Gonna watch the new Fleabag series soon.
But recently I've been catching up with some other stuff on iplayer.
First I watched the whole of
Luther having never seen any of it. Really enjoyed it. Slight minus marks for Luther super deduction power of just knowing guilty people by looking at them. This meant some of the actual detective bits were weak. Would have liked the odd story where it took them longer to work out who was doing what. An actual mystery rather then showing us it. Also that it could just stretch into silliness on occasion. Like at the end when you know had a frigging machine gun.
Was also a shame that some characters disappeared but maybe if more ever happens then this will happen. Also needed more Paul McGann. Mostly brilliant show.
Next up was
Killing Eve and oh my strawberry float was this brilliant.
It took a couple of eps for it to really get to the point (I was still enjoying it mind) but then it gripped me and I couldn't stop watching. Thrilling and stylish. The biggest thing was just how damn funny it managed to be.
When the series ended I just needed more right then. At least I know more is coming. Not ashamed to admit that I may have fallen somewhat in love with a terrifying murderess.
She has such verve and its really captured well with the art direction and cinematography. Amazing performances to. Only issues are that they seemed to somehow not bother checking CCTV at the hospital having realised she was there. Not helped by making such a point of CCTV at other points. Also that I'm not sure where Eve's marriage is at by the end. You don't see them actually split but Eve seems to suggest that it's all cost her husband. It kind of got lost in the events near the end.
"Are you going to kill me?"
"Yes.... But first I'm going to use you for sex.... Only joking."
Oh and the beard bit.
Now I'm currently working my way through
Line of Duty. It's very gripping but early on I found it very "functional". I partly put this down to the centre of it being DC Charisma Void. The Michael Owen of BBC police officers. The other characters were not the most interesting either, outside of the man they were investigating. Fortunately as its gone on its got stronger in this regard but the former England International is still rather a bore. I was also not a fan of some of the direction/cinematography. My pet peeve was here in full force, excessive shaky cam and this doubled up with the "correction zoom in" in which drama is "intensified" by making it look like all the camera operators kept cocking up. It reminded me of Torchwood. I assume it was meant to make it "gritty and real". All it does to me is distract me. Seriously have a shot everytime this happens and you'll be dead by the end of an ep. Oh and it even had sounds when the camera panned sometimes. It was cartoonish and out of place. Fortunately as I've just started series 3 it seems to have stopped. But if it comes back.
Kates series 1 hair > series 2 hair.