Not another crime show with a brooding detective or wreckless-lucky one, Unforgotten is a three season series (I just heard another season is in production) about a special unit that works on unsolved over-10-year-old murder cases and features the unit’s two two lead detectives, Cassie Stuart and Sunny Khan. Each season we get to see the beginning to end of one investigation. Writing is tight on short-season British shows, but especially on this one that intricately manages to peel away the onion layers to a whodunnit within the short series while managing to be jam packed with plot twists and very complicated persons-of-interest eliminations. Lots of twists and turns in the crime solving game are padded with the interesting and not distracting personal lives of Detectives Stuart and Khan, which overlap at times. The acting is superb, Nicola Walker and Sanjeev Bhaksarv give the roles such depth and bring an emotional range that I’m not sure has been matched on any American show, in my humble opinion. This show was strong for three seasons and ended on a good note, so I'm apprehensive, but hopeful about the future.
If you can't tell, I really like Unforgotten, the stories, acting and overall atmosphere is thoroughly engaging. The music is notably good, too. I'm giving Unforgotten Series 1 - 3 four stars****. I will have no problem watching this again or recommending it to others. It could eventually find itself on my favorites list.
I first watched Unforgotten on live PBS, but eventually caught up on Amazon.
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