The first episode opened with Ruth in London, where she was investigating a targeted gangland shooting, before following her to Shetland, where she was born and raised, in pursuit of a key witness.<\/p>\n
Speaking about how they wanted to approach the first season of the show without Henshall, Alison O\u2019Donnell (who plays Tosh), told RadioTimes.com<\/a> exclusively: \u201cWhen we decided to reimagine the show, it would have been a mistake to try and imitate anything that had gone before.<\/p>\n \u201cSo what the writers have done really beautifully is they have brought us back to Shetland HQ as we know and love it. It\u2019s all very cosy, there\u2019s some dead sheep, nothing too intense.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re setting up the lovely relationships, Tosh is in charge, and Sandy and Billy are there, they\u2019re having scones, and then this woman arrives from London with this incredibly high-stakes case and she just fractures that, which I found really exciting.<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019ve been really brave with it and brought in something totally different to really shake everybody up. And as actors, it was so exciting for us because it allows us to try different things. Risk brings out a different side in all of us.<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cAnd from the minute they have that introduction, Tosh realises, \u2018I need to be on my toes with this woman.\u2019 And they go through so many different ups and downs together. It\u2019s not going to be straightforward.\u201d<\/p>\n O\u2019Donnell went on to describe the relationship between Tosh and Ruth as \u201cvery restless\u201d, adding: \u2018It never really settles down, and I think it\u2019s quite an unusual dynamic for TV. I\u2019m not sure I can think of lots of examples of a relationship like that. They don\u2019t immediately become best friends and equally, they\u2019re not enemies. They have a common goal.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd they\u2019re both incredibly driven, they\u2019re both experienced, but they\u2019re coming from different backgrounds. They\u2019ve had different journeys to get to where they are, this level of seniority. But they don\u2019t have time to get to know each other. They\u2019re straight in at the deep end.<\/p>\n \u201cSometimes they knock against each other and sometimes they really hit a rhythm. It just depends what they\u2019re faced with that day, what point they\u2019re at in the case.\u201d<\/p> \n
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