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Penny Dreadful: City of Angels (2020)
NOT Worthy of the Penny Dreadful Name
This series was so far removed from the tension, twists and turns of the three, unrelated, series of Penny Dreadful and was disappointing in its plot, script and acting (Nathan Lane aside who was excellent as the street-wise world-weary cop and probably earned 2 of my 3 stars on his own) culminating in its weak ending.
If you have time to watch 10 episodes of this I'd suggest you spend it re-watching 10 episodes of Penny Dreadful - better stories, better writing and far better acting.
Not a series I'd recommend I'm afraid and I was so looking forward to it.
The First Team (2020)
Crass and unfunny
As a huge Inbetweeners fan I was hopeful but this series lacks any humour and reduces football to nothing more than a caricature of its worst excesses. You form no attachment to any of the vacuous characters, the acting is poor, as is the script and you find yourself yearning for it to end. The poorest 'comedy' currently on TV, spend your time watching repeats of the Inbetweeners instead.