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Re:TV’s Dwindling Middle Class by icebraining on Tuesday May 03, 2016 @03:34PM (#11623537)
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.
Re:TV’s Dwindling Middle Class by jonnathanson on Tuesday May 03, 2016 @03:46PM (#11623628)
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."