Rat Trap

As in the previous episode, I'm impressed again by the stylish gritty flow, great acting, menacing vibe & atmosphere with all that turgid family drama, the crown this time going to Harry and then Anthony. Poor Jan is really sandwiched between her man and her man's piranha acquaintances.

After four episodes, the events are electrified a bit more, their constant being on the road is becoming rather strange, the brutality and violence is on the rise and more violent deaths are in queue to happen.

• Screenplay/storyline/plots: 7.5
• Production value/impact: 8.5
• Development: 8
• Realism: 8
• Entertainment: 7.5
• Acting: 8.5
• Filming/photography/cinematography: 8.5
• VFX: 8
• Music/score/sound: 7.5
• Depth: 7
• Logic: 6
• Flow: 7.5
• Crime/Irish/British/drama/mysterious thriller mist: 7.5
• Ending: 7.5.

Greetings from Lithuania.

"Rat Trap", a fourth episode of "Mobland" was its most slow paced yet. Rather then moving a story in any meaningful way, its slowly builds up characters. Which is a good thing because as much as i enjoyed previous three episodes, i kinda felt that they haven't really set up characters more - we don't get to see much of their backstories. Well this episode did just that. And while its my least favorite episode so far, its nevertheless was good and important.

Overall, i liked "Rat Trap" for what it is - a solid characters building episode rather then an action oriented one.

Lots of talking and reminiscing in this episode and even with the limited scenes with the spoiled brat it still sucks.

Mostly filler this episode as we only move the plot along a few clicks, all pieces of this, pieces of that, every character gets 10 minutes and nothing really said makes much difference to the story.

For as much money and star power attached to this show we should expect better writing and a much better story. The spoiled kid sparking a war just isn't going to sustain an entire season, yet the writers think it will. I can stomach maybe one more show and will probably call it quits.

Never getting better it seems. Long drawn out simple ABC story here. 2/10.

Loyalty can be a one-way street, as evidenced in this episode in which both Maeve and Conrad Harrigan immediately suspect Harry of being a rat, the worst possible sin in their crime family universe, after the coppers find Archie's corpse. The audience knows Harry is 100% loyal to the Harrigans, a fact underscored by a scene of his wife saying as much to her therapist, but it is telling how easily they can turn against their most loyal employee.

This episode delves into the psychology of the characters more than previous ones, especially Harry's world view versus that of such a "normal" character as his wife Jan (well-played by Joanne Froggatt). I was especially grateful to have her, one of the story's "civilians", get a bit of spotlight in a series otherwise dominated by, in every sense, the repellent criminals.

A major script failing here is the weak set-up of how easily and quickly our stars Pierce and Helen turn against Harry - I didn't buy it, but writers Bennett and Butterworth assume the audience will accept such crucial plot twists without batting an eyelash. The whole series not merely revolves around Harry but is based on viewer identification with him, so such a drastic switcheroo requires a lot more convincing evidence.

To keep the pot boiling, there's plenty of treachery afoot with way too much giving away of devious motivations (especially Maeve's) for my taste. In the final analysis, the question of viewer loyalty to a fledgling TV series (we're only in the fourth installment) is paramount, pun intended.

You step out into your private terrace and take a deep breath of a new London episode., marvelous acting play perfomances great family sharada! A sparkling screenplay, shining out amongst the clean story lines and expensive glass, moments of marble and onyx gleam like the many stars who have inhabited this episode. Bursting with celebrity history, this full captivating serial will be has been designed around full comfort. Great digital connection, vast space and our own convincing butler Harry Da Souza await a great service. Something unclear in this episode and Harry! Again by the stylish gritty magine Harry waking up to the city of London skyline stretching out before you, the the plot streaming through the floor-to-ceiling windows.