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Batman: The Bookworm Turns (1966)
The Bookworm Turns
It can't be true. Not on live television.
Commissioner Gordon has been shot dead during the opening of a bridge. He has fallen into a watery grave.
It is all the doing of the Bookworm (Roddy McDowell.) Just what is his dastardly plan, the man obsessed with books. Or as Batman calls him, just a frustrated writer.
Even more shocking Commissioner Gordon, walks into the office alive and well. Unaware that people saw him die, it seems the Bookworm used a double.
Later the Bookworm uses his moll Lydia Limpet to infiltrate the Dynamic Duo's confidence. Maybe Batman is too wise to all this.
By now it is all too formulaic. The Bookworm is not a good enough villain. The script is all over the place. Did the Bookworm even have a coherent plan?
The only surprise was Jerry Lewis popping up.
Lady Scorpions (2024)
Lady Scorpions
Alena Moore (Cynthia Rothrock) is a drug enforcement agent. She has been to get criminal head Lucien (Jeff Fahey) for years.
Lucien warns her to stay away as he has a big deal planned. His wayward son has different ideas, knowing that Alena will not stop interfering.
He attacks Alena's daughter Lacy (Caitlin Dechelle) and then abducts the grandaughter.
Now both Alena and Lacy who are both experts at martial arts unite to find her.
Lucien is not pleased that his son has gone rogue.
Lady Scorpions is a generic action thriller with an awful script. Director Bruce Del Castillo who has worked on some Quentin Tarantino movies, tips a hat to films like Kill Bill.
There is plenty of action, Cynthia Rothrock fans would be happy.
Elsbeth: Ball Girl (2024)
Ball Girl
Johann 'Yoyo' Arnaldo is an ace tennis player who had announced his retirement from the game. Think Federer or Nadal.
This is good news for players such as Hunter McGrath who were repeatedly beaten by him.
Now Yoyo has delayed his retirement and Hunter is not happy. Nor is his father Cliff McGrath (Blair Underwood.) An ex tennis player who coaches Hunter.
His son's form has been off since his mother died and his sponsorship deals are at risk.
So Cliff applies some nitrogen ointment on Yoyo's towels, hoping to hurt his game. Only Yoyo dies on the tennis court.
It reacted badly with some other medication that he was taking.
Elsbeth becomes intrigued by some comments Cliff made on television. Now Cliff has Elsbeth contend with but also a ball girl who saw what he did with Yoyo's towels.
The case was pretty straightforward, Cliff just does not know hot to deal with Elsbeth, despite him trying to blame the Russians. The ball girl also becomes an irritant.
More interesting is Captain Wagner realising that Elsbeth has been sent to target him.
Reel History of Britain: Britain's Wartime Evacuees (2011)
Britain's Wartime Evacuees
Reel History of Britain was Melvyn Bragg's return to the BBC after some decades.
Made in conjunction with the BFI. The premise was to watch old film reels in a restored mobile cinema on the subject of each episode's theme.
A look back at the pictorial history of Britain with the people who were part of it.
A simple subject that could be profoundly moving if done right. The first edition has Melvyn in Torquay. A location where some children from London and Bristol were evacuated to escape the Blitz in World War 2.
Only Torquay was not safe from the Nazi bombing raids. It too was regarded as a strategic target by the Germans.
Nowadays parents might think twice to send their children to live with strangers. It becomes clear many kids were unhappy in their new home environment and could not settle in.
One of them was actor and stuntman Derek Martin. One woman Bunty recalls how she and her sister just up and left from the home of two spinster sisters who had no idea how to raise kids. They were sent to Tyldesley in Lancashire and were desperately homesick.
The most harrowing story was that of Derek Capel. He was 12 years old at the time and his brother was just 5. As they has some Jewish ancestry, they were sent to Canada.
Their boat was torpedoed by a German U boat. Derek survived in a lifeboat. He had been separated from his brother. Derek never saw him again.
Many years later he heard from a sailor of three boys found asleep in a lifeboat. They would not wake up.
Stories from people who were there. Rather than a rose tinted view from people pretending there was once a better Britain.
The Optimist: Man's Worst Friend (1983)
Man's Worst Friend
Let's be completely shallow here. Bonus marks for Tracy Scoggins. He's not stupid, Enn Reitel had a good feel in this episode.
The Optimist is a dog minder in Beverly Hills. Taking a poodle for a walk should be a doddle. He just did not bank on a big St Bernard as well.
The poodle runs off as he gets distracted by an attractive Lady Golfer (Tracy Scoggins.) He decides to show her his swing, the husband is less than impressed.
When he finds the poodle, she is covered in dye and needs to wash it off. Only to meet the daughter of the household. Another lovely girl and it is a case of anyone for tennis.
Later in the evening, there is a swanky party by the pool. The Optimist is the waiter. Now the daughter has eyes for him, later the Lady Golfer shows up.
No wonder he's so optimistic!
You can sense by now this series is some kind of wish dream of some middle aged men. Essentially the same plot is getting recycled.
Worzel Gummidge: Dolly Clothes-Peg (1980)
Dolly Clothes-Peg
Worzel Gummidge and Aunt Sally have run away to join the travelling fair. The Crowman gives chase and helpfully another scarecrow points at the right direction.
As a thank you, the Crowman names him Scarecabbage in a naming ceremony as the head is made out of cabbage. The Crowman is more impressed by this hardworking scarecrow than Worzel.
At the fairground, the owner (Mike Reid) is not impressed by Worzel, his new casual labourer. He is more casual and there is not enough labour.
While Aunt Sally is impressed by the silent Strong Man (David Lodge.) she goes off to tea with him. Leaving Worzel forlorn.
Not for long he meets someone else. Dolly Clothes-Peg (Lorraine Chase.) A cockney scarecrow who was once a mannequin in a shop in Bond Street, London.
Worzel makes Dolly laugh and they hit it off. That is until Aunt Sally sees them together. She has plans to drum up business at the coconut shy.
Once again Aunt Sally shows her true colours. Poor Dolly, left in tears by Aunt Sally's cruelty as she ends up as an aunt Sally in the fairground.
Chase was charming as Dolly Clothes-Peg. Hopefully she will return.
The Tower: Episode #3.1 (2024)
Episode 1
The third series of the Tower. Like the other two, it is based on former police officer, Kate London's series of novels. This one is subtitled Gallowstree Lane.
DS Sarah Collins (Gemma Whelan) investigates the late night stabbing of a black teenager. As is the case the local community does not open up. It is a case of one black kid stabbing another one.
To DS Collins all victims matter, not a sentiment shared by her superiors.
DI Kieran Shaw (Emmett J Scanlan) is still balancing his messy private life. Despite promises he made to his wife. He still goes to see Lizzie Adama and their child. She is struggling to balance life as a police officer and a new mother.
Shaw is also running Operation Perseus. To bring down South London drug kingpin Shakiel Oliver. His undercover operative is DC Steve Bradshaw (Jimmy Akingbola.)
An underwhelming opener. The interesting part was Shaw and Bradshaw's side story and them taking on Shakiel Oliver. Hopefully Jimmy Akingbola has a bigger role in this series.
Cribb: Waxwork (1980)
Waxwork
This was the pilot for the television series Cribb. It does seem rather different from the subsequent series.
Miriam Cromer (Carol Royle) is a former model and the wife of a renowned society photographer Howard Cromer.
She confesses to poisoning her husband's assistant. Josiah Percival because he was blackmailing her over some risque pictures she posed for some years earlier.
As she has confessed, Miriam is sentenced to be hanged. She and the hangman will feature as a waxwork at Madame Tussauds.
The sentence of capital punishment has caused an outcry. Cribb has been asked to investigate just how Mirian killed Percival. She did not have the key to access the cabinet where the poison was kept.
Cribb ponders as he investigates the case. Whether Miriam is innocent and should be pardoned. Her husband does not seem to be squeaky clean.
So why does Miriam take the fall for her husband?
Given the rather matter of fact way that Miriam confessed to the murder. I was intrigued just what hold her husband might have had over her.
Cribb is dogged in his investigations as he has to battle with his superiors over Miriam's possible innocence. So the twists and turns at the end came across as rather startling.
This was made in video, looks a bit low budget. Cribb's sidekick Thackeray is missing. Looking back at this, it felt less atmospheric but the story was strong.
Grace: Dead Man's Time (2024)
Dead Man's Time
Aileen Daly is brutally attacked and tortured by two men who claim to be from the water board. She later dies in hospital. They stole a valuable watch that has been in the family for years.
Aileen was on the phone with a cold caller at the time. Which is remarkably coincidental.
Her brother Gavin Daly who is abroad is worried about his sister and called the police to check up on her.
Grace goes to see Aileen in hospital. He also meets up with Gavin who has returned to Britain. He has a son Lewis who is married to a well known television presenter.
Lewis has a failing business and his wife has some bruises on her body.
As for the watch it was sort of a heirloom from their father. He disappeared some years ago after a robbery at the watchmaker he worked for. The watch came along with a puzzle.
The fourth series of Grace was atmospheric and gloomy. It was also unnecessary convoluted for its runtime.
Once again I felt myself ahead of the police. The cold caller is not initially regarded as a suspect. The son had to be a weak link, as how else the robbers knew of this extremely valuable watch?
This could had been a competent one hour show. At times it lapsed into silliness. A suspect that was never handcuffed who escapes from a lift.
Shine on Harvey Moon: Sisters and Brothers (1984)
Sisters and Brothers
Party conference seasons used to be a big deal, especially the Labour Party conferences. Local branches would submit composite motions to debate. They would send someone to attend, a chance to have a few days at the seaside.
I once got a detailed explanation of just how a composite motion gets together from a delegate from our local branch.
Now an elected councillor. Harvey Moon goes to the Labour party Conference in Brighton. Only Harvey quits his job as he does not get the time off.
He ends up sharing a pokey hotel room with fellow councillor, the posh solicitor Dick Elliott. They try to bury their differences and also gets a surprising job opportunity from Dick.
Harvey is put out when a German Herr Uwe Braun is both a guest of honour at the party conference. He gets a better hotel room.
Meanwhile back in London, Stanley is getting bullied at his new school by the posh older boys. So Rita gets him boxing lessons. Monty Fish has a few tricks to teach Stanley.
While Maggie has to put up with another kind of bullying at the hospital where she is training to be a nurse. An experienced nurse is condescending and always criticises her.
The writers take a critical look at class here. The posh boys bullying Stanley, a posh nurse reducing Maggie to tears.
Even Harvey is not safe at the conference. It is not all equality.
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense: A Distant Scream (1984)
A Distant Scream
Michael (David Carradine) was convicted for the murder of his lover Rosemary Richardson (Stephanie Beacham) by pushing her off a cliff in Cornwall.
She was a married woman who spurned him as they went for a romantic break. Michael always claimed he was innocent.
Now hovering between life and death in prison. The elderly Micheal revisist the events that took place many years earlier.
The lead up to Rosemary's death. Initially only she can see this elderly man who suddenly appears. The elderly Michael tries to change events but maybe time cannot be rewritten.
There was a good supernatural story here but once again the longer run time does it no favours. I did like how many other suspects appear as Rosemary comes across as a bit of a floozie. Going off to visit an island with a local.
Carradine was effective in both roles. I noticed how the actors persevered with the windy clifftop conditions.
The Adventures of Robin Hood: The Path of True Love (1957)
The Path of True Love
It is the sound of birds that has Robin Maid Marian reminiscing about Loxley Hall. Robin's ancestral home.
The decide to play a sly visit only to see a man called Hereward getting harassed. Robin knows him and asks him what is the problem.
Sir Charles (Lionel Jeffries) the current lord of the manor is failing to honour the agreement that Robin's father made in his will. That tenant farmers will own the land if they completed certain acts.
Sir Charles plans to evict them. The reason is because they have not cleaned his house from top to bottom.
As the tenants tell the Sheriff of Nottingham. Sir Charles has refused access to them to Loxley Hall.
With the help of Maid Marian, Robin Hood plans to use subterfuge to get the tenants to clean the property ride under Sir Charles nose. Maid Marian will keep him occupied.
It was nice to see the basics of the Robin Hood legend with a visit to Loxley Hall.
To think Lionel Jefferies was only 31 years old when he made this. He looks a lot older.
Trap (2024)
Trap
M Night Shyamalan strikes again with another divisive movie. The best thing that can be said about him. He goes for something original in a world of sequels and superhero movies. Although Shyamalan has done both.
Josh Hartnett gives an intentionally creepy performance as Cooper Adams. A Philadelphia firefighter who has taken to see his teenage daughter Riley to see pop sensation Lady Raven (Saleka Shyamalan) at a concert.
While he is there, Cooper notices a high police presence. He finds out that they are looking for a serial killer called 'The Butcher' who they believe with the aid of a profiler is inside he venue.
The whole concert is a trap and Cooper is the Butcher. Now he needs to find a way to escape.
This could had been a tense if silly thriller. If only the movie stayed inside the concert venue.
It loses something once the movie leaves the concert hall. Shyamalan gives some insight into how the police may have cottoned on to the Butcher. At the cost that it descends into absurdity.
Midsomer Murders: Written in Blood (1998)
Written in Blood
Let's just say I was underwhelmed with the first episode of Midsomer Murders. Given its popularity and how it has influenced other crime dramas such as Death in Paradise. I decided to give it a second chance and watch the second episode.
Also my brother is a fan of the show.
It starts off with a flashback with a small boy doing something horrid.
In the present day the Midsomer Worthy Writer's Circle are having a meeting and want to invite a celebrity author to talk at their next meeting. They dismiss Jeffrey Archer but one person suggests Max Jennings (John Shrapnel) a former psychiatrist who has written a popular fictional book.
The chairman Gerald Hadleigh (Robert Swann) is not keen on Jennings, but is outvoted. Maybe he has a past with Jennings.
When Jennings gets the invite, he is keen when he learns that Hadleigh will be there.
Before the meeting Hadleigh confides to a close friend Amy (Joanna David) not to leave him alone with Jennings. After the meeting she is called away by her sister in law Honoria (Anna Massey.) While Jennings goes to see Hadleigh alone.
The next day Hadleigh is found with his head bashed in. DCI Tom Barnaby regard Jennings as the main suspect until he is later found dead elsewhere from poisoning.
Barnaby is intrigued that Hadleigh was someone no one knew much about.
It certainly was a fascinating and curious episode. Not without flaws though. At times Barnaby seems to be as dim as his assistant Troy. Both do not seem to be aware of the local drag club in town. Also the difference between a transvestite and a transexual
It certainly becomes hysterical at the end. Pastiching movies such as Psycho and The Shining.
One interesting observation, there was a black character in this earlier story. I reckon deliberately placed so one of the main producers could then veto any further black and asian characters for years to come. With maybe just one or two exceptions.
Somehow the cast and crew did not notice the lack of diversity in Midsomer Murders, a fictional area not too far from Gloucester. The ITV executives did not notice until the producer owned up to their deliberate policy in a media interview. Apparently they thought American viewers would not like to see diversity!
The Law and Mr. Jones: A Fool for a Client (1961)
A Fool for a Client
Franklyn Malleson Ghent was a renowned lawyer and a well respected judge. A man Abraham Lincoln Jones admired, he even attended some of Ghent's lectures.
Now Ghent's daughter Emily Barron and son in law Howard Barron want the retired judge institutionalised for alcoholism. His affairs laced into a guardianship.
Jones is reluctant and when he goes to see Ghent, he is articulate and sober. He claims that his daughter is after his property.
Later on Jones goes to see Ghent again, this time he is drunk and admits he has no property to his name.
At a court hearing, Ghent defends himself and displays many wily tricks. Then Jones calls him as a witness. Can Jones get Ghent to crack?
An interesting and thoughtful episode. Although Ghent's cross examination made for good drama but not very realistic. Jones tried to gaud Ghent into drinking.
So Help Me Todd: Second Second Chance (2022)
Second Second Chance
If Todd can have a second chance. He thinks so can an old school friend going through hard times.
Brian McAtee also feels like a loser. He went to school with Todd and they reunite at a party. Brian is due in court over a trespassing charge. His public defender wants to plea bargain and get Brian do a year in jail.
Todd convinces his mother to take on the case. Initially she is reluctant as she remembers that Brian was a rogue when he was younger.
She relents and decides to give Biran a second chance and gets him off with community service.
Later on, Brain is arrested is arrested for robbing a pawn shop. Brian pleads his innocence, he was babysitting his young cousin and then passed out drunk.
So who framed him. Could it be his uncle who looks after Brian?
Todd goes to the pawn shop and finds out that the security was less than tight. Maybe it was an inside job.
It certainly not a case of happy families. Part of the plot was a bit duff, did no one suspect a missing child? Overall enjoyable enough.
Goodnight, Mister Tom (1998)
Goodnight, Mister Tom
Adapted from the children's novel by Michelle Magorian written in 1981. This television movie was a change of pace for John Thaw.
A project regarded as sentimental with dark underpinnings. Thaw plays Tom Oakley, a gruff bitter old man living in the country who lost his wife and child many years earlier.
When world war two arrives he finds himself with an evacuee. Willie Beech from London, a boy Tom takes into his home with some reluctance.
Tom soon finds out that Willie is a trouble boy. There are marks in his back, beatings inflicted by his religious and mentally unstable mother. He wets the bed at night.
Yet this two people bond, Tom literally thaws as he teaches Willie how to read. Take him fishing and nurtures his talent to draw.
Then one day Willie has to return to London. His mother is ill.
It is easy to think this as a sentimental film based on the first act. It gets rather horrid once Willie rejoins his mother who has given birth to a daughter. By which time it becomes clear how unstable the mother is.
The film is both sad and poignant, reflecting that for those in childhood during the second world war. Life was not a bed of roses.
Cribb: Wobble to Death (1980)
Wobble to Death
Peter Lovesey the creator of the Sergeant Cribb novels was also a writer of non-fiction books on track & field athletics. Wobble to Death was the first Cribb novel.
The wobble is the gait that speed walkers have. As Cribb and Constable Thackeray attend the pedestrian Championship of the World is taking place in London.
An indoor walking marathon lasting six days. The winner is the man who walked the longest distance and will win a prize of £500.
The police are there as the previous year's contest led to crowd trouble. As Cribb explains there is a lot of money in the various side bets. That is where the action is.
The main contest is with toff, gentleman contender and the reigning champion Captain Erskine Chadwick and professional athlete Charlie Darrell. The rest are also rans including medical man Francis Mostyn-Smith, who plans to launch some health tonics on the back of the contest.
Forget crowd trouble. Cribb is investigating a murder as Darrell is found dead, due to strychnine poisoning. Later his trainer dies, it might have been suicide.
As the marathon continues Cribb wonders who the suspects are. Could it be Sol Herriott the organiser of the race or Cora Darrell, the newly widowed wife or the other competitors.
You have to admire the sumptuous production standards, the extras must have run to the hundreds. There is a squalid atmosphere like those marathon dances in depression set America of the 1930s.
Somehow adapter Alan Plater weaves several subplots and manages to inject some waspish humour from Cribb.
The Upper Hand: Just Like Charlie (1990)
Just Like Charlie
Tom has fallen into bad company. He and his school friend stole two hubcaps from a police car.
Tom's endeavours were inspired by stories Charlie told about his youthful days. Stealing a bodywork sign from a garage and putting it in front a house of ill repute.
Caroline is shocked when the police all round. She has words with Charlie that from now on, she will decide what her son does.
So with hints from Laura. Charlie goes on a work to rule. Ringing up Caroline for all decision to be made which includes what time Tom can have lunch and what to have for lunch.
This irritates Caroline as she is working on an important ad account. Then the police call round again. When Caroline overruled Charlie when Tom wanted to go out with a friend. The same one that landed him in trouble.
The resolution of the episode worked well as Charlie stood his ground. I still find the writing shoddy, too American. Such as leaving an important client languishing, ignored which Caroline does.
The Bill: Public and Confidential (1986)
Public and Confidential
PC Lyttleton finds himself up on a roof. Trying to entice down a roofer unhappy his client has not paid him. So he is stripping the tiles and throwing them on the floor at street level.
Only PC Lyttleton is afraid of heights and the roofer did call at the police station for help. Only to be told it was a civil matter. Now the police are involved in all the commotion.
Back at Sun Hill, several Polish sailors arrive wanting to claim political asylum. There is no interpreter so they locate a veteran tailor who left Poland 50 years ago.
Meanwhile Sergeant Cryer has a heart to heart with the wife of a colleague. Wendy Penny claims her husband Sergeant Penny knocks her about.
It was a busy episode but it also looked very routine. The outside location shooting was dominated by the roof storyline but it did not rise to the occasion.
How different things were back then. There was trouble finding a Polish speaker in London back in the mid 1980s.
Last King of the Cross: Episode #1.1 (2023)
Episode 1
Regarded as the most expensive dramas made for Australian television. Based on the memoir's of John Ibrahim.
This is Goodfellas on acid. The rise of the Ibrahim family in the clubland and gangland of the Kings Cross part of Sydney.
The first episode is hectic with the young Ibrahim's, an Arab Muslim family in war torn Lebanon in the late 1970s ending in Sydney in 1987.
Sam Ibrahim, the older brother is a feared enforcer wanting the younger John to keep away from the Kings Cross area.
Only John gets dragged in when a friend of his gets beaten up by a brute called Kiwi Trevor. Later John beats him up with a baseball bat. Triggering a potential war.
With characters like Fat George, Ashtray, PK and Nasa. Tim Roth as Ezra Shipman, the Big Fish.
This is a look at the underbelly of Sydney's criminal underworld. It is still a well worn story despite being based on true facts.
Only with John Ibrahim onboard as a producer. You sense Teflon John is using the series to make himself and some of his family members to be more heroic.
The Beverly Hillbillies: Jed Buys the Freeway (1963)
Jed Buys the Freeway
Henry Jones (Jesse White) is a well known conman. Who targets country bumpkins in California.
Jane Hathaway brings news to Mr Drysdale that Jones is in LA looking for his next target. The the Clampetts are at risk from this conman.
Too late, Jones has already shown up at the Clampett household. Claiming to be from the same neck of the woods as them. Although Jed cannot recall him.
He tries to sell Jed the Hollywood Bowl, the perfect place for Cousin Pearl to do her yodelling to an appreciative audience.
Jones also eyes up the sale of Griffith Park as Jed wants to go hunting and shooting. As a package deal he will throw in the freeway that connects the two.
Will the Clampetts fall for this smooth talking conman? Don't drink on it.
The Clampetts might have more than a mild suspicion that Honest Henry is not all that he claims to be.
It was good to see the Clampetts not being that wide eyed and innocent and it was an amusing episode. Although I dread to think that Jethro has not driven on the LA freeway yet.
Hunter: Fire Man (1985)
Fire Man
Lots of rock songs. Actually the same rock songs but it does lead to an interesting opening. Much inspired by the B exploitation movie, The Exterminator with the use of a flame thrower.
The rest of it is First Blood. Ex Vietnam vets traumatised by the consequences of the war.
There are a flurry of arson attacks with abandoned buildings set ablaze. The press are also in flames. Hunter is being harassed by news reporter Matt Gold, hungry for a story and would do anything for an exclusive.
Their first suspect is Jack Lachman (William Russ.) A review of the news footage shows that he is always there after each arson attack.
Only Lachman believes that the arsonist is an old Vietnam buddy, someone who always had issues when it came to starting fires.
I was amazed how quickly Lachman got to each fire. As for the press, it is the stereotype 1980s depiction.
The story was decent enough with a few twists, the song become irritating.
Reasonable Doubt: Can't Knock The Hustle (2022)
Can't Knock The Hustle
Jax Stewart (Emayatzy Corinealdi) is a prosecutor turned defence attorney that seems to have got it all. She works for a prestigious LA law firm, a plush house and a happy family.
Only the first scene we see as Jax gets up, she plays with a toy in the shower. Maybe relations with her husband are not that good. The husband wants a trial separation.
Well Jax likes bad boys. A prisoner who she once dealt with many years ago, now wants to admit to the crime so he can get parole. It seems they may had a thing going once.
Jax also likes the new security guard in the estate. Even more so when it turn out that he once had a criminal record.
As for the legal bit. Jax seems to be dealing with wealthy black men accused of sexual harassment. Only one soon to be black billionaire businessman rebuffs Jax, because she is black. He wanted to a white lawyer to deal with his sexual harassment case which is then messed up.
The opening episode seems to be more about glib high powered LA lawyers and their personal lives. I really did not find the characters are the storylines that interesting.
Only Murders in the Building: Once Upon a Time in the West (2024)
Once Upon a Time in the West
The final episode of season three ended with Sazz getting shot in Charles' apartment.
The first episode begins without anyone knowing about Sazz's death. Instead Oliver's musical has closed to bad reviews.
Another failure that Oliver has racked up. The good news is the trio are off to Hollywood as Paramount wants to make a movie of their podcast. They have even got two well known actors to play them. Oliver thinks his double was the little boy from Home Alone as he fails to recognise Zack Galifianakis.
Just like the movie, Once Upon a Time in the West. This is a slow burn opener. Unlike the previous season openers, no one leaps into action to investigate a murder. The trio do not even realise there has been a death until much later.
There are references to Hollywood movies. That New York street scene in the studio lot might have been a tribute to Do the Right Thing.
There was comedy but also darkness as Charles realises what occurred to Sazz.
There was cleverness by referencing Sergio Leone's movie to the title of the episode. To me not that clever but I hope the rest of the series throws a few more curveballs.