I really can’t believe how this turned out. This was one of the other magnum opus drama for HBO that was supposed to be a runaway success. It may have been for 77% of Rotten Tomatoes reviewers (at the time of writing) — it certainly had a big disconnect with the audience that just liked it 68% at the same time. Why so? The plot’s ending was really underwhelming.
I believe in the era of streaming wars where Netflix, Disney, Hulu, HBO and others are in a showdown for the most attention grabbing content and starts, it is very easy to be presented with ‘over-done’. Don’t believe me? Watch these teasers and couch-conversations between Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant that’s just flaring up the expectations leading up to its Oct 25 release. Really
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They all make it sound like Davie Kelly’s new drama would turn out to be a twister the way you have never seen below. But watch it till the end — It does have its sufficient opioid full of suspense and turns but nothing like when you see the final episode. Thankfully, it has only 6 episodes but consuming 6 hours (equivalent of 4 usual length movies) is not a wise suggestion to be subjected to just to find out that there wasn’t really anything surprising after all (You know what I mean if you have seen all 6 episodes). It just follows the principle of WYSWYG (What You See is What You Get) — it just…
