Here we start with a murder and a disappearance in episode 1, and every next episode brings new clues (alongside new questions), so that more and more the mysteries get solved. It's nice to see a series that has a head and a tail, that doesn't leave you in limbo at the end, vaguely aiming at possible sequels. All this is used to create tension and momentum, but wouldn't it be refreshing if series depended less on stupid decisions and find more creative ways to expand a story? Still, this series is interesting and exciting and absolutely worth a watch. Decisions like confronting bad people alone, instead of informing the police, thrusting unknown people and not your own family, not recognizing blatant lies etc. The minus, is the stupidity that appears more and more. Besides Hall, the supporting cast is amazing as well. Michael C Hall plays the father who was never there, and is now desperately searching for his daughter in a series that brilliantly merges flashbacks with strong storytelling.
But everything falls apart when is daughter turns out missing after a party, and everyone seems to have one small bit of a puzzle, which is otherwise also connected to a mysterious shared past. After the loss of his wife, he is trying to move on with his daughters and new girlfriend. Safe is about a family living in a sort of a community. Anyway, I thought this was good, compelling, and kept me interested. Sorry, I would love for someone to tell me what was wrong with his voice. At first I thought the people complaining were actually Brits - my sister lived in England, came home with a British accent, and her friends in England were still teasing her about her American accent - so they hear something we don't. I've been to England, I have British friends, I watch enormous amounts of British shows - and I fail to see what was wrong with his accent except that he didn't sound like Dexter. Hall, Amanda Abbington, Marc Warren, and Audrey Fleurot - all of whom I've seen do other things - can't act, are one dimensional, or bad. I have no understanding -NONE - of how anyone can say with a straight face, given their impressive list of credits, that Michael C. Again, before today, I didn't know drama could not have any comedy in it and vice versa. That is because there were a few segments that were dark comedy. A few people said they weren't sure if it was a drama or a comedy. First off, it was a miniseries, and because it continued from episode to episode, it had some soap opera elements. Hall's attempt at a British accent was laughable.
From the reviews I read on this site, the general feeling seemed to be (1) it was a soap opera (2) the acting was bad and one-dimensional and (3) Michael C. It concerns a teenage girl who goes missing after a party, and one by one, neighbors in a gated community are connected to it. I am going out on a limb and saying I really enjoyed this. I've seen thousands, from Hammer B movies to Masterpiece Theater ad infinitum.
First of all, I'm a sucker for British mystery, suspense, anything. The result: one of the best TV crime dramas of the past decade.I'm a bit confused, and perhaps I need to stop watching anything. These are subtle but crucial things that allow Safe to focus on the actual story at the heart of the show. And more subtly, there are a handful of adult relationships that could easily be depicted as abusive, but turn out to be much more complex, and Safe finds unique ways of depicting unhealthy communication between couples.
One of the main characters is gay and, similarly, his sexuality doesn't factor into the plot or become a topic of conversation - it just is. The two main police detectives are women, which is a rare thing itself, but that doesn't factor into the plot at all. More importantly, the show does an incredible job of avoiding cliches and obvious plot turns. Like a good noir, characters seem tough on the surface, but contain hidden depths that come out as their secrets are revealed. Living somewhere between Agatha Christie and Raymond Chandler, Safe's characters are also strongly realized. We know what happens to a certain character early on, but then get to watch as the other characters find out one-by-one, and their responses fuel the mystery. It also uses a lot of dramatic irony to great effect. When a question gets raised (a character caught in a lie, for example), Safe will address it quickly, only for many other questions to bloom from the answer. For a show that's content to stay within its genre, this does a lot of subtle things extremely well, and always moves fast enough to stay one step ahead of the audience.
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