The Flip

I binged both series over the last few weeks and really enjoyed tonight's finale.

There where some obvious gaffs but nothing that detracted from the overall story.

As a tech lover and sci-fi fan I've been gripped all the way through which is rare for me.

Main characters where strong all the way through and the complex plot kept me engaged.

You can see many of the twists coming along the way but some do keep you guessing all the way.

Full entertainment from start to finish.

10 out of 10!!!

I do wonder how they will top all of this for a future 3rd series though.

There will likely be an America remake, maybe they could deep fake a president or two?

I really enjoyed the first series of this BBC tech-thriller starring Holliday Granger as DCI Rachel Carey and was hooked by the introduction to this second six-part series as we see a prominent Chinese dissident callously murdered in his seemingly secure apartment by assassins who appear to be invisible.

The political fall-out from this initially seems to point to China with coincidentally a major U. K. government policy decision to award a video technology contract in the offing with a Chinese company in the running to benefit. However, the final decision will fall to Security Minister Isaac Turner who makes it quite clear that he won't risk British national security by giving the nod on such a sensitive issue to China. Things move quickly though with fresh murder attempts in the capital with the minister himself apparently under threat and the decision made to move him to a safe house. So how come, once ensconced there, do we see him simultaneously appearing live on the BBC's flagship "Newsnight" programme now awarding the contract to the Chinese and compounding the situation by supporting its use in racially profiling visitors to the U. K.?

Just like the previous series, you often literally can't believe what you're seeing as Carey and the minister are drawn inexorably into a major conspiracy revolving around deep-fake technology which will take in Russia and America.

Occasionally, I felt that the plot was in danger of flying away with itself, especially when the Minister appeared as if he might be tempted into a Machiavellian power-grab of his own, but this was railed back just in time for a genuinely gripping conclusion centring on another live TV interview with Turner where we witness the apparently beaten Carey turn the tables at last on her various oppressors.

Watching this, I was reminded of nothing so much as those wonderful fantasy series from my childhood like "Department S" or "Mission Impossible", with its intricate narrative, plot twists and cliffhanger moments. The action was non-stop and constantly kept the viewer on the hop, helped in this by the convenient use of actual, familiar BBC locations outside Broadcasting House and indeed in the real-life "Newsnight" studio itself.

As to how far deep-fake technology could actually be used for political ends, I'd like to think the examples shown couldn't happen here...or could they?

Anyway, I really like Granger's Carey character and hope that she'll return in another no-doubt mind-boggling, seeing-is-disbelieving series such as this.

Rachel's cleverness and skills of detection lead her to The Source, but her intelligence lands her in deep trouble.

What an absolutely awesome final episode, this was intense, exciting, gripping, edge of the seat drama. The Capture, Series 2 has perhaps been the most complete drama of 2022, this final episode perhaps being the highlight.

It's hugely satisfying, pretty much all of the questions asked in the first five episodes were answered here, each of the revelations are very satisfying.

The scenes between Carey and Garland were quite incredible, some of the most intense drama I've seen in quite a while, the quality of the acting was in another level, Williams and Grainger were quite literally off the scale. I thought Ron Perlman was fantastic here too, terrific actor.

Chilling in multiple ways, it's terrifying to think that not everything you see in front of your eyes is true, it makes you wonder just how each and every one of us is manipulated.

It's been quite some time in the making, but this second series was a massive triumph, let's hope there's a third. 10/10.

It has to be said that this is totally preposterous, I hope, but it's wonderfully preposterous and there's an originality in this conspiracy extravaganza that is very refreshing.

Frank (Ron Perlman) goes through the wringer as does Isaac, Rachel and everyone else including the audience.

The production quality is superb and, no matter how close to the precipice of ridiculousness the story gets, it manages to stay just but only just on the right side of falling off the edge into an endless abyss.

None of the main characters is actually an objectively good person by the time we reach the denouement but it's fun watching these slimeballs trying to win whatever it was they were trying to win. Great fun.