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[cormack12]

IPlayer: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p0d5vwy5/the-english

Prime: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B8KTTTQZ/?tag=neogaf0e-20



America, 1890 - two strangers are drawn together in a violent landscape built on dreams and blood. An epic tale of love, revenge and power starring Emily Blunt and Chaske Spencer.

 

[cormack12]

Anyone watch this? I was pleasantly surprised by it. Hit a lot of notes, probably the only strand I wasn't sold on was the whole Thomas thing.

Equally uplifting, melancholy and just a really solid show I thought

 

[John Marston]

I'm 4 episodes in & liking it very much so far. The chemistry between Blunt & Spencer is groovy.
It's beautiful and brutal

 

[Lord Panda]

Anyone watch this? I was pleasantly surprised by it. Hit a lot of notes, probably the only strand I wasn't sold on was the whole Thomas thing.

Equally uplifting, melancholy and just a really solid show I thought

It’s solid show and starts off well but starts to feel super rushed towards the end. It would have been better with an additional couple of episodes to space things out a bit. Also the ending where Cornelia and Eli had to

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seperate so that the latter wouldn’t hang for killing Melmont just didn’t make much sense.

Yep and the whole Thomas plot line … dude just

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just ‘dies’ off screen.

 

[AJUMP23]

I have like the 4 episodes I have seen.

 

[jason10mm]

So is it a classic style western or just a modern story with 1880s dressing?

 

[AJUMP23]

So is it a classic style western or just a modern story with 1880s dressing?

Probably some of both.

 

[John Marston]

So is it a classic style western or just a modern story with 1880s dressing?

Definitely western. No modern slang or agenda.

 

[cormack12]

The History Behind the English

Writer and Director, Hugo Blick, discusses the devastating period for Native American history and culture that provides the context to the show.

canvas-story.bbcrewind.co.uk