Drip drip drop little April shower

[lonelybrit]

Ah, the soothing sound of cold hard English springtime drizzle against the windows...

TV highlight thus far has been The Night Manager which I thoroughly enjoyed. It did, however, coincide with my rewatching of Jeeves & Wooster series, which did always lead to a bit of emotional whiplash as my brain tried to compute seeing Wooster and Roper within

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[cerisaye]

I was very impressed by Hugh Laurie. I think seeing him as Bertie Wooster or George from Blackaddder actually makes Roper more chillingly effective, with roguish public school charm hiding the psychopath below. I must say, his unshakeable faith in Jonathan Pine, particularly his sacrifice of the devoted Corky (RIP) did stretch credulity a wee bit, though I liked the homo-erotic charge (father-son, master-pupil kink). I am not sure I really want a sequel, what if they mess it up, like Broadchurch? There are other Le Carre books to adapt.

[lonelybrit]

He was excellent, seeing Roper's dangerous side come more and more apparent as the situation got more tense. Though, yes, I agree with the credulity being stretched (on quite a few things) by the end. But still, great fun, and what a stellar cast :)

I am very apprehensive if the rumours are true about a sequel - unless of course they can somehow persuade Le Carre to have some part in the writing of it, and even then... Ah well, I guess we wait and see!