Annika breaks the fourth wall which put me off a bit. I enjoyed it otherwise, she's funny.
Yeah it's hard to get that right, but for the most part I think it works, I find Nicola Walker quite hilarious.
Lots of similarities with the superior Unforgotten, feels like they wanted to squeeze a few more solved cases out of her.
Add those to Last Tango In Halifax and it's almost like she is always playing a single parent!
I'm not sure if we've watched Unforgotten yet so I'll add it to my list. Last Tango in Halifax has *both* Nicola Walker AND Sarah Lancaster in it? How have I not watched this yet??
- MotherFatherSon - a little bit mad, but you know what you are getting with Polly Walker and she delivers it in spades. Plus Richard Gere is excellent as the cartoonishly evil tabloid owner/Murdoch-stand-in. Loved Sarah Lancaster as the smiling xenophobe. Lot of good stuff, lot of stuff that made me yell "oh come on!" at the characters.
- Somebody Somewhere - three episodes in and I am pleased that it's been renewed for another season. Feels genuinely Midwestern in its tone and characters, without mocking them.
- Black Bird - a show I am so glad was released on a weekly schedule because ooof it's too brutal to binge.
Last Tango In Halifax is fantastic. It gets rather nutty, but I really loved it and the actors are obviously great.
Black Bird is tonally bizarre. I'm not at all convinced by Taron Egerton in the main role, also dude needs to layoff the steroids, yeesh. However, Paul Walter Hauser as Larry Hall is un-fucking-real.
The whole time I was watching him, I just kept wondering how exactly his characterization came about. Was that the vision of the director or did Hauser generate that more himself? It's such a profoundly effective, compelling, characterization.
I only know Hauser in a bit role as a doofus in Kobra Kai and a few other dumb doofus bit roles. I was astonished at how thoroughly he embodied his take on Hall. I believed him pretty much every single second, which was *horrifying* because it's so disturbing.
