The Long Call
- TV Series
- 2021
- 46m
Follows detective Matthew Venn as he returns to an evangelical community in which he grew up to attend his father's funeral.Follows detective Matthew Venn as he returns to an evangelical community in which he grew up to attend his father's funeral.Follows detective Matthew Venn as he returns to an evangelical community in which he grew up to attend his father's funeral.
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- TriviaITV reportedly have no plans for a second series of the crime drama. The first series opened strongly attracting an audience of over 6 million viewers but this fell to under 4 million for the final episode.
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This could have been good, with like 90% less brooding music
By the middle of episode 3, I kept picturing this conversation in my head:
The writer, director and producers are in the room.
"Guys, they've approved us but they want 4 episodes and we only have enough material for 3," says the writer.
"Well, just write some more stuff in there!" responds the producer.
"Are you kidding?" the writer replies. "I've already explored every tangential diversity-related subplot I can think of and we've already got 12 minutes of reaction shots in every episode. I've got nothing left, man."
"Don't worry," says the director. "If we add 15 minutes of drone shots set to slow, brooding music to each episode, we can definitely get 4 episodes out of this. Everyone will think it's an insightful commentary on the amorality of psychologically-based crime and they will DEFINITELY pick up a second season."
And that's exactly what they did. My recommendation is to watch this while doing housework, because there's so much filler you don't really have to give it your full attention.
The writer, director and producers are in the room.
"Guys, they've approved us but they want 4 episodes and we only have enough material for 3," says the writer.
"Well, just write some more stuff in there!" responds the producer.
"Are you kidding?" the writer replies. "I've already explored every tangential diversity-related subplot I can think of and we've already got 12 minutes of reaction shots in every episode. I've got nothing left, man."
"Don't worry," says the director. "If we add 15 minutes of drone shots set to slow, brooding music to each episode, we can definitely get 4 episodes out of this. Everyone will think it's an insightful commentary on the amorality of psychologically-based crime and they will DEFINITELY pick up a second season."
And that's exactly what they did. My recommendation is to watch this while doing housework, because there's so much filler you don't really have to give it your full attention.
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- sgw555
- Nov 23, 2021
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