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Information
- Year
- 2011
- Runtime
- 45 min.
- Director
- -
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Rating *
- 7.8
- Votes *
- 1,469
- Checks
- 33
- Favs
- 3
- Dislikes
- 2
- Favs/checks
- 9.1% (1:11)
- Favs/dislikes
- 2:1
Top comments
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Siskoid
I came to the ITV Manchester-based cop drama Scott & Bailey because its two leads once appeared on Doctor Who (Lesley Sharp in "Midnight" and Suranne Jones in "The Doctor's Wife"), but I'm not gonna lie, it's Amelia Bullmore as their superior officer who's the series' MVP, straight up as important as they are. Sort of the UK's answer to Cagney & Lacey, Scott is a level-headed detective and master interviewer, while Bailey leads a messy life that bleeds into her work. All the characters are complex and interesting, and the show manages to make you care about an extended cast over its 5 series and 33 episodes. One of the show's most interesting aspects is how it delivers procedural elements without repeating itself, giving us researched glimpses into this aspect of police work (including the careerism of it) or that, depending on the episode. There's also a lot of variety as far as structure and editing, which is pleasant. The mysteries are well built, and the solves predicated both on Sherlockian leaps and deftly catching suspects in a lie. I gotta tell you though, I gotta stop binging on crime dramas for a while because I'm having too many vivid dreams/nightmares where I'm arresting people. 6 years 1 month ago