The Outlaws BBC1 9pm

[covetingthepreciousthings]

Anyone watching this new comedy crime thriller? I have high expectations, purely because I fail to believe that they would have secured Christopher Walken if it had been completely terrible..

Episode 4 is up now on iPlayer

The reviews are very mixed, but I’m enjoying it. Christopher Walken is stealing the show, but I can’t work out how he does it!

Claes Bang was in a film called The Square. IIRC he spoke his English lines with a British accent then, too. That felt very refreshing - so many actors who speak a English as an additional language try to sound American.

Claes Bang has no accent at all which I can’t work out. Just finished episode 4 I’m enjoying it.

Oh good news re episode four !
.. might have to binge that one today

Loving it, they are all very good actors, you can hate them one minute and feel so sorry for them the next. Really enjoying it.

Agree that seeing CW on a bus was just so bizarre!

Loving this show- got choked up at end of ep4. Wonder how many kids in real life just make that one wrong fateful decision and their life changes forever.

Rani reminds me of when I was younger- Asian with super strict parents, so sneaking out and/ or lying as to my whereabouts.

Re Christopher Walker- Imagine the first day on set, these young actors seeing a real life Hollywood legend. Most of them weren't even born when he won the Oscar for the Deer Hunter

Auto correct- obvs should be Walken!

Loving it so far!! Currently on episode 3. Love all the cast especially Christopher Walken, Stephen merchant and Darren boyd!

@WhatTheEll

Not funny in the slightest, quite disappointed actually

I find different people find different things funny.

I'm only on episode one and like it I like Steve Merchant. I also love Ricky Gervais and saw him last week which he works with a lot.

@the80sweregreat

I think that 'the Office ' was a joint effort with Gervais and Merchant and the writing. I loved the office so much , I know many didn't ..

Loved it. I love everything Ricky Gervais has done. The Extras was one of my favourites.

Just watched episode 4, thanks for the heads up.
“ I f*ing hate Beryl “ - 😂😂.
The whole episode was brilliant , love it.

Yeah it’s good, episode 3 was fun and then episode 4 comes along and brings all the tension! I really felt for Esme I so wanted her to do well in her exams, she’s not one of the mains but she’s the one we worry about the most!

Episode 5 is up about to settle in :)

Aaaarrrggghh! Just finished episode 5. Really want episode 6 now, although can't see it all being tied up, what with a second series already having been filmed?

Great to see who Gabriella’s dad was!

Ooh bake have you watched? Can I PM you very quick?!

Half way through right now

bake so very sorry please forgive me, I never do spoilers, except when I clearly do hence not posting on here and pouncing on the first person apart from me to finish (except you hadn't). Truly sorry x

Haha don’t worry, I didn’t read your PM properly so not really spoiled it.

When should we talk about the episode? Because it doesn’t air on live tv until next Monday. And isn’t it all out in the USA already?

Wikipedia says series 1 and 2 were filmed back to back en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Outlaws_(2021_TV_series)

Anyone else thing Stephen Merchant looks a little like Greta Thunberg? Shape of his smile.

@SwedishEdith

Anyone else thing Stephen Merchant looks a little like Greta Thunberg? Shape of his smile.

Just Googled and see I'm not the first to think that.

I really really like this series - an excellent cast, refreshingly different and some really funny lines.

@SwedishEdith

Anyone else thing Stephen Merchant looks a little like Greta Thunberg? Shape of his smile.

I can see it.

Have had to go and relisten to Souvenir (omd) used in the soundtrack. What a lovely song

I've started a spoiler thread .
On telly addicts but I can't do links!