Nothing
too noteworthy about this one. It’s not
bad, like My Family or Rab C. Nesbitt, but it’s pretty darn
unremarkable. Though I watched the whole
episode, my attention wandered during most of the PC-less scenes.
Max,
our intrepid hero, is an Ex-Cop On a Mission.
At some point in the past, he was wrongfully imprisoned, and now that
he’s out, he’s on a tear to figure out why things went down the way they did. It seems to me that the overall series was
pretty arc-based, and since “Blow-Up” is the penultimate episode, the wheels
are pretty well in motion. Max thinks
he’s onto an important lead, and he pursues it with strong-arm tactics,
clandestine meetings, and requisite car chases.
Brief
appearance by PC as John, a potential source Max can press for
information. He’s somewhat shady – he
indicates that his intel comes with a price tag firmly attached – but mostly
harmless. Apparently, his mother never
told him that successful crooks have to be bright.
Not
much to say. Small role without too
characterization. His best scene is
probably when he and Max have words in a pub, and he shows off his lack of
criminal mastermindedness.
It’s
interesting to see the types of bit roles famous actors had at the start of their
careers. I wonder if directors speculate
as to which of their one-shot day-players are going to “make it.” Did the director of “Blow-Up” have any
inkling that this energetic, gangly kid had an Academy Award, a BAFTA, and a Who regeneration in his future?
Accent Watch
Okay,
so I spent a good chunk of PC’s first scene trying to work out his accent. Granted, I was thrown off the scent because a
couple of Welsh characters appear shortly before his in a similar locale, but
it’s still pretty uneven. Eventually
though, it settles into what basically sounds like RP.
Recommend?
In
General
– Naw. Too generic, not especially
interesting.
PC-wise – Not
necessarily. Not enough screentime or
characterization.
Warnings
Some
action violence and drinking.
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