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Prodigal Son (Season Two). Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Tom Payne, Michael Sheen, Bellamy Young, Halston Sage, Lou Diamond Phillips, Aurora Perrineau, Frank Harts, Catherine Zeta Jones, Keiko Agena, Esau Pritchett, Kasjan Wilson, Alan Cumming.

What we inherit, the D.N.A we have coursing through our very being, is only a fraction of the traits we exhibit when out in the open amongst others, the very question of nature and nurture is never more acute of the moments when we have to remove the mask we have put in place, when we allow our true feelings to surface in the company of strangers and family who may look upon us as the uncontrolled daughter, the Prodigal Son.

Prodigal Son (Season Two). Television Review. full post

(433 words, estimated 1:44 mins reading time)

Prodigal Son (Season One). Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Tom Payne, Michael Sheen, Lou Diamond Phillips, Halston Sage, Aurora Pettineau, Frank Harts, Keiko Agena, Bellamy Young, Esau Pritchett, Kasian Wilson, Molly Griggs, Anna Eilinsfeld, Charlayne Woodard, Giuseppe Ardizzone, Dermot Mulroney.

The life of the murderer has always intrigued the armchair detective to the point where it can blind them to a truth when the presence of a serial killer becomes aware to them. There is after all a fundamental difference between a one off taking of life to that of wilfully continuing the senseless slaughter of people, and whilst murder should never be condoned, never be seen as anything abhorrent, the armchair detective and the scandal magazine readers almost salivate over every detail of the serial killer’s purpose and belief, forgetting that underneath it all, are the victims, the stories behind the death.

Prodigal Son (Season One). Television Review. full post

(470 words, estimated 1:53 mins reading time)