Geez. Talk about a waste of 10 weeks. I have been watching fitfully buoyed by the repeated assertion that the show was different fundamentally from Broadchurch with a different killer and ending and different character arcs but what we got was a tacked on stupid ending just to prevent Fox from technically lying. I really hate the arrogance of Fox in pushing this as some kind of event tv and a quality product when they simply ripped off Broadchurch badly and threw a couple of big names at it like Anna Gunn, Nick Nolte and Jacqui Weaver. I do feel sorry for them in being lured into this, although it wouldn't have hurt if Anna Gunn could have given us a more consistent performance. She finally clicked in the last episode but way too late by then. David Tennant was awful throughout - dull, disengaged and with a growly attempt at an American accent which only made him look more ridiculous, along with the clichéd dishevelled 'tec look. Any police force would have told him to sharpen up or ship out or at least had him up on bullying charges for the way he behaved in the show. I don't know why people keep hiring him as he has no discernible talent beyond teeth gritting and a soulful stare - perhaps its a cultural thing and in the UK that passes as acceptable acting for television. He was probably the worst actor out of a bad bunch, although the others were equally amateurish and I was surprised in particular by how poorly Michael Pena, a good actor, came out of this. Maybe the direction and writing are partly to blame. Broadchurch itself wasn't that great, although the female leads were all good and it did have a certain something which allowed you to overcome the shoddy writing and plot holes. I thought Tennant was passable in Broadchurch but he did have the benefit of being carried throughout by Olivia Colman. In Gracepoint, Anna Gunn probably gave him one look after their first scene together and realised she'd be doing all the work for both and decided to let him sink. A sorry mess but one which will be quickly forgotten.
