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Not worth your time - Terrible writers! spoilers

posted 8 years ago by greekBruin
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*spoilers!*

This is a terrible series. Don't waste your time watching it. It seems realistic at first, but then the main character, the DI, makes so many mistakes that it isn't even funny. The acting is fine, but the plot is completely stupid. Full of plot-holes and silly "coincidences".

The DI botched up a previous case, and he moved to a different police station. The fist case he gets, is similar to the previous one!!! What a coincidence! And surprise!... he botches it, too! By allowing a colleague to beat up the main suspect! Such a stupid error... in real life, he would be extra careful because of his past problems. The "funny" thing is that he repeats a few times that he will not mess up this case, and then he goes on to mess it up!

Not only that, but the victim's father had a affair, the first he ever had, ... just 50 yards from the place where he son was killed, and at about the same time when his son was killed!!! So, he doesn't have a alibi! And it just happened that his work-partner didn't have an alibi either. What a coincidence!

I've listed only a few of the stupid coincidences, there are many more! Such silly coincidences do not happen even in movies that target 10-year olds. Such a sloppy writing!...

[–] bluemagicmist 8 years ago

How did Hardy botch the case, he got the culprit. Hardy was onto Joe before he gave himself up, it was only a matter of days.
There are coincidences in real life all the time.

Joe was meeting Danny at the hut for a few months, it wasn't the first time. Danny threatened Joe with exposure which resulted in him being murdered, how does the father being nearby with his lover make any difference?

A person can be murdered in one of the rooms within a residence, there is no sign of a break in, everyone will be a suspect, everyone may not have an alibi. A suspect's partner being asleep doesn't provide a solid alibi.

Do you have an alibi for every moment of your life? Most people don't, and if someone you know is murdered, well then, you become a suspect until you're cleared.

How many murders have you followed that were solved within a few days? Some take months or years to solve and unfortunately sometimes, are never solved. There might be a person of interest/suspects but no evidence tying them to the murder.

I advise people not to follow your advice, as it's just nonsensical. This is a good series, well written and great acting. First class imo.

EDIT: Hardy made the mistake of allowing Ellie in to see Joe, he thought he knew her and could trust her. It was a costly mistake, which again, happens too many times in real life to count.
Yep, cops can be stupid, irrational and flawed with the same issues as joe public in any profession. Wow, guess what, they're human. LOL

[–] greekBruin 8 years ago

Allowing Ellie to see Joe, alone(!!!), wasn't just a ... "mistake". It would be grounds for Hardy's dismissal from the police force. And Ellie broke Joe's rib, can you believe that! But the utter silliness is that Hardy made this mistake after he had repeatedly warned everyone that they should make no procedural mistakes!!! And this is supposed to be a capable cop who feels deep remorse about messing up his previous case! Well, such incompetence reminded me of Frank Drebin from Naked Gun! :-)

Also, Mark having an affair for the first and last time in his life, and meet the woman 50 yards from where his son was murdered at the same time ... is not just a colossal coincidence. It is a cop out. Lazy writing. Lazy writing all over, but especially in season 2.

[–] jalola298 8 years ago

Joe taunted Ellie with asking to see Tom. She was holding it together until Joe did that. It was Joe who Hardy should not have trusted.

[–] jalola298 8 years ago

There are so many previous movies and television shows that have had these scenarios happen -- and their audiences have cheered when these things happen. In Broadchurch 1's case, the audience also cheered as Ellie roughed up Joe. The point is that many shows and movies written to please audiences have used these same plot devices. Chibnall turned that on its head by having the cases fall apart. That was unique, in my opinion.

Hey, the good news is you're not being forced to watch any more of Broadchurch.

Not worth your time - Terrible writers! *spoilers*

Not worth your time - Terrible writers! spoilers