im not sure about this but The Radio Times awarded the series five stars and made an early prediction that it could already be the ‘best show of the year’.
‘Waiting for the Out is a fascinating, informative, funny, poignant, piece of work, one which stands out amongst the overwhelming crowd of scripted series viewers now face choosing between,’ its review read.
DAN has got a new job teaching philosophy in a man’s prison, he’s nervous. He’s also very conflicted whether he wants to become a dad especially if their own father has sent to Jail when he was a young boy.
The synopsis has teased the following of what viewers can expect: ‘Each week, Dan leads discussions about dominance, freedom, luck and other topics that have troubled philosophers for thousands of years – topics that gain a new meaning when seen through the prisoners’ eyes – both igniting passions and creating tension.
‘Through his work, Dan begins to dig deeper into his own past – growing up with a father who ended up in prison, as did his brother Lee and uncle Frank.
Dan took a different path, but his time working in a prison begins to make him worry, obsessively, that he belongs behind bars just like his father.
As Dan’s personal crisis deepens, his actions begin to threaten both his own future, and his family’s.’