I really enjoyed this. Like many other people I didn't know the story before I saw the series. I realise the writer took liberties with the actual facts because it says so, but that's fine because this is meant to be entertainment.
This wasn't a story with any serious "conflict" in it - maybe the genre of true crime stories is like that, I don't know because I don't watch them often enough.
My wife pointed out one interesting mistake, which is that the type of radio which the police officer is wearing in Episode 1 wasn't issued until the early 2000's, but that didn't spoil anything.
My only issue with the series is that the ending was disappointing. Just when they've caught up with Malcolm and you're looking forwad to seeing some justice happen the whole thing just ends - with a bit of writing on the screen. How did they eventually tie the fires back to him? What evidence did they consider? How did they prove that it was him who sabotaged the life jacket? We've seen a credible character who tries to justify everything and argues their way out of everything. Am I supposed to think they sat in court and made no effort to defend any of the accusations?
Where's the "ending"? It just suddenly stops.
This wasn't a story with any serious "conflict" in it - maybe the genre of true crime stories is like that, I don't know because I don't watch them often enough.
My wife pointed out one interesting mistake, which is that the type of radio which the police officer is wearing in Episode 1 wasn't issued until the early 2000's, but that didn't spoil anything.
My only issue with the series is that the ending was disappointing. Just when they've caught up with Malcolm and you're looking forwad to seeing some justice happen the whole thing just ends - with a bit of writing on the screen. How did they eventually tie the fires back to him? What evidence did they consider? How did they prove that it was him who sabotaged the life jacket? We've seen a credible character who tries to justify everything and argues their way out of everything. Am I supposed to think they sat in court and made no effort to defend any of the accusations?
Where's the "ending"? It just suddenly stops.