The original post: /r/television by /u/AryaBloodySerious on 2025-03-31 02:47:37.
I’ve seen a lot of praise for the choice to shoot it all in one take, and on a technical level I can acknowledge it’s been executed brilliantly. But as a viewer, I’m finding it really distracting.
I feel like I’ve spent most of the show worrying and wondering about the complexities of this kind of production, and very little of it actually immersed in the emotional journey of the characters. That’s not to say the writing/acting isn’t brilliant, because it unequivocally is. But every time I see an extra, I think, ‘oh god, don’t f*ck it up mate. You don’t want to trip on a rock and be the reason Stephen Graham has to redo his big crying scene’
Anyone else feeling like this? Or should I actually be emailing this to my therapist?