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The new series promises to be as addictive and unsettling as the last, with another good cast and Ofori-Attah still with plenty of material.
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It’s early days but series two is showing great potential.
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Writer Grace Ofori-Attah, who worked in the NHS for 10 years, once again gives the proceedings an air of authenticity without overloading it with the sort of endless abbreviations that eventually made Line of Duty a bit of a joke.
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Malpractice might not sublimate the instinct towards sensation quite as effectively as Adolescence, but they are tonal siblings in how they present the spiral of a nightmarish situation.
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It feels like difficult second album syndrome for Ofori-Attah, who knows she has a great premise that could run for several series, but hasn’t quite got a good enough story to make this one compelling.
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The first episode is stellar and propulsive, but the second and third do start to stall somewhat. More elements are consistently thrown into the mix, but the twists and reveals often don't feel quite as consequential or cohesive this time around.