I must be a total idiot

Broadchurch is one of the best shows I have seen and I've seen most of the dramas on Netflix. I loved the Killing, Happy Valley, Luther, Red Road and Prison Break. Broadchurch is the type of show I enjoy because all the episodes are part of one crime rather than a new crime on each episode.

I am thinking about watching the Fall but don't like a lot of sex scenes so I am thinking about it.

I also enjoyed every episode of Broadchurch and just watched multiple episodes a sitting. Just can't understand how this show can disappoint - unless you enjoy a one episode, one crime, one finale series.

I have ever only felt this way about one other show and that is The Wire. I love a lot of shows but this one was something special. I watched all sixteen episodes in two days so I wasn't disappointed in season two but I also didn't have to wait. The acting was outstanding.


English is my first language, I am just illiterate.

I enjoyed both series and it was largely due to the cast, particularly Olivia and David. Even though there are other shows that are similar in plot or feel to Broadchurch 1, it is the actors who really set it apart.

I have also had some great discussions on this board with people who disagree with me about both series, but as long as the discussion was thoughtful, it was great.

The trolls are a huge drag -- some starting some really childish arguments and topic threads. Unfortunately every show seems to be plagued with them.

Like you, I've been paying attention to other show suggestions and have spent much of 2015 watching the suggested shows on DVDs from the library. So thanks to all who have given thoughtful feedback and further show suggestions.

It's just the internet mate. No matter how good something is, there will always be a loud chorus of trolls and haters shouting how awful it is. Generally speaking, it is people with emotional problems finding an outlet for their awkward sociability. It's a shame the net has provided an environmental for these types to flourish globally.

You must understand that IMDB is a place where people come to splash their frustration the same as they come to post, when they enjoy the show - unlike on fan forums or official sites, where mainly fans appear. Here often appear also people, who do not connect to one or another show.

I find it a good show. Much better than majority of recent mainstream shows coming from US, but then again Broadchurch has different format than majority of 'monster of the week' typed 45 min lasting detective shows. This tells a story during whole season, its bound to tick different people differently.

As for the beard. I hated it. I dislike the kind of beard on any man/actor and when detective with that beard would come to question I'd think he's jesting me and isn't even one at a job. he always came across like someone living on the streets. And all this due to the beard. And I agree, the actor himself played the part fine, but the visual look due to the beard - oeeeeh.

I agree I thought this show (1st season specifically) was brilliant, especially the cast. Olivia Colman and David Tennant were really impressive throughout and although the red herrings got a little too much at times I'll admit the writing kept me invested at all times.

The show set its bar high with the first season, which displayed a set of characters in a smart way, caring for each, and while following a classic crime novel case structure (suspect, investigation, new hint, different suspect) in a limited setting in a rather fresh way.
The second season failed to build upon that. On the one hand it tried add another rotation on the first bit, shifting around once more each of the painful ministories which made the first season so great. Which felt like exactly that one twist too many which the first season masterfully avoided.
Where the first season made it clear that with all the downsides, each character had some human center, the second lifted that to some kind of navelgazing: look what we can do...
This took away from a case which essentially consisted of a handful of unlikable people, who acted out a steady forth and back, which felt more like bubblegum than actual twists. The attempt to have more of everything and to even go into the attorney's story, which was totally disconnected from everything and felt like a hamfisted attempt to get some "depth" into a drama which was not very well thought through.
I liked Coleman's and Tennent's parts, and had the show focussed on those and a new case, instead of trying to be everything at once, the second season could have been on par with the first one. But the way it played out, a rather mediocre second season pales in the quality of an outstanding first.

I just finished watching "Marcella", "Mare of Easttown", and "Broadchurch", in that order. I liked the first two, but "Broadchurch" stood out as possibly the best detective drama I've seen. I only wish they had gone on and done a fourth season.