Culprits - General Discussion

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Culprits is a Drama TV Series with all 8 episodes being released on December 8, 2023 on Hulu. The show aired in the U.K. and Ireland in November of 2023. Culprits starts its story with the crew of elite criminals having successfully completed a job stealing 30 million pounds from an impenetrable vault, after which everyone involved agrees to disappear and retire from a life of crime. Everything was going well until a mysterious professional killer starts hunting down the gang members and killing them off. The team must get back together to figure out who is trying to kill them.       

Culprits is constantly switching between three timelines, BEFORE, DURING, and AFTER the heist and various locations like North America, England, Norway, France and Spain.

Nathan Stewart-Jarrett as Joe Petrus/Dave/"Muscle", a family man living the suburban American dream of running a bistro in Oregon. 

Kevin Vidal as Jules, the partner and fiancé of Joe 

Baeyen Hoffman as Bud, stepchild of Joe and Jules

Maria Nash as Frankie, stepchild of Joe and Jules 

Eddie "Suzie" Izzard as Vincent

Gemma Arterton as Dianne Harewood, assembles a crew for a heist, stealing 30 million pounds from an impenetrable vault.

Kirby Howell-Baptiste as "Officer", the golden-tongued swindler 

Niamh Algar as "Specialist",  the trigger-happy assassin, more accurately known to her colleagues as "Psycho".

Kamel El Basha as Youssef Mizouni

Tara Abboud as Azar Mizouni

Ned Dennehy as Devil

[wintrygal]

 

Watched the first two episddes and really like it so far.  I don't usually care for any show that does the flashback thing but this is ok I think. 

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Nathan Stewart-Jarrett as Joe Petrus/David Marking/"Muscle", a former bodyguard, a family man living the suburban American dream of running a bistro in Oregon. 

Kevin Vidal as Jules, the partner and fiancé of Joe 

Baeyen Hoffman as Bud, stepchild of Joe and Jules

Maria Nash as Frankie, stepchild of Joe and Jules 

Eddie "Suzie" Izzard as Vincent Hawkes

Gemma Arterton as Dianne Harewood/"Brain", a criminal mastermind, assembles a crew for a heist, stealing 30 million pounds from an impenetrable vault.

Tom Mothersdale as Anton Irving/"Right Hand", a former military man and a longtime accomplice of Dianne

Karl Collins as "Fixer", Dianne’s trusted associate

Kirby Howell-Baptiste as "Officer", a con artist, the golden-tongued swindler 

Niamh Algar as Inga Beatrice/"Specialist",  the trigger-happy assassin, more accurately known to her colleagues as "Psycho".

Mark Field as Robert Yates/"Fuse", an explosives expert

Kamel El Basha as Youssef Mizouni/"Cracker", a safe-cracker

Tara Abboud as Azar Mizouni/"Greaseman", Youssef’s granddaughter and protégé

Ned Dennehy as "Devil"

Vincent Riotta as Marcello Bari/"Driver", a former stunt driver

Amara Karan as "Doctor", a medical professional

Laura Morgan as "Soldier"
 

Culprits    December 8, 2023    Hulu     

Episodes 1-8   Titles and Descriptions

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S01.E01: Change of Use

Joe is living the dream but is hiding a dangerous secret and his past is about to catch up with him.

S01.E02: Angler Fish

While Joe’s lies spiral in the present, a flashback reveals a shocking new member of The Culprits.

S01.E03: Pflegedienstleitung

Specialist has an unexpected visitor and Joe embarks on a mission to neutralize the looming threat.

S01.E04: Circles in a Circle

After an uneasy reunion, Joe and Officer travel to France to find the killer before he finds them.

S01.E05: Let Us Sit Bent, and Talk Straight

The killer closes in on the Culprits and his motives become clearer. But who is he working for?

S01.E06: Vessels

The Culprits make a shocking discovery, and a trap set for the killer takes a dark turn.

S01.E07: This Is Our Exit

The Culprits are outnumbered, and a horrified Joe is presented with an impossible decision.

S01.E08: A Forest

Joe tries to maneuver Dianne into a trap, and the fate of his family hangs in the balance.

[catherinejane]

Overall I enjoyed this
was refreshing having a muscle man being happily lived up with nice bloke and kids.

i did have a long gap between episodes so prob Best enjoyed watching 1-2 a night for a week. 

[ribboninthesky1]

This came up as recommended TV.  It was okay.  The pacing was uneven, and some episodes I half-watched because they wouldn't just get on with things. So it's great to have on if you're doing something else!

I'm sure the narrative format has been used before, but in recent memory, it reminded me a little of the Netflix series Kaleidoscope. I enjoy watching the mystery unfolding, but I have to suspend disbelief that these supposedly top-notch professional criminals all seem a bit...thick at varying times. I'm willing to give the young female safe cracker some grace since it was presumably her first job and it all went wrong.  Most of the crew, though...

On 12/13/2023 at 2:49 AM, catherinejane said:

was refreshing having a muscle man being happily lived up with nice bloke and kids.

Nice change of pace for sure, although Joe should called Jules to get out of the house as soon as he escaped the house in France. 

Eddie Izzard was unrecognizable. For me, at least. And the bit at the end with

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him not paying his crew for months.  How did he hire people in the US to track Joe's family if he had no money to pay them? I'm assuming assassins like to be paid at least sum of their fee upfront...