THE CAGE - sun 9pm bbc 1 - TV PACE. NO SPOILERS

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New upcoming crime drama, The Cage, starring Sheridan Smith (https://www.hellomagazine.com/tags/sheridan-smith/) and Michael Socha – and it could just be your next TV obsession.

Now if Miss SS gets to snog MS I will be very jealous

I loved him in showtrail and seem to have a little crush on him 💓
5 parts on weekly on a Sunday night x 5weeks

Filmed in and around Liverpool and Merseyside, the story centres around Leanne (Smith), a casino cashier who starts skimming cash from the safe to save her family home.

But when she discovers her boss Matty (Socha) is doing the same thing, both of their lives start to spiral out of control.

The newly released trailer shows Leanne, a single mum, and Matty, a gambling addict, form an unlikely partnership to keep their thefts a secret, but soon become entangled with brutal local gangsters and the police.

The series follows Leanne, a charismatic cashier at an inner-city casino in Liverpool, who starts skimming cash from the safe when she's threatened with losing her home.

When she discovers that her boss Matty is also taking money from the safe, "their lives are set on a collision course; with each other, the local gangster they're stealing from, and the police".

They're joined by Barry Sloane (House of the Dragon) as Gary, Geraldine James (Dope Girls) as Nancy, Anton Bibby as Thomas, Freya Jones as Emily and Sophie Mensah (Sanctuary: A Witches Tale) as Fen.

Sophie Mensah plays Amanda Ning
Rounding out the cast are Abby Mavers (Waterloo Road) as Kelly, Shaun Mason (Extraordinary) as Alan, Louis Emerick as Paul (The Power of Parker), Ian Puleston Davies (Tin Star) as Vincent, Julia Papp (Baptiste) as Irina, Katy Carmichael (Malpractice) as DCI Hannigan, Dave Hart (The Responder) as Danny, Eileen O'Brien (Not Going Out) as Nanna, Eithne Browne (The Responder) as Annie and Mona Goodwin (Extraordinary) as Trace.

Too late! Have watched all episodes now 😉

It’s a right festival of misery. I’ve watched 3 but it is hard going. It’s all so gloomy and such a mess

dint bother then, it's wasted time you'll never get back. You can ask Gemini or chat gtp what happened in the end if you really want to know.

Or I can just read this thread 😅

Please remove this is tv paced. So we have only seen e1

no spoilers

thank you

And yes her hand /finger tattoos are horrible. She had in previous ch5 drama think castaway and said she regretted then obv covered up for I caught the law

maybe needs them lasered

I think that’s my issue with it. I was expecting it to be like The Cleaner or whatever it was called and I really enjoyed that. And it’s not

I've always loved MS since this is england, but he has big competition from 'Gary' in this one, he's lush for a baddie 😂

I am finding Shel's lips distracting, very cats bum, but sadly she's in an industry that's going to judge her whether she does or doesn't have tweakments.

That casino uniform is minging.

MS is lovely. He seems vulnerable in this.

E2 Tonight

Another enjoyable Episode

felt sorry for the blokes son being beaten up by Gary

Leanne will kinda fall for Gary and then get stuck

MS saying I could be gay with a daughter. Then not. Reminded me of showtrail and the way he spoke then

Recap e2

https://reelmockery.com/the-cage-series-1-episode-2-recap/

Seems to have a bit more substance now, I’ll stick with it. Still getting distracted by SS cosmetic surgery. Is she going to fall for Gary or Matty? Either way will end badly.

She can have Gary. I don’t want to see her snog matty - he’s mine !

E3 tonight

Well least she doesn’t have cancer

I’m still puzzled why the house now her mum is dead won’t go to her surely the council /ha would reliese that

glad she didn’t get matty into trouble over the marked money but bad that she was going to

and that money in the black bag

Recap e3

https://reelmockery.com/the-cage-series-1-episode-3-recap/

I'm really enjoying this - I think it is gripping.
When Gary was creeping up the stairs at his Mum's house while Matty was rifling through the desk paperwork, I thought I might have a heart attack.
I understand what everyone says about the doom and gloom of it but I think it really does have a dark humour undertone to it.

I had to the watch episode one the other week as I couldn’t get into it. However , once you get your head around all the different stories and characters it is very good and gripping. Sheridan is always worth watching.

I think it’s really good and roll on next Sunday

just caught up with episode 3, i couldnt bear to watch when Matty was in the study
i didnt understand how they would supposedly find the marked money, until they looked in matty's wallet
i thought sheridan would use it as a deposit on a house, or is it lost for good

E4 tonight

'I've always loved MS since this is england, but he has big competition from 'Gary' in this one, he's lush for a baddie'

Agreed! I was very distracted by Gary 😍 even though he's a monster

Gary is cute. And I don’t do beards

but something about MS eyes

remind me of a puppy

E4 tonight and weirdly last one e5 tomorow night