Kirsty

This show is a challenge to keep up with but I'm enjoying it. The dialogue is often hard to make out and the story skips around a lot. Bit of tonal whiplash sometimes too. I loved that the Scotsman didn't let Cornelia pretend that the English have any moral high ground when it comes to committing atrocities against foreign peoples.

I wasn't crazy about Older!Tiff but she's a great character. She and younger Tiff are very strong-willed and confident in their own abilities. The way Older!Tiff broke the news to her younger self about being adopted was awful. She should have at least prepared her for some shocking news that would turn her world upside down. But I loved the way her younger self called her out afterwards. And I love how the adult characters live in an imperfect, complicated world where things aren't black and white and they're aware of their own shortcomings, while the twelve-year-old version of each character lives in a world where everything is clear-cut black and white. I like how young Erin and Tiff get mad at their adult selves for falling short.

The best moment in this one was Mac crying on the back of the bike! That really got to me.

This episode, especially the first half, was a major downer. Larry dead, Old!Erin dead, and then they find out they're not even home but in a whole new time? But I'm enjoying it. It's a lovely show and I'm sorry there's no second season. I like the way each character is being explored.

I just watched this one. I found it a little hard to follow because while I recognise the face of Thomas Trafford, I didn't know his name. So it took me a while to figure out who was being discussed! But ultimately it was shocking. Melmont raping Cornelia fit with everything else we had seen of him until then. He seems like a sociopath. So he came hoping to scam a fortune out of Cornelia, and as she was alone and unprotected, he took the opportunity to rape her as well. Ciaran Hinds' character was about to rob her and rape her also, in the first episode. Agreed. Crikey, that is some backstory to introduce at this point in the show.

I liked the space ship ending, but on the whole I didn't think this was a very good finale. Weakest episode of the season. Full of lame faux-philosophical dialogue and nonsense about hacking the code, delivered as portentously as if it was the word of God. But I enjoyed the show and would recommend it. It had a fun, creepy, edgy atmosphere and it's different from anything else on tv. I loved how it kept coming up with bizarre new developments in each episode. It was enjoyably inventive. Like, weren't those weird spikes of what looked like metal that were growing out of the ship's walls a great manifestation of sickness? Like cancer or something. However, the thing I disliked most about the show happened in this episode ie. None of the characters we were following from the start solved the mystery. None of them figured it out and escaped or rescued themselves, as one would naturally expect from a story like this. And I'm including the heroine, Maura, in that group. Instead, Daniel, a character we didnt know from the start, a character I'm not particularly attached to, and a character who knew what was going on the entire time, "reprogrammed" the simulation to rescue Maura in the finale. What??! Do I think that would ever in a million years happen to a male protagonist on his own show? A spouse figures out a way to rescue him so he never gets to solve his own mystery? Not a chance, mate. It's too bad Maura doesn't get to figure out a damn thing. Or rescue herself, let alone any of the others. It's very unsatisfying. And the usual tired sexist bullshit.

This Danish family is having the worst trip ever. And I bet they won't even get their money back. Should have gone to Ibiza instead, guys. Touch-screen tech?? That fits with your idea silverstream that the Bond villain in his 1970s (?) lair is part of the simulation too. While I enjoyed this episode very much, Maura's father's speech about how they all die every time because they can't get rid of their emotions was the corniest, hackiest dialogue of the whole season. It did a disservice to the performances of all the actors playing characters who died in this episode. The deaths were legit touching and sad. I liked when they finally cut to MEANWHILE ON THE PROMETHEUS, and the Captain is there just quietly getting drunk as a skunk. Because the show keeps telling me not to trust it, keeps telling me it's not real, I don't know if I can trust Daniel either...

Around episode three was when I stopped expecting things to make sense and started enjoying the ride. The physical alteration of the ship in this one gave me the heebie jeebies. It was extremely nightmarish. It reminded me of nightmares I've had when I've been ill. Anyway this was a bit like a bottle episode. Classic blackout episode. Wasn't there a Friends episode with a blackout in NYC? Everyone splits up into smaller groups, preferably with characters they don't usually interact with, and shares a moment. I agree with the poster above who said the fake priest comforting the real priest was touching. So, up to now, I would have said that the Captain and Daniel both have an attachment to Maura. The Captain has sexual chemistry with her, and he and Maura seem to be in a similar predicament. She's closer to him than she is to Daniel. Daniel is like her hot guardian angel but she doesn't know him or trust him. And I would have said that her relationship with Daniel is platonic; I thought maybe he was her brother. But if what Daniel says is true, then I wonder if Maura suffers from the same condition that her mother had ie. She began to forget everything and everyone. Or maybe Maura is perfectly healthy, and her father gives her a drug to make her forget, so that he can test different cures out on her? Maybe she even volunteered to be a test subject, if she's a doctor too. Jesus, Tove's most traumatic moment was absolutely horrific. You'd wonder why one of her family didn't pick up the gun and shoot the fucker while he was raping her. Yeah, it's difficult to just accept that she's fine now. All gone, nothing to see here... I wouldn't bet on it!

Agreed. It was a great creepy twist. Shit gets weirder every episode. I found this episode quite satisfying. We got some answers. Maura shared her info with the Captain finally! The passengers are all aware that everything has gone to hell. And tying themselves up was a rational way to deal with what they were witnessing. Characters were talking to each other about the weird things that happened instead of individuals just silently witnessing the supernatural. I didn't like the bit with the Bond villain at the end, but at this point I'm not sure I'll be happy with any explanation. Edited to add that there was something off about Maura's explanation for why the letter was addressed to Henry. I didn't buy it! Why would the show give her her father's name? I think there's more to it.

I love that there's a massive brawl! On deck in the rain at night too. I did not notice that, but now that you point it out, Maura found a wedding band in the boy's jacket pocket previously. When he was asleep or pretending to be asleep on the bed. It's the only other item he brought on board apart from the magical black pyramid. Maybe he and Peacoat Brooder are the same person? The crazy religious lady is hateful, but the boy bringing sickness on board from the other ship is a pretty reasonable explanation, especially for the time period. If we get an explanation it will probably make less sense than that one!

I never watched Lost and this show still reminds me of it. It's a change to see the Danes as third class plebs a hundred years ago. Usually it's the Irish. Angel and Ramiro are a terrible couple who should break up immediately. They don't like each other and the only thing they have is sexual chemistry. If that wasn't apparent to them before then they must not have spent any time together outside the sack. Haunted Captain and Maura did some detectiving together, which was good, but then he lied to her for the first time. I thought it was because he found her brother's name on the Prometheus passenger list. Omg he found her name! I did not see that coming. Its not clear to me why Ying Li and her mother don't tell Mrs Wilson to jump into the ocean. They're two and she's one. What's she going to do to them on an ocean liner? One of the ship's officers (second in command, I think?) used a key to open a compartment in the wall of the ship and punch in a sequence of triangles. Do we think he's in league with the powers that be? Either that or he was ordering his breakfast. Was that the triangle code for Eggs Benedict? 🤣 I don't like that Broody Peacoat can control the game with his remote control. I guess because it's a kind of confirmation that it's all nonsense.

So the captain is tortured and both figuratively and literally haunted. Peacoat Brooder sadly murders little girls. Spain and Portugal are lovers, though Spain is flirting with Denmark. And for Chrissake Maura, would you share your information?? Haunted Captain is basing his decisions partly on the mysterious letter. Even if revealing your own mysterious letter doesn't change his mind about towing the ship, at least you could work together to solve the mystery. He may be a crazy drunk but he has been open and honest! I'd trust him over the stalker in the next cabin. I'm not entirely sure I have the patience for 8 episodes of this. Very nice production values but it's so odd and slow. It does achieve a weird and spooky atmosphere, though.

Yeah, you should definitely explore the lost ship in the dark of night. Like it's not creepy enough. I'm half-way through the second episode now and I have no earthly idea what is going on. 😄I strongly relate to the officer characters who look perpetually confused and put out by the strange goings on and the odd behaviour of their captain.

Gorgeous show with a solid soundtrack. Yay for Ethan and Kat being honest and making themselves vulnerable and risking rejection -- and finally getting together! Jesus, poor Rue. She follows Nate outside to threaten him, and with a few well-chosen words he voices her major fear, causing her to engineer a situation where her fear is realised and she goes back on the drugs. I'm glad the show went through with the abortion. I find Maddy very believable.

That's a really good explanation. I like Kat's story too but I'm struggling to understand her thinking now. Is she just on a power trip? Maybe this is a persona she likes to play and she thinks it's working for her. It's giving her confidence. I guess the persona and the confidence are more important to her right now than the pursuit of an actual relationship with emotions involved. Or else she's too young and inexperienced in life to know what to value. So she doesn't value the nice, attractive boy of her own age who was the only one to give her sexual pleasure. And next episode I bet she'll be back to having terrible sex with some weird old guy and calling it winning. 🙈 Kat is a very frustrating character to watch!

Noooo! Kat, you insecure idiot! I just want her to date that nice kid who sits next to her at school. Is that too much to ask? Instead she's getting off all these odd older guys while not getting off herself. I laughed when Maddy asked Nate why he had dick pics on his phone and he said "It's complicated". 😆 But I legit don't know how much Nate was acting with Jules and how much he was genuinely into Jules. I know it was all a blackmail scheme, but Nate is obviously very screwed up, and maybe that scheme was the only way he could indulge that aspect of his sexuality. Like, if he needed an excuse it was a neat excuse. The way he copies his dad's sexlife is deeply weird though, down to visiting the same motel. I'm starting to wonder if Rue's childhood friend is also gay and into Rue. There's something going on with her.

Yeah, I could see it. I could also see Canaan with Kimberly, or Canaan causing problems for Whitney and Kimberly because he likes them both. I thought he was a little too distracted by Kimberly's things when Whitney was sitting on top of him! I like that the Nico storyline is just done. There was no misunderstanding or mitigating circumstances! And he doesn't secretly have deeper feelings for Kimberly. He's just a beautiful guy with the morals of a weasel, but the sex was great. Good show. I'd watch another season.

I was totally hooked on this show and ridiculously invested in Ginny's relationship with the dopey kid across the street. Idk why, except that it reminded me of teen shows I used to watch growing up. It's like something from the WB, but it doesn't have to be coy about swear words and women's bodily functions. And I guess Marcus is like if nineties Jordan Catalano was transported to noughties Stars Hollow in the twenties. When Ginny and Marcus had their happy ending in the second-to-last episode, I knew everything had to fall apart in the season finale. But I was still disappointed by the limp way it ended for them. It was such a damp squib of an ending after a full season of build-up and drama. Marcus calls them a mistake and then later says it wasn't?? It made him seem simpleminded! I genuinely don't know if I'm supposed to think his concussion was a factor. 😆 I can only guess that the idea is that Ginny can't rely on him, like she can't rely on her father. The actor playing Marcus has great chemistry with Sara Waisglass who plays his sister. They play off each other really naturally. But in general, Marcus is way underwritten. If the idea was to leave him somewhat blank, the better for female viewers to project their dreamy boy-next-door fantasies onto, I'd say job done. Whoever described him as a pretty cipher above nailed it. The best thing the writers could do for him next season is to give him some friends. And some lines! When he called his sister out for making everything about herself in this episode, it was the most he's had to say about anything on the show. I didn't know he could speak that many words in a row.

Haha, I don't, but my guess is that they're swearing at each other. Like I just assumed they were signing their favourite insult, given they're fifteen.

I thought this was a really good episode. Jam-packed and very entertaining. Marcus is hot and he has chemistry with Ginny, but in this episode I finally got his role on the show. He's just like her dad, with the bike and the art and the unconventional choices, but most of all with the unavailability! Her dad drops into her life when it suits him and drops out again. She can text him but she can't go to him. Marcus literally drops in her window whenever he feels like it, but he doesn't do commitment or girlfriends, and he wasn't receptive to her the one time she tried approaching him in school. No wonder she's attracted to him and his enigmatic loner routine. I find the self-harm disturbing. But I totally bought Ginny's reaction to Marcus finding out. She didn't just get angry; she burned down their entire relationship and (metaphorically) stabbed him in the guts for good measure. That's one way to make sure he doesn't talk about what he just saw. Marcus definitely chose an unfortunate time to risk making himself vulnerable to her. And the show has already established that he is fragile and lonely since his friend's death, so it makes sense that he did not cope well with getting hurt by her. I also like that Ginny knows her parents' relationship pattern and she warned each of them individually in a calm, adult manner about falling back into old routines. She told each of them what she needed from them. She did everything right! And it still didn't work. They still fell into bed together and Ginny feels like her needs don't matter to them. I basically have to ignore the fact that Georgia is an actual serial killer. 🙈 I guess she has been stealing thousands of dollars from the mayor's election campaign and from the school fundraiser too. I wish the show would ditch the double murder backstory because the theft is enough to try to get past by itself. Honestly, I'd feel worse about Georgia cheating on the nice mayor if she wasn't already a serial killer who steals from him! 😆 Like, you dodged a bullet there, Paul.

Having watched The Gray Man and the trailer for that D&D movie just now, I can really see why RJP didn't return to Bridgerton after the first season! He's getting significant roles in blockbuster movies off the back of his time on Bridgerton. His role as leading man on this show was done anyway, and had he waited another year or two, the buzz about him might very well have died down, as Hollywood seems to run on passing trends. This is all to say: Look at Regé-Jean! He's doing great!

Eight episodes in, and Normal People is the more enjoyable show. This is very slow and the script is poorer. But it has two things over Normal People: 1. It's all about the female character. It's Frances' journey, so we get to see her parents, her friends, her trip to the hospital, and her mistakes and fuck-ups. I appreciate that. 2. Alison Oliver is a lovely looking young woman but she also looks like a million other Irish women and girls. She looks like people I went to school with. And for this show, they style her in a really basic, ordinary way! Although I loved Normal People, I felt that both of those things applied to Connell but not to Marianne ie. His journey was excellent and varied; hers was not. And he looked and dressed normal and average, while she was always pretty and stylish.

Sometimes Frances acts childishly, and she can't say what she wants. But that's fine. This was a novel about a young woman growing up. The problem is that when Frances jokingly said something like "Do you even have a personality?" to Nick, it seemed like the truth. She doesn't have much personality and he has less. That may be realistic but it does not make for great viewing! You need one of them to have more life and liveliness. One flat, quiet, awkward, passive introvert is fine, but a relationship between two of them is not going to light up the screen. Also, I'm not crazy about the dialogue. It's not a great sign when the characters tell us they're awkward and lacking personality.

I guess Michael fucked his way back into Kathleen's good books. Or maybe it was the alcohol and the black tie ball in addition to the orgasms. I find that believable, but I suspect a relationship like that isn't built to last. And Michael dumped Sophie the first day he was a free man. I can see why the real documentary makers aren't thrilled about their portrayal on this show! This version of Jean seems like a dope, and this show's Sophie comes off as either a headcase or a moron or both. Was Michael freezing out Todd because of that time Todd forgot to send him money in prison? I liked watching the family dynamics in this one, as well as the suggestion that the kids don't want to be around Michael anymore. I find Martha likable for her honesty and the way that she's working on herself. Same. I'm not familiar with the real case and this is a strange show that's about twice as long as it should be. The majority of episode five, episode six, and episode seven were spent treading water. The first four episodes were very suspenseful and they pointed to Michael's guilt. But, in spite of that, I was somehow expected to care about how Michael fared in prison for the following three episodes, when literally no one gives a fuck about Michael's relationship with another prisoner. Sophie is one of those strange women who fall in love with their convicted killer pen-pals, yet the show pretended that was perfectly normal for three episodes so that we could watch Sophie the Amateur Detective learn about owls and try to solve the "mystery". And finally, there was so much about the bats in the attic that I genuinely thought it was important to the case! That's a whole lot of no-one-cares for an eight episode season. Maybe if they had wrapped up the story in five episodes then they wouldn't have had to rely on egregious product placement for financing. Still, the performances were strong. Toni Collette is great, and Colin Firth was very unsavoury in this.

My guess is that she didn't want to give him any credit for her work, and more than that, she couldn't admit how bitter she is about their relationship! Wishing Mia good luck was some pointed shit. I really enjoyed this season. I love that Marcus is totally square; I'm pretty square too so I found him relatable. 😄 I didn't love the twist that Marcus the editor was really a closeted writer. I've seen too many writer characters over the years and I find it indulgent. But at least they made it work for his character. Good show. I wonder if they'll focus on a gay character next season.