McMafia

[Juicetin1]

I thought the French assassin was c**p, she had ample time to double-tap Rebecca before Josef came through the door and turned on her, or was the intention that she let her live so shot her in the tummy just taking out the baby ?

[The Don of Croy]

Will plod finally take notice now there's been unlicenced firearm activity?

Or will our hero be free to gad about and reek revenge?

I so nearly care...

[Shay HTFC]

Mothersruin said:

if this is meant to be his audition for Bond - nah, hasn't got 'it'.

He's got all the charisma of a half rate Foxton's estate agent! Can just about pull this off, but a Bond film seen by millions worldwide - not a chance!

[Adam B]

The Don of Croy said:

Will plod finally take notice now there's been unlicenced firearm activity?

Or will our hero be free to gad about and reek revenge?

I so nearly care...

I think the FCA may be giving the compliance officer a call - apparently a hedge fund account she now has access to, has millions funded and then just makes cash payments out to Israel, Pakistan and Prague

no red flags there then

[rdjohn]

whoami said:

joema said:

Anyone know why it was called McMafia? I assumed there was some sort of Scottish connection but there isn't. It seems to be about Russians in London .

http://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2018-01-01/why-i...

Thank God I now have that answer, I suppose that also explains the different scripts of the title, as well. I too was looking for some non-existent Celtic connections. I never eat burgers.

It still looks like a big excuse for the BBC to claim that it does not have the funds to match Netflix, Amazon at al. They have blown so much resource on locations and local film crews etc.

But I don’t see any accolades coming their way for this tedious series. The night manager was way better.

[Jonesy23]

The Don of Croy said:

Will plod finally take notice now there's been unlicenced firearm activity?

Or will our hero be free to gad about and reek revenge?

I so nearly care...

You mean her ex fiancé who she had just moved away from and was previously in the same room as another (minimally investigated) murder, is part of a family of dubious background and was the subject of criminal accusations?

The one who was free to wander about and turn up unhindered at the hospital?

By next week everyone will forget there ever was a shooting, certainly he won't get any trouble despite being the most incompetent international criminal in recent history.

[droopsnoot]

Juicetin1 said:

I thought the French assassin was c**p, she had ample time to double-tap Rebecca before Josef came through the door and turned on her, or was the intention that she let her live so shot her in the tummy just taking out the baby ?

That can't have been Vadim's intention, hadn't she only just found that out a few minutes previously? I thought it was just a rushed shot because the security guy was at the door.

But yes, plenty of time to have done the deed at the start of the evening rather than waiting until later. Just for the suspense, I guess.

[speedking31]

Why shoot her in the flat when she might well have phoned a friend / fiance and said "I've met a nice French lady who is coming round later for drinks." thus making her the prime suspect. Shot when opening the door would make it much harder to find a suspect.

[soxboy]

speedking31 said:

Why shoot her in the flat when she might well have phoned a friend / fiance and said "I've met a nice French lady who is coming round later for drinks." thus making her the prime suspect. Shot when opening the door would make it much harder to find a suspect.

Exactly, plus lots of potential CCTV, prints/DNA on wine glass etc.

[droopsnoot]

Wasn't there a comment earlier when we saw the other couple coming through the airport that they'd fly someone in to do the job and straight out again? So it wouldn't matter whether she'd phoned anyone or not. The other couple just seemed to keep the seats warm in the taxi though, unless I missed a disguise-removing scene.

[Mojooo]

The couple in the taxi had carried out surveillance on the girlfriends earlier on I believe so they had a part to play - I expect that plan was they would all leave as a group.

[speedking31]

droopsnoot said:

Wasn't there a comment earlier when we saw the other couple coming through the airport that they'd fly someone in to do the job and straight out again? So it wouldn't matter whether she'd phoned anyone or not. The other couple just seemed to keep the seats warm in the taxi though, unless I missed a disguise-removing scene.

Don't forget the nanny and baby, baby used in the pool, all massively over-elaborate. Knock-knock would have done the job.

[ewolg]

Just too slow, losing the bloody will to live (Alex is too I think)...

[ewolg]

What a totally useless assasin!

[Laurel Green]

Not very good shots are they.

[BlackLabel]

ewolg said:

What a totally useless assasin!

Vadim wasn’t much better. Stevie Wonder could have shot more accurately.

[Pericoloso]

I'm glad I managed to keep attention for 1 hour ,looking forward to the conclusion.

[Shiv_P]

Watched the first few episodes of this and thought it was a bit crap?

[speedking31]

Question was it Alex's papa who ordered the attack at Vadim's daughter's party? Didn't think he had so much clout any more.

[RC1807]

^^^ Seemed that way, and as it failed, he panicked when realising his son was heading to Moscow, into the "lion's den"!


(I didn't understand why Vadim's hit on Alex in London was seemingly called off, just at that moment. Surely Vadim didn't suddenly get a conscience at his daughter's party?)