The acting of Alfred Molina is worth the time. Yes, I agree with some that the plot has some unlikely twists and down ends, but overall I enjoyed the series. Lindsey Duncan and Angela Bassett are noteworthy. Perhaps from a British viewpoint the series didn't dig deep enough, but frankly I found the characters with their obvious guilt and pain over the war very human. I see so many murder mystery series that this was refreshing looking at this time period. So I don't know if they will ever do another season, but I wish they would.

I don't understand all the bad reviews, but then they usually say they gave up watching early on. I went all the way through it and wish there would be another season or two. I don't know what they think is 'well written' but I enjoyed most of the plot and scenes. Only the sexy scenes were not to my liking and felt as if they were put in to make things more 'exciting'. The last episode was the best way to end things. I didn't feel cheated or let down. I really liked the scenes in the hotel. It was interesting to see the challenges after the war that we never really see made into a series or a movie. I think the story message to me was that people in a difficult situation don't always do the right thing. They aren't always brave and sometimes they are just plain overwhelmed. And that is whether you are on the winning side or the losing side.

Like many others I stuck with this drama to the end, in the hope that all the loose ends would eventually come together in a meaningful finale. In the event they did not, I felt extremely disappointed, and that I had wasted seven hours of my life.After each episode I have been tempted to stop watching, but have stuck with it, mainly because I am very interested in the period from a historical perspective.I will not repeat here what others have said, but simply wish to register my utter despair and disappointment with this drama by awarding one star.

I thought he was Norman Bates in the wrong show he was exactly the same character in Bates Motel and Close to the Enemy. Another old actor that played the same character with different names was Stephen Lewis as Blakey in On the Buses and Smiler in Last of the Summer Wine I am sure many other actors do the same but these two stand out in your face as one and the same. Stephen Lewis has passed away now but come on Freddie you must be able to do better than this effort. The jury is out and we are watching you.The show itself wasn't too bad just a bit slow and need not have been 7 parts if they had got on with it 4 parts would have seen it to conclusion as it was I wanted someone to shoot Victor in every episode.