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  • #32
    fryup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    was certain there was going to be death, Casey, Marko or maybe Ray at the end feeling utterly demoralised...but surprisingly there wasn't

    still a big thumbs from me best British Drama since This is England, and who know's maybe a future series?



  • #33
    CoBo55
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,363 ✭✭✭✭CoBo55


    I thought it was all a bit Enid Blython, in the end. The guy putting a trained police copper in the airing cupboard like a bold terrier was ridiculous.



  • #34
    fryup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    ^^^^^^^^^^^^

    and why did he leave her mobile phone on the floor?? was it as a dare? - i dare you to get out and pick it up



  • #35
    wench
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,690 ✭✭✭wench


    Possibly to emphasize his control of her, that help would be so close at hand but she wouldn't take it.



  • #36
    CoBo55
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,363 ✭✭✭✭CoBo55


    A few clatters of the truncheon wouldn't be long putting a few manners on him💥💥



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  • #37
    siblers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,987 ✭✭✭✭siblers


    Bit disappointed by the ending, slightly anticlimactic and felt like thry took the easy option



  • #38
    fryup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    ya i agree to a point, it was a gritty realistic drama and i expected a gritty realistic ending, but still overall i found it captivating - hope it returns



  • #39
    BoroMan32
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 619 ✭✭✭BoroMan32


    One of those classic cases of a really good show completely and utterly taken apart by a pathetic ending.

    Final episode was a farce.



  • #40
    Thelonious Monk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,150 ✭✭✭✭Thelonious Monk


    I enjoyed it overall but was nearly certain our antihero was going to die in some kind of poignant way



  • #41
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 1,349 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118581952#Comment_118581952

    Yep.....a total anticlimax.

    That final episode had more holes in it than a big slice of Swiss cheese.........great acting though.



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  • #42
    siblers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,987 ✭✭✭✭siblers


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118577482#Comment_118577482

    I was really hoping there was going to be a scene of Chris smacking the **** out of him



  • #43
    jo187
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 349 ✭✭jo187


    Really liked the first esp and it all just fizzed out by the end. Might be better as a movie.

    BBC might be looking at it as a luther replacement.



  • #44
    CoBo55
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,363 ✭✭✭✭CoBo55


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118640655#Comment_118640655

    Luther got ridiculous too.



  • #45
    cmac2009
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,923 ✭✭✭cmac2009


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118640655#Comment_118640655

    Is it worth a watch? Generally not a fan of BBC output but read some praise for this.



  • #46
    jo187
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 349 ✭✭jo187


    It is well made and Martin very good in it. I just thought it dragged at the end to a weak finish.



  • #47
    fryup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118641311#Comment_118641311

    yes it is, esp the first two episodes - gripping



  • #48
    jo187
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 349 ✭✭jo187


    Second season commission by BBC. No idea what's the story going to be.



  • #49
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 1,349 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118840648#Comment_118840648

    Hardly a surprise....last episode / ending was basically all just a set up, getting ducks in a row, for round 2.



  • #50
    fryup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    the Ian Hart character to make a resurrection surely?



  • #51
    jo187
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 349 ✭✭jo187


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118840824#Comment_118840824

    Ha yeah, it could get very die hard 2, with Martin getting mixed with another doggy friend who's drugs have been nicked.

    Then Martin turning to the camera with his Liverpool accent going "same shite, different toilet".



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  • #52
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 92,394 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    RTE 1 showing at 10.35pm not sure if the start or middle episode



  • #53
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 92,394 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    5th of May at 9pm BBC1 for series 2 start



  • #54
    siblers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,987 ✭✭✭✭siblers


    It was brilliant up until the finale which was a cop out. Will still watch S2 though



  • #55
    siblers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,987 ✭✭✭✭siblers


    S2 is good so far but it's getting a bit silly.



  • #56
    trashcan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,448 ✭✭✭trashcan


    Some of the plotting might leave a bit to be desired,(Why did Karl’s widow need him to get the drugs from the docks when Casey could just pop along and do it) but what a performance by Martin Freeman. He’s superb.



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