Loving this series. I have been a fan of Ben Wishaw since seeing him in something that I think was called criminal justice.
This is good stuff!!!I probably could have lived without the quite explicit sex scene in episode 1, but it was probably essential in setting up the later story.
Apart from that I am gripped!! There are some outstanding actors here all doing a magnificent job:
so is Charlotte Rampling really an icy remote mother? is Jim Broadbent's genial chap Scotty really a bad guy in disguise? Why is the bereaved father so uninvolved?
I have read a couple of reviews from the broadsheets and they seem to concentrate on: 1.the similarity of the fictional story to an actual crime (ideas have to come from somewhere and the real tragedy has so many unanswered questions) and 2. the gay sex- I don't think this story could have worked if it involved a heterosexual couple, no potential blackmail, no taboos, difficult to get in the bondage room as a real possibility. Also there is still something in our society which tends towards the idea that being gay requires secrecy - think how the media reacted to a gay rugby player and how much furore there will be over the first premiership footballer to come out.
I feel a BAFTA coming on ...but I suspect they will not be brave enough but for my part I can't wait for next Monday.
This is good stuff!!!I probably could have lived without the quite explicit sex scene in episode 1, but it was probably essential in setting up the later story.
Apart from that I am gripped!! There are some outstanding actors here all doing a magnificent job:
so is Charlotte Rampling really an icy remote mother? is Jim Broadbent's genial chap Scotty really a bad guy in disguise? Why is the bereaved father so uninvolved?
I have read a couple of reviews from the broadsheets and they seem to concentrate on: 1.the similarity of the fictional story to an actual crime (ideas have to come from somewhere and the real tragedy has so many unanswered questions) and 2. the gay sex- I don't think this story could have worked if it involved a heterosexual couple, no potential blackmail, no taboos, difficult to get in the bondage room as a real possibility. Also there is still something in our society which tends towards the idea that being gay requires secrecy - think how the media reacted to a gay rugby player and how much furore there will be over the first premiership footballer to come out.
I feel a BAFTA coming on ...but I suspect they will not be brave enough but for my part I can't wait for next Monday.