Love/Hate - Ireland's answer to the Wire
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Love / Hate - Ireland's answer to the wire starts tonight on Channel 5. First of four series - you are in for a treat if you like a meld of the Wire / Sopranos and a bit of Aidan Gillen (Wire/Game of Thrones).
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradiob...
10pm tonight on Channel 5.
http://www.channel5.com/shows/lovehate/episodes/ep...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradiob...
10pm tonight on Channel 5.
http://www.channel5.com/shows/lovehate/episodes/ep...
Probably 
Series trailer: http://www.channel5.com/shows/lovehate/clips/serie...
Series trailer: http://www.channel5.com/shows/lovehate/clips/serie...
Edited by Irish on Wednesday 24th July 21:48
Of course.
In The Wire thread, it always makes me laugh when people say they gave up halfway through the 1st episode! The Wire is a saga. The best ever IMHO.
My disappointment with Love/Hate is that for gangsters, not one of them is even remotely intimidating. The guy who came back from Spain weighs about 8 stone and looks like a schoolboy.
That hurts its plausibility.
In The Wire thread, it always makes me laugh when people say they gave up halfway through the 1st episode! The Wire is a saga. The best ever IMHO.
My disappointment with Love/Hate is that for gangsters, not one of them is even remotely intimidating. The guy who came back from Spain weighs about 8 stone and looks like a schoolboy.
That hurts its plausibility.
GALLARDOGUY said:
Of course.
In The Wire thread, it always makes me laugh when people say they gave up halfway through the 1st episode! The Wire is a saga. The best ever IMHO.
My disappointment with Love/Hate is that for gangsters, not one of them is even remotely intimidating. The guy who came back from Spain weighs about 8 stone and looks like a schoolboy.
That hurts its plausibility.
Apparently as it proceeds people have trouble sleeping after it.....In The Wire thread, it always makes me laugh when people say they gave up halfway through the 1st episode! The Wire is a saga. The best ever IMHO.
My disappointment with Love/Hate is that for gangsters, not one of them is even remotely intimidating. The guy who came back from Spain weighs about 8 stone and looks like a schoolboy.
That hurts its plausibility.
Also remember this first episode is around 5 years old now - hence the old cars as the "Bebo" reference!
ks. I missed it.I found out about Love/Hate long after the last season had originally aired.
Watched it a few years back for the first time- WOW is all I can say, it was (and is) incredible and criminally underrated.
For me as a whole some of the best TV, series wise certainly. Its almost never mentioned when 'best series' topics come up, I think only season 1 & 2 were shown on Channel 4 back in the day and as it was on very late and was maybe a bit niche being an Irish crime series they stopped showing it after season 2 I believe.
It has drama, edge of your seat suspense, superb performances, and an air of authenticity throughout.
The way the tension builds in the last two seasons especially is incredible to see and few things have come close, especially in this genre.
Highly recommended- didn't know it was on ItvX, will have a look.
Watched it a few years back for the first time- WOW is all I can say, it was (and is) incredible and criminally underrated.
For me as a whole some of the best TV, series wise certainly. Its almost never mentioned when 'best series' topics come up, I think only season 1 & 2 were shown on Channel 4 back in the day and as it was on very late and was maybe a bit niche being an Irish crime series they stopped showing it after season 2 I believe.
It has drama, edge of your seat suspense, superb performances, and an air of authenticity throughout.
The way the tension builds in the last two seasons especially is incredible to see and few things have come close, especially in this genre.
Highly recommended- didn't know it was on ItvX, will have a look.
Chad_Hugo said:
I found out about Love/Hate long after the last season had originally aired.
Watched it a few years back for the first time- WOW is all I can say, it was (and is) incredible and criminally underrated.
For me as a whole some of the best TV, series wise certainly. Its almost never mentioned when 'best series' topics come up, I think only season 1 & 2 were shown on Channel 4 back in the day and as it was on very late and was maybe a bit niche being an Irish crime series they stopped showing it after season 2 I believe.
It has drama, edge of your seat suspense, superb performances, and an air of authenticity throughout.
The way the tension builds in the last two seasons especially is incredible to see and few things have come close, especially in this genre.
Highly recommended- didn't know it was on ItvX, will have a look.
Watched the lot now - the whole series is great but 4 & 5 had me gripped. 10 hours of TV in two nights! Brilliant!Watched it a few years back for the first time- WOW is all I can say, it was (and is) incredible and criminally underrated.
For me as a whole some of the best TV, series wise certainly. Its almost never mentioned when 'best series' topics come up, I think only season 1 & 2 were shown on Channel 4 back in the day and as it was on very late and was maybe a bit niche being an Irish crime series they stopped showing it after season 2 I believe.
It has drama, edge of your seat suspense, superb performances, and an air of authenticity throughout.
The way the tension builds in the last two seasons especially is incredible to see and few things have come close, especially in this genre.
Highly recommended- didn't know it was on ItvX, will have a look.
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