"Top Boy" Big Flame (TV Episode 2019) Poster

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(2019)

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8/10
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AvionPrince161 April 2022
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The episode continue and we saw a gang who tried to deal with business after Tilly is severly injured. Jamie want revenge. Dashane tried to break into a house with a lot of money inside. The boys tries to sell burgers to help the mother with immigation and her rent. A pretty nice episode with some events pretty emotional, sad. I enjoyed the episode.
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6/10
Watchable but flawed
edfilmsuk19 September 2019
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Three episodes into the series, you start to notice some nagging flaws.

These mainly pertain to the writing and some odd casting choices.

The dialogue is a bit on-the-nose at times, a bit too transparent in terms of what they're trying to convey - the short hospital visit scene serving as a good example of this (dealing drugs is bad etc.). Also Dushane's mother's carer seems a bit brazen & presumptuous having only met him twice?

There are also some contrivances and implausible plotting, e.g. Sully having never been on a beach at the age of 35, the wealthy couple still keen to do business with Jamie et al in spite of the madness at the hospital in the beginning.... (the hospital was also conveniently situated right next to the site of the stabbing.)

Series 3 is watchable, and relatively enjoyable if you suspend your disbelief enough, but something just feels 'off' about the whole thing- it's trying to be gritty, but feels too sensationalised to pull it off, leaving the show caught in an awkward grey area. The first two series
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