All eight reviews are positive, and most say the same thing: this is a police procedural that feels fresh because it looks at the job from the bottom. Critics like the decision to follow probationary officers rather than seasoned detectives, and they like Belfast as a setting, with the legacy of the Troubles and the question of policing by consent giving routine calls a weight most precinct dramas lack. The characters are called credible and vulnerable, and several reviews praise the newer cast members in particular.
The spread is narrow. No review is lukewarm, and the only full-marks verdict comes from Den of Geek. Where reservations appear they concern scale rather than quality: Radio Times finds it less intense than Happy Valley, and The i Paper notes that it favours ordinary officers over high-stakes twists, which some viewers will take as a limitation. The Times enjoys it mostly for being funny.