Jan 23 2012SaveTV ReviewsPrime Suspect1/23/12TV ReviewsPrime Suspect1/23/12Prime Suspect: “Ain’t No Sunshine”/“Stuck In The Middle With You”Hayden Childs50SaveWe come not to praise Prime Suspect but to bury it. Actually, NBC already buried it, burning off the last two…
Dec 23 2011SaveTV ReviewsPrime Suspect12/23/11BTV ReviewsPrime Suspect12/23/11Prime Suspect: “The Great Wall Of Silence”Hayden Childs23SaveThis show is always better when it remembers that real human interaction makes for better drama than the mechanics…
Dec 16 2011SaveTV ReviewsPrime Suspect12/16/11C-TV ReviewsPrime Suspect12/16/11Prime Suspect: “A Gorgeous Mosaic”Hayden Childs22Save“A gorgeous mosaic” must be the charming Irish phrase that means “a load of horse manure.” After a Hasidic jeweler…
Dec 2 2011SaveTV ReviewsPrime Suspect12/2/11C+TV ReviewsPrime Suspect12/2/11Prime Suspect: “Gone To Pieces”Hayden Childs19SaveNBC sat on this episode for a while. It was supposed to be the fifth one to air, but it has been pushed back until…
Nov 18 2011SaveTV ReviewsPrime Suspect11/18/11D+TV ReviewsPrime Suspect11/18/11Prime Suspect: “Underwater”Hayden Childs54SaveO Prime Suspect, we hardly knew ye! Or did we know ye too well? Hard to say. The point is that the amount that we…
Nov 11 2011SaveTV ReviewsPrime Suspect11/11/11B+TV ReviewsPrime Suspect11/11/11Prime Suspect: “Wednesday’s Child”Hayden Childs10SaveThis episode turned out to be quietly devastating. I had a growing sense of dread throughout the main plot about the…
Nov 4 2011SaveTV ReviewsPrime Suspect11/4/11BTV ReviewsPrime Suspect11/4/11Prime Suspect: “Regrets, I’ve Had A Few”Hayden Childs24SaveEvery week, I say the same thing, more or less, about Prime Suspect. Every episode is a little better than before,…
Oct 28 2011SaveTV ReviewsPrime Suspect10/28/11B+TV ReviewsPrime Suspect10/28/11Prime Suspect: “Regrets, I’ve Had A Few”Hayden Childs35SaveTwo weeks later, Prime Suspect is back with a brand new opening credit sequence, about 80 percent less of the…
Oct 14 2011SaveTV ReviewsPrime Suspect10/14/11B+TV ReviewsPrime Suspect10/14/11Prime Suspect: “Bitch”Hayden Childs23SaveIt is vision that distinguishes great dramas from the merely good ones. Prime Suspect continues to improve, but it…
Oct 7 2011SaveTV ReviewsPrime Suspect10/7/11B+TV ReviewsPrime Suspect10/7/11Prime Suspect: “Bitch”Hayden Childs27SaveThis was the kind of improvement that this show needs. The sexism angle is back, but it’s the more subtle 2011…
Sep 30 2011SaveTV ReviewsPrime Suspect9/30/11B-TV ReviewsPrime Suspect9/30/11Prime Suspect: “Carnivorous Sheep”Hayden Childs31SaveLast week’s episode was about the promise of Prime Suspect. This one delivers with a bit more nuance and some…
Sep 22 2011SaveTV ReviewsPrime Suspect9/22/11BTV ReviewsPrime Suspect9/22/11Prime Suspect: Prime SuspectHayden Childs and Meredith Blake69SaveDue to technical issues, this review is listed as a D+. It is meant to be a B grade.