The Iris Affair

The main character is supposedly an incredibly intelligent woman, and yet she keeps making obviously stupid decisions and actions, making watching any more of this impossible for me. Pity, as it could have been good, with nice scenery and locations, set in the island of Sardinia if that floats your boat.

I was really enjoying this show, it was different, interesting well acted but the last episode was terrible, a real let down. It felt as though the writers didn't know how to write the ending so they just wrote a whole bunch of garbage. To spend all that money on a series and then ruun it all at the end, such a waste.

Always the same with these shows that have strong female leads, take a look at the IMDB rating graph a little way down the main page showing the spread of votes. You'll find a surge of 1s, a surge of 10s , then a lot of 7s and 8s. To decipher just ignore the 1s and 10s and take the median average. For this show it's a solid 7-8 which I'd say is about right. Iris (Niamh Algar) is charismatic, clever and energetic. Male lead is Tom Hollander who is reliably good and kind of plays a sympathetic but troubled antagonist but in a good way. The story rattles on at a good pace with enough time for some character development that you wouldn't get if this was a film. Some great European locations cap it off. Strongly recommend but try the rating trick above, works every time.

I gave up part through episode 4, I had completely lost interest.

Is this an attempt at a Dan Brown storyline, if so it falls down badly.

There are very few characters to like, they all seem to be psychos. The various version of Italian police are as bad as the villains.

I am not being sexist in suggestion that Iris would just not be capable of carrying out half of the physical feats she is attributed with. It is just as well those stalking her can't shoot straight. How many rounds did the guy let off before Iris disposed of him.

The storyline is sci-fi, explained away be a load of psychobabble nonsense.

I have to ask, was this show written by ChatGTP?

With its absurd plot and two-dimensional characters it's feels lazy, derivative and bereft of direction. It's like watching out-takes and discarded ideas from other shows.

Right from the start with its sub-par Bond rip-off title sequence and music it misses the mark. It has the feel of a parody but without the laughs.

Sad to see the normally great Tom Hollander and Niamh Algar both phoning it in. Acting so wooden I felt my dining table could have done a better job.

You need more than good locations and great actors to make a compelling thriller. A decent script would be a good place to start and at some point one of the dozen or so producers should have asked for a rewrite.