"Silent Witness" Long Days, Short Nights: Part 1 (TV Episode 1996) Poster

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7/10
A slightly oddball start.
Sleepin_Dragon8 December 2019
After the very gritty first two part story, Silent Witness's second story revolves around some modern day occultists, and the seemingly ritualistic demise of one of them, an odious and out of control young man. More domestic woes for Sam, as her young nephew goes off the rails, but she is once again on the case.

The casting team obviously knew what they were doing, Colin Salmon and Emily Mortimer, two particularly talented actors, the performances are fine. The story isn't my favourite, but it's absorbing enough. The ending as in the previous story was very dramatic.

Solid. 7/10
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9/10
Graphic Violence
Hitchcoc24 January 2019
The first half of this episode involves the death of a rather sleazy young man. He has been part of a strange group, led by a rich young man who strikes out at the establishment. He believes that the world is a sellout and he embraces pleasure as the be all and end all. He is a prime suspect because he was involved in an intense encounter with the young man and he was the last to see him alive.
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3/10
I'm done
theoldman-0594324 August 2020
Warning: Spoilers
This seems like it would be a great binge-watch of a series. Not only because it's good but there is an amazing 24 episodes. I did enjoy the first episode except for two things and I couldn't believe those two things were repeated again in this episode. These police procedurals, if they run long enough, will often have our hero, or heroine, get threatened by the bad guy. This show it occurred on the very first episode. A little too soon for my tastes. However to have a suspect get threatening and handsy with her in the second episode is too much.

My second complaint is a personal one. I believe if you look that it was Brian De Palma's "Blowout" that popularized the 360-degree camera move. Around and around until you want to vomit. I didn't like it back then and I was shocked to see it occur in both the first and second episodes of this series. So at this point I am taking a pass on the series.
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