User Reviews

I really liked season one and binged it all over a weekend. But the very last scene with Carly in the hospital left me wondering if they had written themselves into a corner. I couldn't wait to find out what happened. As a mandatory reporter myself, I was wondering how exactly to best handle things. Such a tough situation for Vivian. As a cop, she'd have to take Carly's statements seriously. At the very least somehow arrange for her to stay with someone else. But then Vivian could be damaging her career by reporting her boss. Would she need a transfer? Could she get a doctor to report it to social services instead? I guess I'm too ethical because just ignoring the whole thing didn't really occur to me.

So because of that whole situation which set up this episode, it really put me off to where I was nitpicking every detail. Like, what exactly is David's job? He seems like more of a supervisor to Vivian & Rob. But then does he supervise other teams? Where are they? Really, where are most of their other coworkers? Vivian is written as a crack detective. But at times in interviews, a suspect will make a really interesting statement, but instead of asking follow up questions, she changes the subject. Also, same as last season, they seem to arrest people at times with absolutely no evidence. I understand taking in someone for questioning, but arresting them for murder on just a hunch?

And don't get me started on whatever is going on with Vivian's hair. It's so distracting. I just don't understand it. Also there's the really unflattering lighting of the cast. The actress playing Billie consistently does this thing where she opens her eyes really wide and raises her eyebrows which I don't get. Is it bad acting? Is it just her? At inappropriate times she looks extremely anxious, almost scared. Other times it's more of a deer in headlights. It's very distracting. Rob comes off as the most competent and reliable.

Perhaps the writing just isn't strong enough to believably pull off, as Billie says, the team just at first thinking Carly was in distress after the scene with Amber last season, and by losing her mom, so that they just believably ended up ignoring her accusations against David. As it is, it makes no sense that Vivian never discussed things with the Superintendent or a social worker or similar. She never even discussed it with Rob the whole time between seasons? But suddenly they're ready to act?

It all felt like a major cop out, no pun intended, which would only happen in a fictional situation. Just goes to show why ending a season with a cliff hanger can be such a bad idea. The season's super short, so I'll stick with it for now. But the show has lost its luster.