This is what I have been looking for! This series is proof that you don't need constant and gratuitous darkness to be great, only occasional darkness that occurs naturally as a side-effect of situations and a substantive storyline. This show is also evidence that you don't need constant forward momentum, and that you can pause to consider events and emotions without being outrageously dull and repetitive.
For me, I find it incredible the way this series sweetly walks the line line between moments of contemplation and moments of exposition.
Evidently the writers began with a clear vision and a clear, neatly tied-together story way in advance of production, and the way they carry it forward is as near to perfect as I could ever hope for. This show is the cure for all those series that are filled with cookie-cutter writing, devoid of an over-arcing storyline, and full of weak, meandering writing that relies on cheap, dark titillation instead of substance (*cough* 'London Spy' *cough*).
I never ever thought I could sit through an entire series where the protagonist is in a depressive state, but they present his condition with a cleverness that generates both subtle overt comedy.
All the players here are superb! I plan to track down everything these writers have had a hand in, because this series is addictive and sublime.
