Eight weeks in and Atlantis has proven a moderate success for BBC One - a second series has been confirmed, but while few question the show's sense of style, some detractors have issues with its substance… or lack thereof.
'The Furies' is another example of an episode that looks incredible and is populated with strong actors - both among the regular cast and the guest roster - but is let down by a script that's often frustratingly simplistic.
This week, our heroes must deliver a trunk full of gold to the land of Helios to ensure that the arranged marriage of Philemon (James Rastall) to his prospective bride goes ahead, but their trek across the desert is complicated by the arrival of Pythagoras's brother Arcas - played by a buffed-and-bronzed Will Merrick from Skins.
Merrick's a strong young actor and a believable on-screen sibling for Robert Emms's Pythagoras, and...
'The Furies' is another example of an episode that looks incredible and is populated with strong actors - both among the regular cast and the guest roster - but is let down by a script that's often frustratingly simplistic.
This week, our heroes must deliver a trunk full of gold to the land of Helios to ensure that the arranged marriage of Philemon (James Rastall) to his prospective bride goes ahead, but their trek across the desert is complicated by the arrival of Pythagoras's brother Arcas - played by a buffed-and-bronzed Will Merrick from Skins.
Merrick's a strong young actor and a believable on-screen sibling for Robert Emms's Pythagoras, and...
- 11/16/2013
- Digital Spy
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