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      Season 1 – Traces

      2019 Crime Drama List
      Reviews 58% Audience Score Fewer than 50 Ratings Set against the stunning Scottish landscape in and around Dundee, this six-part thriller takes viewers into the world of forensic science. The story follows 23-year-old Emma Hedges, who takes up a new position as a lab assistant at the Scottish Institute of Forensic Science. While attending an online forensics course, she discovers that the fictitious case study has a strikingly similar and shocking link to her past. As Emma starts to dig deeper into the unsolved murder case, she soon realizes she should not trust anyone. With a help of two female professors, Sarah Gordon and Kathy Torrence, she works on bringing a killer to justice. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Buy Now

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      Carol Midgley Times (UK) Has promising ingredients: Molly Windsor, Martin Compston, much forensic science and a young woman's apparently dismembered mother. The problem is that so far no one has mixed them together to make anything remotely tasty. Rated: 2/5 Jan 7, 2021 Full Review Stuart Heritage Guardian The first episode threads just enough needles to make you want to immediately watch the second; that in turn threads enough to make you want to watch the third. Rated: 3/5 Jan 7, 2021 Full Review Lottie Young London Evening Standard Lordy, it's boring. Dec 26, 2019 Full Review Anne Brodie What She Said The moody thriller offers an interesting story, and a closeup look at crime and investigative forensic science, and the complexities of information gathering in all branches of investigation. Jan 4, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member Massive lack of continuity and woefully long winded set scenes with drawn out tedious dialogue. The plot meanders haphazardly with various pointless diversions. Little is clear and it is a Herculean task trying to invest credibility into the story line or the characters. The pace is lumbering and has little form making it a chore to watch. Unfortunately the subsequent series exhibit advanced stages of incoherent scenes in which events happen which do not tie back to any meaningful narrative. An exhausting and pointless production. I feel sorry for the actors. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 04/07/24 Full Review Georgie So many coincidences were used to stitch together the plot that I decided it must be a farcical detective show. Nope. So many holes were left in the story I decided I must have missed 2-3 episodes somewhere/somehow. Nope. The colors were lush -- liked that. The acting was okay but they were given a horrible script to work with. The way the cold case was solved -- with an 18-year old clue that would not have been that pristine the day of the murder -- I knew right then I wouldn't be watching Season 2. I still think it would have been a better ending if it had all been something the lead character experienced in a drug-induced psychosis. She did take a pill of unknown origin in the first episode. And there were various drug references throughout. Sadly, no. We, the gullible and naive viewer, were expected to take all the action and acting at face value, and it was pretty awful. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 11/13/23 Full Review Shelley S Very realistic characters and action, finally some interesting, believable female roles. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/29/23 Full Review Audience Member I had to stop watching the show because of the Jennifer Spence character. The annoying voice, the body language, the skragged up hair, the overdone hostility. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review whoknows w The story is interesting as well as the complications that arise between the characters. Acting is very good and convincing. Enjoyed both the main story and the forensics part which feel like two different paths. That's also a bit on the problematic side because it's not clear what the show is about. Is it the girl? Is it the lab? But it was good nonetheless. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member I found it Quite compelling. The story was good and the actors, believable. Gave a good insight into how phorensics, work. I enjoyed it, that's the main thing. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Episodes

      Episode 1 Aired Dec 9, 2019 Emma Hedges' return to Dundee brings her mother's unsolved murder into sharp focus; resolved to find the truth, Emma puts love and life at risk as she fights to bring the killer to justice. Details Episode 2 Aired Dec 10, 2019 Emma soon feels overwhelmed by the police interest and wonders what she's started; however, when the stars align to put Daniel in her path, Emma feels a deep connection. Details Episode 3 Aired Dec 16, 2019 McKinven's enquiries ruffle feathers and a furious Julie chides Emma for dragging up the past; when Emma is threatened with a knife, it's clear that someone's hiding something. Details Episode 4 Aired Dec 17, 2019 Daniel faces a culpable homicide charge for the fire and wants to protect Phil's reputation, but when Emma meets Phil for the first time, her instinct tells her to be wary of him. Details Episode 5 Aired Dec 23, 2019 Emma's accusation against Phil drives a wedge between her and Daniel; McKinven urges Emma to stop sleuthing, as he's certain that the person who killed her mother is known to her. Details Episode 6 Aired Dec 24, 2019 While Kathy oversees the excavation of Marie's grave, Daniel gives McKinven the lead he needs to make an arrest, but it's the exacting forensic science that finally brings peace for Emma. Details

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      Season Info

      Director
      Rebecca Gatward
      Executive Producer
      Michaela Fereday, Val McDermid, Philippa Collie-Cousins, Liam Keelan, Nicola Shindler, Martin Rakusen
      Screenwriter
      Amelia Bullmore
      Network
      ALIBI
      Rating
      TV-14
      Genre
      Crime, Drama
      Original Language
      English (United Kingdom)
      Release Date
      Dec 9, 2019