Patrick Melrose (TV series)

I haven't seen too much about this but wiki describes it as "Patrick Melrose attempts to overcome his addictions and demons done onto him by his abusive father and indifferent mother."

Seems like a good cast

• Benedict Cumberbatch as Patrick Melrose
• Jennifer Jason Leigh as Eleanor Melrose
• Hugo Weaving as David Melrose
• Anna Madeley as Mary Melrose
• Allison Williams as Marianne
• Blythe Danner as Nancy

It's based on a series of novels

Five of St Aubyn's novels, Never Mind, Bad News, Some Hope, Mother's Milk, and At Last, form The Patrick Melrose Novels, republished in a single volume in 2012. They are based on the author's own life, growing up in a highly dysfunctional upper-class English family, dealing with the deaths of both parents, alcoholism, heroin addiction and recovery, and marriage and parenthood

I might check it out.

Patrick Melrose: Patrick Melrose Trailer | SHOWTIME

 

Episode 1 is available now.

 

Oh wow that was most drug use ever in a TV show.

 

not sure why but I can not stand Benedict Cumberbatch, I watched two minutes and saw it was going to be depressing and bailed

 

Any good?

 

It was okay. I’ll watch the next one.

 

I thought the first episode was ok but not great. Ep 2 I thought was very good.

 

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I'm loving this series, despite not being a great fan of Cumberbatch. I wish I could age as well as the characters in this though.

 

I generally like him, but I also lasted only a few minutes. I just wasn't in the mood for petulant whiners and how they mistreat family members. Maybe I'll give it another shot.

 

Great series. Great performances.
Reminiscent of "Virginia Woolf".
Highly dysfunctional human beings.
Loving it!!!

 

I've never been shy about revealing idiotic things I've done or said here, and this is no time to stop.

I decided to give it another try tonight, and realized that I had been watching the 4th episode first the other night. When I watched the actual first episode tonight, I loved it.

 

I just did that with Big Little Lies. I watched the entire season finale first. It happens.

 

So I just finished the 3rd episode. I have to say I like the show more and more and I am much more sympathetic to the character of Patrick after seeing it the latest. By the way anyone notice the Cumberbatch was wearing a cummerbund at the party?

 

After having just watched the 2nd episode last weekend, I already have a lot more sympathy for the character. His father was a tyrant! You know the writing is good when you laugh out loud at some harsh humor, and a moment later you're heartbroken at the pathos.

 

Was episode 5 the last of the season?

 

Wait until you see the 3rd then. Yes emotionally it's all over the map.

Yes, I believe so.

From Wiki:
Five of St Aubyn's novels, Never Mind, Bad News, Some Hope, Mother's Milk, and At Last, form The Patrick Melrose Novels, republished in a single volume in 2012. They are based on the author's own life, growing up in a highly dysfunctional upper-class English family, dealing with the deaths of both parents, alcoholism, heroin addiction and recovery, and marriage and parenthood.[6]

Although the Melrose books are sometimes portrayed in the media as tales of decadent aristocracy, they are frequently caustic about the futility and triviality of people with inherited wealth, a point made very explicit in At Last, the final book in the Melrose series.

The books have been hailed as a powerful exploration of how emotional health can be carved out of childhood adversity.[7]

Mother's Milk was made into a feature film in 2012. The screenplay was written by St Aubyn and director Gerald Fox. It stars Jack Davenport, Adrian Dunbar, Diana Quick, and Margaret Tyzack in her last performance.

Benedict Cumberbatch stars as Patrick Melrose in a five-part television series, with each episode based on a different novel in the series. The series is a joint production of Showtime and Sky Atlantic. The series premiered on Showtime on 12 May 2018 to favorable reviews.[8]

 

Put me in the loved it category. Wonderfully dark, comic and tragic almost simultaneously. Writing, acting, camera work, all first class. Hope it will come back for another round.

 

Nope. Just a one time production.

 

That's what I thought.

 

It was a book.

 

Yeah I know that but was hoping that they might take the original idea and move forward with it.

 

I think they were lucky to get him for 5 episodes. He's busy...

 

Me too. But hit home at times and was tough. Thankfully there were the comic moments. But that's great storytelling for ya. They hit it out of the park imo.