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Post by HoraceCoker on Feb 20, 2020 11:28:55 GMT
If that's what they're doing, it's harking back to an earlier, character driven form of cop show, isn't it – Starsky & Hutch, Macmillan and Wife, The Rockford Files with Rockford and his father, Cagney and Lacey, etc. I'm struggling to think of UK equivalents from that era, though later ones such as Grantchester and Foyle's War come to mind. ....Randall and Hopkirk was a British example.....although Hopkirk was a ghost.... |
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Post by bidiein on Feb 29, 2020 15:17:14 GMT
Looking forward to this as the cast is good - Jason is a wonderful actor - but best of all the lovely city of Bath is the star! Fingers crossed the plot is decent.
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Post by vicky on Feb 29, 2020 16:38:22 GMT
Looking forward to this as the cast is good - Jason is a wonderful actor - but best of all the lovely city of Bath is the star! Fingers crossed the plot is decent.That's my only reservation....but I will give it ago if only because it has Jason Watkins AND Robert Lindsay in it. |
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Post by bidiein on Feb 29, 2020 17:02:20 GMT
Are they based on crime novels?
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Post by geometryman on Feb 29, 2020 17:50:53 GMT
Are they based on crime novels? Don't think so - billed as a new series created & written by DCI Banks writer Robert Murphy. |
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Post by bidiein on Feb 29, 2020 19:13:09 GMT
The DCI Banks series is good. Based on books, but sometimes the characters have new stories written for them.
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Post by bidiein on Mar 1, 2020 19:20:15 GMT
Bumping this up so you all remember to give it a try. More Midsommer than Endeavour it does sound promising.
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Post by cakewalk on Mar 1, 2020 20:17:33 GMT
Am recording this as it clashes with Last Tango ...
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Post by bidiein on Mar 1, 2020 21:12:37 GMT
Enjoying it so far but the use of the word "sh*t" - several times pre-watershed - jars.
I know it is a mild swear word these days and children hear worse in the playground.
But Midsummer, Morse, Endeavour, Frost, DCI Banks etc all manage to tell a story with no need for even the mildest profanity.
On the plus side, Bath looks stunning.
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Post by linseed on Mar 1, 2020 22:01:37 GMT
Enjoying it! Jason Watkins is a brilliant actor. The characters are all finding their feet a bit in this first episode, but I will definitely keep watching. And yes, Bath is lovely!
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Post by bidiein on Mar 1, 2020 22:08:31 GMT
The main characters are great - not just the mis-matched title characters but the over all boss and the two other detectives as well. It is nicely paced and draws you in but, in this instance, the plot was completely bonkers and just did not work, imo. Still very enjoyable and I will certainly be watching next week. But better - more believable - plots please! "Where is DS Dodds?" "At the library ma'am" "Why is he there?" "Why is he ANYWHERE ma'am?"  |
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Post by marion on Mar 1, 2020 22:16:58 GMT
I really enjoyed it. The plot did rather collapse but it was very good Sunday evening fare I thought.
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Post by sleepyp on Mar 1, 2020 23:02:54 GMT
I enjoyed it too  Only one more episode? Might need more than that for people to get used to it, but I'll watch again next week |
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Post by bethb63 on Mar 2, 2020 6:35:29 GMT
I liked it, too. Even though the plot was ridiculous. A bit Columbo-esque.
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Post by goodhelenstar on Mar 2, 2020 9:04:54 GMT
Well, I seem to be in a minority of one as I didn't like this at all. I agree Jason Watkins is a terrific actor, equally at home in comedy and drama (Being Human and The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies come to mind). Bath is also very beautiful and it's good to see it without period costume!
But the story was ludicrous – King Lear meets Death in Paradise – and I thought Tala Gouveia, whose work I don't know, was trying too hard in a situation that struggled to be funny. There's only one more episode so I will give it another go, but am not impressed so far.
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Anymore to come?
