‘Bedlam’: Series 2 Episode 1 review
With Series 1 ending on such an explosive note, the opening episode of Bedlam’s second series had to impress.
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With Series 1 ending on such an explosive note, the opening episode of Bedlam’s second series had to impress.
Hit & Miss continues to beguile, maintaining the fine balance between domestic angst, rustic visual poetry and unflinchingly bloody violence.
Billy’s spidery political network extends further this week as he attempts to handle the impending transfer of CW into Shoe Lane.
This series has been far from as strong as previous years, thanks to a group of ‘cut out and keep’ candidates more suited to a stationery cupboard than a spotlight.
The Battle of the Blackwater is one of the biggest events in the series. Would a TV show be able to translate such an epic onto the small screen?
Episode 3 sees Clive’s white ribbon brief return him to the world of halls, gowns and jumped up drinking societies that is Oxford.
Thing’s are tough for Mia (Chloë Sevigny) – the most likeable professional assassin since Francisco Scaramanga.
If this episode lacked much in the way of incident, it featured some great individual performances and if we know anything it’s that after the calm, must come the storm.
Hell on Wheels isn’t anywhere near full tilt just yet, but it’s certainly picking up steam.
Given the dramatic events that have rocked this series of Lip Service from the very start, it’s almost a relief that the finale ends as quietly as it does.