A murder is investigated by both sides of the line, cops and criminals, using opposing methods. But the real line is the morality within each person and how far they will go before they cross it.
Ejiofor, Eccleston, and Rea don't share a single second of screentime in these initial episodes, but it never feels as if The Shadow Line is keeping them apart for arbitrary reasons.
I know it's divided audiences, and I know some have found it slow to the point of madness, but I can't hear a word against The Shadow Line. Not a word, I tell you.
At some point a television executive with an inflated salary and an addiction to phrases such as "an exciting new strand" really should have told him that the programme was far too pleased with itself.
So who's right about The Shadow Line? I loved its camera angles and laughed at its most serious moments. I feel a bit guilty about that, but there you go.
