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Beef (2023)
Awful. Just awful.
I feel like I watched a different show as I am Completely baffled by the good reviews for this. Like most shows, it starts off strongly - with a brilliant car-chase - but after that it goes downhill rapidly. The script is an absolute mess, full of tangential, inexplicable narrative detours. The whole thing just doesn't make sense. The characters are all reprehensible who do and say things that are not in any way plausible. The music choices are weird. The climactic scene in the final episodes is comically implausible. How anyone sat through ten tortuous episodes of this muck and thought it was worth their time is beyond me. Avoid. You'll thank me.
Back to Life (2019)
Strong great series, disappointing second.
This is a very English show with a meandering plot-line and a jarring tone that switches from comedy to dark crime thriller. The first episode is strong, introducing a motley crue of unusual characters. The back-story is interesting but there is little narrative thrust, it just goes nowhere. And this aimlessness continues into a pointless second series that is a slog to get through. It's a shame as it has a unique feel but the writing is nowhere up to scratch to keep you involved. Daisy Haggard is a highly actress so I feel bad dismissing her work in this but it feels like a great opportunity wasted.