After Sherlock and The Hobbit, Martin Freeman is a frustrated cop in The Responder on Canal +

Chris, an ambulance worker suffering from seizures, is forced to reunite with a rookie. In the dangerous areas of Liverpool they will only be able to survive the night together. Otherwise, their mutual destruction is guaranteed.

Responder, the first 3 episodes of which run on May 9 on Canal + and the next two on May 10, is fully available on myCANAL. Watched episodes: 4/5.

We have not stopped after the success of Sherlock! In recent years, Martin Freeman has really chained serials: Fargo, StartUp, A confession, Breeders and now The Responder, whose protagonist is brilliantly portrayed. And he, who was also Peter Jackson’s Hobbit, will return next year to the Marvel Secret Invasion series, where he will reprise his role as a CIA agent, Everett K. The role of Ross, seen in the Civil War and the Black Panther.

In the series that airs today on Canal +, he responds to Adelaio Adedaio (new recruit Rachel Hargreaves), Warren Brown (agent Ray Mullen, who is investigating Chris), Mayana Buring (Chris’s wife), Emily Fairy (drug addict Casey), Joe Finn Marco), Rita Tushingham (Chris’s mother) and finally Ian Hart in Carl Sweeney’s skin, a drug that gives the thread to sew the protagonist.

The Responder is one of those series that does not embellish the work of the police and has an extremely realistic tone. Of course, because it was written by a former police officer, Tony Schumacher, who used his experience and inspired Chris Carson, a degraded former inspector who now connects night patrols on the streets of Liverpool and whom we follow for 5 episodes.

Martin Freeman is more charismatic than ever in this tortured officer’s skin, tormented by a painful past and followed by an overly shrinking one who does not always remember his name. The actor manages to make a loving person who does not always make the right choice, but his insecurity often crosses the tough shell he presents to the world.

In the midst of an existential crisis, when his mother dies of cancer and his marriage fails due to his repeated absence and imprisonment, Chris tries to pull himself out of the water. His periodic crises are also perfectly downloaded thanks to his work on the sound, making it possible to measure all the complexity of the hero’s recovery.

A new teammate will also come and shake up his daily life, one who is accustomed to dealing with drug addicts and their suppliers. Because if he does his job as often as he can, Chris is still involved in criminal cases and rumors of his possible corruption are circulating among his colleagues.

The relationship between two cops who are forced to work together and discover each other during moral conflicts is also one of the positive points of this dark thriller imbued with some black humor. With the help of fierce directing, the series offers an exciting look at what it means to be a good man and a good cop, which is what the protagonist will eventually aspire to when he returns for a second season!