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Decent 4-part BBC whodunnit which bounced you along from theory to theory as the episodes unfolded so that the fact landscape at the end of a show was very different to how it was at the start. I enjoyed the moody Lancashire setting, and the in-your-face attitude of the protagonist. It’s got to be said…
Sofia Vergara’s Spanish-language piece about drug queenpin Griselda Blanco. I’m not 100% sure why the prosthetics were necessary, but other than constant background distraction this was a pretty intense bit of escapism. I think I wanted to shout at the TV at a few points (“WHAT THE HELL MADE YOU THINK SMOKING CRACK WAS A…
Decent police drama about a wrongful murder conviction, with some thoroughly disagreeable arse-covering cops, some beautifully rich flawed characters, and nailbiting intensity. Peter Capaldi always seems to be about 40% more intense than other actors, although some of that’s GOT to be the fact that you’re waiting for him to unleash a volley of Malcolm…
I got drawn into this as the show that Antony Starr (of The Boys) headed up previously, and was taken by the premise – a hardened criminal is released from prison, heads to the sleepy Pennsylvania town where his ex-girlfriend now lives, and following a rumble in a bar ends up assuming the identity of…
Season 1 was so gripping that we were prepared to overlook the fact that Season 2 of this show named after a submarine had nothing whatsoever to do with submarines. Unless it was a metaphor, or something. Drones, a fictional middle-eastern country, corporate intrigue… it’s like a British Homeland. And all against the backdrop of…
Well, this was unusual – initially a very oddly positioned seemingly-sitcom about an ex-veteran now turned hitman, who gets engaged by some comically bad criminals to perform an assassination only to get himself accidentally enrolled in an acting class and want to give up the hitman life. I mean, as premises go this is not…
I’ll be brutally honest and say I don’t remember specifics on this one – it’s the ongoing story of a couple of women thrust into friendship through some death & treachery, with layers of secrets at work and some ludicrous scenarios. I do enjoy watching it though, even though the plot finds itself reaching a…
Why do stories set in 80s suburbia always immediately conjure up the idea that some of them might be swingers? I know fashion’s a fleeting and ephemeral thing, but even having grown up there it’s impossible to believe that people ever thought any of the 80s (early 80s, specifically) was a good look. Also there’s…
David Tennant’s vicar and Stanley Tucci’s death-row-not-at-all-like-Hannibal-Lecter psychologist are the tentpoles for this 4-part crime drama where the mild-mannered vicar just keeps on making the wrong decision, culminating in a VERY bizarre final episode. Some pretty wildly unrealistic police characters in this also. But it’s only a story and it was interesting enough. I’d call…