I am from Edinburgh (EH7 -poor rough bit) and I like this sort of drama.
I love that Rebus books and various tv series show all sides of Edinburgh.
I have often explained to English people that there are very rough areas of Edinburgh and some well off areas of the West of Scotland but the Glasgow cliches live on.
But I am not a huge fan of the books although Ian Rankin seems to be a good person and very intelligent.
So to this latest version of Rebus.
I like all 3 versions that have been on tv so far,think this one is best then Hannah then Stott.
I love Stott in The Vice for example but felt he overacted in his Rebus,but it had great moments.
I give no spoilers but no secret that this Rebus is different from the other 2.
It is written by Gregory Burke a Scottish writer who looked like he was going to be a huge name but faded from view.
Hopefully there will be another series of this and Burke will become a big name again.
Some of the dialogue is brilliant.
I think you can tcompare he evolution of Rebus on tv to the Bond franchise,or to Doctor Who.
They are all the same thing but they evolve over the years,this is like Daniel Craig era Bond.
No plot spoilers but this is very gritty.
There are letters in this week's Radio Times (the main British tv magazine) complaining about the amount of swearing in this,there is a lot of what you could call industrial language but realistically criminals swear in real life.
I love the Edinburgh locations ,I have guessed most of them.
One thing I loved about this was that Caroline Lee-Johnson is in it.
She is a very convincing actress in everything she is in but she has not been in much for years.
In fact the casting and the look of this series are both first class.
The plot is complicated but convincing.
I have little time for people saying that it is not like the books or the other tv versions.
The character has evolved in the books and in any case fans don't own the character and can't dictate what happens to him.
