I'm honestly baffled by what happened to this series. It started off very strong, with a compelling mystery and strong characters in the background. Joe/David is phenomenal and his backstory is compelling. The flashbacks to the heist were also a great choice, slowly piecing together what happened like a puzzle.
Then, from about the last half of episode 4 onwards, it's like the writers just went out and brought in the work experience B team to take over. Suddenly, characters make ridiculous decisions and act in stupid ways that completely defy who they were established to begin with. Like David, who proves to have assassin-level skills, who then clumsily tries to hide from the killer on a French farm as if he were a helpless child. Also, by the way, the killer also can't be killed by a REAL killer (who can take out 10-15 private security tacticians with ease, but not a skinny bro in a tracksuit and new Reeboks), not even with a complete charger.
Oh, and apparently you can find anyone anywhere in the world if you're skilled at using Facebook, even if they've gone offline and gone to a snowy tundra in Germany. And others who are also hiding will post photos of their distinctive artwork on Insta with clear reference locations to help you.
Furthermore, according to Culprits, if you are black and approach fully-used public storage lockers in a busy London train station, the police will immediately single you out and treat you with suspicion.
Let's also not forget that putting a body in the boot of a car in the middle of a London City Council estate will not attract any attention, apart from the murderer who will watch you from a skyscraper while eating an apple. Why? Why not?
We were also shot in an all-white uniform, which is bad enough to literally cover a train bathroom in blood, but not bad enough to do so. Put it in your equally white trench coat, as that would arouse suspicion and concern, and would not serve your silly plot. Oh, and apparently the character literally "didn't feel it" when it happened. You got SHOT in the stomach, buddy, get a grip.
Oh yeah, and a suburban father and his young children (the latter of whom also have no idea what's going on) can escape a house full of trained killers in the middle of the night, as long as they have David guiding them by phone. them, getting them to hide behind doors and kitchen islands. Clearly the hitmen on this program needed a little more training.
Lastly, it bothered me that they did a job in a bank wearing silly half masks to look good in promotional photos, but they do no good at hiding their identities. Brother, have you heard of balaclavas?
I really tried to love this and it started out as a great 9/10, but it's honestly like the head writers took a vacation halfway through. As a writer by trade, I can tell when new creatives have joined the fray, and in all seriousness, I'm convinced that others have taken up the mantle. That's the only way to explain the disconcerting drop in quality.
I looked up the writers for each episode and in fact episode 4 is when the new writers joined the creator and main writer of the show. This explains it perfectly: the new writers clearly took control and watered down the quality.
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