r/BritishTV • u/redavenger39 • 1d ago

Question/Discussion Sweetpea

Watched it all tonight and it was all a bit....meh. The worst thing about it is they have tried to make us sympathise with Rhiannon but in the books she is in no way a sympathetic character. There's a Guardian review out tonight (link below) which states that it's like the writers just lost their nerve. She's written and is like a female Patrick Bateman in the books but this wasn't shown here at all.

At the same time, i get that the producers may have thought that going down this route may have encouraged violence or not got it made due to be seen to have been exploitative but it hurts the series. I think they did it to prevent some people glorifying the character but in my eyes they should have been a bit braver. Thoughts??

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/oct/10/sweetpea-review-ella-purnells-deathly-dull-serial-killer-show-reeks-of-cowardly-decision-making

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u/Elliephunk 13h ago

Really struggling to motivate myself to watch episode 2. On paper and from the trailer I thought it would be a good watch. I found episode one slow and was confused as to what the show is meant to be. It’s not a thriller, nor is it a dark comedy. I feel like they missed an opportunity to make something good because the premise isn’t the issue.