Deadwater Fell, Series 1

Excellent series beginning. I just wish Acorn would quit doling out single episodes per week, as with Murdoch Mysteries. As a paying subscriber, I would like to binge watch an entire series whenever I choose to, not just when Acorn allows it.

The stars are because i cannot stream this program! I am locked down like everyone else...I need to be distracted! Paid extra for ACORN....I want access to the programing on my terms! I sound like a spoiled brat BUT I need to save my sanity in the middle of this pandemic!

Good story line and some of my favorite British characters. But that single weekly series platform is for the birds, especially when everyone has to stay inside. This would be the perfect time to binge watch what appears to be a great series..

This was released in full on BBC months ago and all episode synopses are online. There’s no place for weekly episodes on pay channels, Acorn. Boo.

This series is exactly like ‘Broadchurch’ insofar as it involves David Tennant and it is a tv series. Except that while ‘Broadchurch’ was quite effective, this is dreadful. It is not Tennant’s fault; he can play a psychopath to perfection [see ‘Jessica Jones’]. And the smooth dissembler [see ‘Spies of Warsaw’]. Here, the script just calls for him to yell a lot, look angry a lot, and eventually get hauled off to jail, much to the relief of all.For four episodes, we kept asking ‘so who dunnit?’. Because, obviously, it couldn’t be the obvious suspect, as that would be, well, too obvious. But no, it was exactly as it seemed. Which makes one realize in hindsight that this isn’t a tense psychological drama [‘Liar’], or a complex police procedural with stark scenery [‘Shetland’]. It wants to be a meaningful, socially-relevant mini-series about abuse.Nothing remotely wrong with that. ‘Vera’ shows almost every week the devastating impacts of broken families. But that is well written and this is not. Everyone is a cartoon character. Every single male is by turns violent, manipulative, abusive, or just a waste of space. Every woman has been driven to drink, or drugs, or an affair, by the afore-mentioned males.I still don’t know what on earth the point of the story was. It’s impossible to tell if Tennant just wanted to kill everyone in sight, including himself, or to stage a murder and blame his wife. In the end I can’t be bothered to think about it any further, and nor should you.

I love the location for the story. I did not know that David Tennant has Scottish ancestry. The storyline maintains the viewer's interest until the very end. Well worth the purchase!!

Most excellent, keeps you on the edge of your seat to the very end

I plan to watch this a second time.

This series wasn't as interesting as his Tennant's previous series "Broadchurch" but series is watchable.