Scott and Bailey - or 'Cagney and Lacey', as it's known in this house - is one of the best directed things on television, like it's a really good film. I was struck in episode one how a police briefing scene reminded me of Citizen Kane (all confusion and lights), and there's some terrific off-the-wall compositions where the characters inhabit the very edge of the frame, like Pawlikowski or someone. Then in episode two there seemed to be lots more good compositions and different camera set ups in the same scene, like Hitch would do, plus cross-cutting between scenes, two very good uses of sound (no one seems to do this any more), and to top it all off, the finale takes place in the rain (no one does this any more). It was so good I had to write to the director to compliment her.
No problems with the cast of course, Suranne Jones and Leslie Sharp (though we miss Amelia Bullmore), Jung Lusi (also in Stan Lee's Lucky Man) nor the cameraman Ollie Downey.
Created by Sally Wainwright and Diane Taylor
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