Tag: DCI Stanhope

Vera, Series 1

Vera, Series 1

(ITV, 2011)

Vera 1

Brenda Blethyn is superb in the lead role, lending truth and energy to DCI Stanhope’s mercurial, faux-rustic mien. The scripts, however, are shoddy, the mysteries overtly manipulative in throwing out subplots and false lines of investigation that prove inconsistent with the solutions.