Review of Shetland

Shetland (2013– )
Season/Series 05 Is Bad
8 April 2019
Season 5 wanders and dithers all over the place in a story about people traffickers and a maybe romance for Perez with a truly annoying woman.

Aside from the moronic romance with a married woman, Tosh maybe finds a boyfriend while Sandy maybe gets suspended for being stupid. Rhona still just sits around scowling at everyone. The trafficking story devolves into various murders and is way too thin to be stretched out over 6 episodes. And then there's Duncan reaching for rock bottom while Cassie is off at Uni.

This season seemed really full of filler and "OH PLEASE" moments that were way off the mark. I like the setting and the main characters but if there's a season 06, they'd better have a better crime story and less "romance."

Season 6 never even mentions the cliffhanger from Season 5 yet sets up Sandy with yet another fail (which is also not resolved). Murders galore and unlikable characters make this season one of subplots and no main focus and everything is way too far-fetched.

Duncan is still stupid, Sandy shouldn't be a cop, and Tosh spends all six episodes with that dumb look on her face. The ultimate fail is Jimmy's incredibly stupid actions in the final episode that go against his character and just add one more bad cop to the world.
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