The Responder
The Responder Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 7.6 | 7.2 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.7 | |
| S2 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.9 |
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About
"A cop unraveling in real time, not solving crimes neatly"
Martin Freeman plays a burned-out night-shift police officer in Liverpool, patrolling a city he no longer recognizes while his own life quietly falls apart. The show follows one exhausting shift after another as he navigates addicts, informants, corrupt colleagues, and his own crumbling mental health. It's tense, grimy, and unglamorous, closer to a character study than a procedural, with dark humor cutting through genuine despair. Freeman is excellent against type, and the show never lets you settle into comfortable crime-drama rhythms. It's short, sharp, and stays with you rather than offering easy resolution.
Martin Freeman's raw, against-type performance as a cop cracking under the weight of the job.
you want tidy procedural plots rather than bleak character-driven tension.
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