Down Cemetery Road

This was so disappointing bordering on daft, read the guardian review I can only assume the reviewer had a vested interest in The productions success. Watched episode 1 will never get that time back. It failed on so many levels, and I think the lack of credibility of the story, characters ensure I won't watch episode 2!

Risked ep2, 3, 4 AND IT improved massively Like you can't judge a book by its cover you can't judge a series by Ep 1 ... it's now GOOD.

Sometimes a show is simply a show-and that's enough. I'm drawn to the people, the quirks, the small absurdities. The story carries a kind of endearing clumsiness that feels intentional. It reminds me of Slow Horses, which isn't surprising given the producers' shared creative DNA.

Yes, much of what happens is unlikely to occur in anyone's real life-but then, what show truly mirrors life? The score is curious: discordant and unique, yet oddly comforting in its quieter moments.

The central cast does the heavy lifting here. At first, the lead's abrasiveness grated on me, but before long, you start to glimpse the world through her fractured but fascinating lens. The show is layered in ways that may not be immediately obvious. Reading through other reviews, I suspect many viewers missed that depth because they bowed out too early.

We're only on episode three, and I find it hard to understand how anyone could deliver such sweeping, entrenched judgments so soon. Still, when someone hates something, they tend to hate it loudly. For my part, I'm enjoying it-and I'd encourage anyone with a little time to spare to give it a chance. I just felt the need to speak up in its defense.

That said, it's not a series I can binge or rewatch endlessly the way I can with Slow Horses. That probably says more about where I am personally-navigating the aftermath of an unhappy marriage and a recent divorce-than about the show's quality itself.

With Slow Horses on hiatus after its season finale, I've got several months to wait for the next chapter. In the meantime, Down Cemetery Road makes for a thoughtful, offbeat stand-in. In my humble opinion, it's worth the time.

Enjoy-and best wishes.

Definitely watchable but it was like there were two sets of actors given different instructions as to the intended tone of the storytelling. Getting the mix of comedy and drama right isn't easy and the creators of this show have not demonstrated the necessary skills in the first episode. The mismatch took from the tension.

The necessary comparison with Slow Horses shows where the genius of that show lies - the humour is to the fore but underpinnned by solid drama. Here the drama is to the fore and undermined by the comedic elements. Good but could have been better.

The first episode is a bit of a mess. I'm glad I watched the second one. It was much better. There is a bit of a surprise in it, I won't give it away but, it isn't bad. Overall, I'm going to give it a few more episodes, although TBH this weekly thing Apple has, and Amazon, is a bit annoying. But, I'll keep watching, or maybe wait until it's down completely. Not sure yet.

Don't listen to the low reviews; this series is a rare rose blooming against the current manure pile of mediocre television flooding our screens lately. In an era where most shows feel like lazy slop designed to be half-watched while doom-scrolling on our phones, this one demanded my full attention. It's the first series in ages I've watched without once glancing at my phone, completely immersed from the opening credits to the end.

Now, the cast is a sterling ensemble firing on all cylinders. And then there's Adam Godley, who absolutely steals the show. What an outrageously underrated actor! My only criticism would the relationship of Ruth's character and her husband. They didn't gel as a couple, seemed mis-placed, but perhaps it was meant to be that way.

I'm writing this review having not seen all episodes , and I'm already hooked. If the quality holds (and everything suggests it will), we're looking at something truly special. 9/10 and counting.