Hidden Assets - RTE

Oh yeah, but one viewing is enough.

I knew I recognised the Belgian detective from somewhere 😁

The acting and script is starting to impact the show quite negatively. The surveillance scene where your man kept getting held up was laughable.

Not overly convinced by Angeline Bell or Peter Coonan either but the script is quite ropey so can't really blame them.

Also, the constant buttoning and unbuttoning of suits on the show is really starting to annoy me

Have to agree 100% getting a little silly in places, Angela Trying little to hard and the Belgian detective rather ludicrous in every respect, especially the curly hair and moustache.

It really was quite a silly episode and yes the Garda in the bushes just hilarious. I was also amused at Angela, arriving to the middle of nowhere with a fresh coffee and Muffin, bad enough the scene but then to labour it 🙄

It's been generally good so far but last night's episode brought back a horrible sense of deja vu, known as KIN 😏 its heading that way sadly.

Yes, your right and I apologise sincerely for daring to compare it to the awful Kin 🤣

I've just taken my meds 🙃

My husband said the same

I didnt realise it was Fran !

He looks very different.

Enjoyable series but poor scripting lets it down. I think the acting is fine but some of the thespians are struggling with those dead lines.

In terms of comparison to Kin it's a far inferior show. Bron and AMC don't spend money on mediocre stuff and hire the best of casts. The pedigree of Charlie Cox, Clare Dunne, Ciaran Hinds, Aiden Gillen and others is on a level far above that seen on any Irish drama for decades (most of the Love/Hate cast had been in little else beforehand and moved on to bigger things) and we'll likely see more names for future series.

Hidden Assets seems to have decent plotting and good locations but it's something that is unlikely to work well internationally in the way that Kin has. It'll also struggle to match Kin's RTE viewing figures of 600,000 a week but best of luck to it, decent enough.

In what universe is this worse in script/acting than Kin???

OK, they may have had some big names (none of which I'd ever heard of, but that's not saying much), but it was awful tripe!

Since we entered the 21st century, Irish tv drama has upped its game, reaching its zenith with Love/Hate. While there had been some reasonable dramas before it, the expectations changed substantially after that series. On the one hand, viewers did not dismiss Irish drama out of hand and looked forward to new dramas (particularly the Sunday night ones on RTE), and, on the other hand, comparisons tended to be made between them and our expectations were much higher than before, especially for the crime dramas.

As regards Hidden Assets, I think it is very good so far. I enjoyed Kin, but this is much better.

The only issue that I could really pick up on was the idea that the sister could meet Fran airside in a hangar without having to go through security checks.

Looking forward to tonight's episode.

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