Kate Winslet gives an excellent performance as a weary but driven detective in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, investigating murders of young women in her own extended family and community.
This was not a particularly happy or uplifting series to watch -- it's dark, because of the filming style and location in run-down areas of Chester, PA, and because of the themes (murders of young girls, drug abuse, brutal crimes, destroyed families and desperate lives).
Despite all these negative aspects, Winslet absolutely nails the local dialect and emotional affect of her character, and conveys the quiet depression and inner turmoil of a good but driven detective, who finds the investigative trail for horrendous crimes leading straight back into her own small urban community of struggling family and friends. Recommended.
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