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Watched the pilot last night. I liked it, thought it was a good start. Didn't realise it was from The Wire team until after but on reflection yeah, had the same vibe. Alot of different characters and storylines to get your head round but guess they will tie in as the story progresses.
Was taken aback a bit by the phone booth scene. I think that's the first time I've seen one on mainstream TV in that...errr...state lol.
Was taken aback a bit by the phone booth scene. I think that's the first time I've seen one on mainstream TV in that...errr...state lol.
gregs656 said:
I will have to check out season 2. Thought S1 was superb.
Maybe it’s me, but I found ep 1 of series 2 a bit difficult to watch, and work out, I had to rewind occasionally, and watch bits again, but I won’t give up on it, series 1 was too good.There again, with the final ep of “Keeping Faith”, I felt like I was blindfolded in a maze, was it this?, was it that?, but my wife said that it was all understandable to her.
I’m going nuts trying to figure out credible scenarios for “Bodyguard”, now this John Simm one, “Strangers”, set in Hong Kong, looks set to tax my brain.
The third and final season airs on September 9th https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2tFmlBKFZA
I've just finished watching series 3. It's never really taken off the way HBO thought it would, which might explain why Sky decided not to broadcast it the day after the US as they've done in the past, I'll admit I got bored of waiting and found it elsewhere.
Quite enjoyed it, it was entertaining enough to keep me off my phone for an hour at a time which is saying something these days.
I can't help but compare it to The Wire, same writer, lots of the same cast etc. I think the over-riding feeling when the wire ended was that despite everything that went on, nothing had changed. The City was still the city and game was still the game. The Deuce is the opposite, everything changes and nothing is the same again.
The last series is quite dark at times, the last scene of the last episode is very good though.
Quite enjoyed it, it was entertaining enough to keep me off my phone for an hour at a time which is saying something these days.
I can't help but compare it to The Wire, same writer, lots of the same cast etc. I think the over-riding feeling when the wire ended was that despite everything that went on, nothing had changed. The City was still the city and game was still the game. The Deuce is the opposite, everything changes and nothing is the same again.
The last series is quite dark at times, the last scene of the last episode is very good though.
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