When season 6 ended, I noticed that Ardal's acting seemed wooden, strained and forced - unnatural. While Ben Miller and Kris Marshall both brought in enormous energies and exaggerated quirks of character, Ardal seems to be missing both - and that lack of energy seems to "osmosize" into the other characters like Florence, Dwayne and JP. In most of his lines, Ardal seems to miss... inflection - he's flat. The physical facet of his acting seems to be poor too - for example, in the scene where he's supposed to limbo, he falls/fails like a sophomoric, school boy-actor.
The story and screenplay have been the standard formats that have been this series' signatures, perhaps with a little less "beach" and more "people" this time. Danny John-Jules is close to brilliant as usual, but he can't carry the series by himself. I'm afraid that if subsequent episodes are like this, this may well be the last season in this series.
The story and screenplay have been the standard formats that have been this series' signatures, perhaps with a little less "beach" and more "people" this time. Danny John-Jules is close to brilliant as usual, but he can't carry the series by himself. I'm afraid that if subsequent episodes are like this, this may well be the last season in this series.