Channel 4, when will you learn? Just because Shameless had a good of seasons a few years back, you can't keep pumping out drama featuring unlikable characters and snazzy camera work. Did we endure Goldplated for nothing?
Cape Wrath is the perfect example of style over substance. Classily shot, full of pop culture references to classic suspense films and show, and a cast of recognisable faces, it probably looked great on a whiteboard in some marketing meeting. However, the series has already shown it's hand, revealing all the residents of Meadlowlands are on witness relocation programmes. So no tension there. There was also a hugely wasted moment when the Brogan girls decided to leave town to go shopping - it would have been brilliant to see them just go round in circles before realising they can't escape. But last night's opener was free of all tension and mystery.
And there-in lies the problem. Cape Wrath would love to echo Twin Peak's kooky sense of unease or mirror Desperate Housewives' unhinged mysteries about what going on behind closed doors. But all the show could come up with was a sex-obsessed odd-job man with a Papa Lazarou accent, an autistic teen who will no doubt have a dark secret and a couple of plump neighbours who carry a bizarre hold over their neighbours. It would have been lovely to be scared or concerned for the characters in last night's opener, but not only is there no-one to root for, but if there were there would be nothing to root for them about. Seeing as how the mystery of Meadowlands has been revealed, why bother tuning in again.
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