‘Line of Duty’ Season 1 Episode 2 review
Blimey. When we said last week that we thought things were going to get a lot darker, we didn’t think it’d happen so fast, or so brutally.
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Blimey. When we said last week that we thought things were going to get a lot darker, we didn’t think it’d happen so fast, or so brutally.
After last week’s better-than-average adventure down on a nuclear submarine, Primeval ventures out of its comfort zone once again, as Matt finds himself travelling back to Victorian London to track down a loose raptor.
It’s all about revelations, rediscoveries and dirty secrets in Brightmoor this week, as new resident Scott (musical theatre star Lee Mead) moves into the former Bedlam Heights.
Hit & Miss ends not with a bang but a series of question marks that stretch off into the distance like a row of pylons across a barren moorland landscape.
There’s a pleasing sense of unease that sits with you while watching Line of Duty. Pleasing, because it means that Jed Mercurio’s five-part drama is accomplishing the atmosphere it’s trying to create: an authentic world that bleeds further mistrust with every click of the mouse and every knock on a door. It’s an excellent start … >
Christopher Eccleston takes an essentially unlikeable, self-centred failure of a character and gives him enough depth to evoke a powerful mixture of contempt and sympathy.
Bert and Dickie is a very British affair, exploring the stilted and unemotional relationship between father and son.
While Primeval has rarely been the most adventurous of shows (curious, given its premise), it does at least attempt to liven things up by often presenting our team of dino-hunters with an anomaly in new and exciting locations.
It’s difficult for a British audience not to try and draw comparisons with The Thick of It, particularly as its visual style is so immediately familiar.
All of the female characters, including the usually strong Ellie, seem to have been reduced to mere sexual playthings and bit-parts as the men take centre stage in a bland and disappointing episode.