Truth Seekers

This is the kind of show that has been missing for awhile now. The acting is perfect (Malcolm McDowell steals every scene he's in), the writing feels familiar but fresh, the humor is organic and natural, and if you loved the monster-of-the-week type of episodes, that's what you're going to get, but with its own mythology arc running throughout.

On my second watch already, and it's only been out for two days!

Things get moving after a bit of a jerky start. Nick Frost is an extremely likeable actor and once again portrays a somewhat dark, melancholic character in a positive light. Great cast rounds it out a fun mystery.

I like all the actors in this, especially Emma D'Arcy, but also Malcom McDowell, Nick Frost, and Simon Pegg. There are no special effects at all, so it is just scary sounds and lights, an occasional creepy creature, like the old Twilight Zone TV series. Simon Pegg plays the internet service company manager where Nick Frost works, and Pegg wears the most ridiculous 1970s polyester wig. I guess that counts like special effects?

The only reason to watch this series is for the acting, and it is very entertaining. Unfortunately, there are some spots where the characters literally sit down to read or watch a video, and it gets really slow and boring. Hopefully the series will quicken its pace in future episodes.

I just caught this show on Amazon Prime and I am watching through the episodes of the first series, and for me it's annoying that anything remotely decent is buried away on an Amazon TV channel.

It's got a great collection of wonderful characters and actors, with the legendary Malcolm McDowell, Nick Frost, Simon Pegg, and Julian Barratt.

Nick Frost is Gus Roberts by day No 1 internet maestro for Smyle and co, and by night ghostbuster extraordinaire of The Truth Seekers. Simon Pegg is Dave the Head Honcho of Smyle Inc, replete with a truly fright syrup.

Malcolm McDowell is Richard Gus Roberts dad, or is he really?

Julian Barratt is Dr Peter Toynbee is the self proclaimed guru of the paranormal, but is there more to him than meets the normal human eye?

I have seen a few reviews here of this show and of numerous episodes, and the negative comments frankly are from those souls who have somehow managed to miss the entire point of the whole programme.

This show has a blend of elements historical, supernatural, paranormal, enwrapped in comedy, a totally different blend of comedy drama than I have hitherto seen.

Of course comparisons are inevitable and for yanks the default may invariably be the X Files, but frankly that's a somewhat erroneous comparison.

To my mind Truth Seekers is not attempting to merely replicate the X Files, instead its going in a far different and a much more personal direction.

I hope that show goes beyond one series to allow for further character development, as well as eventually being picked up by a different TV provider like Netflix.

This Halloween I had the urge for comedy horror and was thinking of watching Shaun of the Dead again. This show was perfect timing. It combined a good mystery with the paranormal, merged with modern technology. Of course, with a good bit of British humour added in to the mix. Simon Pegg was almost completely unrecognizable in this show. Not only does he look a little different, but his acting was completely unique to this character. Many of his older characters seem the same, both in personality and tone, but this one was completely different in style.