Robin gets chased by a criminal and barely gets away, and nobody says much about it. Any dialog which moves the plot along is spoken by Robin or other characters.
has lines like "I left you a message" and "I'll see you tomorrow". Or something similar to rope, it's that simple.īut it doesn't matter, because by that fourth hour, the viewer is so exhausted from trying to follow this shuffling, overly complex story they probably won't care about the silly aspects.Īnother flaw in this season is that the central character, Cormoran Strike, has been so sidelined to tell the story of his assistant Robin that he has very little dialog, or really anything to do of any substance. The whole idea is so inherently preposterous - so the people who build gallows are evil because they can be used to murder good people? Has nobody heard of a tree branch? Hanging is very, very low tech. It turns out a young man also introduced in the last hour was killed on one of these gallows, secretly sold to an African nation. It commits one of the worst sins of episodic mystery television, which is to introduce new, important elements to the story in the last episode which have an important influence on the outcome.įor example, in the last hour, we learn one of the main characters in the story has a financial stake in a gallows manufacturing company, of all things, but since he is a minister of Parliament must keep his shady dealings a secret. Strike series, and the most baroque in terms of plot, this season expects us to swallow a excessive number of coincidences and close calls.
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But Scully and Mulder didn't kiss until series 7 Couples movies like Nick and Norah Charles series and Mr and Mrs Smith show a couple emotionally as well as professionally can play well as a drama.
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One thing's for sure, we'll all be waiting for the next book and series to see whether Corm and Robin finally connect on a personal as well as a professional level. That said, the locations are wonderful, a delight to anyone who's been to London 1 to 25 times, or never.Īctors fantastic, the leads Holliday (What a name!) and Tom: Robert Glenister as unlovely cabinet minister is tremendous. But, series 4 releases Robin from her marriage: great setup up for series 5-10.Įxcellent visuals: this is not the bright London or England of the movies, but somewhat grungy, low key and low light. To be fair, I guess the team wanted to go beyond a private detective procedural, with the private lives of the protagonists as well as all the suspects. Tom Burke does a great job of suggesting the sadness/longing: he doesn't need to say much with that face and eyes doing the acting. Corm's arcs seem to focus on the women who love him and who he doesn't, while his UST for Robin continues to build. After every peril, we move on with more UST. This 4 hours is a really "the perils of Robin" with her having the majority of the action and focus (although this is not "Killing Eve" or "Nikita" and the series is titled CB Strike).
Still I guess that moneyed folks make more interesting drama than non-moneyed classes. In the usual manner of BBC series, it's anti-establishment, and intricate: not as good as the first three series. The intricate plot has skeletons in the closet of an upper-class family, with various activities which would not be good PR. UST has powered some great movies and TV, but series 4 lays it on thick. In ep 4 Corm gives Robin a hug and accidental brush kiss, with wonderful acting. Series 4 is all about unresolved sexual tension (UST), impressively maintained through 4 hours. Just finished watching (rewatched episode 4 as I'd missed some labyrinthine elements of ep 3). Great acting, striking melodrama, with lots of UST
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