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..

Just watched ep 4. Some classic lines there. "They're not anal beads, Mum" along with the bit about coco pops and 70 year old genitalia And then it goes straight for the heart as well.

I'm really not sure how I feel about it - it's funny, it's thrilling, it's poignant; there's peril and pranks, and some bloody good acting. I'm not sure it fits into any one box but I'm certainly enjoying it.

@the80sweregreat’s spoiler thread here www.mumsnet.com/Talk/telly_addicts/4397583-outlaws-spoiler-thread

I'm a little bit in love with Stephen merchant.
Loved his cameos in the office ( and the writing )
(I love how his managed to get a David Brent lookie likey in there too !)

I'd only known Stephen Marchant previously from Tooth Fairy (with The Rock)!

Loving this series. It kind of defies categorisation, doesn't it? And the cameo performances also give it a surprise boost.

Lady Gabby’s dad is good casting isn’t it!

New girls, come over to the spoiler thread !!
It's on telly addicts

thanks to this thread i have given this another go, seen 4 episodes now and enjoying it

@IntemperateSpirits

Just watched ep 4. Some classic lines there. "They're not anal beads, Mum" along with the bit about coco pops and 70 year old genitalia And then it goes straight for the heart as well.

I'm really not sure how I feel about it - it's funny, it's thrilling, it's poignant; there's peril and pranks, and some bloody good acting. I'm not sure it fits into any one box but I'm certainly enjoying it.

i agree, it is strange as it is funny as well as serious

also loved OMD Souvenir, memories of my teenage years

Am loving this…am on episode 3. I love the darker story line balanced by the the light comedy relief. I think it explores some quite deep themes too. I really like all the characters, despite how awkwardly annoying some of them are, it shows their vulnerabilities and makes them very human.

Reminder of a spoiler thread on telly addicts for the binge watchers.
.. join us all there

Thought I'd bump this ahead of tonights show.

Thought it was great! Claes Bang is scary!

great that this is back
looking foward to catching up

So glad its back on

Going to binge watch I think , gripped ‘

Just finished series 2! Really like it.

I finished this today. Entertaining funny and heartwarming. Is it weird to have a crush on the horrible gangster man? asking for a friend.

Not if he’s played by Claes Bang. (fans self)

I binge watched it too. I thought the first series was funnier, the second a bit more tense. I liked the social commentary though. I read today that they filmed them both at the same time. I presume there's no series 3, although I did have some questions about the ending.

@Cattenberg so I’m not a weirdo then

I really enjoyed season two. A bit disappointed that it seems unlikely there will be a third but there again best to end on a 'high', so maybe very sensible.

I loved all the characters in their own ways.

@Auntiegladys, absolutely not!

I thought Stephen Merchant was currently trying to get the funding for a third series.

It's very good, but when Frank got into his grand sons school all I could think was ' safeguarding' !

I loved this last season so really pleased it's back. Only had time for one yet, but the scene of him standing up in the club and getting caught in the light fitting had me hyperventilating.