Last Night's TV: Appropriate Adult & Entourage: The End!
Good-bye Entourage. You will be missed, but eternally re-played on my laptop.
Appropriate Adult
Sunday night the ITV 2-part drama Appropriate Adult concluded on the telebox and I decided to watch both parts in one fine swoop last night. The show follows the story of Janet Leach (Emily Watson), the housewife who was asked to act as the appropriate adult for Fred West (Dominic West) during the court case into his and wife Rosemarys crimes. The show follows Leach from the time of Freds arrest through to the conviction of Rosemary and looks at her involvement with Fred and the effect it had on her and her family. Wow! The show is a real shock to the system as it explores what Leach had to endure throughout the case and in her personal life. As more and more of the truth becomes evident the stress on her becomes greater and greater, but with a burning desire to discover the truth and the feeling of importance put upon her she soldiered on. The stress of the case eventually causing Leach a minor stroke and threatening to tear her family apart. The story of Fred and Rose West was major headlines back in the mid 90s and everyone who wasnt in a coma around that time had heard of the infamous pair, but this show gives you all the little details as the seeped out of Freds head and into the police investigation. What is clear is that Fred wasnt quite in touch with reality and there were clearly a few pieces of his puzzled mind missing on a daily basis. The absolute lack of remorse as Fred casually explained to the police how he killed his own daughter was an indication of the intelligence and realisation that was lacking. However, as the story continues Janet gets closer and closer to Fred and he confides in her, but is everything he says truthful? Dominic West does a brilliant job of bringing Fred to our living rooms and giving us an insight into the mind of the killer. The show states that the story is based upon fact, but dramatised for television purposes. How much is absolutely true Im unsure. These programmes are never clear as to what is absolute truth and what has been subject to the imagination for story purposes, but what we do is that the Wests were clearly unhinged. Fair play I havent been this captivated by a TV programme in a long time. I was glued to the show with my mouth open and couldnt believe the sheer madness of went on. What a mind f**k! Appropriate Adult is available on the ITV Player. A must see. Entourage The End
Last night saw the very last ever, ever episode of Entourage air on Sky Atlantic as the story wound up to its finale. All thats left, according to rumour, is a film. So how did it all end? Ari looked like crap and his wife wanted them to tell their kids together that they were splitting up. Ari had a change of heart in relation to work and decided he didnt want to work as the super agent any more. He quit his job and gave it all up for his family. He got back with the wife. I could see that coming from episode 1 of the series when they first split up. Vince decided he was getting married to Sophia after one date and wanted everyone to go Paris for the wedding. The problem with that is Sophia has barely spent any time on the screen throughout the series and so audiences dont really know much about her. Im not sure if Im happy with Vince getting married because I dont know anything about Sophia. Difficult to be happy for Vince when he has been a ghost of himself this series and his new wife to be has been nothing more than a walk on part. E decided he was quitting his job and moving to New York in order to follow Sloane so he can help raise his child. Vince managed to tell her father, Terrance, about the baby before Sloane could and that caused an almighty storm. Some how Vince smoothed it all over, as he does. It seems Drama and Turtles stories concluded last week as theres didnt move along at all in the last episode. I have watched every single episode of Entourage twice over the last year and I've really come to love it. I love the idea of a group of mates heading off to LA to live in the Hollywood fast lane. I love the camaraderie; the banter and the boys will be boys attitude. The highs and the lows have all been great. Series 7 wasnt the best and 8 hasnt exactly blown my mind, but still I am sad to see it leave my telebox. And so it ended. They all flew off into the sunset for Vince to get married. It was always going to end on a high note with everyone doing well and succeeding in his or her own ways. Nothing was new, but I didnt mind. Despite it lacking a grand finale, any real movement in terms of story or any new revelations. Good-bye Entourage. You will be missed, but eternally re-played on my laptop.