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Laura Haddock 'dating White Lines co-star Tom Rhys Harries'
They starred together in Netflix crime drama White Lines.
metro.co.uk
Thatās not a good reason to criticise a show for depicting it! I thought youād at least say it promotes irresponsible, meaningless sex or something. Not that I think simply showing drug taking let alone sex is any kind of criticism. It shows murder too, and a man disrespecting his father...: so ? Itās a story? Itās fine to be asexual but by the same token itās also fine to have sex and show it onscreen, the thing that made all of us,from time to time. Even if most of us werenāt conceived in an orgy !
Iāve almost finished the second epsiode and thought i was going to give up but from scanning here (scanning to avoid spoilers) Iāve hesitantly decided to carry on. As a guilty pleasure donāt get me wrong, this show is ludicrous. The plot makes no sense , some of the character motivations are bizarre to say the least. The dialogue is 2/3 exposition. (Love how weāve got Axel.s court case to explain his character and Zoeās therapist sessions to explain hers)Lots of the salacious stuff is funny - just had the scene with the priest and the mother of the rich family...the Romanian drug dealers are total cliches... this is all scratching the surface. It is fun though. Thatās the point of a guilty pleasure isnāt it ? Fun - oh and plenty of sex, drugs and a smattering of cartoonish violence / threats āget me the drugs and money in 24 hours!ā
But you get the feeling it knows a bit how stupid it is. The car chase at the start of ep3 is ludicrous but then subverts expectations to take the piss. Still though, itās soo dumb . And that script -āIām going to Ibiza for a while little sisā , come with me and letās go in the middle of night right now without telling anyone ok? Thatās normal...Ah itās great
I'm only on episode 3 so I dont want to spoiler myself too much. Just wondered if it's worth keeping going. ( boxer is hot!)I cant work out why the Spanish girlfriends family would care 22 years later why some irritating scrote from Manchester got murdered. Take it he has hidden depths!I'm getting through it slowly but Boxer is
Isnāt the implication that the father is bothered because the body was found on his land and thinks itās a message along with an attempt to smear his name ? Then the son was good friends with him at one point ...why am I thinking they fell out over a girl when it was his sister ? But he also was seduced by the mother who uses sex as a weapon and seemingly only exists to instigate inappropriate hook ups...? So did they fall out over that ? I watched this the night before last and am realising I canāt remember half the plot. So the father thinks the son knows more than heās let on which he probably does ...and Iāve already forgotten who was that douchey DJ
the one who was murdered (edit-just maimed it turns out ) by the really loud music (god itās so ludicrous)?
(god itās so ludicrous)?
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It seems to be that sort of programme where you just go with it and ignore the terrible characterisation and plot holes! Yes I thought they explained it away as a 'reputation' thing. Maybe I'm assuming the family are drug dealers or dodgy in some way so have done a lot worse than killing some English kid that was shagging their daughter/ sister. The douchey dj was another random person who was accused of killing Axel.Isnāt the implication that the father is bothered because the body was found on his land and thinks itās a message along with an attempt to smear his name ? Then the son was good friends with him at one point ...why am I thinking they fell out over a girl when it was his sister ? But he also was seduced by the mother who uses sex as a weapon and seemingly only exists to instigate inappropriate hook ups...? So did they fall out over that ? I watched this the night before last and am realising I canāt remember half the plot. So the father thinks the son knows more than heās let on which he probably does ...and Iāve already forgotten who was that douchey DJWhy is this show so confusing ? Going to have to watch ep4 I guess...the one who was murdered (edit-just maimed it turns out ) by the really loud music
Youāre right, Iām not going to waste mental energy trying to discern some kind of carefully plotted story arc
The Sopranos this aint. But itās so dreadfully silly, It does have its own charm. also knowing for sure the show is on in the joke and not taking itself too seriously - the car chase and speaker torture kind of confirmed that - I am sort of enjoying it . Oh and have we discussed Laurence Foxās character?! Heās so ridiculous he might be the funniest thing in it., the northern accent is the icing on the cake - is he meant to be one of axels friends from Manchester? Or is he some random other fella Iām lost on that too? and what the hell is happening with the guy she shot with the harpoon who switched and kicked her out ..? Tho I am guessing Iāll work that out by the end of the epsiode... tho you never know. Whatās his name again?
I presume Lawrence Fox is the tall guy that was arrested with Axel and the young Daniel Mays. I cant understand Harpoon guy. One day hes trying to drown him the next they're all buddies at a party. It's not explained at all. Theyve just moved on until no one is interested anymore!
Im on episode 5 of this. The English characters are all dreadful middle aged twats who haven't grown up. I'm losing interest in them. I had a bloody great time in the 90's and probably behaved idiotically quite a lot. I'm not still moronic 20 years later 
I still like the Spanish characters. the subtitled bits are more interesting.
I still like the Spanish characters. the subtitled bits are more interesting.
Yeah heās the friend that axel got into smack, Iāve seen a few more episodes now. I donāt know if I can cope with anymore of this show even for the lolz, j discovered a far better alternative in the umbrella academy which is actually well written and original so Iām watching that for now.
One of the things that annoys me about white lines is the incredibly cliched contrived depiction of drug taking. In the way weāre all praisingāI may destroy youā for showing that kind of thing without heavy moralising āconsequencesā this is the opposite.
Iāve never seen someone do a line and then deliberately hit their head as hard as they can. Or pull out their own tooth ?! With a crowd cheering them on ?!! Who are these people? anyone who takes drugs in this show is immediately punished which is a bit stupid when were supposed to believe their āmad fer itā wreckheads too
Umbrella academy is bloody brilliant. Sadly Ive already watched it but season 2 is due!