I'm not sure which series you peeps were watching but I had to comment. I haven't reviewed much recently but this series forced a reversal.

It's excellent. Exactly what I expect from a British series. None of the stupid slick production without substance of the American series but down to earth, with just enough medical drama to supplement the excellent characters. This is seriously good.

I binged watched it and analyzed my mood before this review to eliminate emotional subjectivity. I seriously doubt a second series will be as good but I am waiting for it.

I didn't watch this when it first aired but watched it recently. I was expecting a drama based on deceipt reading the summary but it's so much more. The story you can read in the synopsis so won't go into detail about that. For me this was an excellent drama with a good script, excellent acting and intense medical sequences that left me on the edge of my seat. The intensity builds throughout the four parts and keeps you budding for the protagonist even though she is morally corrupt. A good watch and I hope to see more of the lead actress Jodie Whittaker in the future Enjoy.

Although any drama involves a suspension of disbelief, this one has too many holes to go to sea safely.

Of course Jodie Whittaker is good as the nursing sister in a failing NHS hospital whose whistle blowing costs her her job. Indeed the acting is competent all round and the settings (Edinburgh) refreshing. But ... the plot is simply unbelievable.

We are expected to think Jodie takes the identity of a doctor who has emigrated. She picks up a post at an Edinburgh A & E department. Somehow she does this with no bank account details or references. It is simply beyond credibility and the writers should be admonished for not even giving a nod to how she pulls this off. If you accept that, and her willingness to have sex in the bathroom of her consultant (a private house)on day two or three, then maybe the story line is captivating enough to see where it goes.

Luckily Jodie achieved the Dr. Who post before this medical posting unravels.

Spoiler Warning, this is my impression in a general way after watching the first two episodes.

I can see credibility problems which require a suspension of belief on two different levels. First is the documentation paperwork involved with bank accounts, pay, leases, etc, which is an issue that was addressed somewhat in the first two episodes. They glossed over a lot of this, and in some ways had they gone into detail, it likely would have been criticized for too much paperwork. But in a show about a stolen identity, to be done well, these details need to be included. If handled as well as they were, in say, Day of the Jackal, then it could be anything but a boring aspect of the show.

Second is the transition of her medical competence from being a nurse in one scenario to being a doctor in another. To me, much of it was disappointing because they had her seem a bit too obviously out of her comfort zone, standing paralyzed for what seemed like ages rather than being part of the A&E team. Those who watched The Fall will recall the most excellent A&E scene which was done in excruciating detail and accuracy. Yes, we get that she feels out of place, but I think it would have come off better as her being competent in public and then having a near breakdown in private as opposed to the 30-45 second long deer in the headlights looks which should have raised an immediate red flag from everyone else in the room.

One thing the show does is address the difference between credentials and credibility, in much the same way that early seasons of the USA TV show Scrubs showed that the staff nurses were often more competent at performing some procedures than the new residents and interns. Most A&E work is routine tasks under higher pressure and I know a number of older experienced Physicians Assistants who could easily pass as an MD in working up and treating a patient.

An excellent show with a stellar cast, however I can't help but think how similar the plot is in many aspects to John Collee's " A Paper Mask" where a hospital orderly in this case assumes the identity of his best mate, a recently qualified doctor and who perishes in a motor accident. The impersonator goes on to leave a train wreck of a hospital behind. Throughout the book and as I imagine it will be throughout this TV series, you are left wondering when they are going to be uncovered and also with whom they share their secret, generally a lover.

The premise of the plot was what drew me in and it started out OK. However, what really bothered me was that her characters' level of competence was inconsistent. I gave it five stars because it would be enjoyable if you don't have a medical background or able to just let the poor job of the medical advisers slide.

SPOILER In one scene she seems very knowledge, seeming to know what she's doing and then another she's looking how to recognize diabetes (basic nursing knowledge). She should have killed someone already with her incompetence. However, this is a fictional show but it's just so painful to watch some of the scenes.

Whittaker and Small are great, but the plot is unbelievable in many points. It's tense and well acted. Too much lens flare though.

I don't see how people are saying that Whittaker gave a weak performance. She did a great job imo (but she's absolutely incredible in Paddy Considine's "Journeyman"). The writing made her character unlikable though.

8 out of 10- tense, well acted, a bit unbelievable

OK, this series has just finished last night in the UK, and I decided to wait until then before I did this review. It was also because initially I'd avoided watching the series because of a perceived scaremongering agenda it had, but ultimately I decided to give it a go, in part of the fact Jodie Whittaker is about to take over as the lead of one of my favourite shows, Doctor Who, I'd thought I'd watch it to see. In this story, a nurse, Cath Hardacre, is fired by the NHS after whistleblowing. Afterwards, she deals the CV of her best friend, Allison Sutton - a doctor who is leaving for New Zealand - and goes to work in a hospital in Scotland.

And boy, does this series get so much of it wrong. The entire problem with the series is that it's wrong-headed in its approach to the main character of Cath - she is committing a clearly wrong crime, but the plot and the characters, and by extension the writer, do so very little to condemn her, that the mind is made up before the halfway point of the first episode. She's a very hard character to pin down - in the space of one episode, she goes through so many changes in mind that sadly Whittaker doesn't seem able to really pull off at all, that I cannot say ANYTHING about what she's like except that she's...actually, I can't. But if you think that's bad - try the other characters who proved me right about the scaremongering that happens. You have Dr. Bridget Raine, played by Sharon Small who gives a legitimately good performance - she's kind of like the dark mirror to Cath, as she's an experienced doctor who is dangerous, as she drinks on the job, but there's kind of hidden tragedy about her performance, which gives her nuance that's kind of missing with everyone else in the cast. You have Euan Elliot who plays the new boss of Cath, who is kind of a "Doctor McDreamy" type, but also is very idiotic in protecting her when he finds out the truth. Then there are other characters like Mona and Charlie, who are the cute couple that develop, but also is written quite bizarre with random mood swings.

Generally, the series is quite interesting when it's not focused on the insane lie that Cath is getting away with, and actually focuses on the others - honestly, if this had been Andy (Elliot) trying to run a hospital amidst infighting and the stresses that entales, it may have been interesting. Because whilst I dismiss a lot of the characters, they were likable, up until the last episode when they kind of fail, but they were fun: when they were written so, I liked watching them, particually Charlie and Mona. Hell, give a series of those two, but do it properly.

Also, one thing I can say is that there's a legitimate tension during the operating scenes within the episodes. It takes a very humanist approach to those, in that they're not fully fleshed people, but they don't need to be for you to care about them, and that there's a potential the Cath could make a mistake given her not proper training. But it f***s it up by having her solve almost all of these events with near to no problem. The series writes Cath as being both overly clever, and incredibly stupid at the same time, as she really comes very close to being busted.

When the series does reign itself back, and just focuses on the running of a hospital, it is good. In fact, the middle two episodes are fantastic, for this. But when it chooses to focus on Cath, it falls apart, especially in the end in which a person - BECAUSE of her lies - is killed horribly and tragically, and in the very next scene - the last of the show - is her being promoted and walking around like Conor McGregor after a win...seriously?

When I was watching this series, I realised that the rise of Cath was very similar to rise of Louis Bloom, played by Jake Gyllenhaal, in the movie Nightcrawler; both have recently lost jobs, find a way into a new one, slowly work their way up whilst being careful to stay ahead of the competition, end up killing the person closest to them to cover up for themselves, and ends with them in the position they've always wanted. The problem with this is that we all knew Lou was a psychopath whose actions are consistent throughout, whom when he said "My problem isn't I don't understand people, it's that I don't like them" meant it - Cath says "I'm doing this for my daughter", then immediately does a lot for herself, who thinks about doing the right thing, then immediately does the wrong, who threatens someone, then immediately takes it back, repeat that last one, and then threatens someone else, then immediately takes it back. The fact that Whittaker is only just convincing in this role is another thing that hampers the series - it's not a bullseye, but it hits the board, which in a way makes it so much more frustrating.

Ultimately, I do approve of the technical prowess with shooting the surgery scenes and a few characters prior to the last episode. The morals are all screwed up, but that's a given. I'd rather not see a series 2 of this, although I have heard words of it, but I would like to see a spin off where Charlie and Mona get married and go to a new hospital to have their own adventures. Just my opinion, make it what you will.

'Trust Me' did have potential to be good. The concept was intriguing enough and Jodie Whitaker and Sharon Small have done good work elsewhere. Unfortunately, while there are good things that stop it from being complete dreck, am going to have to join those expressing disappointment in this four-part series. Intriguing concept if done correctly but very underwhelming execution of it.

As said, 'Trust Me' is not without its good things. It is atmospheric visually, though not in a flashy or cinematic way instead more of a muted look that suited the tone well, and is shot slickly enough. Impressive scenes are too few, but they are there. Particularly note-worthy was the life and death situation with the patient suffering from a tooth abscess resulting in a main character's conduct being questioned, that was a harrowing watch. The medical stuff occasionally intrigues and is more interesting and better done than the personal life subplots.

What comes off best is the acting. The best performances come from Emun Elliot and Sharon Small, Elliot gives a lot of intensity and a sympathetic edge and Small nails it in a performance that's authoritative and sometimes affecting as the only interesting character. Blake Harrison is decent but doesn't have enough to work with. The girl who plays the daughter is cute and appealing.

Jodie Whitaker's performance was one of those difficult to make of ones. It's certainly competent and she tries hard and is very committed clearly, it's just fairly uninspired and would have benefited better with less flat dialogue and a much more sympathetic character that didn't make so many frustrating decisions and so many errors that in real life would have caused suspicion.

Sadly, 'Trust Me' is very problematic. Much of the storytelling is pedestrian in pace and stretches credibility to beyond breaking point (don't need to work in the medical profession to feel this way, it's common sense). Calling a lot of the events surrounding the deception implausible is an understatement. The final episode is rushed and the ending is contrived ridiculousness and pure fantasy. The romantic subplot is crassly written, predictable and drawn out where neither characters are ones you care for because their decision making makes one want to bang their heads together.

Disappointing too is the script, which completely lacks any kind of depth and nuance and is instead both crass and dreary as well as underwritten, clearly written by somebody with relatively little medical knowledge and an inability to develop characters and realistic situations. It's far too straightforward and safe too, the early exposition scenes are dreadfully clunky and the interview scene is a joke.

Characters are flat, with the marginal exception of Brigitte (which is largely to do with Small being as good as she is), and are also unsympathetic, constantly defying plausibility with their actions. How Andy reacts to the deception immediately lowers one's opinion of him, and the outcome of Brigitte's story was not believable for a second.

Overall, has its moments but disappointing. 5/10 Bethany Cox

This series has attracted more attention due to the fact that its star (Jodie Whittaker) has been announced as the 13th incarnation of Doctor Who (the first women no less), but its important to judge it as a show on its own merits.

Its certainly well written, and boasts a good performance from Whittaker. It's dark and moody, but that seems to reflect most BBC drama these days.

I wouldn't say it was compulsive viewing, but it was intriguing enough.

Although most of the acting is creditable, Jodie Whittaker brings no charisma to the main character and I found it hard to engage with her dilemma, a very bland performance which undermined the whole story.

Sharon Small as Brigitte and Emun Elliott as Andy are the best reasons to watch this drama, both bringing real intensity to their characters, but sadly their great performances sat at odds with Whittaker's flat screen presence. For example, would Andy really have risked his career/freedom for such a Luke-warm love affair with Cath/Ally?

Also the plot is just not credible. With all the sophisticated photo ID/security checks in place nowadays, it too ludicrous to imagine anyone could sustain such a deception, never mind carry out emergency operations in A&E after swotting up a few medical books in her breaks.

Others characters such as her ex, colleagues, father, the fabulous landlady, were much more engaging and three-dimensional.

At her first job she fights for the people and how the hospital is treating them, and then she desides to steal a identity and become a doctor with NO experients at all. And puts the lives of patients in danger. I can't watch this!

What's wrong with the director, lamps and the freaking lamp shines...

Wooden acting, awful script, just dull... Morally this story is just wrong.