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Louis is renowned for tackling extremely challenging, emotive and provocative subjects, often using his dry wit, perceived innocence and curious charm to be accepted into obscure corners of society, teasing out honesty and trust in a way that only he could, and offering unique insights into ways of life most viewers could never imagine. Yet in this series, he is essentially taking the place of any old tv presenter, interviewing a standard mix of fairly ordinary famous people. Not to say he isn't good at it, but it's not really what I go to Louis Theroux for - he is selling himself short here and certainly seems to have lost his sense of ambition and adventure, which is fair enough; perhaps he feels he's done his time... each to his own - but not very compelling to watch.

Bill Burr, one of my favourite comedians. When he endorses these acts, I only pray that he's lying through his teeth and collecting his paycheck. Otherwise he's gone soft in the head.

Jimmy Carr, my other favourite comedian. Short set, great opportunity to showcase his wit, charm, intelligence and audience interaction. Instead he just reeled off a bunch of offensive one-liners without any context, and went away looking like a simpleton. Strange choice.

Ian Edwards was some welcome relief. Funny guy, good delivery.

And the band... oh... the band!!! That is one of the worst, most cringe pieces of television I've seen in a long time. The audience obviously agreed. That act has to cease immediately, they should all go back to their day jobs and reminisce about the time they were inexplicably on TV.

There were others, like women making standard sex/vagina jokes, but none worth commenting on.

As a lifelong Star Wars fan who hated The Last Jedi, I completely understand what it is to have one of your lifelong heroes destroyed in a terrible film made by idiots. But my friends... this isn't that!!!

The series starts off slow, which actually makes for a great payoff, and I think a lot of reviews are either from people who got impatient and haven't watched the whole thing, or are subconsciously approaching the series with skepticism. Give it a chance, keep an open mind, and watch all 6 episodes. I think people romanticise the original trilogy and prequels as though they were written in some sort of incredibly complex and genius way, and if you believe that, nothing will ever live up to your expectations. They were amazing yes, they are my fave films of all time, but they are fairly straightforward action adventure stories with a battle between good vs evil, and a journey of self-discovery; for me, this series ticks those same boxes very well.