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considered the show's release timely, as "trust in officers is at an all-time low". She was generally positive about the first episode, writing that "the plot builds at pace but without inducing vertigo in the viewer" and noting its background of "racial tensions, bigger crimes, personal secrets and
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under their fingernails. Shaw's wife tells him she has destroyed Farah's mobile. Interviewed by
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Shaw reveals to Adama that, en route to
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also criticised dialogue which sounded as if some cast members were "mumbling at their shoes". She summed up the series, effectively, as "everyone is lying about what happened and
Collins is here to find out why", although she disagreed that the series was derivative of
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and based on the novel of the same name by London. It focuses on DI Shaw's character, and a scandal that plagues his efforts to topple an organized crime ring. Whelan and Sharif are confirmed to return as their characters, who will be working side by side.
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her car. The officers then visit Younes; only an old lady is in, and she speaks no English. Hadley persuades her to give them entry; Farah arrives, and Adama sees them talk from a distance. Younes arrives, but flees.
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