Utopia is a strange masterpiece. It's shot and coloured phenomenally and has a brilliant cast which carries the story beautifully. However, it's controversial use of violence, which is commonplace within Dennis Kelly's work has been cited as 'unnecessary' and 'gratuitous'. That's probably true but in our day and age, we're pretty much immune to a bit of torture and cannibalism on a Monday night.
The first episode relayed the prologue of the story of how it all began, taking us back to the 70's in 4:3 aspect ratio and a Instagram filter to boot. How delightfully vintage. Although it was interesting to hear the back story and gain some understanding, I couldn't really fully engage and I couldn't help but feel a little underwhelmed when the end credits rolled. Although, I had to applaud the comeback of the series at such a high technical level. However, episode 2 is what really brought back the show and reminded me why I fell in love with it last year. The sharp dialogue, the brilliant acting especially from Fiona O'Shaughnessy who plays the infamous Jessica Hyde, the glimmers of Kelly's sharp sense of humour and the underlying worry every time I saw yellow.
Let us hope Utopia comes back with a vengeance this series, making up for its blips last time, building on its amazing story and breaking even more rules in TV.
Either way, I can't wait.
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