kris-gray Total garbage!!!All the backwards and forwards left me totally confused, tried 2 episodes but gave up after that.Somebody was trying to be very clever here but sadly it doesn't work for me.

fjones-87745 we see the guilty person caught straight away and work further rand further back into the past from there so that the perspective one what we saw initially keeps changing, and there is a constant doubt about whether the initially apparent guilty person actually was guilty. clever, indeed excellent strategy!

Tweekums In the opening scenes protagonist DCI Gabriel Markham approaches the man suspected of a string of acid attacks which left a number of people dead and Markham heavily scarred; the man reaches for his pocket and is shot by a police marksman… The question is; did they get the right man? One might expect to jump back to the very start of the story then see how we got to what we just witnessed then move on to a final resolution but instead we keep jumping backwards from these events; sometimes hours sometimes days or even weeks; each time getting closer to the beginning and learning more about the investigation to date. Each jump back in time reveals something new; sometimes making somebody seem suspicious and other times explaining what seemed suspicious wasn't. We also see how Markham has been having an affair with his partner DI Elaine Shepard. We learn who the killer is at the end of the penultimate episode then have a final episode set after the events at the start of part one for the final resolution.As a one off this series has an interesting central conceit; I'm not sure I'd want too many series taking the same route but it seemed to work here. As with a more conventional mystery there are a decent number of suspects which should keep the viewer guessing and watching how characters developed to become the people they are in the opening episode was rather fun. The central mystery is fairly dark… made all the more pertinent by an increase in real life acid attacks in London recently. The ultimate resolution is unfortunately more than a little melodramatic. Richard Dormer does a fine job as DCI Markham even if the more we learn about the character the less sympathetic he seems; the rest of the cast are solid too. I wouldn't normally think to comment on the make-up but those responsible for Markham's scarred face did a really impressive job. Overall I'd recommend this to fans of gritty crime dramas but would acknowledge that some may find it a bit irritating at times.

sales-37669 Lots of negative reviews and maybe I can see why - it's not easy viewing but the more I watch the more fascinating it becomes. So often with crime dramas one can sort of see where things are heading - that's what makes them reasonably easy to watch and enjoyable and somewhat bland. Rellik turns that on it's head - the impressions and ideas one builds about the characters and plot may be completely undermined later in an episode or in a subsequent episode - a twist that, instead of changing the future story arc, means you have to change your understanding of what you thought you already knew. I think it's incredibly clever writing and plotting - the more one engages with it the more engaging it becomes.