Quirke: "Elegy for April"

[ravenya03]

So we come to the third and final episode of Quirke, and as a whole, I’m still not quite sure what I make of it. I certainly didn’t dislike it, and I thought Gabriel Byrne was fantastic in the lead, but I never really got invested in the characters or became engaged in the mysteries. It worked for me best as a glimpse back into 1950s Dublin, for

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[issy5209]

he completely shed the Merlin persona and made Jimmy Minor a markedly different character (its something he did in Island and Parked as well

[ravenya03]

Merlin is certainly not a role he'll be revisiting.

I always thought it was probably-not-a-coincidence that Arial from The Tempest is essentially a spirit whose story culminates with him gaining his FREEDOM from an overbearing master, and that Skinny from Mojo was a deliberate attempt to do something as different as possible. I think Angel has explicitly stated that she tried to do the same thing with her post-Merlin roles.

I doubt there'll be anymore "Quirke" either, though interesting run-down of where they all end up. Poor Jimmy!

[issy5209]

I was trying to find out about Quirk's mother, but can't find the bit. I think she passed away before the Judge was able to rescue him from the orphanage.

It will be interesting to follow Angel and Colin's careers (Katie's too) as they've both chosen (I agree, a deliberate attempt to do something as different as possible) minor, but important roles in different things. Although for Angel it will be harder, as most roles for women are wives and mothers etc
Good to see the (few so far) positive reviews for Good People.
Testament of Youth too, is another very small but different role for Colin (am reading that book at the moment, as I never read it before when doing a degree majoring in history!!)