must confront the possibility…
Episode 4. Episode 4
2021-03-14 · 56 min
Tom Brannick enlists the help of Heather Pentland to find out what Jackie Twomey knows about Goliath. Tori Matthews and Tom's daughter, Izzy, put pressure on Tom to get to the truth. With lives on the line, Tom must unmask Goliath before…
Series 2
6 episodes · 2022
The murder of a crooked accountant reveals a trail of greed and a dark mystery.
Episode 1. Episode 1
2022-09-18 · 56 min
The killing of a local accountant leads DCI Tom Brannick and DS Niamh McGovern into a web of intrigue surrounding the accountant’s widow, Olivia Foyle.
Episode 2. Episode 2
2022-09-25 · 56 min
A raid on an abandoned house uncovers the hiding place of Robert Dardis. Tom is forced to use drastic measures to find the whereabouts of the gold.
Episode 3. Episode 3
2022-10-02 · 56 min
Birdy steps into the breach and helps Tom to interview Olivia. Jackie is suspicious, and the accountant’s children have only negative things to say about his widow.
Episode 4. Episode 4
2022-10-09 · 56 min
With the origins of the gold confirmed, an American gangster arrives in Dunfolan to take back what is his. Birdy makes a shocking discovery.
Episode 5. Episode 5
2022-10-16 · 57 min
Tom is forced to deal with the killer in order to stay in the hunt for the gold, but a revelation from Izzy threatens to knock him off course.
Episode 6. Episode 6
2022-10-23 · 56 min
Tom falters on the tightrope between his police investigation and his illicit pursuit of the murder weapon and the gold, as it all threatens to come tumbling down.
It was interesting to see another reviewer state they couldn't get into this series, funnily enough, nor could I.
I'm going to try to break down why that is. I suspect the problem here is there are too many sub plots. Constantly introducing often predictable and at times cliched, sub plots tends to detract from and water down the overriding focus of the story, an assassin who just happen's to be a police officer.
Is the assassin/cop going to get caught, will there be a big reveal or will he go on getting away with it? This should be the key pivot point of this series but there is so much else going on, you tend to loose focus.
All this narrative "noise" is not only exhausting for the viewer but it tends to result in cognitive dissonance and a slow creeping disinterest. Certainly, by season two I was having a hard time keeping this one going.
I don't feel the characterisations do this series a lot of favours, either. There's a cardboard cut out quality to the villains of the piece. They lack social complexity and the inherent psychological contradictions, you might expect to find in any human being, be they mostly good or mostly bad.
Its a shame too, as this series comes with a very strong cast of actors and high production values.
In summary, I believe this series has too many eggs in the air, plot wise, a lack of real character depth and development, plus a good sprinkling of tired cliches. The result is series that gradually exhausts and bores the viewer, by degree, making this one hard going.
I couldn’t get into this series, but I wouldn’t discourage anyone from giving it a try. I really like the lead actor — isn’t he the pig farmer from Ned Devine? — and a few others in the cast seemed fine.
The plot never really grabbed me, however. It seemed familiar to me, but to be fair, there are only so many police detective themes out there, and the detective who takes on a cold case that no one wants him to handle and which is part of his own past and turns dangerous, is one of them.
Perhaps the show fell victim to my long waiting list of shows and movies I have lined up to watch. Perhaps if my list gets shorter or if I see where the entire series gets rave reviews, I can revisit it in the future.
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