British shows are so infuriating, and this is no exception. The plot is great, the production values excellent for a tv show, the actors really giving it all, but the characters are atrocious presumably because the writers think that people who act nothing like normal people are interesting. I don't know why British writers do that, but it seems endemic to their industry. I think it has to do with trying to be original or something, but it really just makes their art awkward and seem unauthentic.