the netflix series GUILT

bosslady cop is actually the crown prosecutor, bafflingly enough

(don't think the writers know much or care how investigations work in the uk)

recap ep 4:

suspects:
foxyknoxy = grace attwood, she is suspected of killing her flatmate and bestie molly (played by daisy head, tony head's daughter
tony head plays her stepdad (with american accent): there is something dodgy going on here, he probably had an affair with molly
molly's brother is making a LOT of the fact that he and molly are from belfast, tho it's quite unspecific (ie not clear if their catholic or protestant)
grace's sister natalie is an american lawyer, feuding somewhat with BILLY ZANE (who was anthony head's choice to represent grace, as she doesn't trust stepdad's motives)
the third flatmate is roz -- fancy club DJ, black, lesbian, (her gf is a reluctant high-end sexworker) who is UP TO SOMETHING, what not yet clear
grace's bf is a french artist, luc: he has just been arrested in a sting, for giving some blow to a passerby
grace's ex, a college professor who slept with all hsi female students, has been shot dead by his wife -- he may or may not still be a suspect re molly

BILLY ZANE is billy zane-- he's not a suspect, just a nuisance

coppers:
gwendolyn the crown prosecutor, tho british, went to school in a fancy american school where her best friend was bullied and beaten to death by rich girls whose daddy's lawyers got them off -- she has it in for rich american girls w/lawyers as a result -- she also fancies the main (white) copper, alex, and just tried to seduce him in the evidence room before realising he is having an affair with natalie (gwendolyn is black: this may or may not be consequential)
ds alex bruno: seems to be dodgy, cos connections with the prince of wales's heavy, is having an affair with grace's sister gwendolyn

eyes-wide-shut orgy narrative sub-branch:
the prince of wales, prince theo, is a massive perve who likes orgies and 50-shades-type sex, features a lot but quite why is not yet clear
^^^this element admittedly does not have an equivalent in the foxy knoxy case afaicr

ep 5 starts with a memory sequence of molly as a child wanting to a ballet dancer at the royal ballet: apparently in the 1920s judged by how she and her little brother are drressed, maybe this also explains why belfast is entirely fields and they are on a farm with chickens

pap-swarms not very well handled (they'd be bigger, for a start)

lovely use of odd london backstreets, different types of building right next to each other (london is the only winner so far in this farrago)

molly's brother patrick nearly failed to get entry into the orgy club bcz he has a tattoo on his wrtist that demonstrates he's an ira sympathiser (so i guess that question did get cleared up) (he kidnapped an MP and forced him to bring him in as a guest)

alex bruno to natalie: "it's social media, they hate everybody"

ok roz the dj also works at/helps runs the orgy club

where prince theo is also conducting arms trade business over the phone while he waits to be serviced

two new characters:

1: neville, molly's stalker from across the street, who is an amateur tailor and now arrested for molly's murder (also black: son of the jubliee collector mom mentioned above)
2: the super-sinister guy who runs the orgy club (patrick has stolen his little black book of clients)

^^^club owner is called finch: he's roz's boss -- she thinks he killed molly (who worked at his club) but daren't say/do anything as he has the chief of police and "half the judges in the city" in his pocket

omigod the prince theo narrative is basically an updated version of one of the jack the ripper theories :0

(and quite a lot of it is shot in or near whitechapel)

i: grace is now banged up, and being bullied by the other prisoners
ii: the sisters' attempts to fit up fitch has failed

russian mobsters now involved also (via tony head)

ep abt to start is called "eyes wide open"

bookmarked

e9: "The Crown vs Attwood"

trial about to begin, hoping billy z will shine in the legal cut-and-trust

looking good:
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trial not going well for billy, surprised at every turn

witnesses being bumped off
witnesses not saying what was expected
witnesses not being allowed to be called by the judge

even so the court scenes are so far quite boring

meanwhile patrick has rejoined the IRA and has a plan to take out a royal to right some ancient wrongs

he gets through the police cordon by appealing to a shared hatred for bus drivers

the prince theo story is in play

judge holds billy z in contempt (and jails him) for bringing it in evidence at all, which is not really how it works

the policeman who was sacked thinks that a body's dna is only preserved if it's wrapped in plastic

even grace's cell is stylishly distressed and lit

the actor playing prince theo is (a) terrible, and (b) insufferable

theo's sidekick is getting a conscience re what he's been asked to do (or possibly taken it on himself to do)

lol grace has smiled a prison guard into helping her escape (i don't trust his motives)

e10 and last this series:

a confession (not going to tell you: spoilers)

judge thinks defence council is responsible for delivering a prisoner from prison to court

lol well that was a travesty

YOU'LL HAVE TO WATCH IT YOURSELF TO FIND OUT WHY AND HOW

i can't wait to see this

none of you sods watched this did you

who sleeps on a roof outside in london?? it could rain on you

turns out that's not the worst of it

"what eez it spécifiquement about my style of painting zat is bahzering you right now"

his paintings not being hilariously terrible was a mild let-down

his hilariously terrible accent makes up for it!