Part of the problem is that detective series have been done to death on British television and critics just won't see beyond the over-familiar plot elements, so Falcon is very much fighting against the sense that we've seen it all before but if the viewer is accepting of this it's a series that has much to commend it; beautifully well made, gripping and quite pacy with good performances - especially from Csokas who's suitably dark, stylish and charismatic in the lead role. It's also much better than the Italian-set flop Zen which it keeps getting compared too and despite sharing photogenic European settings the two aren't really alike at all. I hope this goes beyond the current three-parter and gets a chance to find it's feet properly.
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