HBO's RUN (starring Merritt Wever and Domhnall Gleeson)

[Eden Joined: Jun 7th, 2016 Topics: 30 Posts: 2608 View Predictions]

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Trailer is out. Featuring Phoebe Waller-Bridge.

Premiers April 12th.

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[Tyler Joined: Jan 9th, 2018 Topics: 17 Posts: 1772 View Predictions]

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Maybe this is a lazy comparison, but anyone else getting Killing Eve vibes?

Two-hander with a premise that doesn’t lend itself well to multiple seasons, EP by PWB, sexy and witty crime story.

Basically, I’m expecting this first season to be pretty great.

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[thedemonhog Joined: Oct 11th, 2010 Topics: 150 Posts: 16799 View Predictions]

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Did Domhnall Gleeson really just supersede Merritt Wever in the billing?

It might be time to call it that at no point has this show seemed funny.

PSA: It is pronounced “dough-null” or “dough-knoll” if you prefer.  The point is that the “mh” is silent and it should really just be spelled Donall.

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[Mukund Joined: May 27th, 2018 Topics: 5 Posts: 2550 View Predictions]

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Why do I feel the actual trailer made me less interested in this show? Anyway, I’m here for more lead roles for Merritt Wever. God knows she deserves it.

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[Atypical Joined: Dec 1st, 2011 Topics: 344 Posts: 20553 View Predictions]

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Can’t wait! Love the trailer. Merritt Wever for all the lead roles.

HBO is calling this a “half-hour comedy series” right out of the gate, so no limited, will they/won’t they nonsense here. Hope it’s a winner, baby!

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[Jays Joined: Dec 15th, 2017 Topics: 7 Posts: 1999 View Predictions]

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I’ll watch anything with Wever so I’m in

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[supermalt Joined: Sep 30th, 2019 Topics: 0 Posts: 37 View Predictions]

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The talent involved in this is too high to fail but crazy things has happened. But man was that trailer boring.

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[DrewN92 Joined: Jan 4th, 2018 Topics: 0 Posts: 705 View Predictions]

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Wever deserves all the lead roles. I am here for this.

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[Eden Joined: Jun 7th, 2016 Topics: 30 Posts: 2608 View Predictions]

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Reviews are out. Metacritic currently has two reviews at 82 and 67.

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[thedemonhog Joined: Oct 11th, 2010 Topics: 150 Posts: 16799 View Predictions]

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The first four reviews have yielded a score of 70.  This show is okay.  The first episode is just the premise, which we already got from the trailer and also got before that from press releases.  The show gets funnier after that, which was a relief because the trailer had made me fear that it would not be funny at all.  Domhnall Gleeson and Merritt Wever share top billing and are really good, as is Archie Panjabi, who should be eligible in guest, but I cannot say for sure, having received only five of the season’s seven episodes.  Phoebe Waller-Bridge should not be nominated and it does not bode well for her that she does not appear until the fifth episode, but she might come back in the remaining episodes.  There are a lot of comedies that I do not find funny and I am not a big fan of Killing Eve, so I do not want to write this off too hastily, plus it is HBO.  I am not sure how long this story can go.

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[Smi Joined: Jun 10th, 2014 Topics: 3 Posts: 463 View Predictions]

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Some of the reviews for this have really been praising it, so I am eager to see more come in. I like that it’s at least a different concept, with two exceptional leads, so I know for sure I’ll at least try it.

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[Reis Joined: Jun 17th, 2014 Topics: 59 Posts: 2394 View Predictions]

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They are really praising the chemistry between the two leads, can’t wait.

There two others reviews that liked the show: Decider (they loved it): “it feels impossible that anything better than this series will grace our screens this year. It’s that good.”
And Slashfilm: “As strong as Jones’ scripts are, it’s Wever and Gleeson who make Run so special.”

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[Atypical Joined: Dec 1st, 2011 Topics: 344 Posts: 20553 View Predictions]

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With “The Undoing” and “IKTMIS” both being pushed back, this is going to be my next HBO fix, along with “The Plot Agaisnt America.” Both will keep my HBO feed busy for a spell. Scripted, at least.

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[Synthadora Joined: Apr 5th, 2020 Topics: 0 Posts: 23 View Predictions]

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So far a 65 on metacritic which is cool. So did the morning show so nothing too worrying there but has a 57% with 7 reviews which is a little bit concerning.

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[Heptapod Joined: Feb 2nd, 2019 Topics: 15 Posts: 1087 View Predictions]

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I guess the good news is that no reviews are scored below a 50, indicating that even if people don’t love it, they don’t hate it either, they just think it’s okay. Which in a year with such a scattered field, could just be enough. We’ll have to see how things shift after the premiere though, public response could be very positive or critics could start to turn around on it.

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