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Twists for the sake of twists? (spoilers)

posted 11 years ago by Williams78654
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Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love pretty much all of these two's work, this is also excellent. But it really seems the twists at the end are tacked on. I mean in the first episode, how on earth could "Ian" have predicted that set of circumstances? Or in the second, how could Novak's character bank on being let inside the house? They just seem like afterthoughts to me. Episode 3 seemed to have it planned though, I really liked that because I was feeling disappointed having figured out Migg is fake, only for them to go the other way, props to them for that!

I suppose at the end of the day it IS comedy but what I like so much about the works of these two is great storytelling combined with comedy. Despite my minor complaint this is a great, unique show and I think the second episode in particular will go down as one of the greats.

[–] DidiNultien 11 years ago

"Ian" was the one who picked the closet as hiding location. He could have easily gotten everyone in the closet, then said he had to go to the bathroom, and then lock them up. I don't find that idea far-fetched.

Same goes for the "deaf" cleaning guy. He had a gun. If the rich guy didn't let him into the house, he could have shot him and then stolen the painting.

I agree that the stories have a "plot twist for the sake of plot twist" feel to them. The first episode I didn't expect it so the twist was a great surprise, but since then I've been anticipating each twist and trying to figure out during the story what's off about the storyline. It's a bit distracting.

[–] chocolate_orange 11 years ago

I really like the twists, they have been impossible to guess, my only gripe with episode 3 is that it lacked much of the comedy the first 2 episodes had.