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The Night Manager: Episode #1.1 (2016)
Episode 1, Season 1
Poor man's James Bond
16 March 2016 - 6 out of 82 users found this review helpful.
My suspicions were aroused by the inclusion of a Vulcan bomber and a Eurofighter on the arms list. The Vulcan is a museum piece and the Eurofighter would never get onto the black market yet the 'plot' revolves round this joke list being authentic and leaked.
The hand-me-down version of Judie Dench's M working in a hovel with a cut price version of Richard Ayoade could only have been included for comic effect.
This show only works for laughs as a James Bond parody. In episode 2 I was looking forward to seeing Laurie reprising some of the flawed genius of House but he had nothing to work with. It's a shame the BBC only ever casts him in comedy roles.
Hiddleston's tie and hair cut rescues it 2 stars.
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