I was satisfied with this the final of six episodes relating to the still unsolved 1947 mutilation and murder of Elizabeth Short and the main suspect Doctor George Hodel, but at the same time I was anticipating a much more suspenseful finale which did not materialize.
The acting is above par, and the scenery is bold and contemporary for this 1940's-1960's period piece, but the script writing and subsequent dialogue was unimaginative and lacked the suspense comparable in which the first few episodes provided its viewers.
Chris Pine is such a good actor and he has previously been selective in the roles he has played. In the first few episodes as the hunt for proving a serial killer does exist and as Jay was progressing with his realtionship with the young and vulnerable Fauna Hodel, this mini-series maintained suspense but as the last two episodes unfolded I found the cheapness of the beatings Jay was taking in the police precinct and how easily Fauna was drugged simply just a cheap way to end anotherwise suspenseful crime mini-series based on an actual unsolved murder(s) some seventy odd years ago.
I would compare it to anticipating and ordering an expensive steak from a premier five star restaurant only to be served an overcooked small piece of meat accompanied by lumpy potatoes.
The acting is above par, and the scenery is bold and contemporary for this 1940's-1960's period piece, but the script writing and subsequent dialogue was unimaginative and lacked the suspense comparable in which the first few episodes provided its viewers.
Chris Pine is such a good actor and he has previously been selective in the roles he has played. In the first few episodes as the hunt for proving a serial killer does exist and as Jay was progressing with his realtionship with the young and vulnerable Fauna Hodel, this mini-series maintained suspense but as the last two episodes unfolded I found the cheapness of the beatings Jay was taking in the police precinct and how easily Fauna was drugged simply just a cheap way to end anotherwise suspenseful crime mini-series based on an actual unsolved murder(s) some seventy odd years ago.
I would compare it to anticipating and ordering an expensive steak from a premier five star restaurant only to be served an overcooked small piece of meat accompanied by lumpy potatoes.