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Manifest (2018)
Sci Fi Soap WIth Vomit Inducing Dialog
I normally avoid watching TV series as they tend to be formulaic and predictable but I saw the trailer and was intrigued by the premise and binge watched season 1 with interest. The performances are very 'look at me I'm acting' but it zips along and you quickly accept the unreal as real, but its failing is some really wet dialogue that can only exist in the mind of a writer ('I'm so glad we're a family again') and by episode 16 it had characters changing to suit the situation and it settled down to be a soap with the series climax signposted way too early. I see they are making season 2 but I won't be watching.
Gideon's Way: The Nightlifers (1965)
Unintentionally Hilarious With An Overaged Cast
Overall 'Gideon's Way' is a good old fashioned slice of 60s crime detection. but this episode is not only a duffer but is unintentionally hilarious with its casting of teenagers Derek Fowlds (27), Annette Andre (25), Jean Marsh (30), Anton Rogers (31 and wearing a Beatle wig in some scenes) - all of whom are out for 'giggles' by beating up various shopkeepers, uncles and errant friends. Even Joyce Carey plays a teenagers mother and she was 66 at the time of filming. One to avoid.