Season 1 – Cardinal

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Sean S @RT00603699 Nov 22 The story lines are well thought out and the insight to the lives of detectives are plausible. The special effects are highly credible and in the odd moments when I felt the story was implausible, the writers did such a great job to bring us back in. Well done and though I appreciate the Canadian context I do believe this show would stand up to international attention. See more Andrei D @RT74856639 04/09/2024 Canada makes a mean cop show See more Ravenswood R @RT16435246 01/03/2024 I am reviewing seasons one and two. Season one was very good, excellent TV crime story, nordic noir influences, interesting character interactions and development. I thought I found a great series and looked forward to season two, which unfortunately is a major disappointment. The producers abandoned the secondary "private life" stories of the characters almost entirely, and the character development came to a crashing, complete halt. Overblown, messy and difficult to follow story with twice as many characters as you can follow on screen. Biker gangs, occult, drugs, broken families, and of course murder. Unfocused and no solid story hooks. The "deep thinking" or "brooding" whispered delivery of every single line by "John Cardinal" gets extremely annoying. Is there something medically wrong with his voice? 4.5 stars for a great first season - watch it, but 1.5 for season 2. Average 2.5. Will not watch season 3. See more Liz M @RT15803060 07/02/2023 The writing and storyline are good but I had two problems with Cardinal. Billy Campbell is a mediocre actor and he talks in a weird hushed voice that gets old, fast. Second, Eric, the bad guy, is pure evil but we are never his motivation. It would be twisted, sure, because he's clearly a manipulative psychopath, but it would be his reason, and we never got that. Marine Vanasse is excellent! See more Valia D @RT74142275 01/19/2023 Interesting seasons, good actors Recommended. See more Per S @RT83737705 06/01/2022 Cardinal has basically got what it takes to be a very good crime series, even though plot and form perhaps play a bit too much on typical modern genre clichés. Still there's more to it than with so many similar series, and some minor logical flaws and lack of realism don't ruin good writing, solid acting and clever editing. See more Read all reviews

Cardinal — Season 1

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