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Line of Duty (2012)
Never completed a season
Yup I tried and failed to get through a full season, any season but just couldn't stomach it. The acting, directing, scripts (to an extent) were all fine and I could watch because of all of those. But it was the concept of all of the investigators being essentially guilty of most of the things they were investigating others for. The investigators were just as or more sleazy than those under investigation. To watch them cut corners and twist information to what they want was very off putting. This happened continuously, season after season until I just turned it off. Every season this happened. Plus the head of this unit is a treacherous conniver and his lead investigator is utterly untrustworthy. That all turned me off to this show. That's really disappointing because it would have been a good watch otherwise.
Fargo (2014)
Give me a reason to carry on
I just started Season five, and I've finished episode one. So this review is just for that. I'm quite literally asking the television in a pretty loud voice "what the hell just happened"? The main kinda looney really very very lucky lady who appears to be the lead this season appears to be targeted? She is kidnapped? Taken? Snatched? By a couple of comical book villains/duffices? So then everything you can image proceeds to happen to the kidnapped lady, to the kidnappers and everyone else they come into contact with. There's a particularly bloody stretched out confrontation scene with the kidnappers, the lady, the store manager and the police. With the lady's presence spread all around the scene and her presence viewed by the police involved. 1st problem; know one in the police puts 2 + 2 + 2 together. 2nd problem; the whole story then proceeds as if she wasn't there! The husband is trying to talk to her about what happened to her and her being "disappeared" for 2 days! And she just continues to make bisquick? WTH? I didn't/havnt watched since but reading some of the reviews maybe I should. They don't harp on this happening as much as I am. Maybe worth another try and fix that rating.
No Offence (2015)
Very good & very bad
I watched the first seven episodes of season one. It billed itself as a cross between a comedy and a police procedural type of show. The comedy part I thought was low key and actually pretty good because of how it was used within the shows context. The police procedural part was good, it was interesting and seemed somewhat close to reality (as close as these things get with dramatics). I really liked that they interwove other cases into the serial killer scenario and worked them at the same time. I liked the characters in this show, all of them which is rare for me. The story lines were interesting and it made want to keep watching. BUT the big let down was where the head of this detective section took a flying, incredibly unbelievable, out of any character trait we had been shown leap into ridiculousness. We are to believe that this detective who thru seven episodes has shown every sort of way to be respected as an honest cop suddenly throws it all away on a husband who she doesn't care enough about to spend time with him. NO when she started burning and destroying evidence against him I turned it off and knew I wasn't going to watch another minute. And I haven't. So there you go; very good and very bad. I know a lot of people won't mind her doing this but it made me feel I wasted all of that time on those episodes.
The Cleaner (2021)
50 / 50
Aren't we all a little tired of the somewhat dim, small town, pub going, every man being able to spew so much wisdom and all of the witty "bonmots"? If he is capable of this why is he a cleaner? I know! A crime scene cleaner if you haven't picked up on that joke yet. There are a lot of funny situations here, hence the 50/50. I love the little musical breakouts! I've watched quite a few and the recipe has become quite apparent. Although some of the guests and their situations are still quite funny. I guess as a comedy I shouldn't expect too much realism in the cleaning routines (doesn't seem too specialized I think I could do it) the idea of evidence still being present (ears?). Like I said 50/50 but the one thing that kept it from being positive instead of neutral: the character can be a real ass! I do get tired of his insults, it's not always funny. Sometimes considering who/what his character is it's way out of order? Expectations? Reality? Or maybe just not nice.
The Playlist (2022)
Entertaining but.....
An above average series, entertaining but a little confusing with all of the different viewpoints and no compass to compare them. Who is telling the truth? Some of the characters just didn't seem believable, Ek, the rich guy investor, that lawyer. And why did Ek believe he was any better than Pirate Bay? He just had better tech, well his coders had better tech. I'm not really sure what Ek had to do all of this. Him and the rich investor didn't seem like real business people, just not believable. And how were they making that much money, to tear down a mansion/castle? The music industry was taking 70% off the top leaving 30%. Ek and the investor had close to an equal investment, the coder got 15% I thought and then the guy in the wheelchair got 5%. What was left? Is that why they lost a billion and had to borrow a billion? Lastly episode 6. What happened? Where did everyone go? Who are all of these new people? Why is the Sony secretary working for Spotify? Thought Sony signed Bobbi to a big contract? 10 albums and she can't buy her kid a phone? Episode 6 made me detest Ek even more, "he wanted everyone to benefit from Spotify" right.... Like I started out with, an entertaining if uneven series.
House of the Dragon (2022)
Ok so far patiently waiting
But my real question is to some of the reviewers. What's up with the "woke" word? You don't like Corliss? You know that family is in the books, right, inexplicably left out of GOT. His daughter? What did you think she should look like? I don't understand this viewpoint, go back to tv in the 1950s. As for the show itself I'm waiting for it to develop. I like the king but wonder why anyone would fear him. Matt smith is not an evil person but maybe a psycho? I like both of the main girls but who doesn't see the "complexity" of that relationship. The whole of the small council needs to be filled out, right now they are not too deep. Too many "easy" things happening; the king killing his wife, cmon, then the boy dieing, the king not disciplining his brother more earnestly, the brother in law being more wealthy than the king. I need to start seeing more. The coming attractions for next week didn't give me a lot of hope, just more questions.
Better Call Saul: Fun and Games (2022)
Good rating but
But.... I just don't buy how that's Kim going out.. too easy, the writers are getting lazy.. either we were lied to, because she was not as into him as they implied or she was all about herself.did she really do that to him? Basically F off I'm better without you. I want the cousins to find her now.
Twee zomers (2022)
I liked it?
But what happened at the end? I don't understand when someone doesn't explicitly say what the ending is! Are they going to jail? Not going to jail? Hate that! Also it was infuriating to not be able to recognize the older people against their younger selfs. All of that said it was good enough for me to watch ALL of it. Mind you, my tv is littered with shows half watched turned off within 10 minutes never to be seen again. I eagerly awaited the watching of this show. It was entertaining, well acted, written and filmed. But please someone tell me what happened at the end!
Folk med ångest (2021)
Don't know yet, but...
I'm about halfway through this and I have so many questions. Is this happening in a city? Are these two morons the police of this city? That's absurd! Does anyone else work in that huge police station? You don't see anyone else, or have anyone else helping on the case? These two just walk around this "city" and happen to come across these people from the hostage situation? This police chief announces his name to the hostage during the siege as if they would know who he is? Is there no other crime happening in this "city" during this investigation? Weird, weird, weird! The people seem a bit "off" in some ways, maybe it's the translation or just the Swedish lifestyle vs my American viewpoint. But having said that, I am interested in what's going on. The story is odd but it's got my attention. I will come back and re-rate this after I'm finished viewing it.
Professor T (2021)
Insulting but Brits will like it
Even if I hadn't seen the real professor T, I had seen murder in paradise so I knew this guy was just a hopped up on drugs version of the inspector. He is so plastic, so very much acting the part. Can his arms be any more straight when he walks? Except when he forgets and swings his arms! He is rude not insightful like the real "T". Pathetic. The female is even more annoying than the real donkers and the guy is not as good as the real guy. Not one character is equal to the original ones. The dean is a simpering fool as opposed to the real dean being a close equal to "T". And the mother! OMG she is blathering as opposed to emotional in the real "T". Lastly, something is wrong with the timelines of the shows. I can-very much see the line that signals the end of the story in an hour whereas in the original it took longer with more thought to get to the ending. Verdict: only a brits will like this cause it's British.
Katla (2021)
Is everyone stupid?
I can't believe that all of these people don't notice dead people are walking the earth. It's like that guy who presses his hands to his ears and yells nah nah nah to not acknowledge anything. Look it's interesting with some storyline behind it but this is just idiotic! DNA anyone? Is there any sort of connection to the outside world? Everyone wondered about the sister while not even thinking that it might be connected to the other lady. And nobody thinks it's odd that the new (younger) lady is the spitting image of the older lady and that she knows everything about the old mans life? WHY CANT THEY JUST BE HONEST OR MSKE SENSE OF THIS MESS?
Craith (2018)
Did I miss something?
Did that detectives father put away an innocent man for 12 years? And not a word about it? Nobody seemed sorry or expressed regrets. Would have rated higher except for this.