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Maris
Member
03-27-2002
| Wednesday, October 11, 2023 - 8:12 am 
Sugar, ou are right. It was MI5 and Annika
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 4:18 am
Britbox has a new show called "Ludwig". I just watched the first episode and highly recommend it.
It's about a loner who spends his time doing puzzles and his twin brother (a detective) disappears and he has to pretend he's him and try to find him.
It's a lighthearted, funny mystery.
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Friday, April 11, 2025 - 12:20 pm
OK, Come on. Somebody has got to be watching Ludwig. And if you're not, you should.
If you like only murders in the building, you'll like this one.
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Sugar
Member
08-14-2000
| Friday, April 11, 2025 - 4:34 pm
Ludwig fan here!
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Friday, April 11, 2025 - 4:37 pm
Yay! Have you watched the latest episode yet? I don't want to spoil if you haven't.
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Kappy
Member
06-28-2002
| Friday, April 11, 2025 - 5:20 pm
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Kappy
Member
06-28-2002
| Friday, April 11, 2025 - 5:28 pm
It sounds great, Grooch, but I don't have Britbox. I'm already subscribing to so many different things that I don't know when I'll add it but if I ever do, this sounds like a show I would want to watch.
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 6:28 am
I understand, Kappy. I don't have Netflix for the same reasons. One day, maybe.
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Maris
Member
03-27-2002
| Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:49 pm
Love Ludwig
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 4:05 pm
Yay! Another Ludwig fan.
What I can't figure out is that his female boss and the older, evil looking guy must know that he isn't the real James. And they must know that James partner has disappeared.
And I don't know why it bothers me so much, but I really don't like that the young policeman overheard what Holly told "James" about what happened at the Christmas party.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 9:05 pm
Loving Ludwig! Streamed season 1 in a day.
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Sunday, April 13, 2025 - 6:41 am
We only get one episode a week in the US.
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Rieann
Member
08-26-2006
| Sunday, April 13, 2025 - 10:41 am
I have Ludwig on my watchlist. Looks right up my alley. 
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Saturday, April 19, 2025 - 6:10 am
What a good season finale this last episode was. But now we have to wait a year for the next season. Ugh.
I hate how British shows only do 6 episode seasons.
And if you haven't watched it yet, I suggest you watch the last 5 or 10 minutes of the previous episode, so you don't waste time trying to remember what happened when this new episode starts. It picks right up where the last episode ended.
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Tuesday, April 29, 2025 - 11:10 am
Now that Ludwig is over, I recommend Towards Zero. It's an Agatha Christie mystery with Angelic Houston in it. This was done really well, great acting and I guessed the ending completely wrong.
And last night I watched the 1st 2 episodes of I, Jack Wright. The patriarch of the family dies, was it suicide? Murder? He was married 3 times and everyone is wretched, including him. And when the will is read, that's when all the trouble starts. I can't wait til Thursday for the next episode.
And I realized why I enjoy English actors so much more than American ones. I thought it was because directors pick actors that can actually act and look like the average person. But it's more than that. Their faces aren't filled with botox and their facial features can move. A raised eyebrow, the ability to bring one side of your mouth up to make a smirk, the ability to squint, etc. It just adds so much more to the character. The actors can convey so much with just a look that a botox filled face can never do.
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Maris
Member
03-27-2002
| Sunday, May 11, 2025 - 10:49 am
Is anyone watching MobLand on Paramount? Helen Mirren is diabolical. Great cast, Pierce Brosnan. Such a good show,
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, May 12, 2025 - 9:26 am
Maris, isn't it so good?! I was just telling my husband last night that as much as we hate Maeve, Helen Mirren is such a fantastic actress.
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Sanfranjoshfan
Member
09-16-2000
| Monday, May 12, 2025 - 10:23 am
"Their faces aren't filled with botox and their facial features can move."
I think a lot of that is because those actors think they'll get more work and make more movies and TV shows. I also think that their immobile faces just make it a whole lot easier for an A.I. to render them in cgi instead of hiring them.
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Maris
Member
03-27-2002
| Monday, May 12, 2025 - 2:13 pm
Yes Mamie, she is pure evil. I just can't wait to see what horrible thing she does next. Her tough guy husband Pierce Brosnan cant grasp how evil she is. The whole cast is great.
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Maris
Member
03-27-2002
| Monday, May 12, 2025 - 4:51 pm
A little anecdote. Pierce Brosnan grew up in St. Brendan's Park (street name) in Tralee, Co. Kerry. That is the same street my grandparents lived on. At the end of the street there was a field, with a swing on it that all the kids on the street played in. We shared the field with the cows. I used to play with the kids on the street whenever I stayed with my grandparents. We probably played with him as he is the same age as my older sister and two years older than me.
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Monday, May 19, 2025 - 4:38 am
Maris, thanks for the recommendation for Mobland. If you hadn't recommended it, I never would have watched it because it's not the type of show I'm interested in. But now I'm addicted to it! The acting is so good.
Maeve is horrible, but I believe Conrad knows (or highly suspects) it's her behind everything. The son suspects her, too.
I recognized by her voice,, that the actress that plays Jan is Anna from Dowton Abby. And the retired cop that they brought in to help the other cops is the actor from The Detectorists.
With all that is going on now, it seems like the show might be getting in over their skis. It seems like they are all going to end up dead by them time this season is over.
And speaking about the season ending, here's an article that says the show might not be renewed next season.
Tom Hardy faces disappointment amid crime drama's rumoured cancellation
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Maris
Member
03-27-2002
| Monday, May 19, 2025 - 4:25 pm
We can enjoy it while we can. I wouldn't mind an ending where they all end up dead. Yes on the downtown Abby actress.
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Monday, May 19, 2025 - 5:50 pm
So true. They are all so horrible I was starting to root for Ritchie. Well, until that last scene with him and the cops.
Don't read if you haven't watched the last episode.
Near the end of the show, when Harry was in the car with the cartel guy, the cartel guy said that Archie wasn't involved with the fentanyl stuff but someone else was. Who do you think it is. My first thought was Maeve. She's so evil. And that's why she had to get rid of Archie. But that is quite a stretch. Could it be Eddie? But he is to lazy. Who else could it be?
And what about the other brother thing?
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Maris
Member
03-27-2002
| Sunday, May 25, 2025 - 8:12 am
If you have HULU check out the Suspect. It is based on a true story which I remember. A lot of familiar faces if you are a fan of british crime dramas. Four episodes, great story.
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Monday, May 26, 2025 - 4:22 pm
I've watched the latest episode of Mobland. While still good, it's getting a bit over the top. I'm leaning towards that it does end this season with all loose ends tied up.
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Maris
Member
03-27-2002
| Tuesday, May 27, 2025 - 8:32 am
Agree Grooch, I think they tie it all up. I expect a St. Valentines day massacre ending.
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Tuesday, May 27, 2025 - 8:44 am
Omg! Lol!
BTW, they've mentioned a few times to the son (the one that's still living) that he has a brother.
My guess is that it is Eddy and Maeve is really Eddy's mother and the leader of the other crime crime family is the father.
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Maris
Member
03-27-2002
| Tuesday, May 27, 2025 - 9:26 am
Could be. Or, it is Harry which would also explain why Maeve hates Harry. Could be that Conrad strayed from his marriage with Maeve, lol.
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