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<\/p>\nThe series 29 finale of Silent Witness has sparked a divided response from viewers, with many taking to social media to express frustration over a new stylistic choice in the BBC drama.<\/p>\n
Fans were left confused by the inclusion of so-called “philosophical” voice-overs and introspective narration throughout the latest episodes of the long-running show, with numerous viewers describing the feature as “unnecessary.”<\/p>\n
The feature hadn’t been used before, and it didn’t take long for fans to share their feedback.<\/p>\n
One viewer posted on X: “What was with all the philosophical narration throughout this week’s #SilentWitness? Spoilt what was, otherwise, a cracking storyline. Really liked the ‘Gene Hunt’ character… proper old school.”<\/p>\n
Silent Witness fans were divided by the series 29 finale<\/p>\n
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“The whole introspection thing is strange. #silentwitness,” a second agreed while a third weighed in: “Yeah, didn’t enjoy it… Felt a bit over-indulgent and unnecessary.”<\/p>\n
Someone else asked: “#SilentWitness #bbc What’s with the philosophical voice overs? We don’t need it…”<\/p>\n
Another viewer had a complaint of a different sort. “Odd #SilentWitness series. Out of sequence (hence Jack’s inconsistent beard status and the lack of jeopardy when he ended up in the jug – we all knew he got out), a finale that wasn’t (odd voiceovers and all) + lazy criticism of AI,” they began.<\/p>\n
“Thank God for Sean Gilder. Make him a regular,” the viewer assessed.<\/p>\n
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Some BBC viewers felt Silent Witness’ new feature was ‘overindulgent’<\/p>\n
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Another fumed: “#SilentWitness is a crushing borefest! Last week Jack\u2019s personal psycho drama was excruciatingly dull! <\/p>\n
“This week Nikki pontificating in soft tones and talking absolute pish! Kit the only bright spot! Show is DOA and no post Mortum is required. Cancel it please! @BBC.”<\/p>\n
However, there were also fans that welcomed the change and left positive reviews of the finale, with one viewer commenting: “It still baffles me how these writers can continue to come up with such amazing, twisty-turny storylines whilst also including Nikki & Jack\u2019s stories. <\/p>\n
“Even 1 or 2 series of that is impressive but next year will be the 30th series!? That\u2019s some talent right there. #SilentWitness.” (sic)<\/p>\n
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Silent Witness’ 29th series wrapped up this week<\/p>\n
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“What an amazing last episode to end this series! It’s been such a rollercoaster and has felt so different to others. I won’t lie, I’m loving seeing Nikki settled and happy (minus one episode ofc!) #silentwitnes,” another applauded.<\/p>\n
The episodes opened with a body recovered from a river, initially believed to be Mei Li, a 23-year-old Hong Kong activist with a bounty on her head from authorities there.<\/p>\n
The real Mei Li was subsequently found alive at her parents’ restaurant, revealing the deceased was actually Na Chen, a Chinese national who had stolen intellectual property from Harvard.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, a new character named Helen befriended Nikki under false pretences before drugging her and taking her to a remote farm building.<\/p>\n
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The BBC hasn’t yet confirmed a 30th series of Silent Witness<\/p>\n
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Helen and her accomplice, Linda, were revealed to be attempting to steal technology, using Nikki’s credentials to infiltrate the Bowman Centre’s systems before their eventual arrest.<\/p>\n
The long-running BBC show hasn’t confirmed whether a 30th series will be on the cards as of yet, but it seems likely the milestone will be reached.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The series 29 finale of Silent Witness has sparked a divided response from viewers, with many taking to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":458191,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[243,830,96,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-458190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-bbc","tag-celebrity","tag-entertainment","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=458190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458190\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/458191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}