Reviewers, especially "top reviewers," are supposed to be able to sum these shows up in a few catchy phrases, but this show has me tongue-tied.
I could be in love with this show. I might become its stalker. It might need a R.O. against me.
Forget for a moment the brilliant writing, directing and casting. Forget the most perfect use of voice-over since God spoke to Noah. Forget this this show is so dark -- literally and figuratively -- that it makes Ferris Bueller look like he escaped from the set of Touched by An Angel.
There is a line of dialog at the half-way point of Episode 1 where the protagonist's girl-friend (not his "girlfriend") invites herself in to do drugs and the two of them stumble on the sleeping form of his pusher (who is young, female and gorgeous) in his bed. Everyone had forgotten about her, including the audience.
But not the writers:
"Give me a moment and I'll get rid of her."
"NO! It's (pause) good that you are (pause) ... dating."
I watch 100s of hours of TV and movies to find one line of dialog as tight as that. If this show manages to deliver just one more sequence as well written, it will qualify as one of the best shows of all time
I could be in love with this show. I might become its stalker. It might need a R.O. against me.
Forget for a moment the brilliant writing, directing and casting. Forget the most perfect use of voice-over since God spoke to Noah. Forget this this show is so dark -- literally and figuratively -- that it makes Ferris Bueller look like he escaped from the set of Touched by An Angel.
There is a line of dialog at the half-way point of Episode 1 where the protagonist's girl-friend (not his "girlfriend") invites herself in to do drugs and the two of them stumble on the sleeping form of his pusher (who is young, female and gorgeous) in his bed. Everyone had forgotten about her, including the audience.
But not the writers:
"Give me a moment and I'll get rid of her."
"NO! It's (pause) good that you are (pause) ... dating."
I watch 100s of hours of TV and movies to find one line of dialog as tight as that. If this show manages to deliver just one more sequence as well written, it will qualify as one of the best shows of all time