Re:TV’s Dwindling Middle Class
by icebraining on Tuesday May 03, 2016 @03:34PM
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The UK version also only has 14 episodes in total (vs 201 in the US). Not that much time to create the feeling of being stuck.
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Re:TV’s Dwindling Middle Class
by jonnathanson on Tuesday May 03, 2016 @03:46PM
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True, but the UK show goes to great lengths to make a point of its protagonists' hopelessness. The Christmas special capping Season 2 pretty explicitly implies: "Just in case you were wondering, nobody wins."