The Fisher King begins with an interesting scene from 1970, the characters and icons indicate a pagan story. Step forward to 2004, and we do get a pagan tale of complex characters, and even more intensely complex relationships. The Fisher King is possibly one of the most slowly paced episodes imaginable, it takes a long time to open up, and when it finally does, it's almost over. I find some of the Revelations and behaviours a little hard to believe and understand. People must walk around this village with their eyes shut.
I'm all for eccentric characters, and every village should have some, but here it's a case of find the non eccentric local. Some of the extras look like they've wandered in off Children's tv. It's all a bit clunky and slow, normally episodes are slick, and we'll paced, this just doesn't flow.
It's watchable enough, and in terms of it being a mystery, it's baffling enough, you'll be left guessing until the last. A little far fetched, but dramatic enough.
It's ok, I just find it a bit boring. 5/10
I'm all for eccentric characters, and every village should have some, but here it's a case of find the non eccentric local. Some of the extras look like they've wandered in off Children's tv. It's all a bit clunky and slow, normally episodes are slick, and we'll paced, this just doesn't flow.
It's watchable enough, and in terms of it being a mystery, it's baffling enough, you'll be left guessing until the last. A little far fetched, but dramatic enough.
It's ok, I just find it a bit boring. 5/10