tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-918467087072199038.post8252828199710018426..comments2024-03-26T16:25:34.559-04:00Comments on Longish: Vera Series 7 - Dark Angel - Episode ReviewHannah Longhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15529410255089707007noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-918467087072199038.post-55298758386497008552023-01-10T21:51:55.430-05:002023-01-10T21:51:55.430-05:00I noticed that smile too!Anyway how did Veraknow f...I noticed that smile too!Anyway how did Veraknow for sure that the husband fired that second shot at his wifeMaybe the first guy finished her off.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-918467087072199038.post-66855505605106701512022-06-22T14:16:27.524-04:002022-06-22T14:16:27.524-04:00I noticed that look into the camera too. Wasn’t if...I noticed that look into the camera too. Wasn’t if she had done that before.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-918467087072199038.post-24436811298229533182019-08-24T10:53:14.010-04:002019-08-24T10:53:14.010-04:00Very curious about Vera looking directly at the ca...Very curious about Vera looking directly at the camera with a little half smile at the end of this episode. Very unusual.Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04044747631300234255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-918467087072199038.post-63481350618340389212017-03-29T10:53:01.609-04:002017-03-29T10:53:01.609-04:00I should rewatch the episode. To be fair, I was wa...I should rewatch the episode. To be fair, I was watching it late at night as I was waiting on midnight to sign up for classes, so I was half-awake. I might rewatch and add some observations about the episode as whole.Hannah Longnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-918467087072199038.post-1084623812034168572017-03-29T07:10:21.603-04:002017-03-29T07:10:21.603-04:00Thanks Hannah for another great and perceptive rev...Thanks Hannah for another great and perceptive review.<br /><br />I have to say, I really enjoyed this episode; it was definitely up there with the best of Vera. Writer Paul Matthew Thompson created well-defined characters (without becoming stereotypes) and I thought all the character actors were well cast. It was a really complex screenplay; Thompson tied up all the loose ends and kept me guessing right to the end. I was pretty sure whodunit, but was completely taken by surprise at the denouement.<br /><br />Here are my thoughts, in no particular order:<br /><br />1. It was the first time the thought has crossed my mind that Vera, at 71, is too old to continue in the job. There was a scene where Vera and Aiden chased a suspect on foot and Vera only got in the way;<br />2. IMO, Newcastle and Northumbria photograph better in the daylight – somehow this episode, mostly filmed during the day, worked much better than the previous episode Natural Selection, which was filmed almost entirely through fog and rain;<br />3. I missed Lisa Hammond, as DC Helen Milton, in this episode. With Vera brow-beating and belittling her male subordinates at every opportunity, the show needs a strong female presence to stand up to her;<br />4. The writers (each episode is written by a different person) surely need to allow some of the secondary characters to develop (possibly Kenny as you suggest). Vera was in virtually every scene in Dark Angel and was given the best dialogue (although I did chuckle when Aiden asked Vera if she wanted to risk leaving the Land Rover parked at the scrap yard!). There were two interviews with suspects where Vera did all the questioning and Aiden did or said nothing.<br /><br />That said, I really did enjoy Dark Angel. I can't wait for Broken Promise and your review. Thanks again.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16650147340969927580noreply@blogger.com