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Topic: Critical Incident (2024)

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Raw series depicting life in the Western suburbs of Sydney, and delving into the complex world of policing and the consequences on those most vulnerable.


Damn, like this show a lot. It is very good at building up tension within each episode so far (at EP03).

It could do with a little bit more exposition and background for the characters....hopefully they get around to it in the second half of the season.

Shows that deserved more runtime:
Abbys | Dead Like Me | Devs | Firefly | Gangsta. | Jack of all Trades | Kevin (probably) saves the World | Lodge 49 | Mrs. Davis | NYC 22 | Powerless | Roadkill | Special Unit 2 | Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi | Stumptown | Surface | The Brave | The Company You Keep | The Crazy Ones | The Finder | The Middleman | Truth Seekers | Two Weeks to Live | Whiskey Cavalier

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Re: Critical Incident (2024)

Finally finished season one. Well...it was OK.

The story is definitely good and I think the main character Dalia Tun is a well written and even more so well portrayed character by actress Zoë Boe.
The acting overall was also good, the characters themselves were ok-ish. Especially on the cops-side of the story the characters lost a bit of substance towards the end.

The second half manifested something very annoying, that was barely noticeable during the first half.
This show tends to skip so much story that I sometimes thought, I missed either an after-credit scene or an entire episode...
Either it got butchered in editing or the showrunners clearly don't know what part of the story should be shown on-screen and what can be left off-screen.
Overall just bits and pieces missing that makes you have to guess what has happened.

I believe with 8 or even 10 episodes, it could've been a much better show than it was.

▼Spoiler

For example, at the end of Episode 4 it looks like Zahra is going to tell Kasim about the kiss with Zil...then it cuts away. At the beginning of Episode 5 we see Zil with a black eye....yeah sure we can guess what happened, but honestly I wanted to see this confrontation on screen.

Same thing happens with Dalia at the end of Episode 5. Ty gives her a beatdown and at the beginning of Episode 6 a week has already passed. I wanted to see the aftermath of that fight...did Dalia call someone to help her, how badly hurt was she - lots and lots of questions.

Zil's death was very well placed and executed (no pun intended). It served the story well.

I honestly wished that Dalia would've gone on the run, that would be a better set-up for a possibly season 2.
I hope at least she will get some jail-time...I can really see her character "being driven" into the live of a criminal. This would fit the story of the show very well.

Shows that deserved more runtime:
Abbys | Dead Like Me | Devs | Firefly | Gangsta. | Jack of all Trades | Kevin (probably) saves the World | Lodge 49 | Mrs. Davis | NYC 22 | Powerless | Roadkill | Special Unit 2 | Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi | Stumptown | Surface | The Brave | The Company You Keep | The Crazy Ones | The Finder | The Middleman | Truth Seekers | Two Weeks to Live | Whiskey Cavalier