Coma (CH5 Drama)

[cuprabob]

4-part drama on Mon to Thu at 9pm.

Excellent cast, Jason Watkins, Claire Skinner & Jonas Armstrong therefore it promised so much.

2 episodes in and to say it's disappointing is an understatement.

[iandc]

Agreed. Really looking forward to this as I love anything Jason watkins is in but gave up half way through the 2nd episode as script is dire.

[Scabutz]

Thats a shame, saw an advert for it and thought it looked good and was going to give it a go, but sounds like I will be wasting my time

[cookie1600]

iandc said:

Agreed. Really looking forward to this as I love anything Jason watkins is in but gave up half way through the 2nd episode as script is dire.

Must admit I tried to watch through it and half way through the second episode I fell asleep and am not at all concerned to go back. I usual like stuff Jason is in but the script is hammy, the acting wooden and you could drive a bus through the plot.

However my main gripe currently is why was this series about a crime in a provisional English town filmed in Hungary? They must have shipped in English props and put up a cast of English actors for weeks. Is it really that much cheaper to film a UK series in Budapest?

[Doofus]

cookie1600 said:

However my main gripe currently is why was this series about a crime in a provisional English town filmed in Hungary? They must have shipped in English props and put up a cast of English actors for weeks. Is it really that much cheaper to film a UK series in Budapest?

Hungary offers much larger tax incentives for film productions than the UK.

[Nethybridge]

Watkins must have the same agent as Toby Jones, fed up
of seeing their everyman spud faces in TV dramadocs

[Mark-ri571]

I had put it on record but will give it a miss on the basis of the above comments

[kestral]

Very slow and drawn out, poor . 4 out of 10.

[cuprabob]

I persevered to the end and it actually got slightly better but not much.

[Mr.Chips]

Watched every episode. That’s 4 hours of my life I’ll never get back!
Quite predictable and barely credible.

[Boxster5]

Oh dear - it’s pretty awful.
Rubbish script, wooden acting, implausible scenarios.
Onto episode 2 and it’s on the point of throwing the towel in.
And yes you know it’s not the UK - strange car registrations, spotless modern hospital, contemporary design houses (rather than the typical “brain dead” no thought about design volume new housing in the UK).
Don’t waste your time!