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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.
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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.
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It’s another matchless piece, in other words. A triumph for all involved.
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The Responder continues to be a compelling watch, mainly because Martin Freeman is so good at barely containing Chris Carson’s rage.
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It is relentless and grim and that is arguably the point of such brutally honest storytelling.
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If you can stomach the darkness without falling victim to sympathetic dejection, then The Responder has plenty of qualities.