Billed as a dark comedy
drama, Sweetpea certainly delivers on the former though not so much the
latter. It is essentially about three women who for different reasons are
frustrated at not being seen for who they are. Rhiannon is a quiet character
who is ignored, taken for granted and generally not given her due. Julia is a successful
estate agent hiding her abusive relationship under a glamorous confidence. Marina
is a junior police officer who works hard but whose conclusions are routinely ignored
by her boss. All three come into each other’s orbit when the local community is
shocked by two savage murders. Only we, the viewers, know that Rhiannon is the
killer – the tension of the series is whether or how this is discovered.
