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Old 01-11-2016, 09:54
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For those viewers for whom cerebral is something they're just not capable of understanding then sadly it is their loss.
Oh boy. I liked the final series, especially the ending, but statements like this make me cringe. No-one's impressed that you 'got' it.
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Old 01-11-2016, 10:07
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I enjoyed the final 2 parter but i was genuinely shocked he killed himself. I actually thought he was going to escape especially when they showed the car keys of the doctor bloke. then when Spector knocked him out i was sure he was going to get the keys and go.

Fabulous series though and a few shock moments in that final episode especially when he attacked Stella.
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Old 01-11-2016, 10:15
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Some poeople enjoyed the series others didn't. Just because someone did not enjoy it does not mean they didn't understand. We're hear to discuss a programme not to diagnose the people watching it.
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Old 01-11-2016, 10:20
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What superb drama,and acting of a very high quality.
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Old 01-11-2016, 10:23
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Another thing I'm eternally grateful for is that the three series almost totally ignored the Troubles. It could have become yet another masturbatory grief-fest about the usual crap in Northern Ireland, but it wasn't.
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Old 01-11-2016, 11:51
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Some poeople enjoyed the series others didn't. Just because someone did not enjoy it does not mean they didn't understand. We're hear to discuss a programme not to diagnose the people watching it.
Is enjoyed the correct word to use d'you think given the content of this drama?
Could you describe what it means to you ?
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Old 01-11-2016, 12:19
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Is enjoyed the correct word to use d'you think given the content of this drama?
Could you describe what it means to you ?
Critiquing ones English?

The programme was fiction, it was not a documentary.
One can enjoy a thriller or a drama etc.
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Old 01-11-2016, 13:09
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Critiquing ones English?

The programme was fiction, it was not a documentary.
One can enjoy a thriller or a drama etc.
*one's.
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Old 01-11-2016, 13:12
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Old 01-11-2016, 13:18
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Old 01-11-2016, 16:04
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Oh boy. I liked the final series, especially the ending, but statements like this make me cringe. No-one's impressed that you 'got' it.
I don't much care what people think about me, life's to short for such trivia. This is not FB with likes, (not that I use that ridiculous medium) so cringe on.
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Old 01-11-2016, 16:45
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I think what has become clear reading the many posts in this thread is that this final series was cerebral rather than slash crash bang and wallop.

For those of us who appreciate the wonderful depths of the cerebral, which explores the psyche of the human condition this was a feast.

For those viewers for whom cerebral is something they're just not capable of understanding then sadly it is their loss.
please stop !
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Old 01-11-2016, 17:07
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I think what has become clear reading the many posts in this thread is that this final series was cerebral rather than slash crash bang and wallop.

For those of us who appreciate the wonderful depths of the cerebral, which explores the psyche of the human condition this was a feast.

For those viewers for whom cerebral is something they're just not capable of understanding then sadly it is their loss.
Brilliant!
Waiting for the 'intellectually challenged' to chastise you for making such a bold comment.
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Old 01-11-2016, 17:16
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Critiquing ones English?

The programme was fiction, it was not a documentary.
One can enjoy a thriller or a drama etc.
No . Just wondered.
This was hardly a word I would use about this particular drama .... enjoy... but there we are, we all think differently ?
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Old 01-11-2016, 17:36
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No . Just wondered.
This was hardly a word I would use about this particular drama .... enjoy... but there we are, we all think differently ?
Agreed
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Old 01-11-2016, 17:40
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Had an idea for six 60-page fanfiction stories as an alternative series three...who would be interested in me attempting this? I'm no Allan Cubitt but I've got ideas?
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Old 01-11-2016, 18:49
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Oh boy. I liked the final series, especially the ending, but statements like this make me cringe. No-one's impressed that you 'got' it.


Also cerebral. What the f**k
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Old 01-11-2016, 19:01
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Someone thinking they're superior due to 'understanding' a BBC drama...priceless. If they were that smart they'd be more interested in a book than looking down on others and watching quite common themes on a TV show.
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Old 01-11-2016, 19:09
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I think what has become clear reading the many posts in this thread is that this final series was cerebral rather than slash crash bang and wallop.

For those of us who appreciate the wonderful depths of the cerebral, which explores the psyche of the human condition this was a feast.

For those viewers for whom cerebral is something they're just not capable of understanding then sadly it is their loss.
To quote Catherine Tate.."wadda load of old shit".

Cerebral ? There's more "exploration of the human psyche" in an eplsode of Peppa Pig than the entire third series of this twaddle. It would have been OK as a simple serial killer thriller, but let's not make it out to be something it wasn't. It's like saying "Silence of The Lambs" was some kind of study of the human condition.
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Old 01-11-2016, 20:07
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I thought it was good, I like how he killed himself and we can think of two motives for that.

I feel it is poised for another series, maybe more.
I will definitely watch Scully on the trail of the goth-girl and other loose ends.
There's only one thing that puzzled me : why the boss cop eyebrow bloke got all drunk and shakey about the boy's home stuff : more to discover about him next series?
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Old 01-11-2016, 20:13
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One sees the same attitude in much other drama when the writer has failed to tie up key plotlines either out of carelessness/laziness or because they think it is clever to fail to do so. There is always a section of the audience who claim it was brilliantly artistic and that those who don't understand lack intelligence when in reality the emperor has no clothes.
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Old 01-11-2016, 22:27
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To quote Catherine Tate.."wadda load of old shit".

Cerebral ? There's more "exploration of the human psyche" in an eplsode of Peppa Pig than the entire third series of this twaddle. It would have been OK as a simple serial killer thriller, but let's not make it out to be something it wasn't. It's like saying "Silence of The Lambs" was some kind of study of the human condition.
Hmm! Peppa Pig - that's something of an own goal don't you think?
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Old 01-11-2016, 22:33
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One sees the same attitude in much other drama when the writer has failed to tie up key plotlines either out of carelessness/laziness or because they think it is clever to fail to do so. There is always a section of the audience who claim it was brilliantly artistic and that those who don't understand lack intelligence when in reality the emperor has no clothes.
Or there again perhaps some people simply could follow the plot lines and appreciated the complex and insightful writing?
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Old 02-11-2016, 00:02
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I thought it was plodding a bit until the final episode. Stella's whispery dialogue was starting to do my head in.
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Old 02-11-2016, 01:33
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Another thing I'm eternally grateful for is that the three series almost totally ignored the Troubles. It could have become yet another masturbatory grief-fest about the usual crap in Northern Ireland, but it wasn't.
There was a vague political subplot in S1 but thankfully was quickly forgotten.
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