The opening scene of State of play was pretty good, so it attracted me to watch it in two days, although the ending was a bit sloppy, although Cal and Anne's That affair left me depressed all night, but it's an engaging miniseries.
The ending that Stephen is the murderer behind the scenes makes people feel a little sorry for the previous grand plan of the screenwriter. Stephen didn't stop Cal from finding out, perhaps because he was so confident that no one would know the killer's connection to him. In fact, if it wasn't for him getting a little out of control in the end, and Cal was more sensitive, I guess no one would have thought of it. But does he have the ability to arrange for the hospital to change the autopsy results of the black child who was killed? According to the doctor (or nurse?) at the hospital, there must have been pressure from the government to falsify the report. At that time, apart from the killer (I don't know if Stephen was included), no one should have known that the deceased was actually closely related to the death of the assistant. Who requested the revision of the report? And the killer was shot and killed in the back, which also implied that the audience was someone from within the government who wanted to kill the killer to silence it. But it didn't end after that. In the drama, Stephen feels like he has no real power yet.
The emotional entanglement between Cal, Stephen, and Anne also made me very depressed. In the beginning, Cal was quite concerned about Stephen, and Stephen seemed to be accustomed to Cal's concern. But the subsequent progress made people feel that the friendship between the two was not very deep. Stephen seems to just see Cal as a good ex-man who has worked well in the past. However, Cal seemed to value Stephen very much, and was quite dissatisfied that he didn't tell him a lot of inside information. Then Anne took the initiative to ask Cal to help her. On the one hand, she admitted that she was not familiar with Cal before, and on the other hand, she had a relationship with Cal. Anyway, she was exhausted physically and mentally at that time, and it was normal for a gentle man to comfort her, and it was normal for something romantic to happen. However, her statement showed that Cal should have had little contact with Stephen's family before, and it was only a nodding acquaintance. And Cal also complained at the beginning that Stephen would still make jokes to him last year, and then ignored him. People can't help but guess what kind of friendship he and Stephen had before? In short, the emotional scene between Cal and Anne happened too suddenly, without any foreplay, and it didn't help the plot too much. Except that it can keep Cal from being possessed and the work is not enough, it seems that it has no effect.
Regardless of the uninspired and flawed plot, I really like many of the characters in the show. Having said that, when I watch TV dramas, I often spurn bugs and cute characters at the same time. The most obvious ones are Torchwood and SPN. Compared with them, this drama really has much fewer loopholes, at least I haven't seen any bigger loopholes.
Also, Simm is really charming. In other words, he can only be regarded as a handsome person, and he has a tendency to have a big head. But in his plays I've seen, he's always been very attractive. Whether it's his chilling smile in DW or his crying scene in LOM and this show, well, it's all good. (slobbers)
I don't think I'll watch the American version of the movie of the same name.
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