Ludwig: Episode #1.1

November 30, 2024 11:28 AM - Season 1, Episode 1

Puzzle setter John 'Ludwig' Taylor (David Mitchell)'s life is upended when his identical twin, DCI James Taylor, disappears. John reluctantly assumes his identity in order to track him down.
posted by transient (8 comments total)

IMDB, BBC.
posted by transient at 11:30 AM on November 30

Anna Maxwell Martin is fine in this but I can't help feeling the part was really conceived for Olivia Colman.
posted by zadcat at 12:00 PM on November 30 [1 favorite]

Haven't heard of this - watching the IMDb trailer (w/ the sound off), I thought "Oh, it's a comedy?" Then I saw Karl Pilkington in the cast list and my suspicions were confirmed.
posted by Pedantzilla at 12:26 PM on November 30

After watching 8 seasons of Monk earlier this year the social anxiety aspect of this series didn't seem too fresh, but I liked virtually everything else about it.
posted by rikschell at 3:25 PM on November 30

I give anything with David Mitchell in it a try, and this didn't disappoint. Hopefully a second series is in the works.
posted by Marticus at 2:53 PM on December 1

Second series is confirmed.
posted by Stark at 6:57 AM on December 2 [1 favorite]

David Mitchell says: “I’m delighted that John ‘Ludwig’ Taylor has failed to escape the clutches of the Cambridge police and will have to continue to face up to the city’s alarming conundrum-based crime wave.”

Never change, David.
posted by Marticus at 1:20 PM on December 3 [5 favorites]

Pedantzilla a fair assumption to make, though he's only in dramatic scenes, and later on in the season. I really liked this, there's nothing particularly new or especially interesting being done, but it's all put together really well. I feel like it should, in all honesty, be pretty bland, but instead I find it very satisfying to watch.
posted by sarble at 6:29 AM on December 14 [1 favorite]