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The Way (2024)
A scary look at Britain in the 21st Century and beyond
I know there are mixed reviews about this programme but I personally loved it. It starts with a tragic incident in a steelworks in Port Talbot and the repercussions of it shapes the decisions made by management to use it as an excuse to shut down the factory. A working class community tired of being at the lower end of the pecking order, they decide to strike and take to the streets in protest. This leads to an increased police presence and private security firms being drafted in. Soon the whole of Wales is under martial law and the borders closed. One family the Driscolls are at the centre of the tale with son Owen being singled out as the ringleader of the riots. These security firms use predictive policing and algorithms, to be able to preempt those who will cause trouble in future. The Driscolls have to go on the run, leaving the place they have called home for generations, but they discover that home isn't a place but the people you are with. Ultimately it's a damning indictment of Tory Britain, the decimation of the right to protest and technology and a tale of how the days when life was so much simpler was, more importantly, better.
Succession: Tailgate Party (2023)
That was tense!
Wow what an episode! It had it all - bitching, backstabbing and betrayal. Everything we've come to expect and, in a twisted voyeuristic way LOVE!
Firstly that fight between Siobhan and Tom was guttural and heartbreaking. You could almost feel every single blow they landed on each other and boy did it hurt. I honestly thought the pregnancy news was gonna come out and wouldn't that have been the sucker punch? Shiv has always had the upper hand in their relationship but Tom is finally crawling out from under her stiletto heel and give as good as he gets.
Secondly, I've mentioned in a previous review that my feelings towards Kendall swing from episode to episode and in the last one I spent most of it cringing with his pep talks and his reach for the stars enthusiasm but there at the end he came goo. In this episode he proves why he should be number one (which he wrote in the sand next to the ocean). He is becoming what his father wanted him to be and he's taking no prisoners. Bravo to him!
Succession: The Disruption (2021)
Painful to watch
I have spent all of my Succession "tenure" veering between being a fan of Kendall Roy and loathing him (a truly exceptional performance by Jeremy Strong by the way.) I'm just watching season 3 because I waited to watch the last two seasons together, and up until the last fifteen or so minutes of episode 3 I really disliked him. But then he walked down that corridor in that scene and my heart broke for him. You could say he's the architect of his own downfall and for all his bravado he's vulnerable and insecure and wants nothing more than the love and respect of his father. The one thing his money can't buy. I've a long way to go but for today I'm team Kendall. To be continued...