altereggo123

I understand that shows like to create some incentive to watch a second season, but this show takes it way too far. There is far too much left unexplained, As it stands, the grade for this show has to be either "incomplete" or "fail."

There is the obligatory woke casting that creates some credibility problems. Nikki Amuka-Bird is a fine actress and always comes across as appealing and intelligent, but she is completely miscast as a "trophy wife."

There is a random lesbian relationship thrown in almost as an afterthought, and it too seems implausible.

There are some well-written characters, and some of the relationships seem painfully real, which is all the more reason to find the show disappointing. All that fine acting and dialogue is in service of a plot filled with holes, loose ends and missing explanations. It's infuriating.

Without a Season 2, this show is a complete wsste of time.

It's disappointing to see tepid reviews and ratings for this show, because I loved it and hope there will be more. It's probably the most challenging game show I've ever watched. Only Connect, University Challenge, Jeopardy Masters and others have their moments, but this is in a class by itself.

I confess that, as I watched, I sometimes had to pause and spend some time trying to understand the rules of a game they were playing. I was sometimes still thinking about it as the players forged ahead. A few times, it was clear that the players themselves were figuring it out they went, A couple of key games hinged on players not fully understanding or taking advantage of a key rule. But as the light dawned, and as the genius of the winner's strategy became evident, it was beautiful to see.

There is very little television so focused on celebrating raw, unfiltered intelligence like this. But, brains weren't everything. The best players were the ones with the strongest insights into human psychology, They lured other players into traps. For viewers who like traditional reality shows, the players also formed friendships and alliances, and their distinctive personalities proved critically important at times too.

Some of the challenges were a bit like chess, go, an IQ test, and liar's poker rolled into one insane brain teaser. But instead of throwing up their hands, the players gamed it out it, devised strategies, and made ingenious moves.

Possibly the show writers could spend a little more time explaining the rules to the home viewer, so we could engage with less effort. Still, there's always rewind.

I hope ITV will preserve this one show for viewers like me who are masochistic enough to stretch and squeeze our brains trying to keep up. With a few tweaks, it will find its audience.

Shocking audiences into uncomfortable laughter is not the same as amusing them.

Every episode begins with an interesting premise and then descends into graphic discussions of feces and anal sex. The "humor" seems to be the contrast between the slickly produced scenes and the unbelievably pornographic depictions of copulation, defecation or both simultaneously. Whether an episode starts in a corporate board room or a quaint French village, it will descend into acts that will test your knowledge of slang and anatomy, e.g. "to prolapse" someone. After a couple of episodes, it's clear what the formula is. AI could write it. There is no need for a season two.