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[Dolly2404]

Anyone else think this looks good?

Thanks holly I was actually quite cross at the ridiculousness of it all! So many holes, utter unrealistic incidents and outright daftness in the story and then the 'so what was that all about ending?'.

holly let us know if you discover anything enlightening once you have studied the first half hour! Save me the trouble of thinking back

When a series has been completed and before it is transmitted do they ever show it to a panel of ordinary viewers to check for any incongruities?

Who was the paedophile?
I missed that bit.

There was no paedophile linked to Michael or Rudy's stories. Nick's handler talked about the difficulties of being deep undercover and how his last role as an undercover agent was as part of a paedophile ring.it was just filler and totally unconnected to the plot.

And I actually really dislike that they did that - threw in a bit of paedophilia just for kicks, not driven by the plot at all.

Ah thanks Creme.
I was beginning to doubt myself and my ability to follow a story.

I thought the pedophile thing was the handler saying how tough his own UC work had been, and how he lost his family/children as a result - trying to empathise with Nick to get him to chill out and maintain cover.

I'm so disappointed with that. Whoever said upthread that anything relevant must have been edited out seems to be correct.
I like things to at least be partly tied up and explained at the end of a series.
What a waste of a great cast!
I'm so angry!

cremebrulee I agree with everything you said except I think there was too much material rather than too little. There were at least 3 themes there that needed to be developed in depth but instead were just thrown together with no proper exploration, and a load of other nonsense chucked in for good measure!

I am also angry that they just wasted a good cast. A strong female lead and a Black lead cast where race and sex were both incidental to the storyline, and they were let down by poor writing and a confused plot.

That's exactly it raisedbyguineapigs.

He was told the handler worked with paedophiles then he was told something about michael that her couldn't tell her. I didn't think the timelines for the baton rouge murder worked in with michael. Or was the mayor got what he deserved tied in with a paedophile ring? This whole thing was complete nonsense. The epilepsy was triggered by stress???? So she drove her three children to an incredibly stressful situation? As for her eloquence in court, non existent. What on earth were the producers thinking? And the policeman at the end.... ffs. If he could do what he wants - aaaargh.

Kissedbymoonbeam, you are forgetting sending a young black male with learning difficulties towards an armed white undercover Police Officer!!!!!🤔🙄😳 This series really annoyed me such a waste of talent and my time aaahhhh!

I was really disappointed in the ending as well. They just left too many things hanging. I hate obvious attempts to get another series. I think bakeoff, blondeshavemorefun and others are right about Michael being an undercover officer who was going blow the whistle on the whole operation, which wasn't revealed to us or Nick (his bosses did say they would let him know just a bit of the truth). He probably befriended Rudy, killed the mayor and infiltrated the black power group as part of the operation but guilt got to him and was going to reveal the truth so had to go. But, if that was the case, why not let the viewer know? You could still get another series without leaving people confused.

Yes, plinkyplonk, that was such a daft thing to do. Plus, the complete waste of the two talented journalists seemed stupid.

I came on here to repeat what others have said: Mrs Antwi's singing. WTF?

Yes, a real waste of our time and of the talent of the cast.

Thanks RosieSW' for your link. Here it is again. It explained why Undercover turned out to be such rubbish. The arrogance of the writer, Peter Moffatt, and the complacency of the interviewer, Justin Webb, is breathtaking.

Moffatt was inspired to write something based on a real event, and there's nothing wrong or unusual with that. He met someone who was duped into a relationship with an undercover officer and she explained that what he envisioned couldn't happen. He obviously didn't take that very well.

He bleats that he wasn't making a documentary, but that wasn't the point. He was so wedded to his idea that he ignored someone who knew that it was completely unrealistic and pointed out why. He seems to be accusing her of wanting him to write her story. He even patronisingly suggests that she might get it if she watches the whole series.

It would have been better if he'd have scrapped the idea and written about what really happened - that could be made dramatic and entertaining too if he didn't want to do a straight documentary - or just binned it.

I wonder if by the time he met her he had a script, a deal and an outline cast worked out and thought: 'Oh bugger. Never mind, I've sold the show now.'

I liked the idea of this at first and even when I watched it and noticed the gaping holes I still kind of liked it. But now if there is a second series I'm not going to waste my time watching it because everyone involved had such contempt for viewers.

I don't usually get this worked up about telly

I don't usually get worked up about TV either, Limited, but this show irritated the hell out of both dh and me. We stuck it out to the end in the hope it would salvage something with the ending, but, no, just more unrealistic tosh.

A complete waste of what could have been a compelling drama on a subject that isn't normally covered in TV drama.

I really hate shows like this with lots of loose ends. It comes across as if the writers are trying to be very clever and leave the option for a second series and it just leaves the audience feeling..... meh.

Won't be watching another series.

It was an insult to our intelligence.
A waste of 6 hours of our lives.

Totally agree with everyone whose passed off at the loose end and the rubbish plots of this show. A right disappointment. I think the last three posts sum up exactly what I wanted to say.