Now, we're thankfully back for season 2 and as well as the cases in Ellis remaining gritty and complex, the dynamic between Ellis and Harper continues to be a major draw of this loveable show.
That push-pull in any relationship dynamic is always interesting to see magnified on screen and with Ellis and Harper's union, it started off in a place that many fans didn't really think would grow to be genuine friendship. Waiting in the lobby for Harper to only then see him think that the other white woman in the waiting area was Ellis was the kind of painful moment that deserved to be shown, visualising the kinds of micro-aggressions that Black women often face in the workplace.
But with plenty of apology, well-meaning attitude and a similar dedication to the jobs at hand, any initial discomfort was eased over the course of the first series.
This season of Ellis sees the pair continue to navigate their way through various UK towns, with the first couple of episodes centring on the murder of a local businessmen and philanthropist, who was quite the local figure and whose death garners leaps of attention. The second batch of episodes takes us to the village of Elmsly where a university student is found dead, crushed by scaffolding at a local construction firm.
However, you do need that light with any darkness and at the end of the tunnel of these knotty episodes (which can often be full of less-than-pleasant criminal subject matter), the shining beacon remains to be our series leads.
While the show continues to lean into the serious-comedic dynamic we have flourishing between Ellis and Harper, this is still very much a series that's focussed on Ellis. To have a detective drama led by a Black woman shouldn't be such a rare sight on TV these days but unfortunately, it is. And for that reason, there's no understating just how important it is that Ellis had a stellar first run of episodes, got picked up for another season and is back on our screens for more.
It's clear that the DS really looks up to Ellis and admires her work – he wouldn't have upended his career to go and follow her around the country otherwise. There's something really rather sweet seeing their intergenerational dynamic, with Harper also seemingly understanding the patois that Ellis regularly uses.
At the end of the day, this season underlines that they're both there to do their jobs, with policing at the centre of their worlds. It's always nice to have a laugh and a joke with a colleague too though and here, we have the kind of pairing that makes Ellis not just a gripping cop show, but also a drama that clearly has a lot of heart in it too.
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