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Nearly on par with the first series
It's generally nice to spend time with family, and after spending three series with them, that's what the members of the OSC feel like to me (and if you're as attached as I am, you're in for a shock). I was very impressed by the first series, but the second (Touching Evil 2) seemed a pale imitation of the original. Thanks to the direction of Bill Eagles, however, Touching Evil 3 meets--and at times exceeds--the standards set in the first series. Cinematography is noteworthy: The series is beautifully shot, and various camera techniques add to the stories. Robson Green is spot-on as usual. Even with the PBS/Mystery prologue, in which Diana Rigg spoonfeeds the plot to us ignorant 'Murricans, it still surpasses the vast majority of typical US TV cop shows. I recommend this series very highly.

(USA Network just released their Bruce Willis-produced remake of the first Touching Evil episode, and I must say that although I expected to hate it, I was pleasantly surprised. Still can't touch the original, though. No pun intended.)

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Excellent British Crime Thriller Series
Excellent Detective Mystery Series! If you are looking for mystery films more challenging than what you see in American TV mysteries, then this is what you've been looking for. Clever screenplay writing and storylines. Robson Greene is superb as the not quite sane but sharp profiling detective who races against time with his dedicated team to apprehend sinister killers. If you like the Wire in the Blood series, you'll love Robson Greene in this performance.

I'm not sure why another reviewer felt subtitles are necessary to watch this film. None are necessary unless English is not the viewer's first language. I do agree with other reviewers that it is a very odd decision to release the 3rd season before the first 2 seasons. Note to the manufacturers: Come on....make the first two seasons available in dvd format!

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Great series, poor packaging
It has been a long wait for this cult series to make it to DVD, the first two seasons have long been available on VHS, but curiously WGBH has decided to release the third and final season on DVD first.

Any problems that I have with this edition, stem from its labeling and presentation. The lable on the package lists it as a letterbox presentation of 1.85:1 but that is false, it is presented in the ratio of 1.33:1, the way that PBS origially broadcast it, but that is not the way the series was filmed, shown in England or ever intended to be seen. Watching this program viewers can tell by the drama and action taking place partially on screen or totally off screen (on screen actors have numerous conversations with their cohorts noses, and half of their faces rutinely hang off of the screen) so that we are are left with the empty feeling of being shortchanged.

WGBH should have if anything released the original British versions of the programs in their original widescreen format.
However the consumer is still presented with an excellent transfer, rich with saturated colors, void of color noise and an impressive soundscape.

Hopefully when WGBH gets around to releasing the first and second series they will take the extra step in giving the consumer what we deserve, the complete picture.