《衛報》年十佳劇集
1 Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt – Netflix
《我本堅強》
When have we been More in need of a joyous, candy-coloured, relentlessly perky, exclamation-mark-ridden, outrageously funny sitcom about … an abduction survivor?
這部情景喜劇圍繞着逃離“世界末日教”的女主展開,節奏輕鬆、對話風趣,時而讓人驚詫,時而讓人爆笑,是一部不可多得的絕佳劇集。
2 Wolf Hall – BBC2
《狼廳》
Mark Rylance's Cromwell became one of the people of the year, 475 years after he died.
劇中權臣克倫威爾由馬克·裏朗斯飾演,無疑是今年熒屏上最耀眼的角色之一。
3 Mad Men – Sky Atlantic
《廣告狂人》
Sky Atlantic The really magnificent thing was not the nice feeling that Don had attained career zenith, but that expectation was so totally confounded.
這部劇的魅力在於,當你看到主角唐·德雷柏終於走到事業巔峯,內心並未感到喜悅,而是五味雜陳。(注:本劇版權歸美國電視臺AMC所有,英國獨播權則歸屬Sky Atlantic)
4 Catastrophe – Channel 4
《大禍臨頭》
Catastrophe is full of cynical and sinful people, but at its heart it’s an ordinary love story, couched in some first-class swearing, about sexual honesty, served with a side-plate of adultery, lust, elderly parents, flirtatious colleagues, money worries and a dead dog.
《大禍臨頭》中的角色不是憤世嫉俗,就是心懷鬼胎,但說到底,本劇就是個再平常不過的愛情故事。劇中人物時常爆出幾句絕妙的下流粗口,外加婚外情、色慾、父母養老、同事曖昧、金錢危機等元素一鍋亂燉。別忘了,還有條叫人心煩的死狗!
5 London Spy – BBC2
《倫敦諜影》
London Spy succeeded in keeping a place in the British schedules for the idea of Hard TV: dramas that demand intense concentration and refuse to give up all their secrets on a first – or even a second – viewing.
《倫敦諜影》無疑是英劇中的燒腦之作,哪怕全神貫注,一看再看,依舊會讓你大惑不解。
6 Master of None - Netflix
《無爲大師》
Master of None sits in the post-Louie, Curb Your Enthusiasm genre of indie sitcoms: a hybrid of surreal moments and awkward modern manners that’s also deeply moving.
《無爲大師》走的是獨立喜劇的路子,效仿了《路易不容易》(注:由喜劇演員路易斯C.K.自編自導自演的情景喜劇)與《抑制熱情》(注:改編自拉里·戴維在洛杉磯演藝圈的親身經歷)。劇中離奇場景層出不窮,主人公的尷尬遭遇在博取一笑的同時,也令人動容。
7 Mr Robot - Amazon
《黑客軍團》
Prime A mesmerising, trippy tale of hacktivism, conspiracies and corporate evil.
情節迷幻,引人入勝,融合了黑客、陰謀與企業犯罪等元素。
8 Empire - E4
《嘻哈帝國》
Call it a hip-hop soap, call it the black Dynasty, call it groundbreaking, but above all Lee Daniels’s everyday tale of record company shenanigans was a ray of sunshine in E4’s weeknight TV schedule.
這既是一部嘻哈文化的肥皂劇,也是一卷黑人家族的浮世繪。該劇由李·丹尼爾斯執導,創意十足,講述了一個音樂帝國的跌宕起伏,無疑是E4旗下的重磅劇集。(注:本劇版權歸美國ABC電視臺所有,英國獨播權則歸屬E4)
9 Better Call Saul - Netflix
《風騷律師》
In the end, Better Call Saul was far better than it had any reason to be. It was funny – but it had real depth. Over its 10 episodes, Better Call Saul delved into territory more emotional (and more weird) than anyone ever expected.
《風騷律師》着實是部驚豔之作,劇情幽默,意蘊深遠。本劇僅10集,卻包羅萬象。其中的強烈情感與詭異情節,時時出人意料。
10 River - BBC1
《幻河》
Abi Morgan’s shrewd, charming and sometimes trippy detective series, set in the built-up concrete jungle of east London, did something genuinely new.
這部偵探劇由艾比·摩根打造,背景設在倫敦東區的水泥森林,配以一針見血的臺詞,引人入勝的情節,與時而迷幻的節奏,開創了電視劇的新紀元。