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Pineapple996 t1_je4bud7 wrote

Enjoyed the first episode. Chris O'Dowd plays the everyman very well. The premise is quite thought provoking. I'm wondering how much this show is going to lean into the potential mystery sci/fi aspect, or if it's mostly just going to be comedy focused on the characters. Hoping for a nice balance between the two.

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SQUID_FUCKER t1_je4awvi wrote

What the hell is the point in hanging out on a television subreddit if you're just going to baselessly assume everything being posted is coming from bots and shills? It was the most watched series of the last week, yeah, people are talking about it. Big deal.

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SQUID_FUCKER t1_je4aehm wrote

> It's good if you suspend belief a little.

I feel like this is just par for the course for all these types of shows. Outside of maybe The Bureau or something like that, these all require the audience to just kinda go with it. Which is totally fine, imo, you can't have action packed shows like these that are super realistic because, frankly, that's just now how things work.

Like the fact that Peter is at the center of this thing throughout the entire series. Granted, the show does a decent enough job of keeping it tied to him so it at least feels reasonable (without giving spoilers, this is revealed in the final episode).

It's easy, popcorn entertainment and it does it well enough.

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David_W_J t1_je4a8ki wrote

I can't help but compare the public attitude to Paul O'Grady in the UK, and how he would be regarded in the USA. Here, he's regarded as a very funny man with a mischievous way of talking - a star and a hero - but in the US he'd probably get arrested as someone who would corrupt public morals.

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SQUID_FUCKER t1_je4a42r wrote

Eh, I really liked The Night Agent. Disliked The Recruit a lot. Personally, The Recruit was everything I was getting tired of with spy shows. I didn't like the humor and the overly poppy soundtrack and pacing. It just felt too much like a CBS procedural, imo.

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lalalandcity1 t1_je488g6 wrote

Unexpectedly could mean anything from a heart attack to a stroke. Best thing that can happen to all of us is an instant, painless death after living a good life. Still, 67 feels young these days.

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The_Iceman2288 t1_je47g9f wrote

A gay bar he was working at was raided in the 80s at the height of the AIDS crisis. He was on stage when police wearing rubber gloves stormed the building. Without skipping a beat, he says "oh great, we've got some help with the washing up!".

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