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There is little more to add to what has already been written about this mini series. It really is a tour de force by every actor in every scene. The last episode was criticised as being the weakest only because the previous three were outstanding, but I disagree. It was a necessary roundup that completes the story, not by offering the answers we were looking for, because few are given, but by throwing out more questions. In fact, the only 'conclusion' was Graham's award-worthy performance in that final scene that will leave a lasting impression.

And while you're marveling at these compelling performances, consider the technical aspects of the one-shot takes. The camera following through windows, the switch from living room to the front of the van (followed by five minutes of dialogue from a moving vehicle), and the panoramic drone shots following on from a close shot from inside a car. The cinematography matches the performances: gob-smacking, astounding... and leaving the viewer with more questions than answers. Kudos to the DP.

Don't come to this series for a nicely wrapped story with a cosy conclusion. If you come away with as many questions as you do answers, the series attained what it set out to do.

I like Snoop and I even like the often divisive Kat Williams, but I turned this off after skipping the first fifteen minutes and getting to Williams' opening act. I say skipping the first fifteen minutes because it's just an embarrassing ego performance by Snoop who, I can only assume, was too high to concentrate on the laughs. The camera frequently cut to the audience guffawing at Snoop's one-liners, leaving me wondering what the joke was that I'd just missed. There's the odd bit of half-hearted rapping and sing-along but I just wasn't feeling it, and I don't think Snoop was either. I ended up skipping the remainder of the 'opening act', which was at least fifteen minutes long, to get to Kat Williams. "At last", I thought, "now for the comedy". Nah, not really. Kat was mildly amusing but those cuts to the audience members roaring with laughter must have been taken from a different part of the night. With the show now in full swing and me barely raising an eyebrow in amusement, I turned it off.