Netflix: Black Doves

[Ensign9]

Great!

They pulled this off with a high degree of difficulty balancing high drama, action, thriller, and comedy. The cast is uniformly great but Knightley and Whishaw are rockstars throughout. I can’t wait for another season.

Also, I think the finale beat Return of the King for the new number of endings world record.

[epilogue]

Just finished the third episode.

This thing is unreal good.

[Ensign9]

Welcome to the party! I had somehow completely forgotten about this show!

[epilogue]

That's the only problem with the Netflix binge dump model. There's no sustained interest and word of mouth dies so fast. I don't remember anyone talking about the show with much enthusiasm at all (except CR). And what I do recall was gone after about a week.

It's a shame, because this is one of the best shows of last year. Certainly the best of the spy genre. I'm obsessed with it!

[VinylGuy]

yeah i agree with that. I dont have Netflix, but i often forget about series i want to see because they seem to vanish from the day to day talk.

I want to see this one

[E.H. Ruddock]

There's been some great spy stuff recently. This is great, so was the Agency, and of course Slow Horses is the cream of the crop.

[VinylGuy]

yeah i liked the agency a lot

i should get into slow horses i know

[epilogue]

Slow Horses is a lot of fun. Black Doves is better. But it's not really fair to compare them, yet. Black Doves is only 6 episodes. Both are definitely worth your time, though.

[VinylGuy]

yeah, thats why i wanna see BD maunly because its just 6 eps and the other one is like 4 seasons

[epilogue]

Finished this last night. I really loved it. The first half is stronger than the second but the whole thing is solid.

Would love a second season, whatever that might look like.