2670 / Slow Horses, S6; Traitors Ireland, S2
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siriaSlow Horses, S6
I feel a bit more ambiguous about this season than I think most people seem to be. It was watchable, it had some twists and turns, it had some funny lines, but it didn't feel like it had as much emotional heft as I wanted. There were also some things that happened that seemed more Rule of Cool than plausible to me, which is difficult to handwave easily when the show otherwise wants you to think that it's smart and unflinching about practicalities. The last scene with River is a case in point. They're not going to kill him off, because only secondary characters die (temporarily) in this show (not unless Lowden does get cast as Bond, so only Doylist, not Watsonian, reasons), so the tension is minimal, which meant I mostly got distracted by the really silly method of poisoning him. Putting a coating of Novichok on... a crowbar left on a kitchen counter? I get that we're deliberately not supposed to think of all of these operatives as the brightest, but...
The Traitors Ireland, S2
This continues to be a delightfully silly thing to watch. Made on a shoestring budget still, and it cracks me up that the show tries to keep up the whole "at a remote castle" shtick, when there's a village of 1500 people right outside the castle gates on the main Dublin road. Of the final four, Carla played a blinder and I'd have liked to see her get the whole thing, but was glad that Diego and Anna won not least because that got Pauric out. He was incredibly... twentysomething white male musician (derogatory).
SiobhÃĄn McSweeney's style and presence continues to be enviable. I loved that not only were her outfits mostly either low-cost (Dunnes Stores etc) or vintage, but that she also reused some pieces from S1, plus she's clearly having a blast doing it.
I've also watched the first two episodes of Yaga, and it's got potential to be a very watchable throwback to the heyday of the CW, only able to show more butts. As of right now, I'm on board for the rest of the season.
I feel a bit more ambiguous about this season than I think most people seem to be. It was watchable, it had some twists and turns, it had some funny lines, but it didn't feel like it had as much emotional heft as I wanted. There were also some things that happened that seemed more Rule of Cool than plausible to me, which is difficult to handwave easily when the show otherwise wants you to think that it's smart and unflinching about practicalities. The last scene with River is a case in point. They're not going to kill him off, because only secondary characters die (temporarily) in this show (not unless Lowden does get cast as Bond, so only Doylist, not Watsonian, reasons), so the tension is minimal, which meant I mostly got distracted by the really silly method of poisoning him. Putting a coating of Novichok on... a crowbar left on a kitchen counter? I get that we're deliberately not supposed to think of all of these operatives as the brightest, but...
The Traitors Ireland, S2
This continues to be a delightfully silly thing to watch. Made on a shoestring budget still, and it cracks me up that the show tries to keep up the whole "at a remote castle" shtick, when there's a village of 1500 people right outside the castle gates on the main Dublin road. Of the final four, Carla played a blinder and I'd have liked to see her get the whole thing, but was glad that Diego and Anna won not least because that got Pauric out. He was incredibly... twentysomething white male musician (derogatory).
SiobhÃĄn McSweeney's style and presence continues to be enviable. I loved that not only were her outfits mostly either low-cost (Dunnes Stores etc) or vintage, but that she also reused some pieces from S1, plus she's clearly having a blast doing it.
I've also watched the first two episodes of Yaga, and it's got potential to be a very watchable throwback to the heyday of the CW, only able to show more butts. As of right now, I'm on board for the rest of the season.
