Nine episodes and recommendations for Inside No .9
(TW- references to suicide) This is a slightly more detailed look at a really great and underrated show that I’ve been watching a lot of lately but haven’t talked about that much on here so I decided to right that immediately. Thinking about it, it’s another brilliant show featuring a nine in the title and as a significant aspect (as the number 9 appears in every ep of Inside No.9 in some way eg a house/seat number). For instance, there’s this show, Brooklyn 99 with the famous ‘99’ chant and even Superstore (which admittedly isn’t my favourite but is still so good) is based in a store called Cloud 9 as well, so some cool links there, even if unintentionally. ‘Inside No. 9’ first aired in 2014 and is an anthology series, which often falls into a dark comedy, drama or horror genre but some have more supernatural elements and others are less overtly gothic/disturbing. Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton (of The League of Gentlemen and Psychoville ) are the writer...