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Review: Engrenages (Spiral) 2×5

13 October 2009 Natalia Romanova 2 Comments

Samy in Spiral

In the UK: Sunday 11th October, 10pm, BBC4. Available on the iPlayer

Last week‘s slight holding pattern is abandoned in this week’s Engrenages (Spiral) as Samy, the Special Branch officer, begins to work his magic on the investigation and Aziz comes back into town.

Spoilers and more after the jump.

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  • Mark CarrollMark Carroll Wow, that is even less television than I. I did like Sandman, will be glad to watch the next season, plenty more good than bad, and adapted to the screen rather better than I feared, also not much...

    What have you been watching? Including The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List ·  3 weeks ago

  • TMINE TMINE Obi Wan got better as it went on, although I liked the initial Leia moments. Andor took a long time to get going (5 eps) but was marvellous by the end. As you may have guessed, I’ve not really been...

    What have you been watching? Including The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List ·  3 weeks ago

  • Mark CarrollMark Carroll I'll get around to Moon Knight soon but I finally got to Obi-Wan. A bit of a mixed bag for me: It was nice to be back in that universe, they evoke that well. Ewan didn't seem to have much actual...

    What have you been watching? Including The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List ·  2 months ago

  • Deb Deb I loved the hacking scenes, probably because I don't know much about it!

    Boxset Friday: Le Bureau Des Légendes (The Bureau) (season 4) (France: Canal+; UK: Sundance Now) ·  3 months ago

  • Deb Deb Agree... ok if I am being honest, her very high pitched voice grated on me a bit, but I got over it. I thought she was a very realistic ' spy" with self doubts, real fear on many occasions, she played...

    Boxset Tuesday: Le Bureau Des Légendes (The Bureau) (season 5) (France: Canal+; UK: Sundance Now) ·  3 months ago

  • Deb Deb OMG, Gilou, adore his character and the actor. Most of my friends who have watched Spiral think he is so sexy!!! And Gregory Fitoussi!!! I call him the American Jon Hamm

    Boxset Tuesday: Le Bureau Des Légendes (The Bureau) (season 5) (France: Canal+; UK: Sundance Now) ·  3 months ago

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    What have you been watching? Including The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List ·  10 months ago

  • Mark CarrollMark Carroll I still have "Moon Knight" on my vaguely someday list, I think. Good moments for Darth might be worth Obi-Wan.

    What have you been watching? Including The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List ·  10 months ago

  • TMINE TMINE They're always offering three months of Apple TV+ for free. If you buy anything from Apple, you get it free for a year! Astrid et Raphaëlle I've heard nice things about from some quarters, heard it...

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