True Love

In BBC, they decided to look at relationships with a realistic view, but they only succeeded halfway. While the acting is top-notch, the screenwriting attempts are quite lacking. Improvised dialogues don't bother me at all, but often the whole storytelling lacks a punch, and I am left sitting awkwardly at the end credits with the feeling that I have only seen half of what the premise promised me. What good is the believable David Morrissey when he has only a little over twenty minutes in a story about long-distance relationships and stalking? Similarly, Jane Horrocks as Sandra plays a sympathetic study of a deteriorating marriage, but the whole episode seems like the last two pages of the script were snatched away. That is why the middle episode "Holly" shines like a revelation. Billie Piper and Kaya Scodelario play with the tones of Eva Cassidy’s "Time After Time" a perfectly intimate dialogue that reaches an amazing conclusion in a touching atmosphere, and among the other stories, it works by far the best. In summary: the episodes "Nick" and "Sandra" are above average, "Adrian" is an unfinished attempt, "Paul" is a meaningless flop, and "Holly" is a shining gem. (15.10.2012)