Slow Horses - what am I missing?

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I’m really unwell and off work sick and I keep trying this but I’m missing something. Maybe I’m not paying enough attention maybe in my concentration is lapsing but I want to love it because there are so many seasons and I love British TV…

Has anyone else just not loved it?!

I have to say it was the same with this city is ours but I watched it again and absolutely loved it so maybe I need to try a third time with slow horses!

It’s bloody fantastic. You need to pay attention. No phones, listen to each character, give it your full attention!!

I couldn't get into it either!

I’m with you too OP I’ve tried several times but can’t even get through the first episode.

I used to like it, now I just find the manufactured quarrelling really fake and irritating. It’s just constant bickering ‘banter’ which I find wears thin really quickly

We all like different things. I couldn't get into Breaking Bad, but loads of people loved it. And that's fine. 😊

My son and friends all rave about it. They did about Luther and Game of Thrones as well. I've tried all of them several times and give up halfway through E1.

I don't like it either I find it cliched and it really pushed credibility to the limits. I have plenty of imagination and can easily pay attention, I just found it trying too manufactured and lacking logic - which is a shame as I love Gary Oldman. But hey, we all like different things. I didn't love Ozarks either.

Pushed credibility? You mean there ISN’T a place where crappy spies get sent to

(I loved Ozarks!)

Jackson Lamb. You are missing the wonder of Jackson Lamb 😁. I bloody love it. 😊

Well, I do feel better for not loving it now 🤣

I think I need to give it one more try when my concentration span is a little bit better!!

I tried this again recently and really enjoying it. Because I have ADHD, the sheer amount of seasons is offputting. I need to get that out of my head and just enjoy it as if it’s a new programme!!

Well I've read all the books first and I have to say that the series really does them credit.

I don't know whether I love it because I loved the whole world through the books first. Maybe try reading the books they're really nicely written.

But yeah personally I think it's one of the best things on television.

@CarbonelKitten well, now I feel very uneducated because I had no idea they were books!! I would much rather read a book or now I’m gonna have to go and look for them!! God, I feel stupid

Mmm River…. 🤤🤤

Definitely read the books, they're great.

It’s bloody brilliant. Gary Oldman is fantastic. But I’d happily watch him watch paint dry.

Well that AND the logic of some decision-making. I liked the start of Ozarks, but again, stupid decision-making started to really ruin it for me. I don't need relentless realism but I do need to not think: "FFS no one would do THAT!" about ten times an episode!

I watched the first episode a few years ago and couldn't see what the fuss was about.

Then earlier this year I decided to give it another go and it's now one of my favourite shows. It's much funnier than I originally thought.

Ah I did like this (worth watching from the beginning) but the one I couldn’t get into and thought stretched credulity was Black Doves. It has a stellar cast but it was just too far fetched.

I love it, I find the action exciting.

I loved it for how honest it was

Plus they are not crappy spies they are the ones who have refused to be corrupt - and this happens across industries constantly

@Minasamayes I found Black Doves just too far fetched

I mean some of them have been moved there for utter incompetence to be fair.....

Thinking of Min Harper for example 🤔

It took me 3 times to get past the initial scene because I really dislike it when people are set up. Once I had got over myself regarding this, I started enjoying it and then really loving it. Maybe give it (yet) another chance. I love how all the characters are deeply flawed yet somehow also likeable. I can’t even hate Taverner, or Judd.