Her dad has just died, she was bullied at school by the nasty Julia, played by Nicôle Lecky, her sister wants to sell dad's house, where Rhiannon lives, so our plucky, loopy, central character takes matters of life and death into her own hands in order to sort out the mess!
Ella Purnell, working with a storyline which was, frankly, a bit stretched, does a fabulous job as she switches from Sweetpea into serial killer and kidnapper! Her character has clearly got a screw loose, which throughout the narrative seems to be blamed on Julia at school, her bullying, and Rhiannon's declining mental health as she pulls her hair out in her anxiety. She's a terrific British actress who is always great to watch and seems to be able to turn her craft to various genres and characters. She's funny, entertaining and hugely engaging to watch.
I guess it becomes a crime drama, but is certainly darkly comic throughout as we follow Rhiannon closely through Now/SkyTV's six 40 minute episodes, available just now in the UK.
Now a budding junior reporter, she bizarrely picks up the story reporting on her own crimes, whilst manipulating those around her, gaining confidence as she goes, almost getting caught time and again and being prepared to use her sexuality in order to fuel her fantasy world, to get what she wants. Leah Harvey plays the chasing detective working on a hunch (which her boss won't let her run with) very nicely too. In fact, all the players do a good job and are clearly having fun with the outing.
Yes, you can pick fault with some of the decisions she and those around her make, but don't forget that it's comedy, dark as it maybe - here and there even turning to farce. But the driving tone is certainly the darkness and if you watch it with that in mind, you'll have a great ride and enjoy it thoroughly. I really enjoyed it, anyway, and it ends clearly pointing at a second series - so I hope very much that it will be done!
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