Striking Out [RTÉ1]

Patty O Furniture

Ralf and Florian wrote: »

Does she get her kit off?

Yeah, she does for the shower scene, but not a pretty sight with all that eye goop

Thundercats Ho wrote: »

Terrible dialogue. Clichéd plot. Poor acting.

I don't recall seeing AH in anything before. I thought she was OK in fairness.
Not very good but not as bad as some are saying.
Her new sidekick is the most pleasant and helpful scrote ever.

Missus thought it was good, so i'll end up watching it again i'd say.

Ah Begorrah, you missed Chasing Leprachauns, TV3 showed it day after on Bank Holiday Mon, maybe to show good her acting chops are

Did you know that Amy Huberman once made a film for a US channel about Leprechauns and played the part of a ‘pixie expert?’

The Indo, may say Striking Out saved RTE, but the same couldn't be said when it called it a Hallmark Channel abomination when it premiered here on TV3 Paddy's Day 2015

siblers wrote: »

I was listening to the Last Word with Matt Cooper, the second critic completley slated it and wasn't having any of the other one's nonsense.

The one who was praising the show, was using the viewing figures as a sign of the show's quality...which made no sense considering it's the pilot

Afaik that's Jennifer Gannon, she doesn't like a lot of stuff v Eoin Murphy's missus, i don't know which one's with the Indo?

Mike Guide 69

"Too Patrick"..........erm!!!!!

Vorenus400

Reading a will at a wake after everyone has drink taken, jesus. That room in the back of the cafe is huge

zl1whqvjs75cdy

Lads, these gafs are ridiculous. At least pretend it's based on real life.

Mike Guide 69

"yoga sweat box" aka "swingers club" more like the sound of it!!!

elastico

Does the private investigator one do the "backing brace" voiceover for the AIB ads?

zl1whqvjs75cdy

Mike Guide 69 wrote: »

"yoga sweat box" aka "swingers club" more like the sound of it!!!

Maybe herself and the dodgey sex club on leason/Harcourt St from episode 1 could form a partnership.

The Talking Bread

This show should be called Affidavit.

savemefrom

I really wanted to like this, but this is bad beyond belief.

Mike Guide 69

Glass of vodka will settle ya, young fella!!!!

Vorenus400

Anyone remember an american comedy/drama called ED

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_(TV_series)

It was about a hotshot lawyer in new york who loses his job and wife and goes to his small hometown and sets up a law practice in a bowling alley. He dealt with big cases and small petty squabbles. I think RTE could have made a similar show which would have been better. Could go similar to ballykissangel with a law slant.

Better than this bland series

vkid

The acting is poor, you can doll it up whatever way you like but it's poor including amy hoobs. What's with all the silent stares and long pauses.

The script...Jesus

They are living on sage and incense sticks..who says that.. ever..anywhere

screamer

It's not great it's not bad it's meh..... same as most stuff produced by rte. Meh central.

mad m

Thank god there is only 4 episodes.

BettePorter

Its not the worst of the worst rte have given us ( amber, clean break ) . I think its biggest problem is the blatant good wife rip off. Its not even subtle about it.

I don't know what I just wasted an hour of my life on really. I have no issue with Any Huberman personally but even the dogs in the street could tell you she can't act compared to some of our other well known talent. I'd say they all ran a mile when they read the scripts.

Taco Chips

Ok I don't the show is bad. Amy Huberman is giving a very good performance imo and I'm speaking as someone unfamiliar with her acting work. She's the best in the cast. The only noticeably poor actors are the private investigator and Eric's parents imo. Too cartoon villainy. There are some clunkers in the dialogue for sure which have been pointed out already. After the first episode I thought Eric was just going to be some typical one dimensional character but thankfully he's appearances are very sparse and only tangential to the plot at this point.

With that said, it is very well shot. Photography, sets and production values are very slick and make it the show highly watchable. The 'case of the weeks' in both episodes have been pretty interesting too. Especially this week I didn't see the twist with the court room backfire coming. They've shoehorned two affairs into those plots, I guess to add some tension to Tara's story but it's not subtle and I hope they wind it in.

The show is very obviously identical to The Good Wife. Inspired by and mirrored in many areas, right down to the Kalinda knock off in Meg. I think there is a lot of potential in it though and I will definitely be watching the rest of the series and hoping for some more episodes in the future.

Taco Chips

Taco Chips wrote: »

Ok I don't the show is bad. Amy Huberman is giving a very good performance imo and I'm speaking as someone unfamiliar with her acting work. She's the best in the cast. The only noticeably poor actors are the private investigator and Eric's parents imo. Too cartoon villainy. There are some clunkers in the dialogue for sure which have been pointed out already. After the first episode I thought Eric was just going to be some typical one dimensional character but thankfully he's appearances are very sparse and only tangential to the plot at this point.

With that said, it is very well shot. Photography, sets and production values are very slick and make it the show highly watchable. The 'case of the weeks' in both episodes have been pretty interesting too. Especially this week I didn't see the twist with the court room backfire coming. They've shoehorned two affairs into those plots, I guess to add some tension to Tara's story but it's not subtle and I hope they wind it in.

The show is very obviously identical to The Good Wife. Inspired by and mirrored in many areas, right down to the Kalinda knock off in Meg. I think there is a lot of potential in it though and I will definitely be watching the rest of the series and hoping for some more episodes in the future.

I'll disagree with you on Huberman till the cows come home she's terrible imo. As for the shooting and how it looks, this is stock RTE wanting to spend a bit of money stuff, it looks identical in terms of locations and how it's shot like every other drama they've done in in recent times and beyond as far back as batchelers walk even. I'd wager it's got most of the same people involvded in it as batchelers walk ffs.

BettePorter

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as far back as batchelers walk even. I'd wager it's got most of the same people involvded in it as batchelers walk ffs.

Batchelors walk did it well tho. Lots of soft focus Dublin but much more realistic.

Del.Monte

I watched the first part tonight and enjoyed it. I'll watch the rest of the series as well. Don't see any major flaws in it either.

TCDStudent1

Vorenus400 wrote: »

Anyone remember an american comedy/drama called ED

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_(TV_series)

It was about a hotshot lawyer in new york who loses his job and wife and goes to his small hometown and sets up a law practice in a bowling alley. He dealt with big cases and small petty squabbles. I think RTE could have made a similar show which would have been better. Could go similar to ballykissangel with a law slant.

Better than this bland series

Ed was terrific - a million miles ahead of this show.


Who the hell starts knocking down a wall after they sign an affidavit that they wouldnt make any changes? How moronic can these characters get?!

Lady Chatterton

I'm just after watching episode two and I felt that it was definitely better than episode one. I liked the rapport between Ray and Vincent - I thought their courtroom scene together was good too.

I agree with all those that say that the programme is a blatant rip-off of 'The Good Wife'. On a positive note, the series is beautifully shot and the properties featured are stunning. It's property porn at its best, I'm amazed that the series isn't being sponsored by MyHome.ie or SherryFitzgeraldSomebody. (Someone missed a trick here).

Having said all that there was a time during the boom years when our Sunday Newspapers were full of free property porn and no TV licence was required - like this advert for Belmayne Housing Estate in Dublin.

laylag

elastico wrote:

Does the private investigator one do the "backing brace" voiceover for the AIB ads?

I just came on here to post that!!! It sounds exactly like her

walshb

Amy is stunning, but is it just me in thinking she's ridiculously wooden as an actress?

Hitchens

walshb wrote: »

Amy is stunning, but is it just me in thinking she's ridiculously wooden as an actress?

It's not easy to do wooden y'know

Hippo

I'm out - I gave it a chance after the first ep but the script is wretched and there is zero dramatic tension. The plot(s) are just ridiculous. There is no reason to watch other than to spot locations and look at some nice houses.

Hitchens

c68zapdsm5i1ru

I missed the first episode but watched this last night. It's the kind of Irish drama that might have seemed fresh and edgy about ten or fifteen years ago but just looks dated and clichéd now. I don't think I'll bother watching next week.

jezzer

This show is completely unrealistic but enjoyable watching all the same, its happy clappy wishey washey stuff, the client who defrauded the state turns out to be a nice helpful young chap, timelines are irrelevant, coincidences are too many such as huberman and her inlaws to be/former employers appear to be the only solicitors in Dublin..... all of a sudden a cafe and an unused shed become available to work out of, internet and phone line get hooked up within the hour (yea like that happens in real life..) you have to leave your logical head at the door when you sit down to watch this and if you do it is enjoyable sunday night viewing, great production values and it makes Dublin look fantastic which is good as its normally portrayed as a sh1t house...

Atlantic Dawn

Watched both episodes last night, thought it was ok. My main criticism would be on the guy Ray setting her up an office in the back of a cafe, seems really odd that someone she is merely a solicitor for would give a damn and also the way he sets things up to quick with phone lines, internet etc, she could have just done all this from her friends house could she not? The private eye is a little over done too, yes I do think it would be possible to find out by the number plate that a car was parked in Dalkey by a few taps on a computer :pac:

jezzer

also why does huberman carry around a cheque book in this day and age? she used it to pay for the wedding, as for the private eye, if the drugs squad had access to her the whole hutch/kinnehan feud could be solved very quickly....

NUTLEY BOY

Hitchens wrote: »

I think this photographic evidence is in the wrong court

NUTLEY BOY

I have watched the first two episodes.

It is like reading a bad novel.

BuilderPlumber

Did not watch this as I read somewhere it was compared to The Big Bow Wow. Can always rent the DVD from the library later if this actually is good. But the storyline seems to indicate Bow Wow legal style.

Radio5

TCDStudent1 wrote: »

Ed was terrific - a million miles ahead of this show.


Who the hell starts knocking down a wall after they sign an affidavit that they wouldnt make any changes? How moronic can these characters get?!

The real life Courts are well populated with moronic characters who say one thing and do the opposite.

Eric's mother was portrayed as the cartoonish villian and potentially, Mother-in-Law from hell. Would have been better if they made her a bit more plausible.

Harry Angstrom

Radio5 wrote: »

Eric's mother was portrayed as the cartoonish villian and potentially, Mother-in-Law from hell. Would have been better if they made her a bit more plausible.

They're all cartoon characters. There isn't one believable or likeable character among them. Last night's episode was even worse than the first one, if that's possible. It was nice that the techie girl just happened to be there just as yer man came in shouting his head off about the fireplace :rolleyes:

TCDStudent1

I liked Fiona O'Shaugnessy in other works. But she seems terribly mis-cast to me in this.

jezzer

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

They're all cartoon characters. There isn't one believable or likeable character among them. Last night's episode was even worse than the first one, if that's possible. It was nice that the techie girl just happened to be there just as yer man came in shouting his head off about the fireplace :rolleyes:

another of those co-incidents...

JaffaP

No pick up this week, unfortunately.

It's just instantly forgettable.

jezzer

yes its very much a cartoon without the animation

Hippo

Perhaps the powers that be at RTE underestimate how difficult it is to write and produce convincing TV drama. It's not just a matter of throwing some cash at it and making sure it's nicely shot. Writing proper characters and storylines takes huge time and effort - and if time was actually spent on this script it was time badly wasted.

TV drama has come on enormously in the last 10-15 years in terms of production values, storytelling and depth of characterisation. Love/Hate didn't always succeed in those terms but it frequently did, and was miles ahead of this stuff. Apart from some nice camerawork, this series could have been made in the mid-80s.

Hitchens

A good tv series will always leave you keenly awaiting the next episode ...sadly, SO doesn't

jezzer

in fairness to it, it is good to see something being produced thats not cheap reality crap, right now all thats on is celeb big brother, dancing with the stars, operation transformation, the voice and so on, all mindless drivel, its rotting peoples brains

eamonnq

jezzer wrote: »

its rotting peoples brains

Think this might be having the same effect though.

jezzer

eamonnq wrote: »

Think this might be having the same effect though.

at least you have to engage your brain somewhat! even if it just to ponder why hubermans carries around a cheque book!

brian_t

jezzer wrote: »

also why does huberman carry around a cheque book in this day and age? she used it to pay for the wedding...

How else would she have paid.

Cash ? or Credit Card.

Her credit card limit might have been less then the cost of the wedding and anyway I doubt if her in-laws (to whom she gave the cheque) would have been able to process a credit card payment.

jezzer

brian_t wrote: »

How else would she have paid.

Cash ? or Credit Card.

Her credit card limit might have been less then the cost of the wedding and anyway I doubt if her in-laws (to whom she gave the cheque) would have been able to process a credit card payment.

yes they would all such businesses have card acceptance capabilities in house..... but thats besides the point, i dont know too many women in their 30's in 2017 who carry around a cheque book in their handbag.....i'm pretty sure pennys dont accept cheques these days....

BuilderPlumber

jezzer wrote: »

in fairness to it, it is good to see something being produced thats not cheap reality crap, right now all thats on is celeb big brother, dancing with the stars, operation transformation, the voice and so on, all mindless drivel, its rotting peoples brains

Have to 100% agree. Have not watched Striking Out at all but it certainly is much better than that cheap reality drivel. I may watch Striking Out at a later point. Shows like celeb big brother, dancing with the stars, operation transformation, the voice and glor tire are desperate and would eat one's brain away. I'm surprised an Irish version of big brother did not get made (not that I want to see it).

Irish drama has gone from poor to excellent in recent times. Love/Hate is my favorite and a revival of this or a series of a similar nature and quality would be what I'd like. Nothing like a good gangland thriller to get my attention.

Post-Love/Hate Irish drama tended to go for restraint and lacked the no holds barred violence of Love/Hate. Clean Break was ok but was essentially a tamed poor man's version of Love/Hate. Rebellion was also very tame and I have mixed views on it.

Clean Break and Rebellion were not the worst dramas RTE ever made and were middling. Some of the worst made were Trouble in Paradise, On Home Ground and The Big Bow Wow. But even the worst would still be better than shows like celeb big brother, dancing with the stars, operation transformation, the voice and glor tire. It is sad to say that this reality TV is on somewhere every day of the week every month of the year.

eamonnq

BuilderPlumber wrote: »

I may watch Striking Out at a later point. .

You probably shouldn't bother, I have watched the first 2 episodes (was hoping it would get better after the first one, but it didn't), not sure I will even watch the remainder of it.

jezzer

BuilderPlumber wrote: »

Have to 100% agree. Have not watched Striking Out at all but it certainly is much better than that cheap reality drivel. I may watch Striking Out at a later point. Shows like celeb big brother, dancing with the stars, operation transformation, the voice and glor tire are desperate and would eat one's brain away. I'm surprised an Irish version of big brother did not get made (not that I want to see it).

Irish drama has gone from poor to excellent in recent times. Love/Hate is my favorite and a revival of this or a series of a similar nature and quality would be what I'd like. Nothing like a good gangland thriller to get my attention.

Post-Love/Hate Irish drama tended to go for restraint and lacked the no holds barred violence of Love/Hate. Clean Break was ok but was essentially a tamed poor man's version of Love/Hate. Rebellion was also very tame and I have mixed views on it.

Clean Break and Rebellion were not the worst dramas RTE ever made and were middling. Some of the worst made were Trouble in Paradise, On Home Ground and The Big Bow Wow. But even the worst would still be better than shows like celeb big brother, dancing with the stars, operation transformation, the voice and glor tire. It is sad to say that this reality TV is on somewhere every day of the week every month of the year.

absolutely 100% well said, every damn evening i turn on the tv its some sort of reality sh1te, its mindless cheap trailer trash garbage that is cheap to make and appeals to the current crop of concentration lacking generation that we have become, and it is now a massive problem, some of my own family included, they cant actually concentrate on watching a good drama or film where you have to use your brain to work out characters and a storyline instead its easier to watch a few complete buffoons make idiots of themselves live on TV whilst checking facebook to see who posted a recent pic of their dinner, i know this sounds dramatic but i think its something the government needs to seriously look at.
At least RTE have made some attempts at drama, clean break like striking out was watchable, rebellion was watchable too but i too have issues with it, still, its an effort and i would rather see RTE spend the licence fee on giving some writers producers etc an opportunity to make something instead of giving someone like brezzy (and no offence to brezzy here, just using an example) air time to sit there and pretend hes an expert on music, or some illiterate airhead to sit in a house all day fighting over who broke wind, its horrific stuff, glad i'm not the only one who thinks so...