Once I’d written a post complaining about it, I finished season 3 of Shetland yesterday - and to add insult to injury the solution to the mystery wasn’t even good. They’d set up a number of satisfying possible murderers: an organized crime boss, his shady lawyer, or a corrupt government muckety-mucks.

And did they go with any of those options? NO. ( Spoilers )

But no viewer could have suspected that ending! So at least the ending is a SURPRISE, which obviously is a more important attribute in a mystery than actually making sense or being satisfying.

Well, on the bright side, this nicely settles the question of whether to keep watching if there’s a fourth season.

One last round-up post for the new year, and then I think I’m caught up! (Or so I like to hope.) I have been disgracefully lax about posting about TV shows this year, which is too bad because I’ve watched a lot of really good television.

( Brideshead Revisited, Gankutsuou, The Good Place, Grantchester, The Librarians, Parks and Rec, Shetland, Underground )

I also watched The Crown, but I ended up moving that one to a separate post because I went on about it so long. Watch this space!