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Not sure why all the negative reviews. It's not the funniest thing I've ever seen for sure. But it's a fresh take on The Office that's clever and has plenty of laughs.

I've been a big fan of Catherine Tate ever since she was Donna in Doctor Who, alongside David Tennant. Her new show Hard Cell came along with the barest minimum of promotion on Netflix, which is a real shame because this really is a superb show.

When I started watching Hard Cell, I was unaware that Tate plays a multitude of characters, and not all female either. All six episodes are very funny, excellently acted and filmed. The big twist at the end of the last episode literally had me sat with my head in my hands in disbelief. What a finish.

Never mind what the critics say... this show deserves a lot of praise.

Well done indeed, Catherine Tate.

First of all... it's British humor. If you don't "get it" or don't like it, then you don't understand it.

This is the show I needed. As a woman, troubled times are a given... whether it be behind bars or not. I found this show to be very funny and refreshing, with a quick pace, and told in a hilarious yet delicate way. Wrapped up in an easy afternoon binge, this one (IMHO) is a winner.

I enjoy British humor. For the first 5.8 episodes I thought it was a typical British mocumentary, the ending changes all that. I would have enjoyed the show with the expected ending as well.

I can normally predict what is going to happen in a show because the shows aren't usually as clever as they think they are. This ending caught me completely by surprise.

The show is well written and the acting is good. The empathy shown it great.

Catherine Tate really shows how talented she is.

Knowing her as Donna Noble from Doctor Who and possibly more known to Americans as Nellie Bertram from the US Office I was excited to see her when watching the trailer. And not knowing she plays multiple characters it was quite fun to realise such.

Her wide variety of characters played and others might be typical prison cliches but who cares. It was cleverly written, made me laugh, and astonishing the ability to act five or six different characters an episode of is well rather amazing.

I am not sure why there's such a large amount of low votes as it seems it's either ones or tens. Much like Yelp reviews. This isn't a serious documentary about a strong willed and independent prison governor. Though not to brush it off because the premise is still lovely, but what I can say is the best analogy to describe Laura is that she's Michael Scott from the US Office. Perhaps being on it influenced Ms Tate in how she performed the character but even then it just added a funny dimension.

The #2 innuendos surprisingly didn't get old. The chemistry betwixt everyone I felt was well done which made you care for these women that have made terrible life mistakes.

Which makes the shocking conclusion jaw dropping. I really hope the show runners and Netflix aren't discouraged by several morons that didn't get the show.

I hope there is a second series because I need to see these women again. They are more than criminals. They are still human which in itself perhaps whilst being a comedy there still was a statement to be said. If not, I still had a good laugh for 2½ hours as I blew through the episodes, all while trying with all my might not to laugh too hard lest my full bladder fails.