Never heard of Shetland, but it looks like a great series I'll definitely put it on the list.
As far as recommendations go in the "community crime drama" area I would check out the Netflix series Bloodline(2015), it's about a large family with deep roots into a small community in the Florida Keys, the beautiful setting is unrivaled. It is slow though, but with deep character development, exposing the many layers of each and every member, their limits, faults and beyond. I found it very rewarding and time very well spent, I'm awaiting it's final 3rd season anxiously. Check it out, see if it draws you in, people have varying views, most are very positive and most of the complaints are of the "too slow" variety, but I assume most of those folks watch a lot of case of the week type shows.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3520702/
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digidaze
8 years ago
I was hooked with Bloodline in the first episode when it first aired. I love the characters and hate some ( Kevin is a douche) !
I downloaded Trapped and watched the first 2 episodes. The first was great but the second was a little slow to develop but I'm sticking with it.
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Thrill_KillZ
8 years ago
That's cool that you liked Bloodline too, there was something with that pilot that hooked me deep too which is kinda rare after just one episode, I felt like I just had to know the full story. You get to feel like you really know the characters and there are a lot of moments, situations and or arguments that we the viewer can identify with, the built in faults in our human nature. In general it shows us the amazingly convincing fronts families put up to appear perfect to everyone while underneath lay a bevy of secrets spread out over decades.
Trapped can be slow in the beginning and hard to stick with, it lacks the colorful characters and multiangle plots, it certainly doesn't have all of the action and multiple mysteries that Fortitude had, but it gets much better in the latter half.
Fortitude, Trapped and Bloodline are three series that I feel like I've been waiting forever to return. I hate how it's not uncommon these days for a 1 1/2 year gap between seasons. The Leftovers is a prime example of one of those, the last season started October 4th 2015 and the next season starts April 16th 2017, like wtf is that? It better be a masterpiece with all of that time.
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