WELL, what to make of Broadchurch?

It's been about a month since the final episode of series two aired, and I'm sure I'm not the only one who cannot decide if they were impressed, pleased, satisfied, frustrated or disappointed at how the second series of the show panned out.

Whether it was the "second season syndrome", or just the fact the show now wasn't about a murder hunt but a long-winded and horrendously inaccurate court case, it just didn't have the same feel as series one, which had been a massive hit.

Episodes fluctuated between being excruciatingly intense and a little bit bland.

Episodes one, seven and eight were Broadchurch at its best; gripping, exciting and genuinely leaving the audience wanting more.

But episodes two, three, four, five and six felt a bit long-winded.

For example, did we really need to see Olivia Colman crying so much, with David Tennant staring intently off into the distance, with his windswept fringe? And pretty much all of the scenes involving Ollie, the young journalist from the Broadchurch Echo.

Most of the time he was on his phone or approaching people in fields, or printing a massively libellous and contemptuous front page story about someone who had been accused of murder.

Then there was the Sandbrook case. It felt like a constant annoyance and distraction from the main story, something the audience didn't really know about and never really fully understood until the final episode.

Having said that, the show was still good and still averaged an impressive nine million viewers per episode

The final episode was superb. Everything was nicely wrapped up and I quite liked the ending with Joe being packed off to Sheffield after showdown talks with his wife and the Latimers.

And of course, the now iconic setting of West Bay and those cliffs. They are like a character in the show, and the camerawork and cinematography of the whole show is also incredibly impressive.

Overall, I still can't decide if I enjoyed Broadchurch 2, but I think the show could have quite easily been condensed into six episodes without losing anything, and it would have been more enjoyable.

I'll still tune into series three, though.

**Broadchurch series 2 is now available on DVD and Blu-Ray. It includes bonus features such as "The Making of Broadchurch" and exclusive interviews with the whole cast including David Tennant and Olivia Colman. It's available from £24.99.