Spiral - French thriller on BBC4

[Belushi]

I'm listening to Saian Supa Crew to get myself in the right frame of mind

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

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I thought I asked a pretty innocuous question about whether bloke x was in an earlier scene, but it seems to have prompted butchersapron to bring up the subject of spoilers. I didn't think it was any kind of spoiler or I wouldn't have asked, but I've deleted it now.

 

[butchersapron]

shall we spoiler this up now or not? I reckon something one way or the other on the title might be helpful.

 

[yardbird]

Part one of series 2, eight parts in total.

 

[London_Calling]

It was the first hour of an eight hour series - no one wants open spoilers, I presume.

 

[London_Calling]

Just getting my head around this . . . so two criminal threads at the mo, the body in the boot and the drug dealing kid with the influencial parents - the assault on the policewoman is presumably nothing more than a device to bring in the Le Monde journo and address other procedural matters.

All three are in some way linked by the drug-dealing rapper business man who's looking to launder some cash.

It's all hand held and gritty, got all the usual ingredients except sex, and I rather suspect our lady advocate might be in line for a spot of that next week. Bit too easy to shout 'Prime Suspect', lets see how it goes. Having the cliff-hanger ending feels harsh after The Wire

I'll keep watching anyway . . .

 

[vogonity]

Very pleased that this is back: will be watching how it develops over the eight episodes...

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

The first episode is being repeated - now - on BBC 4 for anyone who missed it the other day or people who want to watch again.

 

[London_Calling]

Cheers - It's handy to know it repeats late on Fridays.

 

[Endeavour]

Only just caught up with the thread Grrrr! missed the first episode of series two.
I'll watch it on iplayer [URL="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00mvmn6/Spiral_Series_2_Episode_1/"]http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00mvmn6/Spiral_Series_2_Episode_1/[/URL]
(I hate watching telly at the computer) have set the rest to record.

Edit: I'm going to be much more aware of the sub-plots this series thanks to Butchersapron's observations

i found a lot of the weekly subplots pointless, just too straightforward - boy accuses father of molesting him, turns out he did, bad tempered husband suspected of killing boss in fit of rage - turns out he did.

 

[Oriole]

I like the character of the instruction judge. I hope we get to see more of him in the rest of the series.

The subtitles are not all that great btw.

 

[bigbry]

Yeah, I like the instruction judge as well - gives a very quiet but firm position that he ain't gonna take any shit.

I don't know why the female police inspector has to lose her temper so often - and she must be a bit stupid also. If it was me, after she assaulted the bloke in the garage and was going to be investigated, I would have (temporarily) disposed of the 'night stick' - not left it in my desk drawer. Silly twat !

 

[Oriole]

And somebody who managed to get to her grade would have to have known how to play a minimum of politics.

 

[Chz]

GF is French and it helps to understand just wtf is going on on a political level - the bit with some senior members didn't make a lot of sense until she explained. That said, it's pretty damned good - I don't normally go for cop shows.

 

[mattie]

That dodgy lawyer is stunning.