PiotrxxxDenmark

Yet another tv-show exposing the superficial, anxious and materialistic culture, who's focus on self realisation, performance and capitalism prohibits honesty and humility among the modern, so called well functioning humans.

The self neglect, distortion, interruptions of processes and huge piles of unnecessary obligations and tasks constantly shut down windows of honesty and contemplation ... and keep the unhappiness, the speculations and the schemes/plots in the relations comming.

These people have learned to live like this, almost without a conscience; just consuming what is at hand.

This is the modern life in a materialistic/capitalistic world, the society som many want to keep growing and spreading. I don't believe that this tv-show tries to expose the shallowness, but inevitably it does.

When humans grow up in a performancebased, selfsufficient and greedy culture, they mostly become social/emotional unintelligent individuals, with huge scores of bad decisions. They tend not to have genuine dialogue with their surroundings, they seem to act emotionally and let personal fear/lust/greed etc. Drive their deeds. In short, they become victims and hypocritical actors, unable to reflect on their behaviour until it's too late and all the sufferings has killed their ability to stand - and then they fall.

The two families in this tv-show are not used to be truthful, they haven't experienced that the truth is the only way to a balanced life - and they represent to a large scale the capitalistic culture and its destructive powers. A culture, where reflections, deep thinking and empathy are orphans - and humans grow devastatingly stupid.

Hardy at his finest and Brosnan + Mirren lift this show to extraordinary heights; their characters are original and loaded with madness. The silent madness, the unpredictable madness and the menacing madness - and the storyline just rolls over again and again, while keeping the pace. And in between, we have several touchdowns on the existential crisis and sorrow, that follows everyone involved.

Guy Ritchie has directed the first two episodes with a master's touch, but the co-directors holds the line right up to the bloody season-final. I really look forward to watch this again, when season two arrives.