Review of Better

Better (2023)
7/10
Entertaining but implausible
17 February 2023
Warning: Spoilers
I find it hard to believe that Lou would have such a sudden change of heart, or that Col would display signs of mental illness and weakness, digging his garden in the pouring rain and failing to get revenge on his enemies, only to hand himself in to the police at the end. I think that much of the relationship between Lou and Col was exciting and believable, and the same goes for her interactions with her by-the-book colleague and her husband, but there's no way she'd hand Col a loaded gun that he could've shot her with. Also, the fact that Col is a ruthless gangster who is involved in not just drug trafficking but the far far worse crimes of people trafficking and murder makes his behaviour all the more inexplicable.

All in all entertaining and worth a watch as long as you don't overthink it. I'd say that Anton Lesser is he best actor in this, he plays Vernon the former whistleblower and corrupt cop and he acts the role brilliantly as he always does.

It would be good if this series carried on a bit longer, so we could see what happened to Lou and Col after they handed themselves in to the police.
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