A Televisual Feast

Just as I was getting ready to say another “Rebus” series would be a bad idea, this one goes out on a high point. The mystery is good, if strung out, and the subplot in this episode is not another mystery, but Rebus in trouble. While the series still has hit a wall in terms […]

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Another problematic “Rebus.” Again Siobhan takes third wheel, but this time at least it’s because Rebus has a character arc. He has a somewhat unbelievable romance and has a contrived murder unfold around him. It’s a very slight episode and depressing.
Watching Rebus tell Siobhan to work hard (for her promotion) yet again raises all the […]

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With this episode has none of the problems of the season premiere, it’s got a couple (lesser) ones of its own. First, the pieces to the mystery are introduced towards the end of the episode, last fifteen minutes, twenty on the outside. It goes from being about one thing to another in an instant and, […]

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I’ve read it opined the problem with “Rebus” is the episodes, running seventy minutes, adapt full novels and rush too much. I’m not sure if I’ve ever felt it was a problem before (having never read any of the novels), but with this season opener, there’s something wrong. No question, there’s a lot of going […]

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