Dalziel and Pascoe

The Cave Woman fits perfectly into the series of episodes of the popular TV show about the boorish investigator Dalziel and his police team. The key to success lies in the distinct attractive nature of the main character and the quality script of each episode. At the time The Cave Woman was made the series celebrated its 10th anniversary, and the actors playing the main roles were perfectly in sync with their characters. A certain problem of the series is the length of individual cases, as some episodes contained so much filler that they had to be divided into several parts. The Cave Woman managed to avoid this and fit into one full-length TV movie. As usual, the attention of the viewers will be drawn to the thunderous performance of Warren Clarke in the lead role, and this time he will have to deal with his human failure... Overall impression: 70%. (04/06/2009)

I am really at a loss as to how to review this. It's not a bad TV show at all, but it's like a crime series got mixed up with a completely different genre. There's a bit of The X-Files and a bit of a dark horror series in it. As a detective story, it's completely off the rails and highly unlikely. Writers and directors usually come up with these kinds of plots when a series is losing viewership and the original excitement of the cycle runs out. If Demons on Our Shoulders were part of a horror series, I wouldn't hesitate to give it two stars, but here the black magic and demon hunting very much got in the way for me. Overall impression: 45%. (04/20/2009)