Geordie Shore Has Great Sci Fi Potential.

Has anyone else been following that excellent new Sci Fi show? You know, the one where a group of people are mysteriously put in, what appears to be a terrace house and doomed to repeat their actions endlessly. It's a dark, distorted view of life in the not too distant future, it is called Geordie Shore.

A nasty twist on Groundhog Day, the eight characters wake up, moan and argue, then go out of an evening to get drunk, fight, copulate, then go to sleep only to do exactly the same thing the next day. Frightening and soul destroying, in equal measures, Geordie Shore is excellently acted by the largely unknown cast. Although, if I have to gripe, the female characters look too similar. None of the actors names are given at the end of the show, adding to the gloomy realism. But I think we must spare a thought for the poor actor who plays Jay, it must take hours in make up applying that bulky body prosthetic. The only solid contact our heroes have with the real world is through a red telephone box. I feel here we have echoes of the classic 60's show The Prisoner. The mysterious boss gives them meaningless tasks, which they reluctantly do. What are the reasons for these tasks, do they have meaning and will they all loop in and tie the show together? Also it is not clear why the characters seem so reluctant to leave the titular Geordie Shore. Although Holly did briefly depart only to reappear more or less unnoticed. My theory is she died and is now a ghost.

Season one has set the scene nicely, now season two must take the show on, telling us why the male characters need to be so pumped up and the females are so needy and in search of family. Also the tasks and the dark Groundhog Day thing need to be explained. Geordie Shore has great Sci Fi potential but let's hope it doesn't fall into the traps Lost did. Do we really need Charlotte and Vicky to find a mysterious hatch, or Greg to move the terrace house back and forth through time, I think not. But, watch out Torchwood, Geordie Shore is coming to get you!

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