Primeval
Episodes 4-6
The first season of ITV’s attempt to win the BBC’s Doctor Who audience with its own primetime SF series comes to a close. This could so easily have been a “monster of the week” show but thanks to some excellent writing and fine performances from all the leads it’s been much more than that. In many ways this is the show Torchwood should have been and shows that you don’t need sex and bad language to tell a more adult story; in fact, of the two, this is the more mature, devoid of Torchwood’s juvenile obsession with its characters sex lives/orientation, preferring instead to just tell a damn good tale. To top it off it ends with the mother of all cliffhangers. Roll on season two!
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1 - Margaret
You're allowed your opinion of Blood Ties but as a fan I feel you're wrong. It's supposed to have somewhat of a dark look. It is well written, well acted, humorous, camp, just exactly what a vamp show needs to be. Thank God not everyone believes critics or if they do, they occassionally watch the show to see if you know what you're talking about. Either way its good as you draw attention to the show. You just happen to have the wrong opinion about the show though, its great.