I loved the first episode of The Deep, the BBC's new submarine drama. I liked it more than the first episode of Sherlock, though I think I'm in a minority.
BBC 'The Deep' Website
The mystery of the story pressed all the right buttons for me. The disappearance of the previous sub, panicked last messages about being swallowed up, the gigantic Nautilus-like vessel hovering overhead, unexplained bloody death, plus the good old submarine staples of claustrophobia and suffocation. Lovely. It could be international espionage, aliens, maybe the great-grandson of Captain Nemo making his presence felt. In fact with a few cosmetic changes this could be a script for Star Trek.
The second episode was disappointing. 90% of the mystery has been cleared up, with fairly mundane revelations. No aliens, no Nemo, no Atlantis, nothing supernatural, it's just the Russians with a big radar gun. Of course this could all be red herrings, and the Atlantian-Nemo-aliens are pulling all the strings in the background, the strange object in the glowing box gives me some hope.
More likely the Beeb are just teasing us Fan Boys, which is just plain nasty.
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