Well something mildly interesting happened to me this weekend. I got a nice little alert requesting I watch a pilot for a new BBC show and offer my opinions. The show is called Pulse and is described as Supernatural, Medical, Horror Drama. That seems a bit wordy for a genre. I'm not sure it'll catch on. I'm not really fan of the whole horror scene and medical horror is the worst to be honest. It's the cutting and implanting and... it's icky. However I am fond of the supernatural drama side, and since it's on the BBC, I didn't really think it could be that scary.
For a pilot, it was pretty good, and like most BBC shows, I expect it will get better from here. The first episode follows a girl called Hannah who has just resumed training at a hospital after "going crazy". Well, I'm not sure how crazy she went, but this immediately makes me wonder whether or not she's really cut out for medicine... but I guess everyone deserves a second chance. Long story short she finds out there's something weird going on at the hospital to do with a patient being given injections in the middle of the night that aren't recorded on his chart. Of course you can see it coming straight away that no-one is going to believe her because she's "the crazy one".
Looks like this is going to be one of those "edgy" BBC3 dramas where "edgy" means everyone is having sex with everyone else. Just once I'd like to see drama with "edgy realism" where not everyone was a slut. I don't live like that, and neither do my friends, so why do so many people on tv? Alright, maybe one or two people in a group might behave like that, but not everyone! Balance is key.
If you're worried about the horror side, I'd say not to worry. Obviously it's not suitable for kids, but anyone over the age of 16 should be okay. There's a lot of blood splattered about, but I'd say the worst part would be when the guy wakes up on the operating table... but that might just be a personal phobia.
A fun game when watching any BBC drama is looking out for people you've seen before. Spotted in this episode was Gregg Chillin as Rafee Hussein. You might recognise him from The Queens Nose, Being Human or Nearly Famous (a channel 4 show that no-one else in the world seems to have seen). Nothing wrong with using the same actors over and over again, he's a good actor, though it does distract me for several minutes while I try to figure out where I've seen them before.
In conclusion, it was a strong show, and I certainly want to find out what's going on at that hospital. If you're interested, you can watch the pilot online now, and send your own comments direct to the BBC just click HERE. Or you can wait until it's BBC at 9pm on thursday the 3rd of June. Me? Well I'll be watching The Big Bang Theory on Channel 4, so this might be one that I follow on the i-player.
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