Episode #1.3

I'm really engaged. The plot of the damaged guy with ops training taking on the job is well done. We know that at times he is a loose cannon. I agree with the reviewer that feels there is way too much sex and dependence. The story would be good if there were just trust between them. So it just feeds into the lowest common denominator of the viewers. It does show some of his violent tendencies. I'm also afraid that when someone realizes that the dead guy was a friend or a significant acquaintance, the roof wil fall in. The bomb scene at the end was really out of the blue and I have to hand it to them for surprising us. A much better show than I thought it would be.

Julia Montague is making an unashamed bid for the top job, being Prime Minister. She might have steered her legislation pass the House of Commons but she needs to win the hearts and minds of the country at large.

This means taking risks. Which is more than sleeping with David Budd although Montague realises that Budd is slightly unhinged. Montague needs to give a big speech at a college.

We see a lot of backstabbing here between her political advisors, rivalry that leads to a deadly impact.

Jed Mercurio really likes to make Keeley Hawes suffer both here and in Line of Duty. Mercurio borrows a trick from his police procedural series, not all the main stars might make it through the end.

You can completely immerse yourself in these episodes for an hour at a time, they are so tense and brilliantly written. The acting is fantastic, the tension is built to a devastating finish, this drama makes you realise not everyone can be trusted and even some of the leads could have something to do with the threat to the Home Secretary. Can't wait for Episode 4.

Just a small point, at about 34:50 ish episode 3 when a minister is driven to the door of number 10, an officer opened the door for him. Number 10's door can ONLY be opened from the inside! This scene would not be possible.

Jed Mercurio does it again. Just when you think the series is going through the mid point lull, with a cosy, dialogue heavy episode, it literally blows up in your face. This one is a little slow to start, but when it opens up it becomes a powerful, gripping watch. The relationship between Her Majesty's Home Secretary and her trusted bodyguard becomes ever more twisted, and the writing is such that you have no clue as to whether Julia is doing good, or is totally corrupt. I still think Gina McKee is a dark horse.

I thought Killing Eve was the drama high point of the year, now I'm swaying towards this, hooked. 9/10