Guilt (2021) season 3 Reviews (original) (raw)

Summary Brothers Max (Mark Bonnar) and Jake (Jamie Sives) hit an elderly man while driving home from a wedding and decide to cover-up the crime in this thriller written by Neil Forsyth. [Premiered originally in the UK on BBC Scotland on 24 Oct 2019 and on BBC Two on 30 Oct 2019; set to air in the US as a part of PBS's Masterpiece on 5 Sep 202...

Season Premiere: Apr 25, 2023

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It is largely a return to form, a suitable send-off for the battling. .... Forsyth has fully assimilated the lessons of the Coen brothers and the history of the caper film, and with an ending that lets in more sentiment than the show has previously allowed, he gives Jake and Max slivers of their Scottish dreams.

Bonnar is always the standout actor in Guilt, but over the four episodes there are brilliant performances from many others. ... Although the farce went a shade too far when they were crawling through a pit of manure, its black humour remains sharp as a flick-knife.

There is plenty to like about series three. ... Bonnar is a great actor, capable of signalling half a dozen conflicting emotions simultaneously with just the tiniest flicker of facial expression (in Max’s case, one of these is almost always ‘panic’). He is a joy to watch, and Forsyth’s dialogue is a treat to hear.

Phyllis Logan is the perfect antagonist: omniscient and omnipotent in the manor she runs, with a jagged personal brittleness beginning to poke through her armour. Opposite her, Bonnar has never been better in a role that lets him display his two great strengths – hypnotic charm and snarling, desperate malevolence – at the same time. They have made Guilt’s trip around Edinburgh’s dark corners a rare thrill.

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