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This is totally a remake of the UK's Scott and Bailey - I recognized that in the first 5 minutes (and stopped to write this). I will give it a chance; I'm interested to see how well Angela Griffin does, I used to watch her on Coronation Street, and Wendy Crewson is always good. I've got to say though, I love the original so much, especially Amelia Bullmore, and my heart sank when I realized what was going on. (However, Scott and Bailey's creator Sally Wainwright is attached, so perhaps there's hope yet.) Go watch Scott and Bailey!

I loved Scott and Bailey and hope to love this remake. But I was surprised not to see any references to the original until I saw a review here. I wish you well but please credit the original.

You will always be Fiona. even though I'm not watching Corrie any more. Enjoyed seeing your still playing a strong woman role Would enjoy seeing more of your charactor on detail. a very old fan of your work.

I don't mind this show at all. Some bits of humour, some crime, some drama. My wife and I are actually enjoying watching it.

So here we have yet another police procedural TV show, only this time, in the hour this episode lasts, 30 minutes is 3 women who's characters are unconvincing and acting too aloof dealing with their personal menopausal relationship issues, and the other 30 mins is trying to convince us they are doing police work. Seriously, who comes up with this stuff and who pays to produce this hot mess? Bring back Motive. A generous 3/10 from me - will re-evaluate after attempting to sit through a few more episodes.

I quite liked it Angela's accent was good. I preferred it to the English version.

A middling Canadian remake of UK's Scott & Bailey minus the charismatic actors and strong writing. The original's creator - the brilliant Sally Wainwright - has a purely contractual executive producer credit and a few of her scripts are given downgraded re-writes, but it's the terrible casting that really hurts this new production. Wendy Crewson - in an undeveloped supporting role as police captain - is fine, as is David Cubitt, but the two leads are absolutely forgettable, even if they are under-served by the show's writing staff. (Yes, the mostly female writing staff is just as hacky as any mostly/all-male writing staff.)

This show gets better every week. Give it a chance. Its a remake of Scott and Bailey, but it's starting to move away from the original and find its own voice.

Seems this is a pure remake of The Division https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0272376/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_13

which ran four seasons. Good series then, but that was then, so no good reason to try rematching it in a remake.

I get why folk want to compare this with S&B but I've just watched finished watching the whole series and I think this holds its weight on its own merits. It's not a revolutionary recipe but neither is bakewell tart & I'm never going to stop loving bakewell tart, even if it reminds me of another bakewell tart!

That's a remake of UK series Scott & Bailey and as almost every remake ever made it's not... let's put it that way... very good.

LOVE THE SHOW

PLEASE KEEP SERIES GOING

Love women detective shows

I loved Rookie Blue and Saving Hope so was set to love this too. I also loved Scott & Bailey and was shocked to see such a poor attempt at a rip off, even some of the dialogue was an exact copy but without the character build up and good plot line. What a disappointment.

Update Apr 22/2018: Sorry but I had to downgrade my rating from 5 stars down to 3. The reason being that the writing has gotten worse with each episode instead of better.

Being a fan of Saving Hope & Rookie Blue, I was really looking forward to this series. But sadly, as is the case with most new shows these days, the writing is terrible. The main cast is quite good but a better job needs to be done selecting the extras & secondary actors. I don't think this show will last long unless these shortcomings are fixed soon!

Why would these so called liberated female actresses allow themselves to be portrayed as female police detectives who can't get over the rotten men in their lives? This premiere episode focused on not one (1), not two (2), but three (3) women who were experiencing trouble in their relationship with men.

The main gist of this episode is surrounding a woman who was murdered and her husband is the prime suspect. Now this prime suspect husband happens to be having an extra marital affair with a nurse who represents the third women in this trilogy of women who pick the wrong men to get involved with.

I thought this was supposed to be a crime show not an afternoon soap opera?

I think I will stick to watching re-runs of Rookie Blue and Major Crimes.

The Detail rates a low 4 out of 10 on my rating list.

Really good, watch to the end and you will be on the edge of the seat!!!

The acting is quite bad. The filming, the angles the grading - it all reminds me of and old soap from the 90s. And it's the worst attempt at a female centric show that I've ever seen. Not sure where they found the script writers..

I like how they maid each character expectacularly different and interesting with a wonderful back history. It has a dark story but at the same time funny sometimes. Well played thank you

I was so hoping this would be good unfortunately they threw away everything that made the British series enjoyable. One, the actresses are too good looking. It set in rich Toronto not the grinding poverty of let's say downtown Hamilton. The lead is very weak and has no range. It remind me of a line from the show. MADE IN CANADA. "Our third rate stuff, is second to none.

I was looking forward to this new Canadian series but sadly it fails on all fronts. The story lines are a sad re-hash of the excellent British series "Scott and Bailey". Surely there must be some Canadian writers with an ORIGINAL idea. The acting is unconvincing. Better to watch Scott and Bailey again than to waste your time on this lack luster attempt.

Looking forward to seeing how this progresses and changes from the original. So far I think it's an entertaining adaptation. Brit crime with a canadian twist. Loved it.

The characters and the stories totally plagiarise the british show Scott & Bailey... without any invention or originality... sad ! But I appreciate the two principal actresses, especialy Angela Griffin (I loved her in Lewis, years ago). It's not their fault if the show is a pale duplicate of a great serie.

Ok so the show is called the Details, hence i expected more details, maybe from the actors and their life style. I want to know more about Fiona, her divorce and is she a lesbian idk NEED MORE DETAILS. Over all i think the show is good and i like it so far.

The writing and plots are both bad. But the lead acting ladies are even worse. They try too hard. It is some what mix of Motive and Olivia of special victims unit. Bad just very bad acting. They try too hard to give so tough and smart yet vulnerable and sensitive profiles. Acting fails so big. It is super unconvincing. I am so sorry to say but Angelina Griffin is especially bad with very pushing accent and her trying so hard to show her talent is just so visible you can actually touch it. It is just so wooden. Honestly it is one of worst I have seen. Unlike some comments, I don't think it gets better. Acting is so bad, even if the writing or plots tries to get better, it just does not work.