Jack Taylor (TV Series) The Dramatist (2010) User Reviews

Another solid Jack Taylor installment

[iamthetopp · 7/10 · 30 June 2013]

Solid performances by Iain Glen, Nora-Jane and supporting cast carry The Dramatist.

Set several months after The Magdalena Martyrs with Jack experiencing sobriety for the first time in years, we get a closer and more personal look into his character as he is commissioned by a local professor to investigate a student's apparent suicide.

As the events unfold and suicide turns into a couple of homicides, we see a connection to Jack's past. Layers of Jack's character are further revealed as he deals with a close personal tragedy and confronts consequences of previous inebriate actions.

Yet again the world gets a peek into a rich Irish culture and history with the introduction of "Deidre of the Sorrows" by J. M. Synge.

The Conscience of the King

[Hitchcoc · 8/10 · 29 September 2017]

This is a bit of a tried and true plot. A loony professor of drama decides to exact revenge on men who slept with his young wife, a budding actress, before she died. He has an ultimate plan to use a loved one to hurt one of the men. This is a bit convoluted as many roads are investigated, and, once again, Jack comes under scrutiny. I would have to offer that things just evolve to a pretty far fetched conclusion. This is the kind of plot that Vincent Price may have done in movies of the Sixties. He would have used a torture chamber; this guy uses a small stage. There's something lacking in this offering. Maybe the same map used once too often.