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 āhold 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 heās 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¦
Think sometimes the danger with these comedy dramas is that theyāre not funny enough to make you laugh regularly and not interesting enough to keep you interested on that front either. This oneās doing a decent job on both fronts though, and itās 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 arenāt entertaining enough (with exceptions)ā¦when compared to Creek theyāre 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 hbomberguyās 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 ālocked 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 ācomfort 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 itās still proper BBC scone-TV and Iām enjoying it.
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Iād read this as reinforcing the point that this isnāt a procedural, he isnāt a detective and the murders are things heās just happening to solve as they present themselves as puzzles, which heās good at, but are realy a distraction from what heās trying to do.
The inevitable second series is going to have to address that if he is going to be a consultant
Really enjoyed this. But itās 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 wouldnāt work 
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Helping himself to 30 quid from a studentās cash point is he
Really good this was
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