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Jekyll (2007)
Such a waste with so much potential
The only way I can imagine that so many people think so highly of this series is if they only watched the first episode and didn't bother with the rest. The entirety of this mini series is nothing but a lot of build up, threats and promises of activities that would make this a good show with no payoff whatsoever.
The first episode is really good. There is so much potential for a great story. But the creators spent years shopping the premise around to various studios before finally getting the green light and after watching all of the episodes one gets the impression that they only wrote the first episode and then slapped the rest of them together after funding came in.
During all of the episodes Hyde makes continual threats of violence, cannibalism, sexual abuse, acts of debauchery, etc. Outside of them pointing out that he frequents prostitutes none of these things ever happen. Hyde beats up some bad guys. That's it. That's all. Spoiler alert! Instead of building up to a shocking finale Hyde sacrifices himself for his wife. Nothing else. We watch him for six hours spitting insults and promises about the vicious and savage proclivities that permeate his thoughts and he does little more than barking without biting.
I'm the first person to say there's no call for violence for violence's sake. I'm the first person to point out that story is far above explosions and machine guns and gratuitous sex. But don't have the lead character promise all of the above and give us none. Sucks to be you in the BBC won't air things like that but, as with the prostitutes, there are ways around anything. The best horror movies are those that do not show you the creature/monster/whatever until the end if at all. By the same token this line of thinking can be extended to anything that would prompt censors to baulk at whatever behavior hits the screen.
All in all don't make promises you can't keep and if you're going to write and rewrite a pilot episode for years the least you could do is have some concept of how to finish the damned series. As for everyone who seems to think this show is great... well I just don't know what to say for you. Or to you for that matter other than how bad is the stuff you're watching now if you think this show is great?