Mari, I gave it a valiant effort, but had to give up.
Not only is the killer able to manage on NO sleep, but he doesn't have to do ANY work for his career as a psychologist, which every other television show has demonstrated as consuming. Not our killer, he can work by day drawing pictures, kill vulnerable women by night, and blammo, start right over again with wife and kiddies.
Nah, this show must have been written by a man. If he got a bullet in the brain at the end of series 1, I might have stuck in there.
However, there is too much in-your-pants prurient focus on, horrifyingly, women who take men at face value with no consequences. This show is a good PSA for all women and their daughters on the dangers of trusting any ole man who peaks your fancy. Brrrrrrrrrrr.
I'm done.
By the way, Gillian Anderson looks amazing, too bad this show is a POC. And who knew she was born in England, hence her accent.
If they'd have finished it in series 1 and had him arrested while he was still working, it would have been brilliant.
I was totally riveted and scared out of my wits by series 1. Every time he went out in his hiker gear at night, you'd be holding your breath. Even the scenes with the mannequin freaked me out. Also the glimpses of his sociopathy while he was at work were fascinating - his insolence towards his boss etc.
They totally lost the feeling of menace in series 2. It was too far fetched and implausible. I wasn't even scared when he was hiding in Skully's wardrobe because it wasn't realistic. The only decent episode was when the police were following him to the botanic gardens before they picked him up.
Debating whether or not to get the second series DVD.
I'm going to purchase it in a few weeks, as I loved the second series as much as the first and I already have the first series on DVD. Any news on a third series yet?
Series 2 did get a critical pasting though, in some quarters, so that might change things. I thought it was really disappointing - big letdown after Series 1, which felt so complex and real by comparison.
Series 2 did get a critical pasting though, in some quarters, so that might change things. I thought it was really disappointing - big letdown after Series 1, which felt so complex and real by comparison.
I liked it, I only found the ending disappointing. I can't really see where they can go with a third series, unless they will go with a different serial killer.
I liked it, I only found the ending disappointing. I can't really see where they can go with a third series, unless they will go with a different serial killer.
I wouldn't watch a 3rd, I'm done. I found S2 really stilted and strange a lot of the time. None of it made much sense, really. The babysitter stuff was nonsense. it just lost everything that made it good first time round - the sense of place, the multiple plot strands, the character interactions.
Apparently Archie Panjabi (the Coroner) hasn't ruled herself out of a third series even though kissing Gillian Anderson "woke something within her" causing her to "review her life as she really got onto it " and she doesn't want to do another Good Wife where she is a lesbian investigator.
I'm really pleased about this. I really wanted there to be a third series, after the second one ended! I hope the babysitter who was obsessed with Paul returns for the final series. I thought her character developed brilliantly in the last series and she was played by a really good actress too.
And I just love Gillian Anderson and Jamie Dornan. Bring on more face to face battles with them next series! The scenes between them in the final episode were so gripping and intense.
I'm really pleased about this. I really wanted there to be a third series, after the second one ended! I hope the babysitter who was obsessed with Paul returns for the final series. I thought her character developed brilliantly in the last series and she was played by a really good actress too.
I wanted to slap the silly cow plenty of times but I definitely thought Aisling Franciosi did a fantastic job playing her.
I hope Niamh McGrady is reprising her role but I wouldn't be too fussed about losing John Lynch.
I wanted to slap the silly cow plenty of times but I definitely thought Aisling Franciosi did a fantastic job playing her.
I hope Niamh McGrady is reprising her role but I wouldn't be too fussed about losing John Lynch.
I wanted Paul to get a bullet in the head from Stella, so I'll wait until the series is over and it is on Netflix. If he hasn't gotten a bullet in the head by the end of the show, I'll pass.
Great news. I was slightly worried that the success of that little known;-), critically acclaimed;-) film that Jamie Dornan did and it's inevitable sequels would mean the end of The Fall, or it returning without him, but I am so pleased that it's back... and with him.
Great news for sure....but I hope jimmy Tyler is also brought back (it was just a flesh wound!).
That character made a violent sexual serial killer seem comparatively harmless - pure thuggish brutality and unrepentant rage. Sterling acting from Brian Milligan.
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If they'd have finished it in series 1 and had him arrested while he was still working, it would have been brilliant.
I was totally riveted and scared out of my wits by series 1. Every time he went out in his hiker gear at night, you'd be holding your breath. Even the scenes with the mannequin freaked me out. Also the glimpses of his sociopathy while he was at work were fascinating - his insolence towards his boss etc.
They totally lost the feeling of menace in series 2. It was too far fetched and implausible. I wasn't even scared when he was hiding in Skully's wardrobe because it wasn't realistic. The only decent episode was when the police were following him to the botanic gardens before they picked him up.
I'm going to purchase it in a few weeks, as I loved the second series as much as the first and I already have the first series on DVD. Any news on a third series yet?
They were pretty optimistic back in Jan:
http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-01-08/the-fall-creator-very-confident-about-a-third-series
Series 2 did get a critical pasting though, in some quarters, so that might change things. I thought it was really disappointing - big letdown after Series 1, which felt so complex and real by comparison.
I wouldn't watch a 3rd, I'm done. I found S2 really stilted and strange a lot of the time. None of it made much sense, really. The babysitter stuff was nonsense. it just lost everything that made it good first time round - the sense of place, the multiple plot strands, the character interactions.
So I think there will be another Fall
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s261/the-fall/news/a634530/the-fall-to-return-for-third-and-final-series-on-bbc-two.html
Hopefully Series 3, being the last, will have a clearer direction than the second. And hopefully Colin Morgan will reprise his role as well.
And they won't do a Hannibal with her sitting on a plane and him sitting next to her.
It wouldn't surprise me!
Hope Merlin is coming back, too.
And I just love Gillian Anderson and Jamie Dornan. Bring on more face to face battles with them next series! The scenes between them in the final episode were so gripping and intense.
I wanted to slap the silly cow plenty of times but I definitely thought Aisling Franciosi did a fantastic job playing her.
I hope Niamh McGrady is reprising her role but I wouldn't be too fussed about losing John Lynch.
I wanted Paul to get a bullet in the head from Stella, so I'll wait until the series is over and it is on Netflix. If he hasn't gotten a bullet in the head by the end of the show, I'll pass.
Great news. I was slightly worried that the success of that little known;-), critically acclaimed;-) film that Jamie Dornan did and it's inevitable sequels would mean the end of The Fall, or it returning without him, but I am so pleased that it's back... and with him.
That character made a violent sexual serial killer seem comparatively harmless - pure thuggish brutality and unrepentant rage. Sterling acting from Brian Milligan.
I think it's a case of having your legs crossed with Stella. Fingers just won't do.