{"id":1179,"date":"2023-12-14T11:50:42","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T11:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nancyepton.co.uk\/?p=1179"},"modified":"2024-01-04T10:47:03","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T10:47:03","slug":"review-treason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nancyepton.co.uk\/?p=1179","title":{"rendered":"Review: Treason"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Tension, betrayals, murder, paranoia. Pretty standard British espionage fare. The general setup of Treason<\/em>isn\u2019t anything new. Daredevil<\/em>\u2019s Charlie Cox plays up-and-coming MI6 employee Adam Lawrence, who gets called to the big spot after head honcho Martin Angelis (Ciaran Hinds) is poisoned. Treason<\/em> was released last December, but it\u2019s still a bit weird to see Cox and Hinds back at it again at Krispy Kreme (if you\u2019re not picking up on that meme reference, that\u2019s cool) after watching Kin<\/em> so recently. Before he can get comfortable, though, accusations against Lawrence and his involvement in Angelis\u2019 assassination attempt come thick and fast, and we\u2019re supposed to question how trustworthy Lawrence actually is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

A Russian ex gets involved, shots are fired, and excrement generally hits the fan (yes, excrement; come on now, do you think I\u2019m going to drop an s bomb here? How dare you? I\u2019ll have you know that my reviews generally contain no swears at all). The series is clearly trying to riff on spy series like Spooks<\/em>, but any attempt at serious drama is undermined by ludicrous situations and a somewhat threadbare script, which is disappointing considering Bridge of Spies<\/em> writer Matt Charman was behind the table on this one. Equally, it tries to ride on the wave of Bodyguard<\/em> hype with all the paranoia and back stabbings (no bare backs here though. Sorry, Charlie Cox stans), but its commitment to delivering a serious narrative and refusal to lean back into any tongue in cheek humour doesn\u2019t allow for much of an engaging narrative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cox has already proved his acting skills in lead television roles with both Daredevil<\/em> and Kin<\/em>, but he doesn\u2019t quite fit here. The James Bond type that Charman seems to be going for doesn\u2019t gel, and the supporting cast don\u2019t quite convince either. If you\u2019re looking for a less demanding series with fairly predictable twists and turns to binge during this yuletide season, though (there\u2019s only five episodes compared to the standard British six), there\u2019s still a lot of fun to be had. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tension, betrayals, murder, paranoia. Pretty standard British espionage fare. The general setup of Treasonisn\u2019t anything new. Daredevil\u2019s Charlie Cox plays up-and-coming MI6 employee Adam Lawrence, who gets called to the big spot after head honcho Martin Angelis (Ciaran Hinds) is poisoned. Treason was released last December, but it\u2019s still a bit weird to see Cox and Hinds back at … <\/p>\n

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