Public Enemies

Most crime dramas don't concentrate on the aftermath of a prison sentence so this was interesting. All his life is reported back ( ironic that now people do this voluntarily on social media). The pressure cooker of his mental state must be like a form of PTSD. Maybe why anyone institutionalised ( armed forces for one) struggles so much. Eddie is atypical it would seem.

Daniel Mays as Eddie is believable which shows acting chops. Anna Friel as Paula the probation officer plays Anna Friel in every role. She typecasts herself or would seem to at least. I have no idea what the fascination is with her as an actress. Support cast are a superb troupe. Showing the top billed a lesson or two. The drama unfolds quite slowly and the resolution takes just a few minutes at the end, as it is in real life. Not necessarily what we want when being entertained? We want, as an audience, to have some payback for the time invested in the story perhaps. As in life, you don't always get what you want. Proof here (though it is resolved). Appreciating simple things again, as Eddie does, could be a lesson for us all.