Vigil Season 2; 6 episodes.
Watched on TVNZ+
Rating: 4/5
Vigil Season 1 is worth watching too. My review is at the link below.
This time Detective Chief Inspector Amy Silva emerges as a specialist at uncovering wrongdoing in the British armed forces.
A fantastic opening sequence takes place on a military training ground in the Scottish countryside, where Air Vice-Marshal Marcus Grainger is overseeing a demonstration drill in which four remotely piloted drones destroy an empty hut for the benefit of dignitaries from the fictional, oil-rich Middle East dictatorship, Wudyan. (No more waiting till you see the whites of their eyes to shoot!)
When an unknown person takes control of one of the drones and fires live rounds at people, DCI Silva has a murder case to solve. But the air vice-marshal, a smooth talker who can quickly bare his teeth, is more concerned about the future of the £1bn “partnership” between Wudyan and the UK.
This is very good viewing from start to end.
It’s interwoven with pieces from Silva’s personal life -and I may be odd in this, but I don’t understand why we need to know about her life partner – who’s also in the police force (DS Kirsten Longacre) – which to me bear little relevance to the overall story. Perhaps the writers felt the need to make the story more in touch with the 21st century? Who knows.
Anyway . . . once again, I was talking to the television and saying that it was obvious from the beginning what was really going on, and questioning why THEY couldn’t see it. The storyline is great – don’t get me wrong – and I thoroughly enjoyed watching the series. However, I do have a propensity to look for all the bad/evil things in any given scenario, and sadly I’m often right.
Rant over, it’s still worth watching.
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