Latest Harlan Coben series…..

They’re all really badly acted for some reason, even though these actors have done a decent job in other programmes!
It really pisses me off because I’ve read most of his books years ago and really enjoyed them but they just don’t transfer to screen well. The America - England locations translate never works either

I enjoy them. The plots are full of holes and are unrealistic and ridiculous, but they are my guilty pleasure.

I don't just watch "worthy" TV.

Well I loved it, as did everyone I know who's watched it 🤷🏼‍♀️

Then again, I don't know anyone who is hating the second series of the Night Manager like people are on here 🤔 we all think it's great!

These series are ridiculous, but I still
enjoy them! Why does Nesbit do that weird thing with his eyeballs/eyebrows. Minnie Driver looked fantastic.

Chewing gum for the eyes. I will never, ever understand their appeal.

Seen one seen them all.

It kept me viewing because I wanted to find out what happened but yes, I agree. I don’t expect masterpieces - I expect cheap pulp entertainment, but this was the worst of the lot.

James Nesbitt was just awful. He’s always played himself somewhat, but this was proper hamming it up.

Ruth Jones (who I like) did not convince as an armed police officer or as a PI. The character was also hopeless.

So many far fetched twists and events. The only character I liked was Cornelius, and for some strange reason, Rocco. I also think Ken Bone is a great actor, although he was barely on screen.

I’m amazed such great actors sign up for this tosh - I can only imagine they pay extremely well.

They’re all awful. And forgettable, so I’ve started watching a second or third time before realising “I’ve watched this tripe before”.

I’m watching it. Not great but I love Ruth Jones. The PP was right, it feels like an American show but set in the UK with Irish and British actors. If I were James Nesbitt, I’d get my (bottom) teeth done. It’s all I can look at.

I recently watched the Michelle keegan one and thought it was completely and utterly ridiculous. Her acting was atrocious too, so bad in fact out of curiosity I looked on here to see if it was just me and found an older thread where everyone was raving about how good it was and how great her acting was - amazed me😁

All his (I think) stuff on Netflix is utterly shit.

The new one, Missing You, is total crap. I didn’t mind the other ones.

I read the book first and that's pretty rubbish as well to be honest but at least it had the slight glamour of being set in America.

The absolutely only Harlan Coben series that was actually good with great acting and a proper logical ending is Five . It's actually very good. The rest are total garbage.

Just finished it today after stopping and starting since they day it was released. It was so badly acted by everyone. I continued hoping it would improve. Lost cause. Even down arrowed it at the end in frustration. Pile of crap.

They always have a weird, unreal uncanny valley-type vibe about them for me. Young people that dress like teenagers in an old GCSE textbook, schools that look like the international headquarters of some sinister cult religion, strange mishmash of locations. There was one where they’d filmed partially in Hungary according to the credits and they’d obviously not bothered to dress things like light switches and doors to make it look like we were still in the UK.

I could deal with these things if I enjoyed the plots more, but I’ve given up on the last two. Things got too silly and far fetched too soon.

The ending was awful!

Massive houses too.

I thought it was very pantomime like

I've watched a few and enjoyed them for what they were, but I had to stop with Shelter. Just couldn't stand the characters.

I find that mostly they’re watchable until the last episode and you watch it and go what the fuck was that?! The most unrealistic outrageous ridiculous ways of tying up a plot ever.

And why are there always a ludicrous pair of psychos in them? There were a weird set of boy girl twins in one and then in this one the lad from big boys or whatever it’s called and his girlfriend going in shooting up randoms (I gave up after 2 episodes so no idea if he got explained away).

The Michelle Keegan one was worse than Runaway tbf.