Follow up review: season 1
My initial review was after the first three episodes. This is a review for all of season 1.
First I want to say the last 7 episodes reaffirmed my and other reviewers opinion that Lashana Lynch is not qualified to be one of the leads in this series.
She doesn't have the emotion and / or depth, required of her, for this character. A cliche facial expression, and a stifle one at that, is not acceptable for a show of this level.
She gave nothing more than a stand-in would with the ability to recite lines. The more she "acted" the more it felt like she was going through the motions just for the paycheque.
As the MI6 director Isabel Kirby said to Bianca:
"...You failed...,"
"...maybe you should find another job..."
the same can be said of Lashana Lynch in this series.
Eddie Redmayne on the other hand is brilliant In his role as the Jackal. It perplexes me how the casting director can hit the mark on one hire and blow it on another.
10 episodes was not used efficiently to tell the stories of the protagonists. More episodes in similar vein to episode 8 is needed for the other characters. The writing briefly touched on the wife's story but nothing on the MI6 agents nor her brother.
Parts of story was too heavily edited. More of what, where and why need to be told - it was too rushed. Other parts too clean, eg. He's here, he's there, he's done and he's gone.
The writers and editors should study the way AppleTv+'s "Silo" told their story in ten episodes, (season 1). "Silo" had the perfect balance between character building and story telling without feeling choppy.
Overall a good start but could be better. I originally rated it an 8 but dropped it to 7.
