The Rig: The Rig
January 14, 2023 3:55 PM - Season 1 (Full Season) - Subscribe
A group of workers on a remote Scottish oil rig are due to return to the mainland when a mysterious fog enshrouds them and supernatural forces take hold.
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I thought the beginning was pretty promising, and I was excited! A few episodes later, I was bored. At the end, I was just disappointed. :(
But I loved the Scottish accents.
posted by Archer25 at 4:52 PM on January 14, 2023 [1 favorite]
But I loved the Scottish accents.
posted by Archer25 at 4:52 PM on January 14, 2023 [1 favorite]
This started off a bit promisingly, but then just ground on. It didn't need to be six episodes long.
posted by Mr. Bad Example at 12:44 PM on January 15, 2023
posted by Mr. Bad Example at 12:44 PM on January 15, 2023
I watched the first episode of this the other night and it seemed like it was not going to be very good, despite the cast which is full of people I really like. Glad to hear that it's probably not worth watching the rest of them.
posted by dis_integration at 8:02 AM on January 16, 2023
posted by dis_integration at 8:02 AM on January 16, 2023
Thank you porpoise. It may be unfulfilling, but warning viewers away is a noble act.
posted by SPrintF at 8:29 AM on January 16, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by SPrintF at 8:29 AM on January 16, 2023 [2 favorites]
I love disaster, but its not a high volume genre, so we've got to take what we can get, don't we?
I went into it thinking it was just an oil rig drama, not an ermahgerd tectonic weirdness drama (!!!). I got to learn about the Storegga Slide. I greatly enjoyed the many Scottish accents (Sir Friendzone!! speaking his native tongue!). I knew Coake was familiar immediately, and the name Mark Addy rang a major bell but I had to IMDB him to realize OMG it's Robert Baratheon (devoid of hair and beard)!!!
I mean, yeah, it's bad. It's disaster! (it's a disaster lol). but I stayed on for the tectonic weirdness p*rn so I'm good.
posted by supermedusa at 8:06 AM on January 6 [1 favorite]
I went into it thinking it was just an oil rig drama, not an ermahgerd tectonic weirdness drama (!!!). I got to learn about the Storegga Slide. I greatly enjoyed the many Scottish accents (Sir Friendzone!! speaking his native tongue!). I knew Coake was familiar immediately, and the name Mark Addy rang a major bell but I had to IMDB him to realize OMG it's Robert Baratheon (devoid of hair and beard)!!!
I mean, yeah, it's bad. It's disaster! (it's a disaster lol). but I stayed on for the tectonic weirdness p*rn so I'm good.
posted by supermedusa at 8:06 AM on January 6 [1 favorite]
Less soap, more kraken
Every oil well is a portal to the underworld
Each will require workers to care for them until the end of time
Lest they rupture and trump methane into the climate, making hell on earth
They got the prison nature of oil rigs right. Company sticks you out there, no guarantee you come back
Truth is stranger than this fiction
posted by eustatic at 3:56 PM on January 16 [2 favorites]
Every oil well is a portal to the underworld
Each will require workers to care for them until the end of time
Lest they rupture and trump methane into the climate, making hell on earth
They got the prison nature of oil rigs right. Company sticks you out there, no guarantee you come back
Truth is stranger than this fiction
posted by eustatic at 3:56 PM on January 16 [2 favorites]
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Naw, give it a pass. This is just boringly bad. Had such high hopes from a trailer last year.
posted by porpoise at 4:23 PM on January 14, 2023