Charlie (1 Viewer)

[Bunny]

Yeah the final episode felt a bit rushed. It wasn't as funny as the 2nd one. It was entertaining, but it could have been more developed character wise. Poor old Lenihan comes off as a Buffoon in every scene.

 

[therealjohnny]

Des O'Malley, on the other hand came across as a hero

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

Geraldine Kennedy loved it

Did ‘Charlie’ give us the real man? Yes, but he was more intelligent and more dangerous

I can't find one damn torrent

 

[therealjohnny]

Geraldine Kennedy loved it

I can't find one damn torrent

Another first? Geraldine Kennedy just said f*** on Morning Ireland

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

Another first? Geraldine Kennedy just said f*** on Morning Ireland

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[7 - No tomorrow]

Another first? Geraldine Kennedy just said f*** on Morning Ireland

And of course they have to reference Father Ted. Grinds my gears, Johnny.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

They left Ms. Kennedy's f-bomb on the podcast

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Fair play.

I would love to go boozing with Geraldine Kennedy and Rachael English.

 

[Cormcolash]

Poor old Lenihan comes off as a Buffoon in every scene.

HOWRYA PJ

 

[Cormcolash]

what's on tuesday

Charlie Series II: Bertie

 

[Unicron]

That sandcastle

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

Sean Haughey on Joe Duffy right now talking about this

 

[Unknown Convict]

Sean Haughey on Joe Duffy right now talking about this

a reincarnated CJ himself would not be enough to get me to listen to joe duffy. what'd the scion say?

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

a reincarnated CJ himself would not be enough to get me to listen to joe duffy. what'd the scion say?

He was a bit put out by the whole thing. Basically that they didn't know his Da, so stop rubbing his Ma's nose in it.

 

[Unknown Convict]

He was a bit put out by the whole thing. Basically that they didn't know his Da, so stop rubbing his Ma's nose in it.

then headed home to his house in the grounds of abbeville? i did feel for maureen in the programme, a palpable absence

 

[hermie]

then headed home to his house in the grounds of abbeville? i did feel for maureen in the programme, a palpable absence

You can understand it though. Terrie Keane was central to the drama and fleshing out the scenes of the private trappings of wealth etc. If they over-played her significance for the sake of the story they did well to leave Maureen out altogether as opposed to including a tepid, bit-part version of her.

 

[therealjohnny]

Only for the fact we all know he had a family you'd never guess it from the TV show. Was it mentioned at any point that his relationship with Keane was an extra-marital affair?

 

[Unknown Convict]

Only for the fact we all know he had a family you'd never guess it from the TV show. Was it mentioned at any point that his relationship with Keane was an extra-marital affair?

she referred to herself as a whore. i was wondering if the family were left out because they're still alive.

 

[Unicron]

His son was mentioned in passing, in relation to Celtic helicopters.

 

[Hector Grey]

she referred to herself as a whore. i was wondering if the family were left out because they're still alive.

That's what I was reckoning. Most of the main players in the drama are dead. Except Bertie. And, sure, he gets off scott free.

Whatever about the show, it was a fucking grim time for this country. Those fucking corrupt, incompetent yobs. I'm not sure how I felt about it. Was Charlie a hero? Did he set this country on the road to recovery? But he was also a thief. I don't know, like the man itself, the reality is complicated and a bit of a cunt. And the show wasn't enough of a cunt. ANd there were too many characters, too much crammed in, too man men of a certain age all looking similar, and it kinda assumed you knew all the history already. And Aiden Gillen....can he act? I'm guessing not. Anyone got a rebuttal?

It was a big subject to take on. It was never really going to work, was it?

 

[Cormcolash]

He was a cunt; the 'road to recovery' he started was basically just a case of 'give the businessmen, bankers, and developers whatever they want, and ask no questions about it' and led to the entire country going bust 20 years later, all overseen by his pal Bertie.