Flatmates have always been a goldmine for sitcoms, but the format was especially abundant on British TV in the '90s. You had Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmonson beating the crap out of each other in ultra-violent slapstick fashion in "Bottom," Ben Chaplin playing an agoraphobic roomie from hell in "Game On," and two guys talking about boobs and drinking beer in the roaringly popular and very laddish "Men Behaving Badly." Even "Red Dwarf" was basically the same formula, just set on a spacecraft three million years in the future where one flatmate was an android and another evolved from the ship's cat. Then you had "Friends" on its immensely successful Channel 4 run, like an affluent and super good-looking acquaintance wafting into a party full of slightly down-at-heel guests to dazzle with its slick writing and to-die-for New York apartments.
Each show had its own specific style, but nothing...
Each show had its own specific style, but nothing...
- 10/16/2022
- by Lee Adams
- Slash Film
[Editor’s Note: The following article contains spoilers for “Safe” Season 1 on Netflix, including the ending.]
There isn’t likely to be a “Safe” Season 2, and anyone who’s finished the first season knows why.
Still, in an age of inexplicable renewals and extended limited series, it never hurts to have confirmation, and creator Harlan Coben provided as much as he could — on screen and off. In an interview with Digital Spy that emphasized all the answers to the Netflix murder-mystery were in Season 1, Coben said he wouldn’t “rule out” a Season 2, but later added he doubts it will ever happen.
That’s pretty emphatic as far as creator speculation goes, and Coben speaks even more clearly via the final episode: As a soapy, twist-driven mystery, “Safe” is all wrapped up. Rather than throw in a last-second reveal that upended the answers that had been building over the last few episodes, Coben chose to structure his project as eight episodes and out.
There isn’t likely to be a “Safe” Season 2, and anyone who’s finished the first season knows why.
Still, in an age of inexplicable renewals and extended limited series, it never hurts to have confirmation, and creator Harlan Coben provided as much as he could — on screen and off. In an interview with Digital Spy that emphasized all the answers to the Netflix murder-mystery were in Season 1, Coben said he wouldn’t “rule out” a Season 2, but later added he doubts it will ever happen.
That’s pretty emphatic as far as creator speculation goes, and Coben speaks even more clearly via the final episode: As a soapy, twist-driven mystery, “Safe” is all wrapped up. Rather than throw in a last-second reveal that upended the answers that had been building over the last few episodes, Coben chose to structure his project as eight episodes and out.
- 5/14/2018
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Katy Carmichael (Channel 4’s Spaced) and popular vlogger Paul Neafcy star in a Phillip Human, a series of 10 horror-themed vlogs – broadcasting online on the Wildseed Comedy YouTube channel – about a lost soul raised in isolation who embarks on a journey of realisation as he uncovers some of the gory secrets of his past. And it’s going straight to Hell.
Poor Phillip Human. He’s a lonely, lost soul, raised in isolation and unusual surroundings, before the mysterious disappearance of his parents. Like a refugee from a gothic horror story, Phillip Human lives in a haunted mansion containing untold secrets and with little experience of the real world.
Ironically, he wants nothing more than to reach out to the modern world, to help people and make human connections. His attempts to do so are continually thwarted thanks to his disturbing appearance and lack of common ground with pretty much everyone.
Poor Phillip Human. He’s a lonely, lost soul, raised in isolation and unusual surroundings, before the mysterious disappearance of his parents. Like a refugee from a gothic horror story, Phillip Human lives in a haunted mansion containing untold secrets and with little experience of the real world.
Ironically, he wants nothing more than to reach out to the modern world, to help people and make human connections. His attempts to do so are continually thwarted thanks to his disturbing appearance and lack of common ground with pretty much everyone.
- 3/17/2015
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Here they are, the last gasp of shows for the 2012-2013 theater season as we approach T-Day (Tony Nomination Day on April 30). And on that note, some notable rulings have been announced: the four young tykes taking on the title role in Matilda will not be competing jointly for Best Actress in a Musical (they will instead receive a special “Tony Honor For Excellence”). And poor Kristine Nielsen (Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike) and all the men in Orphans have been added to the crowded slate of competitors for Leading Actor/Actress, which means about eight Tony-worthy performers...
- 4/27/2013
- by Jason Clark
- EW.com - PopWatch
Before Hot Fuzz, before Shaun of the Dead, there was Spaced! Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, and Jessica Hynes first teamed up on the British sitcom Spaced (1999-2001).
{sidebar id=1}They were joined by Nick Frost, Julia Deakin, Mark Heap, and Katy Carmichael to play their quirky friends. Pegg and Hynes play comic-book artist Tim Bisley and struggling writer Daisy Steiner, two recent acquaintances who pretend to be a couple to acquire a flat. They move into an apartment run by their alcoholic super Marsha Klein and her rebellious daughter. Among their neighbors is an angst-ridden artist, Brian, who lives downstairs. The couple is commonly joined by Tim.s best friend, militant Mike, and Daisy.s best friend, fashionista Twist. Though the show is full of pop culture references, the heart of Spaced is in the characters and how realistically their lives are portrayed.
The DVD includes both seasons of the series,...
{sidebar id=1}They were joined by Nick Frost, Julia Deakin, Mark Heap, and Katy Carmichael to play their quirky friends. Pegg and Hynes play comic-book artist Tim Bisley and struggling writer Daisy Steiner, two recent acquaintances who pretend to be a couple to acquire a flat. They move into an apartment run by their alcoholic super Marsha Klein and her rebellious daughter. Among their neighbors is an angst-ridden artist, Brian, who lives downstairs. The couple is commonly joined by Tim.s best friend, militant Mike, and Daisy.s best friend, fashionista Twist. Though the show is full of pop culture references, the heart of Spaced is in the characters and how realistically their lives are portrayed.
The DVD includes both seasons of the series,...
- 8/4/2008
- by Lyz Reblin <alyson@iesb.net>
- IESB.net
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