This
was a surprisingly good year for television. I used to watch a ton of
TV but over the years I got sick of shows either being canceled too
soon, dragging on for too long, or being just like every other show
on television. Seriously. I can only watch so many shows about a
detective that has a special ability/is a raging asshole to everyone.
I decided to write a little bit about some of the shows this year
that got me super excited and had me dying to see the next episode
like Game of Thrones of course though they fumbled about two
episodes.
There
were some shows I was very disappointed in like The Strain. They
really fucked that show up with terrible acting, writing, and
effects. I wanted that show to be so good. I started watching The
Affair and three episodes in I hate everyone involved. I'll try but
its hard. Okay. On to the good stuff!
I
found out about this BBC/PBS show The Escape Artist months after it
debuted from Cam. Its a BBC series so that means it only has three
episodes which it turns out is a god thing. One hour episodes with so
few episodes means that every single one has to be important. It
stars David Tennant as a barrister that does his job defending people
even when it is shady as hell. The first episode does a great job of
establishing him as a a character and by the end I was like “Oh,
no!” He defends a guy named Liam Foyle played by Toby Kobbell (who
plays Doctor Doom in the upcoming Fantastic Four movie) and I will
leave it at that. I so don't want to spoil this show for anyone that
didn't see it. Every minute and detail of this show is important and
all the acting is great. I strongly suggest you check this out...if
you can find it. I watched it on Amazon.
