Latest Harlan Coben series…..

Absolute rubbish. The overacting from the dad was ridiculous. And the story kept getting more and more outlandish . I could have managed 5 episodes bit it just went on and on. It's my new resolution to stop watching if I get a bad feeling

It’s absolute trash! Such a stupid ending too. Only positive was my husband and I had a good laugh at how awful it was

Same!!! I enjoy them as a way of suspending reality and not having to think too much. I accept the ridiculousness of some parts in the same way I do when watching Emmerdale.

Love them all lol.

I think most of them are awful. The one with Michelle Keegan was particularly bad, gave up on that one after a couple of episodes. But I watched this one because a friend recommended it and I thought it was ok actually - not a patch on His and Hers, and miles away from a proper thriller like Tehran though.

It is the perfect level of trashy for me. The C4 2 series, The Couple Next Door (I think it's called) are very like those Netflix Harlan Coben things.

I'm not sure they are intended to be realistic.

I think James Nesbitt is going to keep quiet about that twist for about 5 minutes.

It was dreadful! I really enjoyed it, especially the Bonnie and Clyde pair.

There is another thread where the original poster said how good it was.

Not everyone agreed 😂

It was just so bad but I had to finish watching it, because well, it was just that bad.

Yeah it’s shite, gave up part way through!

"The Five" isn't on Netflix (I think it's on Sky/Now) but it's Harlan Coben's best series for sure. It's the only one with a plausible explanation

OMG this - her and the Tubby Hubby. She's a lovely woman and a pleasure to watch but that took me right out of it (I wasn't very far into it tbf).

So poor.

Weird productions.

Must pay well, as the cast are always recognisable.

Maybe, in 'the biz' they are the type of job that covers to tax bill and nothing else.

They're all a hit samey and formulaic. I enjoyed The Woods, but that was the first one I saw and it was in Polish, which gave it a bit of added mystique - you can forgive a lot more when you don't know the language or the actors!

Why is the acting so bad in these series? I can never put my finger on it... But then I wonder if it's actually the scriptwriting and directing that makes it bad, rather than the acting, since many of the actors are usually not bad in other programmes.

I like them, the American ones can be hard to follow.

Haha it’s absolute rubbish but I like watching them to find out what ridiculous thing is going to happen next 😁 I also like they’re filmed in and around Manchester and enjoy location spotting. But all the guns and stuff is proper silly for the uk.

Me and DH watch them but criticise them all the way through.

The stories are so far fetched. Also some of the casting is ridiculous. Ruth Jones in the special forces? Watching her lumbering around in the flashback was ridiculous. You have to be fit to be in the special forces

They are terrible. It's annoying as it's exactly the sort of show we like, twisty murdery thrillers, but no they are too awful to watch.

So so bad. Couldnt even finish the first episode.

But that's why I love it. Its brilliant escapism and I find it great fun to deconstruct the millions of plot-holes with DP after each episode.

Exactly. It's entertaining escapist tosh. I don't watch Harlan Coben to be educated or informed. I watch it to be entertained.

Play Dead, his first book, is very good. I couldn't get into any of his other books.

He killed her sister and his own brother and a kid at school!

@Freysimo I think they go away

It was pretty bad. It bumbled on entertainingly enough, but the unlikely American scenarios (teenage hired killers, big shootouts etc.) and ludicrous plot holes and mile-long loose ends were ridiculous.

YANBU.

I'm three episodes into "Run Away"

It's so bad. So, so bad.
Everything about it - acting, setting, storylines, characters - is completely awful.
It properly stinks.

But that's why I love it.
Its brilliant escapism and I find it great fun to deconstruct the millions of plot-holes with DP after each episode.

Only watched oneepisode of His and Hers. Friend recommended but I absolutely hate gratuitous sex scenes.