Lucky Man

I was delighted to see that "Stan Lee's Lucky Man" was not yet another interminable '~man' (Bat/Ant/Super/X- etc etc ad nauseum) comic on screen. Instead we are treated to a show for adults rather than teens/YAs. Remarkably, the drama is set in London and features as the eponymous character a rather flawed and somewhat insular copper. We soon see that "Lucky Man" may not be that lucky at all, and that his luck is rather double edged. The characters are believable, often unlovable, and well portrayed; the roles are quickly fleshed out and we easily grasp the character of each participant. The background of London does not distract, as say New York might, instead it provides a gentle and interesting canvas against which the story rapidly, and often brutally, unfolds. Well written, well acted, and tightly edited, I haven't felt that the show slackens at any point. Excellent and believable drama despite the 'comic book' premise.

Reading the other reviews, I believe that most people expected to see a spandex-dressed superhero series. Stan Lee's name in the very title of the series would cause that.

This is a police story. Police detectives who have to deal with something seemingly impossible. It is the concept of ordinary people who have to deal with extraordinary situations.

It is closer to "Fringe" than anything else. Not much action, but plenty of mystery. It has an intriguing plot (with a few minor flaws) that keeps interest quite high. Acting is OK, nothing exceptional, but nothing disappointing either.

Overall this is a great story, told in a satisfying way. As I am a fan of the genre, I consider "Lucky Man" to be one of the top 3 series of 2016.

I like James Nesbitt so that is always a good start. I am a 38 year old female and I never thought I would be watching this many comic book based shows. I also love sci-fi, so those are the type of super hero shows I will watch. The Flash, Marvels Agents of Shield, Legends of Tomorrow and now this one. That is a lot of comic book super heroes for a 38 year old. My teenage son does not even watch these shows. He just likes the big movies with the characters. This one could be a good one. Need to see more episodes. They did the set up in the pilot well. We get the premise and it was fun to see James Nesbitt get to be flash and daring. The boat chase at night on the water was beautiful. I am not sure where they actually shot that, but it looked great, except the really obvious tacky green screen shots with James and the other cop in the boat, that was bad. Worth checking out for sure so far. Update-2018- We are now on Season Three. This show has met my expectations and is one of my favorites. Interesting stories and great cast. Season three is my favorite so far. Watch this is you can get it where you live. Hopefully it will go to a streaming service where more people can see it eventually.

This series started with great potential, but they really missed the opportunity to end on a high note at the end of series two. Series three was a mistake, a big mistake. By the time I was watching the third last episode of series three it had become so repetitive and boring that I threw the towel in and fast forwarded to the final episode. Loved the first two series, but series 3 was utter tosh and heaven forbid they ever make a series 4!

For crying out loud! Why can't people grow up and stop being sanctimonious, nit-picking morons? It's not perfect, but it is pretty good. It's fast paced, has interesting characters and plot lines and James Nesbit's acting is bloody brilliant. The rest of the cast do a great job, too. The story has a nice supernatural twist with the bracelet, but if you don't like that kind of thing I wouldn't watch it, and don't leave a negative review because of it. As well as that, it's a pretty good and gritty crime drama. I've reached episode nine so far and I'm looking forward to a second season if they choose to keep this series going. There are some really bad films and programs being churned out these days, but this isn't one of them and I think its 7.2 rating is pretty close. Go with that and give it a shot...unless you think you might have sanctimonious, nit-picking tendencies, then you might want to give it a miss to save yourself the stress and frustration of it all.