Scott & Bailey in danger of turning into Sluggish & Boring

Oh dear. After I'd said such nice things about it (see here), the final episode of Scott & Bailey was a real disappointment.

Where was the action and drama? They seemed to have forgotten the serial killer storyline. After building up the tension so well in the previous episode, which ended with Scott at death's door having been stabbed, that all vanished in Sunday's show.

We started three months after those events, with Scott absolutely fine and just the tiniest scar on her face despite being badly slashed.

There was no mention of how they caught the killer. Instead we had a dull episode full of discussion about police procedure and initials - PNC, MMP (whatever that is) to name but a few.

Luther's idea of breaking the rules is to break a killer out of prison and stop witnesses testifying in trials. The big deal in Scott & Bailey was about Rachel looking up a number plate. Wow! This heinous crime could have cost her her job, apparently.

Now I'm all for the police being held accountable for their actions, but surely we have far worse behaviour to worry about?

Scott & Bailey is still watchable enough for me to want a second series, but I hope it'll have more action and less paperwork.