The Iris Affair (Sky Atlantic)

[MissChief]

Two episodes in and it’s only mildly exciting. I will probably watch the rest just to see what happens, but not fully onboard yet.

[DSLiverpool]

Made by Sky usually means pretty crap, I couldn’t get past the first episode but I wasn’t really trying as deep down I knew it was made by sky.

[Smollet]

DSLiverpool said:

Made by Sky usually means pretty crap, I couldn t get past the first episode but I wasn t really trying as deep down I knew it was made by sky.

I m of the same opinion re Sky products but I ll give this a go but not hopeful

[type-r]

Watched 2 episodes and it's very average. Don't think I'll waste any more of my time.

It's a shame as I really like Niamh Algar. She was brilliant in the ITV drama Playing Nice but this kind of actiom show doesn't really suit her acting capabilities.

Smollet said:

DSLiverpool said:

Made by Sky usually means pretty crap, I couldn t get past the first episode but I wasn t really trying as deep down I knew it was made by sky.

I m of the same opinion re Sky products but I ll give this a go but not hopeful

Day of the Jackal was decent, even though filled with plot holes and cliches.

[droopsnoot]

I saw the ad for this in the pub the other night and thought it might be worth watching. It's the same pub where I saw the ad for "Atomic" a while back. Sounds as if it might on a similar level, maybe one for when there's nothing else. As I'm getting around to a new series of "Tracker", and waiting for the end of "Slow Horses" to do that in one or two sittings, and apparently a third series of The Diplomat, that might not be for a while.

[MissChief]

type-r said:

Day of the Jackal was decent, even though filled with plot holes and cliches.

Episode two, when Iris was in what I assume was the basement of the villa. The Police had no idea where she was and there was no indication on the screen how they managed to follow her to find she'd padlocked the door. I even went back to see if they'd seen her or found a clue, nothing. Plot Holes the size of Trumps Ego. She's also very good at throwing very heavy rocks with unerring accuracy.

[DaveGrohl]

MissChief said:

type-r said:

Day of the Jackal was decent, even though filled with plot holes and cliches.

Episode two, when Iris was in what I assume was the basement of the villa. The Police had no idea where she was and there was no indication on the screen how they managed to follow her to find she'd padlocked the door. I even went back to see if they'd seen her or found a clue, nothing. Plot Holes the size of Trumps Ego. She's also very good at throwing very heavy rocks with unerring accuracy.

Lol at the rock thing, she couldn't even see over the brow.

One ep is enough for me. A supposedly brilliant woman goes and peers through the window to watch those two blokes in her house, inevitably gets seen. Etc.
Not that brilliant then.

[BunkMoreland]

type-r said:

Day of the Jackal was decent, even though filled with plot holes and cliches.

But there's the problem.

Riddled with plot holes and clichés makes it crap. Not decent!

They spent all the money on locations and none on scripts or getting a casting director who knew better actors and actresses!

[type-r]

BunkMoreland said:

But there's the problem.

Riddled with plot holes and clichés makes it crap. Not decent!

They spent all the money on locations and none on scripts or getting a casting director who knew better actors and actresses!

I wouldn't say it was crap. Thought the lead was well cast, story decent and locations well shot. But the plot holes cheapened the experience for sure. Would probably watch S2 if they made one.

Sky have made a few outstanding shows like Gomorrah and Chernobyl. But there have only been a handful.

[BunkMoreland]

type-r said:

... and Chernobyl. ...

HBO were the lead production company. SkyTV "co-produced"

All the SkyTV series have the same colour palete as Iris and Jackal. Very brigght, bit too polished

[Mezzanine]

Watched the first 2 episodes last night.

I thought the story/writing was absolutely pathetic.

Not really sure, given the past ten years of ‘peak TV’ we have lived through, you can still make TV this ropey with even the smallest of budgets.

[RichB]

Mezzanine said:

Watched the first 2 episodes last night. I thought the story/writing was absolutely pathetic. Not really sure, given the past ten years of peak TV we have lived through, you can still make TV this ropey with even the smallest of budgets.

Likewise, I've seen the first two episodes and thought it was instantly forgettable. It's a shame because Tom Hollander is usually in some great stuff. The bit where he explains that Big Potato is a a topological quantum device using qubits made form majorana zero mode quasiparticles ... And I thought cubits was green burger chutney, show what I know. Then when she dodges a hail of bullets from a trained assassin yet manages to clonk a rock on his bonce, thrown blindly in the dark.