Prime Suspect

It's a difficult and strong ending for this heroine: the woman has experienced so many dramas, witnessed so many terrible crimes, devoted herself to the search for justice - and it's not surprising that at some point the habit of relaxing with alcohol turned into an illness, and in general, nerves have already begun to give way. But even in this borderline state, she remained a brilliant detective with a sharp mind.
It's a very beautiful ending, when the heroine proudly and with dignity "goes into the sunset" against the background of universal fun. Helen Mirren has been great all seasons, and this season too.
The series is great - smart, kind, deep - it's hard to move on to something simpler after it. I highly recommend it to fans of serious dramas and detective-police themes.

About the whole series.
An ambitious, single-minded and determined police inspector is fighting crime, the condescending arrogance and disregard of superiors, and the prejudice of employees and subordinates. This endless struggle hardens her and exhausts her.

This is the series of the main character. Ambiguous, self-confident, ambitious, demanding, uncomfortable neither for colleagues nor for commanders. She is certainly talented, persistent and experienced, has high efficiency and knows how to achieve results. However, obsession with work and a constant willingness to prove one's own professionalism and authority are not very conducive to personal life or just mental balance. As well as an easy character or friendly demeanor. She often gets carried away, and she is accompanied by unnecessary conflicts at work and outside of it. The investigation is also difficult, slow and nervous - things are not easy.

The detective component, by the way, is at a pretty decent level. The plot is generally good and non-trivial, with dramatic stories, intrigue, and twists. Perhaps the choice of themes seems a little opportunistic: women's, racial, and children's. However, the cases themselves and their investigations are quite interesting. The mise-en-scenes and dialogues are very well developed and staged, they play very well, and there are many successful characters. The editing is precise, smooth and unhurried, the development of the plot cannot be called dynamic, but I don't recall any frankly prolonged scenes either.

It turned out to be a solid female police detective with depth and psychology. Definitely worth watching.

By the way, this cool move with the guys who defended the boss was famously quoted much later in the series Bloodhound.

The second series is more cheerful. Honestly, I didn't understand at what exact moment the transformation from ridicule to intercession for the boss took place. Somehow I took this evolution as a fact, but I didn't feel the process itself. Two-fold feelings. Maybe I'll watch the second season. It happens that the first steps of the series do not come out quite confidently, and then it's much better. But we'll see.

Continuation of the story of season 1. The focus this time is on the main character. The detective is more like a background. This did not spoil the series, moreover, it allowed us to feel the heroine better. Of the three episodes of the season, this one is, in my opinion, the best.