Shetland - new series

I am really enjoying watching it and really hope it makes sense at the end.

I kept thinking ‘who is Ella?’ 🤔

Then realised it was ‘Ellen’ who was being referred to.

annodomini

^I think that we'll find that Ella was the dead vicar's daughter^

Wasn't that the reason why Ashley Jensen's character (forget her name!) had the victim's DNA compared with her own to try to establish a familial relationship and it turned out to be negative. Or am I simply confused?

oh you're probably right!! TBH I've pretty much lost interest and am trying to enliven the plot...

I think that we'll find that Ella was the dead vicar's daughter

Wasn't that the reason why Ashley Jensen's character (forget her name!) had the victim's DNA compared with her own to try to establish a familial relationship and it turned out to be negative. Or am I simply confused?

It’s my first time watching a series of Shetland and overall I’m enjoying it. But I’m struggling at times to keep up with what’s going on. I think my brain would have found it easier if I could have binge watched a couple at a time.

I’ve had an uneasy feeling since episode 1 about the soft, mild mannered Kieran. Does anyone else feel he might be a baddie?

Parsley Callistamom glad I m not the only one I’m getting in a muddle with it all

Too many storylines I feel.
No doubt it will all “come together” at the end but I am fast losing interest.I do like Tosh but think she has been given a vacuous script with some wooden lines.

Anyone else spot that the psychiatrist's wife was the pathologist in Midsomer Murders a few years ago?

I think that we'll find that Ella was the dead vicar's daughter

I am sticking with it but have to be constantly reminded who the characters are.

I actually didn’t dislike the latest episode quite as much as the previous ones. Yes, Tosh constantly did the “owl” eyes, Sandy was as much use as a chocolate teapot, the Procurator Fiscal is a total dweeb but at least the story moved on a wee bit. However, there’s still just so much you can pick faults with, apart from the poor script and acting - the speed everything is processed by the lab, the fact that Ruth Calder could phone her DC and get all Bobby Bain’s info so quickly and on a mobile, the fact that RC and Sandy were openly discussing the case whilst sitting in a cafe, why did Tosh speak to Heather Bain in the street, etc.
I’ve just started reading Blue Lightning by Ann Cleeves, it’s the one when Jimmy goes back to Fair Isle and the difference in the quality of the writing is very apparent from page one. If I was AC, I’d definitely be telling the production company to call it something other than Shetland.

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Where's his wife, did she disappear?

I think he said in last night's episode that she had gone away for a few days. She's given up on the programme too

I'm just confused, Sparklefizz!

There are far too many characters, the plotline is confusing with too much backstory.

The minister looks so much younger than his sister, Ruth, that he must have been just a baby when she left home. Where's his wife, did she disappear?

I am just not enjoying this new series. Either the acting is awful or it's the script. I'm sticking with it because I've been ill with a nasty virus for 2 weeks so I'm watching a lot of TV, but I'm feeling bored with it this time.

I used to love the scenery but what they're showing mostly in this series is the bleakness of Shetland. Not what I want when it's cold and dreary here.

I’m enjoying it - I think. I’m awfully muddled with the characters though.

NanKate

I’m bored with Shetland, such a shame.

I am too..it's so slow and convoluted.. I much prefer the choice on Walter Presents..

I prefer Ashley Jensen as ott Agatha Raisin

I’m bored with Shetland, such a shame.

I am getting confused with the whole thing, can't follow the plot or the characters!

I’m getting confused between all the men !!!!

I've only watched the first two so far and I feel like I'm still waiting for it to really take off for some reason. Maybe my brain is still waiting for Dougie Henshall to appear. I'll re-watch the whole series once it's finished and see if it gets better once I'm more familiar with the characters. If not I doubt I'll watch it again.

Sparklefizz I agree about the script. It sort of reminds me of Inspector Montelbano, who had an assistant who was very slow on the uptake so everything had to be explained to him, which gave Inspector Montelbano the chance to explain his deductions to the viewers. Or Sherlock and Watson. Are they turning Tosh into Doctor Watson?

You mention possibly a poor script grannydarkhair and I have thought the scripts for this new series are stilted and stumbling at times, and stating the bl***ing obvious, eg. "We need to find her". ... "Have we heard anything?" "Where is she?" etc.

Anyone else think this?

Calendargirl Actually, Richard Briers and Julian Fellowes as Kilwillie were the only two characters that I consistently enjoyed 😁 everybody else really irritated me at times, some more than others. Their accents made sense to me as they’d no doubt both been educated in English boarding schools from an early age.
AreWeThereYet I agree, she was reasonably good in that series, so maybe it’s due more to the poor script this time that’s not giving her a chance to actually act? (I’m trying to be charitable).

Sorry, I have to disagree about Tosh's acting - she may not have excelled in this series (possibly because she hasn't had much acting to do?) although I actually like her character.

But we have just re-watched all the previous series of Shetland. In one series Tosh gets raped, and I have to say she brought tears to my eyes. I'm not a mawkish person, I don't normally cry over what I see on TV, sob stories don't get to me. But she did make me feel incredibly sad, not to mention quite sick, and I shed a few tears. I have seen the episodes before, and wasn't looking forward to them, so I suspect they affected me last time too.