It's gonna take a lot of effort to not spoil this show, because there is VERY little content in this scrip.
The protagonist, so to speak, is Peter Capaldi, "Gideon".
He is suspected of having abducted a child, Isaac.
He is in a interrogation room, being interrogated by The Detective and The Mother.
This is about .. uh.. three minutes of Episode 1.
As the show progresses, the section with Capaldi increase in length, with him hinting that "he has a mysterious mystery" that he will reveal.
Skip entirely to the last episode, where Capaldi lays down the entire script. THE. ENTIRE. SCRIPT.
But .. you say, this show is six hours long; what's in the other 5 hours?
Good question. And the answer is: garbage.
It's no secret that British cinema has made it an art in making filler, but The Devil's Hour takes it to stellar levels. Filler on filler on filler of absolutely pointless, irrelevant material that has NO connection to the plot, none, zip, zilch, nada.
Now, the last episode is, let's say, the equivalent of a decent Twilight Zone episode, and if you only watch that, then 6/10 easily.
But if you are forced to wade through the putrid swamp of nothingness that is the entire 5+ hours of visual trash of The Devil's Hour, then my vote is:
4/10 - absolute garbage.
The protagonist, so to speak, is Peter Capaldi, "Gideon".
He is suspected of having abducted a child, Isaac.
He is in a interrogation room, being interrogated by The Detective and The Mother.
This is about .. uh.. three minutes of Episode 1.
As the show progresses, the section with Capaldi increase in length, with him hinting that "he has a mysterious mystery" that he will reveal.
Skip entirely to the last episode, where Capaldi lays down the entire script. THE. ENTIRE. SCRIPT.
But .. you say, this show is six hours long; what's in the other 5 hours?
Good question. And the answer is: garbage.
It's no secret that British cinema has made it an art in making filler, but The Devil's Hour takes it to stellar levels. Filler on filler on filler of absolutely pointless, irrelevant material that has NO connection to the plot, none, zip, zilch, nada.
Now, the last episode is, let's say, the equivalent of a decent Twilight Zone episode, and if you only watch that, then 6/10 easily.
But if you are forced to wade through the putrid swamp of nothingness that is the entire 5+ hours of visual trash of The Devil's Hour, then my vote is:
4/10 - absolute garbage.