User Reviews

Episode Two of Bodyguard is so well-done and magnificently-executed; it's gripping, thrilling, heart-wrenching and frightening. Watching it was a wonderful ride, and it's so good, I want to watch it again.

The unarguably main highlight of this episode is the assassination attempt scene, what an absolute marvel of a scene that is. I've rewatched it several times and it never failed to shock me and get me on the edge of my seat. Hats off to Keeley Hawes and Richard Madden for their impeccably fantastic acting, to Ruth Barrett and Ruskin Williamson for their great work on the suspenseful score, and last but not least, to Thomas Vincent for his stellar directing.

Episode 1 of Bodyguard got a 28 days consolidated rating of over 14 million viewers. It is the highest first episode of a new drama on UK television in the 21st century.

Writer Jed Mercurio keeps up the tension with three big set pieces.

An attempted terrorist attack on a school as a truck packed with explosives heads for it. Worse for David Budd, it is a school that his children attend. Now his family have to be placed in safety as the police try to figure out if the school was deliberately targeted because of David.

The second big set piece was an attempt on the life of the Home Secretary by a sniper which leaves her long time driver dead. However David is again left conflicted as the shooter is someone he has dealt with in the past.

These terrorist actions increases Home Secretary Julia Montague's attempts to involve the security services role in domestic policing and pass more stringent legislation curtailing civil liberties. David is told that Julia is Machiavellian who is taking advantage of these events.

This all leads to a third set piece, the closeness between David and Julia after he saves her life.

Bodyguard shows that if you put a series out there that is entertaining enough, there is an audience for it. It might be unashamedly populist, outrageous, but it also has tension and thrills. In some ways after two episodes it is reminiscent of the series Spooks.

Even tho woke culture is strong on this one lol.

Ex wifey is annoying... the couple was not officially divorced but she is already banging another dude.. ex has ptsd and she could not care less.. similar to seal team show.. women simply demand the guy to open up like a woman and 0 empathy but dude still provides for the kid and gets him accepted to a special school.. ex wifey is ungrateful nonetheless..

i am not sure what the deal here is.. ikaris hates or does not hate secreaty lady? I am confused.. but let us keep watching it shall we.?

By the way, did not know he was Scottish lol.

Read some other reviews and guys thinking the show is pretty good but so far, i did not get what the main plot is actually.