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Collar Confessions (Web Series)

By Golu
Somehow I just know that this series from Here TV is going to be just bad. In they hope to keep suspense and thrills, the way the screenplay is written is nothing but a mess. To a dd to it, the editing of the show is on o of the worse that I have seen in recent times. This is yet another addition to the list of decent stories executed really bad in the name of entertainment. In the six episodes of this show, each of average 10 minutes, almost 2 minutes goes into recap and in almost every episode scenes from previous episodes gets repeated at least a couple of times in the name of flashbacks.

We are told that Pastor Eddie and his husband Quentin had some argument when the Pastor was exposed to be having an affair because of which Q burned down his church. But months after they decided to reconcile and move on. The show starts with their first day having moved into their new house. But it feels like there is a stranger who keeps locking doors or knocking on the door, making both of them a bit antsy about their new home. Q finds Sister Shannon (with whom the pastor has been having an affair) hiding in the closet in a mask trying to attack Q, but instead he attacks here, only later to find himself tied up to a chair. It turns out that the pastor had been secretly planning to murder his husband Q, so that he could start a new life with his new partner (their Latin neighbor) with the help os sister Shannon and the Deacon of the church. After some steamy scenes, there is another twist where it turns out that Quentin was expecting this all around and had somehow managed to convince all the other 3 members involved in this to actually turn back on the pastor and kill him instead, going them various reasons of power, infidelity etc. Pastor Eddie's confession is recorded and the show ends as badly as it started.

Even though not from the badly made Signal23 tv shows, this show could easily have been from the sane makers. There is absolutely nothing good about the show. The sex scene between two good looking black men and their intimacy feels so forced and fake. The story with its interesting twists had some potential, but screenplay was a big mess. It keeps going back and forth but very few explanations given. Sure Pastor Eddie came up with the whole plan and is clearly the bad guy but the others are no less saint. Also I do not understand why would a couple who have such a massive showdown would get back together. Clearly revenge is on the agenda. But even the other three characters are made to be just ver the top caricatures. Maybe the makes were going for a dark comedy kinda setup, but what ends up being is a badly directed show, with some over the top acting. The only saving grace is short episodes, small series and it ends soon after it starts. At least the makers don't demand 10 hours of your time to tell you a badly executed story. I'd recommend to not waste time, but this is a good example of a wanna be over the top dark (not) comedy (not) series. (2.5/10)
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