Bodyguard (2018)

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I remember Bodyguard taking the UK viewing public by storm a couple years ago, and it indeed has a massive twist at the heart of it, or really more of a pivot after which it practically becomes a different type of thriller. The initial premise is actually stronger than the final configuration - after Richard Madden disarms a terrorist situation on a train, he's posted to bodyguard duty on the controversial Home Secretary (Keeley Hawes) with whom he deeply disagrees on policy, and he's soon being pulled in all directions while also suffering from secret PTSD. The show goes out of its way to make you wonder if he'll actually turn on her, so the nature of the thriller is up in the air until, in the second half, it goes full "24", except at an accelerated rate (this is only 6 episodes) until the dueling conspiracies are exposed. It may even be a case of too much going on, but there's no denying that it's exciting television, and Madden himself acts his socks off portraying a deeply emotional man who has to keep a cool, professional front at all times. 2 years 4 months ago