kncampbell

Four episodes in and loving this British spy show.
The cast and script are brilliant.
The dark humour and sarcasm are bitingly funny.
This is not about the action, it is all about the characters, and the situation they find themselves in.
Gary Oldman and Kristen Scott Thomas deserve awards for their performances.
This looks like a great series to binge watch.

Disappointing spy series! Citadel has a great cast but is all over the place in its plotting and delivery. The story is predictable and the scripting childish. As with many shows produced for streaming companies, this could have done with a more aggressive edit. The continuity errors abound and the direction is inconsistent. It is a complete waste of an excellent cast.
While this might appeal to the “Marvel generation” it is not a show for grown ups.

This could be a good show, but just isn’t.

Like the Taken TV series but dumbed down even further.

The action sequences are done fairly well, and Queen Latifa actually does ok and the supporting actors are not bad, it is the production that sucks.

The dialogue is both clunky and condescending at the same time.
the direction is confused and inconsistent.
the plots are predictable and childish.
but worst of all the production is preachy and so patronising that it is going to turn off those it wants to preach too.

If the producers just took some time to think about the political message they want to convey and actually used the script arc over a season, the actors reactions, and the cinematography to make their point in a grown up way they might actually find an audience going with them.

This show needs Aaron Sorkin style dialogue and scripting to do the political messaging the producers want, rather than the Sesame Street script writers it currently seems to employ. (Actually, to be fair these script writers are not even fit to write dialogue for Elmo or Big Bird)

Not bad, and has potential, but first season falls short.
Good cast is held back by clunky dialogue and a plot so predictable, after the only major twist in the first episode, that you can pretty much skip from episode 1 to episode 8 without missing much.
Some of the story elements are just silly, others are just badly developed.
With more imaginative plot points and less silliness in each episode this could become a really fun show.
I am not expecting this to be renewed for a second season unless there is a major change in the format, and it becomes more like “Alias”

This reboot is not a patch on the original series.
All style over substance.
Plot holes were so huge you could drive the car through them.
The original Knight Rider was all about the buddy relationship between Michael Knight and his car.
It was basically a rehash of The Lone Ranger with the car replacing the horse.
This feels more like Beverley Hills 90210 meets an advert for Ford.

Oh Dear!!
This show is really bad.
Where do I even start to describe how badly this show fails? The flaws are way too numerous to list.
To start with the acting is bad. Kelsey Grammar and Martin Lawrence seem to be uncomfortable with there own characters, which makes the interaction between them unsettling to watch.
They are trying hard to find laughs in a poorly written script and their lack of chemistry means the timings are all off when it comes to delivering the punchlines.
The result is a load of pointless drivel.
I watched the pilot and could not believe some executive had actually ordered a series just based on that. So I gave it another chance and watched episode2.
There was no improvement.
I could not relate to, or even empathise with, any of the characters which is a prerequisite for a comedy.
The final straw was the total lack of laughs. I switched of part way through episode 3 and was not surprised when it was cancelled.
Give this a miss and go watch Frasier or Cheers instead.

Morecambe & Wise were the kings of British comedy. And these shows are as funny today as they were forty years ago.

"playing all the right notes, just not necessarily in the right order"

Fawlty Towers is classic British situation comedy at its best.
John Cleese is magnificent as Basil Fawlty, the obnoxious owner of a small seaside guest house desperately trying to keep his bossy wife happy while cutting every corner he can.
This series could be used as a training manual for "what not to do in a customer service job".
The supporting cast are absolutely superb, and lend the show some humanity and warmth which Basil Fawlty as a character completely lacks.
Enjoy watching a pretentious know-it-all idiot get himself into a mess because he is too lazy, cowardly or egotistical to avoid the problem in the first place, or to resolve the problem easily.
If you like British humour you should like this, just "don't mention the War".