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Shetland · Season 4 · BBC One

Shetland Season 4

Shetland Season 4 is a MUST-WATCH, BollyMeter 8.2/10. 6 episodes on BBC One from 13 February 2018.

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BollyMeter8.2/10Rotten Tomatoes 100% (season-level score). Critics praised Series 4 as the show at its most assured: a more ambitious case with Norwegian connections, and Perez's characterisation at its richest.

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What BollyAI Thinks

Series 4 achieved a perfect Rotten Tomatoes score and is the Henshall-era high-water mark. A case with Norwegian connections expanded the show's geographic frame without losing its island specificity, and the writing gave Perez's personal emotional life more narrative weight than previous series had attempted. The series had moved decisively beyond its status as a reliable procedural and was now making claims on the better end of British crime drama. The atmospheric cinematography of Shetland's coastlines in winter had become one of British television's most distinctive visual signatures.

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Season Over Season

Series 4 is the series operating at its most ambitious and achieving that ambition most fully.