Strange things happen on an oil rig in the middle of the sea when a strange fog descends, and a member of the crew suffers an accident. The much anticipated Rig is one of those shows that you could easily watch in one gulp, it's very watchable, action packed and fast paced, the comments relate to series one, word on series two comes at the end. If you're a Doctor Who fan, and know Fury from The Deep, it's quite a similar storyline, it has that kind of vibe, I spent the first couple of episodes wondering exactly what was going on, was it a thriller, a mystery, it doesn't really fit one genre, it covers quite a few. Some wonderful visuals and special effects, this series is jam packed with atmosphere, you get a real sense of claustrophobia here. Billed very much as The Martin Compston series, and he is good, but in the first few episodes he's not hugely present, it's Owen Teale that stands out early on, but Compston does come into his own later on. I won't argue that it's brilliant, there are quite a few flaws, but I did think it was very good. Watch the first series, but stop there. Edit for series 2 as of 04.01.25, they should have kept it at just one series, the second run doesn't know where to go, and runs out of mileage very quickly, the characters undergo major changes, the script felt very lazy and disjointed. 7/10. (Series one, Series two gets a 4/10.)

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