Critical reception River (TV series)
after first episode, sam wollaston wrote in guardian: stevie’s not person haunting him (ghosts, or whatever – calls them manifests ). mondeo man (who may have been involved in stevie s murder or may drug dealer) turns @ press conference. tragic girl – modern-day juliet capulet – disappearance river working on, turns around copper s flat. how let go of person if don’t know why ve gone? girl s mother asks river. this, suspect, key why these people aren’t leaving when die. finding river kinda wallander meets sixth sense , wollaston added: s more crime drama – s personal tragedy, demons; s study of loss , grief (which shares greatest nordic noir of them all: first series of killing). s study of – killing – , why people it. , why did – mr cream brings historical perspective it. , abi morgan, creator of series, brings characteristic humanness all; s people each other. enough me. the first episode impressed daily telegraph s tim martin, gave full 5 stars in review , called superlative...