Good episode, too bad that it's still VERY BBC: Meaning no white male is good or polite or capable, and only women/men of color can do good things. Even River was 3-4 times made to be an idiot or an ****. If this kind of thing doesn't bother you, then it's going to be a good season. Just don't expect any white males to do anything good on the show.

Oof! Season mostly was a female power fantasy. The males are eiither evil or stupid, vain, sloppy, sexist or bad at their jobs. Nearly every argument between the sexes was won by a female. i really loved the show so far but this was too much. The male antagonists were all shot, but not the female, no way. The dimwitted mandolk is lost but the princess can be saved! I hope next season there’s a balance again.

Sadly season 5 has gone fully dei/BBC in its latest production of season 5. Writing, casting and production are comparable to the first few seasons, but there's an extremely obvious political leaning towards the current agenda politics in UK and this feels out of date and disconnected even tone deaf in 2025. If you can chew your way through the grit of those issues you'll see there's still the idea of an entertaining show to be found. But my god do I have to chew to get through this (3 episodes in so far).

Wow, first episode and already we have a right-wing anti-immigration nationalist incel gunman. So original. YAWN. Well, the critics will love that. But I think I'll stop here, thank you. My time is too valuable for predictable and boring.