London Spy

[kindkit]

Well, if that's Tom Rob Smith's idea of a story about gay men that's not about tragedy and death, I'd hate to see one he thought was tragic.

What the fuck. What the fucking fuck.

[ETA: Have deleted link to locked post.]

I kind of want to scrub all of the last episode, and great chunks of previous ones, from my brain. And, weirdly, the way to do that is discussion, because it lets me get some distance from my emotional reaction, which is still at the level of "ARRRRRRRRRGH NO NO NO NO DO NOT WANT OH GOD NO WHY???"

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[lilacsigil]

Yeah, the show was relevant to my interests but considering the premise I just didn't trust the "not about tragedy and death" quote. I promised myself I would wait until I read what other people said and now I'm very glad I did that.

[kindkit]

There are fan theories floating around that the story is not as tragic as it looks, and which would also make sense of some of the most nonsensical aspects of the plot. But if these theories are right, the storytelling is depending heavily on a second series which is by no means certain, because as of the end of S1 it's all tragedy, death, and plotholes. And I personally wouldn't watch a second series because I no longer have any faith in the writer.

There are some very very good moments, don't get me wrong. But as S1 goes on they're increasingly overshadowed by OTT gothic melodrama and outright horror.

My disappointment is proportional to my expectations, and my expectations were very high.