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- BBC One
- May 5, 2024
- BBC One
- May 5, 2024
Summary Working as a Liverpool police officer has taken a toll on Chris Carson's (Martin Freeman) marriage as he gets a new partner, tries to help a young addict (Emily Fairn), and sees a therapist in the British drama series created by Tony Schumacher.
Created By: Tony Schumacher
- BBC One
- May 5, 2024
- BBC One
- May 5, 2024
Summary Working as a Liverpool police officer has taken a toll on Chris Carson's (Martin Freeman) marriage as he gets a new partner, tries to help a young addict (Emily Fairn), and sees a therapist in the British drama series created by Tony Schumacher.
Created By: Tony Schumacher
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
91
80% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
20% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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Returned with as much, if not more, swagger and some of the least predictable dialogue you will find in a cop show. Its trump card is never the plot (drugs, guns, hard-faced dealers — meh) but the characters and its darkly comical vignettes.
Series two is also superb, thanks to a combination of Martin Freeman in the best role of his career, and the writing of Tony Schumacher, whose previous life as a Liverpool response officer delivers a crucial sense of authenticity. The supporting cast is also uniformly excellent.
It’s another matchless piece, in other words. A triumph for all involved.
It is relentless and grim and that is arguably the point of such brutally honest storytelling.
If you can stomach the darkness without falling victim to sympathetic dejection, then The Responder has plenty of qualities.
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