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The first three episodes are good, but it rapidly starts going downhill once you reach the "people doing stupid things just to drive the plot" stage, and it gets even worse when you get to the "defiant teen thinks she's super smart" stage. And don't forget the random, happy, dancing assassin couple.

So, so stupid. I'm on episode 5 and about to press the eject button. I don't think there's any way I can make it any further.

I've read a few reviews on here. Read them whilst watching. It nearly put me off finishing this especially as in the earlier episodes it did lag slightly. As you get further on towards the end it does get your attention and you do keep watching because you simply have to know what's happened. When you find out what's happened you'll be surprised. Certainly never guessed any of that ending at all.

Good strong cast. Good strong performances. You do invest yourself in James Nesbitt and Sarah Parish in particular.

The two 'killing eve' types are certainly frightening to watch if not very clever.

Worth a binge if you like mystery who done it.

I will be honest, with names like James Nesbitt, Sarah Parish, Eddie Izzard and Cush Jumbo in the cast this was always going to be a show that I would be watching from start to finish.

The first episodes were a bit messy, but after that it had me hooked and I binged it in one sitting.

Some would say it was convoluted and they would be right, it has lots of twists and a few red herrings, but you have to persevere with shows like this if you want to be entertained.

The one star reviewers who didn't even get through the first episode deserve to miss out, if you have the attention span of a gnat, you deserve to miss out. Go and watch a show with lots of explosions.

This is not what I would call a brilliant show, but it has a lot of twists and they keep coming right to the very end and I mean that literally.

If you think you should give up after the first episode or during the first episode, don't this is worth the 7 hours required to watch it.

Not sure I would watch it a second time, but it is likely if given enough time between viewings.

Easy 7/10 for me.

The draw was Cush Jumbo, James Nesbitt and a UK crime drama. The premise is, do we ever really know someone? The questions are: Are we a product of our past? Can we escape the errors of our past? Great casting. Great performances. Great locations around the iconic DREAM memorial in Sutton Manor Park, Saint Helen's, UK. I give this series an 8 (great) out of 10. {Police Procedural}

If you wanted to start a new life with a new identity you wouldn't stay in the same area that you had run away from seventeen years earlier...everyone from her past are in spitting distance even her daughter went to the same nightclub...that was the biggest scene up with the start of the story... after that it was all too unbelievable.

What a terrible piece of drama. Nothing but cliche after cliche - totally unrealistic and unbelievable nonsense. Not even well acted. Complete waste of my time and Netflix money.

The whole idea of the series is based on such an absurd assumption that it's hard to accept anything else. Main character decides to disappear and change her life completely out of fear for her life. That's why she decides to stay in the same city. And lives there for decades without any issues. And cut.

If you can swallow that one - the rest is easy peasy. Even the dancing assassins that have accidentally crossed over from another movie.

Pretty solid. Keeps you guessing till the end. Nothing spectacular overall, but a very good binge watch that has enough twists and turns. Go for it if you liked SAFE, INOCENTE and other Harlan Coben mysteries. It's entertaining though a bit slow in the middle.

After finishing this mini-series and reading many of the reviews, I'm convinced most were written by 14-year old boys with the attention span of sparrows. This is as well written, acted, directed, and produced as anything available to stream. Just stay with it, and you'll not be disappointed.

There's really is some harsh comments that is not warranted for this Harlan Coben mini-series adaption.. Admittedly it's no Emmy winner but there a lot of tat that's been pushed out in mini series form today that would be far more watchable as a one episode.piece of dross instead of six. The acting is what you'd expect from James Nesbit and although I'm not an Eddie Izzard fan it's nice to see him doing something other than beating a woke drum on a soapbox. There's lots of twists and turns that keeps it interesting and watchable. As I say it's no Emmy winner but it is worth watching and recommended.

Megan Pierce (Cush Jumbo) and Dave Shaw (Daniel Francis) are finally tieing the knot. They have recently moved to Brighton and are hoping to have a blessed home with the three growing children. Life is going on well until one day soon after the local carnival, a young man last spotted in the nearby woods goes missing. The last person to have seen him there is a photojournalist Ray Levine (Richard Armitage), and the local police starts the investigation. DS Michael Broome (James Nesbitt) is heading the search in which Megan's elder daughter Kayleigh (Bethany Antonia) comes under the net. Suddenly, life turns upside down for Megan, as she is also told that Stewart Green, with whom she has had a torrid past in the same town two decades back, has returned and is on the lookout for her. The past comes rushing down upon Megan like a waterfall, and her life as Cassie, a strip dancer, is back in focus. Adding to the complications is Ray, who was in a relationship with Cassie. He had assumed that she had run away 20 years ago without a trace and is stunned to find her back in town, having 3 children and is about to marry. And then, someone else goes missing.

All this is related, DS Broome is convinced, who has reasons to believe that a serial killer is involved, but doesn't exactly know how to bring the murderer home in the absence of any deadbodies. Each of the persons who has gone missing was in a popular bar called Viper, and Broome is in love with its owner, Lorraine (Sarah Parish).

Complicated right? Absolutely! Too much is happening in the sleepy town, and everyone seems to be drawn in. Everyone seems to have a past and deep, dark secrets emerge out of them. "Stay Close" is based on Harlan Coben's bestseller by the same name, and is not in the ivy league of his other stories on Netflix. Yes it is intriguing and suspenseful until the very end and does spring a huge surprise when the truth is revealed, but you're left wondering about how improbable the story is. Far too many coincidences, a far fetched plot and inconceivable developments mar the story and make it incredible. To start with, why would Cassie, who ran away from a diabolical situation two decades ago return to the same place to start afresh, knowing that a crime had been committed, and also, her ex-fiance lives in town? It makes for an interesting watch as usual for any Harlan Coben novel, but seriously speaking, suffers from an unbelievable plot.

An excellent suspense filled "Whodunit" series with everything great about this show.

If you really enjoy edge-of-the-seat cat and mouse thrillers then don't miss this one!

8/10.

There are many twists and turns! Each episode will keep you guessing! Entertaining. Twists every episode. Things will come together by the end. Pretty good.

I'm not sure if this is a serious drama or a black comedy.

On the up side the production values are quite high.

On the downside, the plot is ridiculous. Coincidence piles on coincidence and there are clichés all over the shop A missing man is spotted in a glimpsed dark photo?

Everyone seems connected to the same events or locations The main character who has fled her past just seems to be round the corner from her old haunts.

The dancing psychos seem out of a different movie.

James Nesbitt's policeman is always watchable but is surely playing this for laughs albeit with a straight face .

His dialogue with his partner and ex wife is actually a high spot, whereas the aging copper who hates tech and his overkeen boss are just too predictable.

To round out the clichés there is a sleazy club with a manageress who has a heart of gold .

Richard armitage is a burned out down on his luck photographer.

Oh and Eddie Izzard plays a kindly uncle / junkie lawyer operating out of a pet shop. But without the humour or flair of a Saul Goodman.

The Americanisms (pro bono lawyers, huge basements, 17 year olds driving about by themselves) come thick and fast..did noone from the UK adapt the script?

Regardless... The relatively high production values and the strong cast make this watchable (just about).

It's alright, but it's not great by any standards.