Hostage on Netflix

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m only on episode 2 but so annoyed that the PM doesn’t just resign. Seeing her husband and other hostages and being told to resign or they would be killed?? That’s a no-brainer. And she’s way too calm.

She's not the strongest actress, just okay. Julie Delpy was the star.

[Anonymous]

I'm two episodes in. Definitely fun to watch, but the most implausible thing at the moment is the French president being blackmailed for infidelity. Yes, I get that it's her stepson, but it's the French. Since when do they lose careers over this kind of thing. Would have been better to flip flop the nationalities.

[Anonymous]

Incidentally, just started a different Netflix show, Dept. Q, which is also really good and bingeable!

[Anonymous]

I just finished this show. Here are my observations:

1. The PM actress's nose distracts me from the storyline. (Yes, I'm shallow.)

2. It seems totally unrealistic that a 28 yr old has a friend with an abandoned mansion outside London that he can easily get into. How convenient.

3. People always complain that in American shows characters never say "goodbye" on the phone. On this show, they don't say it either.

[Anonymous]

DP. I also just finished. The actress who plays the PM looked so much like Phoebe Waller-Bridge.

Not a bad show, but not great. The bad guy reminded me of a mean little leprechaun.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m only on episode 2 but so annoyed that the PM doesn’t just resign. Seeing her husband and other hostages and being told to resign or they would be killed?? That’s a no-brainer. And she’s way too calm.

I’m really enjoying it, but I don’t understand this at all. Why can’t she just tell the cabinet, publicly resign, and then take the job back once the hostages are released?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DP. I also just finished. The actress who plays the PM looked so much like Phoebe Waller-Bridge.

Not a bad show, but not great. The bad guy reminded me of a mean little leprechaun.

+1. I watched all 5 episodes because I felt like I had to finish but after episode 2 it went way downhill for me in ridiculousness. And I am a huge Julie Delpy fan. She carried the show.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:New political thriller starring Suranne Jones and Julie Delpy. Really enjoying so far, recommend!

It’s a yawner.

[Anonymous]

Hard for me to get past thinking of Suranne Jones as Dr Foster, that I went back to rewatch that series instead

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hard for me to get past thinking of Suranne Jones as Dr Foster, that I went back to rewatch that series instead

She’s much better in that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DP. I also just finished. The actress who plays the PM looked so much like Phoebe Waller-Bridge.

Not a bad show, but not great. The bad guy reminded me of a mean little leprechaun.

+1. I watched all 5 episodes because I felt like I had to finish but after episode 2 it went way downhill for me in ridiculousness. And I am a huge Julie Delpy fan. She carried the show.

She did carry the show, but I found it so absurd that she did a total 180 midway through and became this heroic, beloved leader. And if I had been the PM, I would never have forgiven Vivienne for leaving me high and dry when I most needed her help (when she canceled the French rescue operation because she was worried about her affair getting out). Instead, the PM seemed to revere Vivienne.

[Anonymous]

I hated this show (I expected to love it, political thrillers esp British ones are my jam).

I thought it was poorly written, and the plotlines so bad and/or poorly fleshed out, that the good (not great) acting could not overcome it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hated this show (I expected to love it, political thrillers esp British ones are my jam).

I thought it was poorly written, and the plotlines so bad and/or poorly fleshed out, that the good (not great) acting could not overcome it.

+1. I couldn’t get over how little security there was in general when these 2 women were in public or in front of the press. That was incredibly unrealistic.