The Pembrokeshire Murders.

Good though it was I'm now sick of seeing trailers advertising this on the hub. Enough already.

I would have liked to have had more 'flesh on the bones' as it were. What about his childhood? How did this awful chap meet his wife? Was it a good relationship at first? What did his darts mate on 'Bullseye' think of him - did he seem likeable?

Found if boring. Did not bother to watch after the first episode had sent me to sleep.

Were you expecting Midsomer Murders, petalpop?

Real life (and death) isn't like that.

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I would have liked to have had more 'flesh on the bones' as it were. What about his childhood? How did this awful chap meet his wife? Was it a good relationship at first? What did his darts mate on 'Bullseye' think of him - did he seem likeable?

But it wasn't a drama about Cooper's life and times - it was an insight into a 'cold case' review.

But it wasn't a drama about Cooper's life and times - it was an insight into a 'cold case' review.

Precisely!

The struggle that the officers had to ensure that a cold-blooded murderer would not be released free to continue his serial killing. The despair when Cooper manipulated the Parole Board into releasing him and the police's dogged determination to see that justice was at last carried out for all the victims.

Sorry if some posters were bored or fell asleep.

His wife - I'm just thinking out loud here.

I know she was a victim of her dreadful husband and psychopaths are very controlling and manipulative, and she had a heart condition, but could she really not have stepped in to give some protection and succour to her young son?

I know nothing of her - if she of limited intelligence or had special needs but just because she was an abused woman doesn't let her off the hook. Would we be sympathetic to her if she hadn't died on his release?

Maybe she didn't know that he was a murderer but she knew he was a serious abuser of their own son.

Riverwalk about the wife, I don't believe you can judge someone on a TV drama, no matter how realistic. We don't know what went on behind closed doors, nor do we have every detail of their situation. On the face of it we can all say what she should have done, but I am not prepared to judge anyone without knowing the full facts.

I don’t think Riverwalk was ‘judging’ Pat Cooper, Chestnut.
She was just wondering why Pat Cooper didn’t support her poor son who was also a victim and showed immense courage testifying against his father.
What stopped her?
Was she complicit in what happened to Adrian? How many mothers would have been so terrified of Cooper they would have done nothing to help their child?

When Cooper was in prison for 16 years for armed robbery I thought she could have mended her relationship with her son. He was clearly vulnerable and carried a lot of baggage both mentally and physically from his childhood. Good drama showing how painstaking, methodical police work can bring such satisfying results.

Indeed Jane I wasn't judging her - as I said was thinking aloud.

Chestnut I think it's reasonable to question how a mother behaved over many years.