REUNION

When deaf father Daniel Brennan (Matthew Gurney) is released from prison, he’s initially set on seeking revenge for abuses he suffered as a young boy at an all deaf boarding school. With no care for the possible consequences, he sets about tracking down the man who ruined his life. Along the way he reconnects with his estranged daughter Carly (Laura Peake), who is now a young adult, and slowly realises he has someone to live for. I decided to watch this show after someone claimed it was “As good as ‘Adolescence’ which turned out to be bum-steer. It’s nowhere near as engaging or well filmed as ‘Adolescence’ was. However in a wonderful showing of representation the cast largely consists of deaf and hard-of-hearing actors who communicate primarily through British Sign Language. Many deaf crew members also contributed behind the scenes.

That said, I found parts of the story to be slow, and I lost interest several times. The acting was decent though I feel the series could’ve been trimmed by at least one episode. Unjust and harrowing.