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Was definitely expecting a bit more out of this David E Kelley limited series – really felt like they took what I later learned to be a Tom Wolfe story and crammed it into the few episodes they had budget for, curtailing the story arcs with something of a mumble. It really felt that by…
Terrifying, really. And a bit of a twofer, because being one of the most watched things on Netflix this year we also get the parallel drama of people tracking down the players in this true story. Worth a look, but equally I hope it’s had its moment and disappears again soon.
Started as a fairly promising sci-fi/alternative timeline show, although as Season 1 progressed it was clearly light sci-fi with a more obvious drama predilection. I enjoyed the progressive timeline of the show and the reincorporation of the characters as they grew up/developed, but was starting to lose interest by the end of S3 and only…
What a piece. This started off as a straight sitcom about a fish-out-of-water soccer coach brought in to close the team down as a revenge ploy by a spurned ex-wife… but by god did it transform into something different. The hype’s justified, the scripts are great, and what blew me away was the way the…
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…
The great marathon of high-end culinary art returns – proving once again that the standard of cooking in some parts of the country is far, far higher than others. Although that dubious regionality still shines through. This year’s crop were a fine mismatched gaggle of misfits, with the finals being contested by a sweary posher,…
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…
Incredibly important story, and horrifically this is the drama that triggered government action on the issue in question – we couldn’t help wondering though if they made it incredibly patronising on purpose to appeal to an ITV audience. It’s a surreal world to live in where one needs to watch content like this to contextualise…
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…