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Elsbeth (2024)
Don't tell me who the killer is!
I was so excited finding this show - Elsbeth was a favourite of mine on Good Wife - and the first episode lived up to my internal hype. Unfortunately now on ep3 and it's clear the show is going to be overly formulaic.
The audience knows who the killer is early on so there's no mystery. We get to enjoy Carrie Preston's endearing and insightful way of deducing and announcing said deductions to the guilty one - played by the only vaguely familiar actor - who then begrudgingly see's her as a worthy adversary.
The police then pause long enough from telling her she's 'simply there to observe' to realise lo and behold she's been right all along! However by next week they'll have gone back to dismissing her theories and going after the obviously too obvious suspect.
As far as this formula goes, this show does it well.
The Danger of Positive Thinking (2018)
Total car crash
Everything about this movie was so bad I couldn't believe what I was watching. The nonsensical plot, disjointed story and acting so wooden it seemed like the actors were reading from cue cards. It's hard to believe from watching this that Ashley Rickards starred in a successful TV series. I gave it the second star for the 'so bad I can't look away factor' which I found oddly entertaining!
The Haunting of Hill House (2018)
Pay attention from the start
If I'd known how freaking amazing this show was going to be I wouldn't have spent the first couple of episodes half on my phone or distracted by whatever. The different timelines got away from me. By the time I realised I wished I'd paid more attention at the very beginning! But it didn't really matter I soon caught up with who was who and when. Seriously one of the best shows I've seen, ever.