A hard-nosed journalist grudgingly works with a true-crime podcaster on a strange case in a small Irish town where the locals want to bury the past.A hard-nosed journalist grudgingly works with a true-crime podcaster on a strange case in a small Irish town where the locals want to bury the past.A hard-nosed journalist grudgingly works with a true-crime podcaster on a strange case in a small Irish town where the locals want to bury the past.
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Did you know
- TriviaBarry McGovern's character is named "Beckett," and one of his most famous roles was playing Vladimir in "Waiting for Godot" by Samuel Beckett.
- GoofsAt 08:19 -a noticeable echo when Gilbert says "nourishing".
- Quotes
Gilbert: Yeah, we're making a podcast about the people who disappeared at Samhain.
Mrs. O'Shea: A podcast?
Mrs. O'Shea: And will people listen to it?
Emmy: Yes.
Emmy: Why does everybody ask that?
- SoundtracksPeacach
Written by Cian Mac Cárthaigh, Fergal Moloney, Marcus Mac Conghail, Pádraig Ó Conghaile
Performed by IMLÉ
Courtesy of Gael Linn
Featured review
A story about Bodkin... And people will watch it? - Episode 1 - "One True Mystery"
Comedic drama series always draw more serious reviews than it warrants. They need a sort of disclaimer, a thought of sorts, before one embarks on them. For Bodkin, it is no different, as one will fairly quickly after finishing its first episode. As for the actual disclaimer for this series, even though not much can be known from "One True Mystery": do not go looking for top-end dialogue, belly-laughter scenes or mindboggling twists, as it's not a comedic drama's goal to shock the world. The goal is to provide lighthearted fun, a step away from the more serious forms of entertainment we have at our disposal. And that is exactly what Bodkin offers.
Bodkin is created by Jez Scharf, a rather new figure in these parts, mostly known for unknown work. Other than Nash Edgerton, whose work you could behold in Mr. Inbetween, and Bronwen Hughes, having directed several episodes for high-profile TV series, the rest of the production team is similarly unfamiliar. There is one name however that stands out, or rather two people that share the same name: Barack and Michelle Obama are listed as executive producers for Bodkin. The show doesn't sell it on that though, as it shouldn't; I doubt their influence is of the upmost importance here.
Episode 1, as all pilots do, focuses on the introduction of our characters, the general vicinity of its plot and the overall setting in which most of said plot will take place. We meet our rather dynamic trio: upbeat and frivolous podcast host Gilbert Power (Will Forte), naive and sweet Emmy (Robyn Cara), and misunderstood-because-plainly-rude Dove (Siobhán Cullen). The mix in personality traits makes for enjoyable dialogues, albeit almost positioned as caricatures of themselves. There's naive, and then there's Emmy. There's happy, and then there's Gilbert. There's cranky... you get it, I think. And for all the small laughs it enjoys, it's also dangerously close to becoming its own joke. Namely Dove has to melt quickly, because as understandable as her character traits are, at times, it's excruciatingly unlikeable. Luckily enough, the show sets the stage for what looks to be like a balanced comedic murder mystery.
The first episode of Bodkin won't be the most memorable piece of entertainment you've consumed in some time, but it's nice to be able to just enjoy something lighthearted. There's plenty of mixed scenes in its bag to be good TV, and people will watch it. With a smile, episode 1 scores a timid but more than okay 7 out of 10.
Bodkin is created by Jez Scharf, a rather new figure in these parts, mostly known for unknown work. Other than Nash Edgerton, whose work you could behold in Mr. Inbetween, and Bronwen Hughes, having directed several episodes for high-profile TV series, the rest of the production team is similarly unfamiliar. There is one name however that stands out, or rather two people that share the same name: Barack and Michelle Obama are listed as executive producers for Bodkin. The show doesn't sell it on that though, as it shouldn't; I doubt their influence is of the upmost importance here.
Episode 1, as all pilots do, focuses on the introduction of our characters, the general vicinity of its plot and the overall setting in which most of said plot will take place. We meet our rather dynamic trio: upbeat and frivolous podcast host Gilbert Power (Will Forte), naive and sweet Emmy (Robyn Cara), and misunderstood-because-plainly-rude Dove (Siobhán Cullen). The mix in personality traits makes for enjoyable dialogues, albeit almost positioned as caricatures of themselves. There's naive, and then there's Emmy. There's happy, and then there's Gilbert. There's cranky... you get it, I think. And for all the small laughs it enjoys, it's also dangerously close to becoming its own joke. Namely Dove has to melt quickly, because as understandable as her character traits are, at times, it's excruciatingly unlikeable. Luckily enough, the show sets the stage for what looks to be like a balanced comedic murder mystery.
The first episode of Bodkin won't be the most memorable piece of entertainment you've consumed in some time, but it's nice to be able to just enjoy something lighthearted. There's plenty of mixed scenes in its bag to be good TV, and people will watch it. With a smile, episode 1 scores a timid but more than okay 7 out of 10.
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- xNanoks
- May 9, 2024
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