Strike

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Liking it.
Casting excellent.

I like the books. The casting is good.

I like the steady pace and fairly low key approach, though OH fell asleep.

Casting seems spot on so far - just catching up on Iplayer. His office is exactly as I imagined as well.

Haven't read the books. Enjoyed this epiosode. Love Tom Burke.

Tom Burke is perfect as Strike. Holliday Grainger is good, but seems to be in everything at the moment.

Robin is much more humble in the books. A good egg!

I didn't like Tom for Strike when I heard he'd been cast, He didn't look like the Strike I'd pictured when reading the books but I'm happy that I was wrong. I really liked this tonight, can't wait for pt2 tomorrow.

Really enjoyed it, very true to the feel of the books. Tom Burke is excellent. But I am slightly biased where Tom Burke is involved

Oh, do people think he's well cast? He's not how I imagined Strike at all! Physically he doesn't seem anything like imposing enough, and too good looking.

But I did enjoy it.

Tom does t have 'pubic hair ' on his head, as described in the books!
He is also smaller than i imagined.
Still, not a bad attempt. I feel his pain when he has to walk everywhere!

Loved it! I pictured Strike as someone much older, but that wouldn't work with the Strike/Robin thing. I loved the books, and am just loving this series. The music is wonderful as well.

So just in case your aren't sure, I rather liked it

Everyone is better looking than they were in the book, but that's to be expected!

I really enjoyed it and thought the pace was good.

Yes Robin seems more confident and sure of herself in the tv show - unless I'm misremembering. For some reason I had her in my head as being more timid at the beginning but could be wrong...

She isn't as confident at first, she grows into her role by book 3 I think. Matthew was well cast, I hate him.

haha me too @The80sweregreat - from the moment he appeared on the screen

I liked it - wondering if Robin's relationship will be sacrificed in the tv adaption.

Didn't realise it was on tomorrow - thought it was a Sunday thing.

We loved it but having read the books and watched musketeers wondered if they'd out Tom in a fatsuit! He was so slight in musketeers. They did a good job of making him look imposing. But it was really good, beautifully done. Can't wait for the next one!

Hmm I'm not so sure now I've seen the whole episode. I liked the casting, the vibe, the character dynamic between Strike and Robin...

I liked the setting and how it all started but it seems like it's deviating quite a bit from the book - with Rochelle for example - which I don't have a problem with if it's done well but it felt a bit disjointed to me? Don't want to give anything away for those that haven't read the books, although it seems they might be taking the plot in a different direction anyway...

Will be tuning in again though.

I thought it was terrible.

Pedestrian. Wooden. No suspense.

After scandi noir and Spiral this was toecurling.

I loved it and loved the books too.Thought all the casting was excellent.
Hope they film all the books.

Not forgetting the script.

I enjoyed it, and I won't say no to a chance to watch Tom Burke, but he is really too young and handsome to play Strike as described in the books. I am just taking the TV show Strike to be a different character from the book one, in my head!

Havent read the Strike books. But enjoying this. What happened to Strikes mum? Didnt quite catch what the Martin Shaw character said in the restaurant.

I enjoyed it.

The bit when she nearly went backwards down the stairs !!

Strikes mum died when he was about 18. It's hinted it was a drug overdose. She was a groupie , Johnny rokeby is strikes dad and he is a rich rock star,but he has disowned strike and didn't believe he was his son ( he is) strike has a few half brothers and sisters. My image of his dad is a kind of mick jagger type in a famous band.