Ludwig

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Really enjoyed this series, even with David Mitchell playing David Mitchell.

Put me in mind of Jonathan Creek.

Good fun, not as silly as McDonald and Dodds.

Thought?

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Is good imho

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would be better if it was just called Mark and was a spin-off, but I like it

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Have watched episode 1&2, yes quite Jonathan Creek-ish.

If I was nitpicking I would say Ludwig oscillates between unable to function in the real world and commanding a room of people a little too easily. But I get a lot of joy out of hearing David Mitchell say ā€˜hold on a minuteā€™.

I dont think the word Ludwig was used at all in episode 2. Its probably hard for some viewers to build up affection when heā€™s called John all the time.

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Lovely lovely Ludwig Van

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Watched ep1 earlier. Highly enjoyable will go again.

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Enjoyed it. Fell asleep, but enjoyed it.

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Anna maxwell martin 4 lyf

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Taggart, Shoestring, Morseā€¦

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Think sometimes the danger with these comedy dramas is that theyā€™re not funny enough to make you laugh regularly and not interesting enough to keep you interested on that front either. This oneā€™s doing a decent job on both fronts though, and itā€™s really well shot too.

Just really good comfort telly.

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Really glad Karl Pilkington is actually in it rather than just an Easter Egg appearance

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4 episodes in and having a lovely time.

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My biggest problem is that the weekly crimes arenā€™t entertaining enough (with exceptions)ā€¦when compared to Creek theyā€™re actually pretty mundane and Ludwig often just solves them within his own mind without the audience having any part of the solution. Reminds me of hbomberguyā€™s criticism of Sherlockā€¦we are told about his brilliance rather than shown it.

Episode spoiler -

Thinking especially of the episode set in the school. All the back and forth just to discover that the fucking ā€œlocked doorā€ paradox was solved by the killer HIDING BEHIND said door then slipping out - at great risk if being caught, imo. Stupid telly

The overarching narrative is more engaging, but due to that it suffers as a ā€œcomfort watchā€.

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Yeah, I think this is true and really the acting and visuals are carrying it where the murder plots could/should be doing more heavy lifting but itā€™s still proper BBC scone-TV and Iā€™m enjoying it.

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Iā€™d read this as reinforcing the point that this isnā€™t a procedural, he isnā€™t a detective and the murders are things heā€™s just happening to solve as they present themselves as puzzles, which heā€™s good at, but are realy a distraction from what heā€™s trying to do.

The inevitable second series is going to have to address that if he is going to be a consultant

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Really enjoyed this. But itā€™s very fortunate that all the killers like to spill their guts after one flimsy bit of evidence that would never stand up in court, or else it wouldnā€™t work :joy:

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Helping himself to 30 quid from a studentā€™s cash point is he

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Really good this was

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Heehee