Shetland season 8 faces the hurdle that comes to most long-running shows eventually: how do you survive the departure of a beloved original star?
For seven seasons, Douglas Henshall's DI Jimmy Perez pretty much *was* Shetland, and much of the show came from his perspective: his work, his friends, his family, his inevitably complicated personal life. So when the news came that Henshall was stepping down from the show, viewers were understandably worried about what the show would look like without him — if indeed it continued at all.
