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Has anyone kept up with Fortitude? I was about to give up as it was a bit too 'ITV police drama' for my tastes but the last episode kept me interested and opened up a few possibilities for where the series is going.

 

I'm guessing that the teacher who is feeding up his girlfriend has brainwashed the murderer kid and is probably planning on Hannibal Lectering his girlfriend. Looks like some sort of prehistoric plague will break out as well probably just in time for the first load of tourists. Not sure what the story will be with the police chief but he's very good in this.

 

In summary, needs more Gambon.

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Watched Casual Vacancy last night, Onyx - if it follows the book at all, then

 

 

things are just going to slowly build and build and build until it all implodes, and the shockwaves affect everyone you saw in that episode quite significantly.

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Thought Rory Kinnear and Michael Gambon (and the actress playing his wife) were great.

Finally opened that spoiler after watching the last episode and realised it didn't really spoil anything!

 

I thought it was shit.

 

Some really great performances, in fact all round, but the story didn't resolve in any satisfying way at all. And maybe I'm just old but the ending was a real downer. People that went through a journey trying to do the right thing ended up dead. Rich people got richer. What was the point?

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House Of Cards season three was...a slog. Really wasn't up to the standard that seasons 1-2 had set. Far too much Doug, Claire and Remy and not enough Frank being Frank. The Russian president was great, though. I hope Putin is like that in real life.

 

Better Call Saul continues to be good stuff.

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Been catching up on The Good Wife series Six, seems that it's missed a step from last season. Not sure if the move away from Lockhart Gardner or something but it's definitely missing a beat somewhere. Alan Cumming is still wonderful in it as is Matthew Goode. However, it just feels a bit cold and empty and Collinder's machinations have gone from being fun to just plain dull.. Hope it picks up or can see me ditching it

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Just discovered Toy Hunter on Quest. As an 80's/90's kid from the UK this show is like porn to me! The stuff I have discovered from toy lines I had that I never knew existed is awesome!

It's a fantastic show. There was a great episode with a shit load of old WWF merch on it recently. Hogan showed up on it to sell a figure from his collection. Well worth looking out for.

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It has the occasional great flash of character - Hairy Lairy Bikers, or Dickinson's raspberries - that make me think with a different script team Leigh's character quirks could be hysterical.

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