Konterr Brilliant and touching

Ogosmith Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

Joanna Mccarty Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

Zandra The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

rsapygmies I started watching and thought well, maybe. However, I liked the crimes and how they were checked and got convictions. BUT the Rachel character got on my nerves with her neuroses. How they even thought she was doing ok as Sergeant is beyond me because she was petty, spiteful and mostly out of control. Loved Janet and wished I had such self control and most favorite was Gill.I gave it a 5 because I began to want to slap Rachel in EVERY show starting with Season 3. I almost stopped watching because she was too neurotic.

georgeritmeester As this and other shows/movies illustrate, trying to solve crimes provides way more drama and tension than good guys and bad guys shooting machine guns at each other. And the actors are believable as experienced police detectives, unlike with so many American shows where the alleged FBI experts, street-savvy cops or whatever look like they just gave up a modeling job yesterday to join the FBI/police force/etc. And the personal issues the two main detectives are dealing with seem real rather than contrived, as is so often the case with Hollywood-type crime dramas. Scott and Bailey has one thing in common with Perry Mason. In Perry Mason, once Perry confronts the real killer in court, the killer always caves and confesses. It would be interesting to see an episode where Perry still has to prove it to a jury's satisfaction in a new trial. In Scott and Bailey, they always solve the crime just at the end of the episode, but never have to prove it in court. The show always ends without a trial for the actual perpetrator. This is not a huge problem as the viewer can be confident the available evidence will be sufficient for a conviction. However, some episodes end without any understanding of the motive behind the killing. Perhaps the motive is revealed but not always readily apparent? This isn't necessarily a negative. Many episodes are so complex one can certainly enjoy a second viewing, unlike with paint by the numbers Hollywood crime dramas. However, things do proceed at a brisk pace. I find that I often have to read an episode summary to clearly understand the entire episode. But this probably has as much to do with the British accents as anything else. I often can't make out what was said (thus often missing key points) and wouldn't mind having sub-titles for this show.

bjarias Cop dramas have a great tendency to follow a formula script, and as a result after several seasons usually become tedious and boring, and audiences continue watching them mostly out of habit. Scott & Bailey is the huge exception to the rule, and I'm positive that those knowing just how good a program this is they're watching, want it to continue on indefinitely. There's actor after actor in this marvelous series that consistently do outstanding work.. and for it all to end, well, would just be criminal. It's one of the ironies that when it looks so easy, an enormous amount of talent and effort on all sides make it appear that way. All involved are producing top flight work, and deserve all the accolades they get. I watched Doctor Foster and that turned me on to one of the leads in this series... soooo glad I did. The final season was short.. and once again extremely good. Know they wished to go out 'on-a-high'.. but this is another series that will be sorely missed.

lorriebeauchamp Just binge-watched this show on Netflix, and loved how well it dealt with relationships on and off the job - certainly the Bailey character stretches the limits of credibility, but for some reason, it works, and by the end of Series 3, you find yourself rooting for her, hoping that she works out the dysfunctional kinks in her personality. I agree with other reviewers that the show is not kind to men - and it exaggerates the influence of women, in my opinion. Both female leads(boss Gill is a real scene-stealer, she ended up being my favourite)are decidedly not in the same realm as those who come from Hollywood's casting couch. Having been conditioned by the stiletto- heeled sex kittens featured in most US-based shows, I found myself having trouble seeing the Scott character as the alluring person the role was intended for, with men stalking her and wanting to be with her at any cost. Really?So, yeah - smart, supposedly-irresistible women coppers, unimpressive, over-reactive and not-so-smart male colleagues... perhaps the show is a bit guilty of exaggerated stereotyping, but at least the pendulum swings us into exploring women as problem-solvers, and good ones at that.