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Post by geometryman on Feb 11, 2017 22:23:57 GMT
Watched this last night and rather to my surprise, enjoyed it. It wasn't as saccharine as I was expecting, and I thought Ruby's despair in her life and work situation before she left was all too credible. Sadly I suspect that the happy outcome of the couple with the sick baby was rather less credible. Good performances all round and I will tune in again next week. Agree & disagree. Yes, rather to my surprise I enjoyed it, and performances are good. No, it was no less saccharine than I was expecting. But I'm treating it like Death in Paradise - so staying with it. I've just been watching "Ruby" speaking Norwegian in series 2 of "The Acquitted" - is there nothing she can't do? |
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Post by linseed on Feb 11, 2017 22:44:03 GMT
Yes, I enjoyed it too - sort of Casualty in Paradise, but a pleasant hour spent all in all.
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Post by goodhelenstar on Feb 12, 2017 18:34:53 GMT
Good to see you back, GM - hope you're well.
Yes, it is like Death in Paradise, with I suppose the same potential to reinvigorate itself from time to time by introducing new leading characters. Now that Apple Tree Yard has finished there's no competition at that time, apart from Homeland which I now record and watch as and when.
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Post by geometryman on Feb 12, 2017 23:55:05 GMT
I'm fine thanks ghs (touch wood!) - been lying doggo while distracted by family members' stuff (which seems to be on the mend now, touch wood again).
Good Karma Hospital enjoyable again tonight. Unlike with Death in Paradise, no-one's actually going to die I think (maybe the Phyllis Logan character, but probably not this series).
Possible clash next Sunday with 'SS-GB', if I can be bothered with it. I recently binge-watched both series of Amazon's similarly themed 'The Man in the High Castle' so I've had a bit of a belly full of what-if-the-nazis-won.
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Post by Miranda on Feb 12, 2017 23:58:55 GMT
I think I will record this and watch the first one of SS-GB.
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Post by goodhelenstar on Feb 13, 2017 9:00:02 GMT
I didn't see The Man in the High Castle as I don't have Amazon Prime, so am looking forward to SS-GB, though if it doesn't go down the soapy route then it may be a gruelling watch. Back to recording Karma then!
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Post by vicky on Feb 13, 2017 12:36:03 GMT
I think I will record this and watch the first one of SS-GB. That's what I'm going to do too. I decided to give this a go without any real expectations of being enthralled by it. Well, I'm certainly not enthralled...too light weight and predictable for that... but it is a pleasant way of winding down and relaxing. Btw: wouldn't it be frowned upon in India for a female doctor to go around visiting patients in those little shorts? |
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Post by Miranda on Feb 13, 2017 13:00:23 GMT
I have no idea.
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Post by linseed on Feb 13, 2017 13:37:29 GMT
I think I will record this and watch the first one of SS-GB. That's what I'm going to do too. I decided to give this a go without any real expectations of being enthralled by it. Well, I'm certainly not enthralled...too light weight and predictable for that... but it is a pleasant way of winding down and relaxing. Btw: wouldn't it be frowned upon in India for a female doctor to go around visiting patients in those little shorts? I thought that Vicky, a female in a traditional community would be very much frowned upon for showing all that leg. Maybe that it also appears to be a Western holiday spot has changed attitudes. |
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Post by Miranda on Feb 13, 2017 13:42:25 GMT
Not all of India is the same. It's a very big place and I expect that coastal tourist areas are different to a small rural village in the middle.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2017 14:39:09 GMT
Nearly didn't bother to watch this but saw the first ep last night, so glad I did it was good I thought.
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Post by vicky on Feb 14, 2017 16:18:43 GMT
Nearly didn't bother to watch this but saw the first ep last night, so glad I did it was good I thought. Just been talking to a friend and asked her if she was watching this as I thought it was the kind of thing she liked. She said, no she had been put off by the trailers so hadn't bothered. I have learned not to take any notice of trailers which often make me feel as though I won't enjoy something that I go on to enjoy very much......that and the constant repitition that makes you tired of a programme before it's even begun. My friend is going to watch TGKH now on my recommendation. TV companies, please note! |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2017 22:53:34 GMT
Another decent episode highlighting the wicked way organ transplants are done to the poorest in India's society for Western money. Loved the line when he said the beetle was as big as a blackbird.  Didn't like the way he swiped it though!  |
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Post by goodhelenstar on Mar 3, 2017 8:58:44 GMT
Yes, it was, though the whopping coincidence of the man being run over by the daughter of the only surgeon in the area who could save his leg was harder to swallow.
I'm liking this more than I thought I would. It is very slushy and presumably we're heading for romance between Ruby and the dashing doctor, but it's saved by good performances and the charm of the setting. Neil Morrissey is a bit disappointing in this – I've enjoyed his recent dramatic performances, particularly in Line of Duty where he was chilling, but this is a return to Men Behaving Badly. I suppose he is there to dispense folk wisdom in his role as listening bartender, and provide a bit of R & R for Dr Fonseca.
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Post by geometryman on Mar 12, 2017 23:18:22 GMT
Ahhh - slush laid on with a trowel, which ITV certainly know how to do.
Real feelgood TV though, and I'm quite glad there'll be another series (which was obvious from the introduction - "...now it's the last in THIS series of The Good Karma Hospital..." - heavy accent on the "THIS").
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Anymore to come?
