What a shame that the writers missed the opportunity to extend this storyline into a regular slot. When you consider the plot, location and characters it has all the makings of the classics: Corrie, Eastenders, Neighbours ie intricate family relationships, juggling jobs and family pressures, suspicions, arguments, reconciliations, and in this instance, a couple of killings as well. Hindsight is an amazing science, but had the collateral murders been part of a longer soap-type plot woven around the lives of the neighbourhood you could have kept me watching for years, and I'm not a soap fan. Part of the attraction for me was its setting in and around Lyon. It was like my kind of city break, without the trouble of Lyon-St Exupery airport (don't get me started). The series gave an intense, satisfying hit for people like me who rather than the litany of 'doing the tourist spots' also crave knowing about the lives inside the courtyards, behind the tall windows, and in the gated high-rises - even if it is this fantasy version.
Review of Disparue
