Thank goodness @ByrneingCutie remembered she had promised, oh so long ago, to live-tweet Quirke once it made its way to the shores of Britain! I held her to that promise and she willingly obliged. Thank you, Karen!!
Below you will find her Twitter Stream from last night’s premiere of Quirke, Episode 1: Christine Falls on BBC One in the UK. I only deleted one tweet due to spoilers. Otherwise, this is her unedited reaction to the show, to noir Dublin, to our man of the hour, Gabriel Byrne, and to the plot as it developed over 1 1/2 hours of what apparently included much darkness and terrible sound quality!
At her own blog “Early Rising Mom,” Karen teases us about future live-tweets for Quirke, so be sure to drop by and check it out.
Enjoy Karen’s thoughts and please leave a comment. Did you see Quirke? Are you pining away in the US, waiting to see Quirke? Are you waiting, as am I, for that special Quirke DVD to show up in your mailbox? Tell us how you FEEL about Quirke! smile
And here we go!
25 minutes till #Quirke #ClickOnTheQuirke
— Karen Blower (@ByrneingCutie) May 25, 2014
And we’re off! Very few people can make walking a corridor into an art form #GabrielByrne #Quirke — Karen Blower (@ByrneingCutie) May 25, 2014
Peeing with rain and she stops to kiss #Quirke.. as you would. — Karen Blower (@ByrneingCutie) May 25, 2014
Like the opening credits.. #Quirke — Karen Blower (@ByrneingCutie) May 25, 2014
Good choice of actors. Exactly how I imagined the characters. #Quirke — Karen Blower (@ByrneingCutie) May 25, 2014
“Gin and Tonic Dave.. more tonic than gin” Oh Yes #Quirke — Karen Blower (@ByrneingCutie) May 25, 2014
Even drunk #Quirke is a sly fox. You don’t get off the hook that easily Malachy. — Karen Blower (@ByrneingCutie) May 25, 2014
Oh Good God BBC1!! Warn a person when you show a close up of #GabrielByrne‘s eyes…. #Quirke
— Karen Blower (@ByrneingCutie) May 25, 2014
Very high standard of acting in #Quirke.
— Karen Blower (@ByrneingCutie) May 25, 2014
It’s rather dark is #Quirke.. apart from the plot.. there are no lights anywhere. — Karen Blower (@ByrneingCutie) May 25, 2014
Some reviewers said they dragged this episode out.. seems to me they are flying over it. The book was a lot slower #Quirke — Karen Blower (@ByrneingCutie) May 25, 2014
Like the guy playing the Detective. Just like he is in the book #Quirke — Karen Blower (@ByrneingCutie) May 25, 2014
Phoebe is a lot less irritating than she is in the book though #Quirke — Karen Blower (@ByrneingCutie) May 25, 2014
Just looked at the #Quirke tweets.. lots of people having trouble with the sound. Turn the volume up BBC!!! — Karen Blower (@ByrneingCutie) May 25, 2014
Now Andy I do not like. Be prepared to yell at your televisions. He is horrible. #Quirke — Karen Blower (@ByrneingCutie) May 25, 2014
Love the banter between #Quirke and #Hackett.
— Karen Blower (@ByrneingCutie) May 25, 2014
#GabrielByrne is very good at saying an awful lot with very few words #Quirke
— Karen Blower (@ByrneingCutie) May 25, 2014
Careful #Quirke… that’s an awful lot to drink and you need your wits about you… — Karen Blower (@ByrneingCutie) May 25, 2014
Ouch….. #Quirke — Karen Blower (@ByrneingCutie) May 25, 2014
They are really skipping over the book.. hope people aren’t too confused.. #Quirke — Karen Blower (@ByrneingCutie) May 25, 2014
This won’t end well… #Quirke — Karen Blower (@ByrneingCutie) May 25, 2014
Bastard. #Quirke — Karen Blower (@ByrneingCutie) May 25, 2014
Much as I’m enjoying #Quirke the jumping around with the story is driving me potty. Hubby just asked me “Where is this supposed to be set?” — Karen Blower (@ByrneingCutie) May 25, 2014
“godless piece of shite” well aren’t you a charmer #Quirke
— Karen Blower (@ByrneingCutie) May 25, 2014
No No No don’t let her go with him alone! #Quirke
— Karen Blower (@ByrneingCutie) May 25, 2014
“Let it go” “Well it won’t let me go” #Quirke — Karen Blower (@ByrneingCutie) May 25, 2014
That went well #Quirke — Karen Blower (@ByrneingCutie) May 25, 2014
No Phoebe. No. #Quirke — Karen Blower (@ByrneingCutie) May 25, 2014
That wasn’t how he died in the book.. but probably better for television the way they’ve done it. #Quirke — Karen Blower (@ByrneingCutie) May 25, 2014
I enjoyed #Quirke despite the fact it seemed a bit all over the place and the BBC buggered up the sound. — Karen Blower (@ByrneingCutie) May 25, 2014
#GabrielByrne was fantastic though. I definitely want more #Quirke — Karen Blower (@ByrneingCutie) May 25, 2014
I will probably post my thoughts on #Quirke tomorrow.. my brain is fried at the moment!
— Karen Blower (@ByrneingCutie) May 25, 2014
One last thought on #Quirke – Gabriel Byrne looked mighty fine. Oh yes he did. Mighty fine.
— Karen Blower (@ByrneingCutie) May 25, 2014
I am working up another Twitter posting of reactions from people in the UK to last night’s show. Stay tuned!
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I watched eagerly but I was very glad to have read the book beforehand because the pace of the action was sometimes bemusing. (Or my attention slipped because it had been a very, very long day). But I loved the gentle pace, the perfect settings, the oppressing atmosphere, and Gabriel is perfect. Oh my, those blue eyes…
It is so nice to read the tweets.
I have ordered the DVD’s and I am waiting for them.
They have not showed Quirke on Norwegain tv yet.
I have read all the Quirke books. I liked them!
Thank you very much for the tweets!
Didn’t Karen do a great job with her live-tweets for the first episode? I’m looking forward to more from her as she has time…
:-)