Check out the full list of our favourites below:

SAS: Rogue Heroes

Leave it to Steven Knight to bring to life the full-on, action-packed and thoroughly outrageous true-life story of the formation of the famed British Special Forces unit the Special Air Service or the SAS. And there was no doubt that SAS: Rogue Heroes rocked! With a kick-ass cast including Connor Swindells as Colonel David Stirling, Jack O’Connell as Paddy Mayne and Alfie Allen as Jock Lewes, SAS: Rogue Heroes was an explosive action series that showed some of WWII’s greatest heroes at work, and the series stomping punk rock soundtrack helped to turn up the volume as Stirling and the boys brought a new style of warfare to play on the battlegrounds of North Africa circa 1941.

Welcome to Chippendales

With an equal mix of flash, flesh, sex appeal and murder, Disney+’s Welcome to Chippendales is a true crime opus with a serious bite to it, and audiences members had to look twice at star Kumail Nanjiani as Somen “Steve” Banerjee, as he really turned up his acting talents. Starting as an intrepid dreamer turned successful entrepreneur and ending up as an infamous murderer, Banerjee’s sordid fall from grace makes for addictive television and this series hooks you in right from the start. The heat is turned up the whole way through and it makes for one intense watch.

The Peripheral

The vision of the future took one hell of a leap forward in Prime Video’s exciting and thought-provoking science fiction adrenaline rush The Peripheral. And this is television at its most vivid. Starring Chloë Grace Moretz as Flynne Fisher, this is a role and narrative that completely redefines her talents as an actress and it was an addictive watch. With its luxe vision of the future, and intense cyberpunk energy, The Peripheral marks one of the best debuts on Prime Video all year and the audience will be psyched up by this.

1883

In television land, one showrunner currently reigns supreme. Rancher-turned-screenwriter Taylor Sheridan has been redefining the words ‘true grit’ when it comes to long-form storytelling, and following in a new path for his groundbreaking western opus Yellowstone, Sheridan took us back to where it all began with 1883. Sam Elliot, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill brought a hard-edged intensity to this series as we watched James and Margaret Dutton stake their claim on the west and bullets flew and blood was spilt in this series. But all applause must be lauded on the performance of newcomer Isabel May as Elsa Dutton who completely stole the show and who made one hell of an impression on audiences.

House of the Dragon

This year audiences returned to the land of Westeros and the age of ‘Fire and Blood’ with the reign of the Targaryen Dynasty. And this was an epic for our times. Operatic and grand in its scale, House of the Dragon was an absolute beast of a television series and dragons soared and the fire burned! With exceptional performances from Paddy Considine, Matt Smith, Emma D’Arcy, Milly Alcock, Olivia Cooke and Emily Carey, this was a series that completely ensnared the attention of audience members and it was an epic watch that honoured the power of high fantasy at its best.

Reacher

With power and force, rising star Alan Ritchson stepped into the colossal frame of 6’5, 240-pound ex-military policeman Jack Reacher in Amazon Prime’s Reacher. And this series was nothing short of AWESOME! Fans have long waited to see an actor of Ritchson, size, stature and presence step into the boots of the formidable Reacher. And his hero hit hard. With its terrific crime drama elements and heavy action moments, Reacher was a hell of a debut and it took audiences by storm. Ritchson laid the beat down on as Reacher and when this lobe hero strolls into town you’d better look out.

The Terminal List

Noted Hollywood heavy hitter Chris Pratt changed everything up as he locked, loaded and was ready to go down range in the all-out action, conspiracy thriller The Terminal List, which made for one hell of a debut on Prime Video. And audiences were in for one hell of a firefight with this series. Adapted from the best-selling novels by former Navy SEAL Jack Carr, The Terminal List was an action series that got stuck in and delivered one hell of a bite. Pratt made a serious transformation as former NAVY SEAL Troop Commander James Reece, who was betrayed by shadowy forces sets out for revenge and delivers it with the edge of a tomahawk and a serious dose of ‘extreme prejudice’. The Terminal List was a series that didn’t muck about and audiences looking for their adrenaline hit were well taken care of with this series.

Pam & Tommy

True life is truly stranger than fiction and the all-out tale of sex, drugs, rock ‘n’roll, videotape and the internet that underpinned the infamous Pamela Anderson-Tommy Lee sex tape was played for audiences in all its layered complexity in Pam & Tommy. Led by three incredible performances from Lily James, Sebastian Stan and Seth Rogen, this was the ultimate story of why you should never judge a book by its cover and with its raging characters, steamy sex, frantic media storm and complex story of love and relationships, Pam & Tommy was a story that completely wrapped you up in its storytelling and was one of the best series released all year.

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With both their careers in freefall, Pamela Anderson (Lily James) and Tommy Lee (Sebastian Stan) are facing the backlash of losing their Penthouse lawsuit and are dealing with all of the emotional baggage that goes with it. They’re also unprepared for a bold new innovation on the internet and its presence is about to cause serious strife within their marriage. Then there’s Rand Gauthier (Seth Rogen), now working as a collector for shady mob boss Butchie (Andrew Dice Clay), who has hit rock bottom and is desperate for a chance to make amends to the couple and to set things right.

Facing the humiliation and pain of photos from their infamous tape published in Penthouse due to the First Amendment, Pamela Anderson (Lily James) and Tommy Lee (Sebastian Stan) are not in a very good place. Both of their careers are in chaos with Pamela being turned down for two major Hollywood projects and Motley Crue’s latest album is not fairing well in the Seattle-drenched grunge sound that is filling the airwaves. What began as an all-consuming love has now been eclipsed by nothing but constant bickering and fraught discomfort for the couple and it’s only about to get worse as we move forward in the final episode of Pam & Tommy.

Also not faring particularly well is the man who started this whirlwind of chaos in the first place, former carpenter turned wannabe adult entertainment entrepreneur Rand Gauthier (Seth Rogen) and he’s hit rock bottom. Working as a collector for mob boss Butchie (Andrew Dice Clay) in order to pay off his remaining debt, Rand is experiencing an emergency of the soul and is now nothing more than a snivelling, distraught wretch. Seeking solace and understanding in a visit to a Hollywood boulevard psychic, Rand comes face to face with his past decisions and gains clarity on how in wanting to put Tommy Lee in his place, it’s Pamela Anderson whom he’s undeniably harmed. It’s a colossal face punch for Rand to come to terms with and the realisation on Rogen’s face is a big part of the selling of the moment within the episode.

In Episode Eight of Pam & Tommy, ‘Seattle’, director Gwyneth Horder-Payton focuses in on not only the dynamics and change that appear between our titled celebrity couple but also the dramatic and world-changing technology that the internet is making. Whereat first this new technology was just the host for physical copies of the infamous tape, now in a shocking and harrowing moment, the tape is being streamed for a worldwide audience of millions and it’s a brutal realisation for Pamela and Tommy. The man behind it is hotshot internet start-up entrepreneur Seth Warshavsky (Fred Hechinger), remember him, the smug, self-assured entrepreneur who looking for a traffic pop has started to stream the tape for free and by doing so is causing all kinds of trouble for not only Pamela and Tommy but Rand as well.

This moment is where we get to the tension of ‘Seattle’ as Pamela and Tommy immediately file a lawsuit against Seth and his company, but find out that again it’s not that simple. With a judge ruling against them AGAIN, it seemingly feels like they cannot escape this vicious circle that they’ve found themselves trapped in and it’s then things take an interesting turn. Faced with a proposition that could end their troubles with the tape, a possible road out of this mess is placed in front of them but again, it’s not that simple. Director Gwyneth Horder-Payton simmers in the emotional wreckage of the events of Pam & Tommy and we see this glam couple truly tested in a moment of built-up stress and anxiety that has been coming for a long time.

The crux of ‘Seattle’s’ emotional weight comes when Pamela and Tommy feeling stressed and burnt out by the never-ending parade of humiliation in front of them decide that a road trip is in order to fix their woes. How wrong they could be. Arriving in Las Vegas they are quickly swamped and it’s an insufferable experience right from the start. The only hope they get is when they encounter a young family in an elevator who are oblivious to who they both are and in this moment they see a picture of happiness of what they might be able to have. But this prospect is short-lived, and after a series of back and forth’s the two of them end up back in Malibu and engage in a fiery argument. It’s a scene of raw rage, pain and distress as Pamela shuns Tommy and Tommy explodes on Pamela and it is a disturbing scene to watch. We see two people essentially destroyed by a document of their passionate love for one another, a love that was twisted by a voyeuristic society with a need to watch. It’s an emotionally sensitive scene and its power is a credit to James and Stan’s performances.

But ‘Seattle’ is not just an episode of pain and despair, it is also an episode of reconciliation as Rand continues in his efforts to make his peace to Pamela, Tommy and Erika. This journey for karmic forgiveness leads him to an almost meta-psychical meeting with an Anderson look-alike complete in a red bathing suit, outside of the famed Grauman’s Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard, and this allows him to express his sincerest apologies and ask his forgiveness of Pamela in a spiritual way. It’s one of the episode’s most interesting scenes and you feel the emotion in Rand’s apology to Anderson in this scene. Rand also comes full circle in his relationship with Erica and even though it breaks his heart, he does the right thing for her and sets them both free.

Their love now tainted, Pamela and Tommy also go their separate ways in the episode’s penultimate scene which is set to the beautiful and moving lyrics of The Bee Gee’s ‘How Can You Mend A Broken Heart’. In this moment we see Lily James as Pamela Anderson finally able to move away from the trauma and sorrow of the events she’s had to endure and she’s able to find a new sense of joy and hope to mend her heart. That love comes in the form of her infant son Brandon and the new love she feels for him as a mother, a role she always wanted to play. It’s a beautiful moment to see James’ Pamela as a new mum and showering love and affection on her son. It’s also a moment where we see her finally healed and gives Pam & Tommy the happy ending we might not have expected, but an ending that mends all wrongs for Pamela.

Pam & Tommy is one of the best television miniseries I can claim to have ever seen. Its narrative was perfect on every level and its performances, production, costuming, hair and make-up and music all came together completely to craft one of the best television series you’ll see all year. It’s been a fascinating narrative from beginning to end and audiences will keep this series close to them for many years to come.

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Taking a trip back in time we see how Pamela Anderson (Lily James) went from small-town Canadian girl to the glittering lights of Hollywood. This rags to riches backstory is juxtaposed with a humiliating and devastating legal deposition where Pamela attempts to divulge the truth of the infamous tape and for the first time, we see the raw emotional strain that this whole disturbing escapade is having on her.

Stepping back in time and rolling the clock back to 1989, we meet a young and care-free Pamela Anderson who is living the small-town life in Vancouver, Canada and who by chance at a football game has the spotlight literally shined upon her and is approached by Labett’s Beer to be a spokesmodel. Seeking a moment for re-invention Pamela jumps into the world of modelling first as The Blue Zone girl before being approached by Playboy. Excited by the possibility of a dynamic future, she jumps out into the unknown and into the starlight of Hollywood and a far greater world around her and we see her go from small-town girl to movie star in a mere moment. And she couldn’t be happier about it.

‘Pamela In Wonderland’ is an important episode for the Pam & Tommy series as it emphasises where she came from and who she is and is not. Pamela Anderson was never a gold digger or prostitute, she was not a floozy who wanted status or mere attention, she was a woman who took a risk and it paid off. She’s also the total opposite of the stock character Hollywood bitch, but is instead a kind, warm, and loving person who is nice to everyone around her and only sees the good in people. While she may have developed a wild side, she’s still the sweet, small-town girl next door that every boy would fall in love with and she’s ready to take on the world now that she has the opportunity to. This episode also showcases the cherished relationship that Pamela shares with Playboy founder Hugh Hefner and showcases how the magazine magnate helped to shape and guide her in her early career.

Juxtaposed with these flashbacks of her younger years is a bitter, humiliating and painful legal deposition that Pamela finds herself in due to the Penthouse lawsuit. Completely uncomfortable to watch, actress Lily James brings out significant raw emotion as she grapples with many painful and undignified questions and comments from a sleazy lawyer who will do whatever is necessary to paint her as a whore and a liar. James’ performance amplifies the stomach-churning humiliation that Pamela has to endure as she is berated and battered for her life’s choices and her performance makes these moments in the episode very hard to stomach. These scenes are disturbing in their presentation and coupled with the sensitivity of James’ performance drive home the message that as a modern woman Pamela has little choice over the freedom of her decisions and must contend with the scornful eye of an infatuated, yet judgemental society.

What we are seeing here in ‘Pamela in Wonderland’ are the ramifications of a very personal and private moment shared between two people who love one another shared openly with the whole world to see and the fallback on Pamela herself for an activity that should have been hers and hers alone. Duel themes of voyeurism and judgement take a central place in ‘Pamela in Wonderland’ and it’s this beautiful creature, of both appearance and soul, who has to deal with it. This episode is an emotionally taxing watch, due most in part to Lily James’ dramatically heavy performance that she delivers. Through her, we feel the pain that Pamela must have had to endure during such proceedings and it results in a moment of mass empathy on behalf of the audience.

Things got emotional and heavy in ‘Pamela in Wonderland’ and it’s clear that the unwanted attention of this tape is not yet over for Pamela and Tommy. Things are about to take a heavy turn in Pam & Tommy and Pamela is no longer willing to be the victim.

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Following on from a tragic miscarriage and the loss of their unborn child, Pamela Anderson (Lily James) and Tommy Lee (Sebastian Stan) are left reeling and distraught from the grief. And then there’s the notion of the infamous tape that is beginning to circle the world and is growing into a viral hit. With Pamela’s career on the rise thanks to the impending release of her blockbuster film Barb Wire, the tape could not have been released at a worse time and a growing media storm is about to swallow these two celebrities whole.

Director Gwyneth Horder-Payton takes her turn behind the camera now and we’ve come to a very interesting new chapter in the saga of Pam & Tommy with Episode Five, ‘Uncle Jim and Aunt Susie in Duluth’ and the drama is about to hit home. Drawing on the emotional issues of the couple and the rising tension that this not-so-secret love tape is having on their relationship, it’s not a fun time to be Pamela Anderson or Tommy Lee and things quickly go from bad to worse in Episode Five. The drama is stacked high in ‘Uncle Jim and Aunt Susie in Duluth’ and we see how the uncontrollable nature of this viral media event fully comes to impact the two of them.

While Pamela’s career is about to hit the stratosphere thanks to the impending release of her blockbuster action movie Barb Wire, she’s also about to reach a whole new audience through a high profile piece in Glamour magazine, Tommy’s career is starting to flatten. Once the king of heavy metal and the Sunset Strip in the 1980s, his career is now flatlining due to the rise of grunge and he begins to take it out on Pamela and everyone around him. The added presence and uncontrollable nature of this tape only adds fuel to the fire and the couple get into it in multiple instances throughout the episode and stars Lily James and Sebastian Stan build out a considerable tension between the two characters. Each has their own needs and action on how they want to deal with the tape and things get bad for the couple quickly.

That badness comes in a growing media storm that surrounds the tape which is becoming an underground sensation due to the grey market economy that has sprung up around the tape and the ease of its distribution. From the high pedigree of the Los Angeles Times to the sensationalist comedy of noted late-night show host Jay Leno, everyone knows about the tape and Pamela and Tommy are the butt of every joke. But it’s when Penthouse founder Bob Guccione gets a hold of the tape that this firey story takes an even darker twist. And that’s when the knives really come out for Pamela and Tommy. As the arch-rival of Playboy’s Hugh Hefner, Guccione is ready to stick it to the famous couple and Hef at the same time and an army of lawyers don’t help, instead only pouring more fuel onto the fire.

The focus of ‘Uncle Jim and Aunt Susie in Duluth’ is very much on how Pamela and Tommy react to the firey media storm that has surrounded them. And the truth is they don’t deal with it well. While Pamela falls back into her meditation practices and Tommy just drinks his feelings away, there’s a brewing violent tension that slingshots back between the two of them and this episode gets volatile quickly. But even with their growing issues with one another, the two of them are still trying to stick it out together and for Lily James’ Pamela, this episode is one of serious character growth. Learning to stick up for herself, Pamela starts to bear her teeth and it becomes clear that she isn’t going to be pushed around by anyone anymore.

Episode Five of Pam & Tommy, ‘Uncle Jim and Aunt Susie in Duluth’ is the first time we see a real sense of drama erupt around the series title characters and it grabs you with the intensity of its expression. It’s about to get heavy in Pam & Tommy and all the love in the world isn’t about to stop the monster scandal that is about to devour these two lovers.

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Roll on 1996 and Hollywood’s wildest couple Pamela Anderson (Lily James) and Tommy Lee (Sebastian Stan) are over the moon with the news of an impending pregnancy and the promise of a bright and sunny future as a family. Rand Gauthier (Seth Rogen) is also excited through the success of his new ‘business venture’ with orders flowing through and a list of very happy customers being serviced. But all is not as it seems and the good times are about to come to a sudden stop for all parties involved as the viral nature of the world’s most scandalous sex tape takes a very sudden turn that no one could see coming.

Actress turned director Lake Bell takes over the director’s chair from Craig Gillespie for Episode Four of Pam & Tommy, ‘The Master Beta’ and this episodes opening sequence, set to Chicago’s ’25 or 6 to 4′, turns out to be very apt in its description. For Bell, Episode Four is an episode of juxtaposition. There’s light, love and success, along with the reveal of a shocking robbery, a scandalous website and a very troublesome problem. The energy of ‘The Master Beta’ moves quickly and Bell gives the episode a skittish quality as things get out of hand quickly. She also focuses on the shocked and candid reactions of her performers and there’s great discomfort with the events of this episode for both the characters and her audience.

Seeing orders roll in and his bank account fill up Seth Rogen’s would-be entrepreneur Rand Gauthier finds that he’s onto a very good thing and Rogen is particularly chipper at the start of the episode. So too are Pamela and Tommy with the reveal they are now pregnant and expecting their first child. It’s all champagne and roses for everyone. Until the truth comes out. On the shocking discovery of the burglary of their Malibu home, Pamela and Tommy come to learn that their precious, and more importantly, private love tape has been stolen and they step out to recover it and fast. But there’s a problem, they’re a little too late for this new ‘viral’ internet sensation.

What we see for the first time in ‘The Master Beta’ is Pamela Anderson’s shock reaction to this very private tape being leaked. And it’s a harrowing event for her to come to terms with. Pamela might be a bombshell, but she’s not a porn star, and to her, this event is a complete violation of her privacy and she’s mortified at its reveal. James shows a clear level of distress and humiliation at realising that the tape is now out and about in public and her performance takes a big step into the dramatic and emotional. The truth is revealed to the Lee’s in a slightly absurdist way as they head to the Malibu Public Library to access the internet for the first time and there the truth is revealed to them in a shocking presentation of a bold new online world where there are no limits and no systems of control.

While Pamela and Tommy might be the ones having sex it also becomes clear in ‘The Master Beta’ that Rand is the one who is getting fucked over. At first happy and chipper that he’s a success, it quickly becomes apparent that he’s being ripped off by bootleggers and that his sleaze bag partner Miltie (Nick Offerman) is not to be trusted. Throw in a pissed off Tommy Lee who hires a heavy fisted private investigator to look into the matter, along with reaching out to a biker gang he’s friendly with to beat the truth out of Rand, and it’s not looking good for our would-be entrepreneur. Rand also runs afoul of his direct competitor, the slick-suited, fast-talking Seth Warshavsky (Fred Hechinger), who runs a collection of cam girl sites and Seth will come to gave particular relevance to this story as we move forward.

Seth Rogen is going on quite a journey in Pam & Tommy as Rand Gauthier and it becomes clear that he may have underestimated just what he’s walked into. While he might have had some past dealings in the porn business as a one-time performer it seems he wasn’t paying attention to how dirty of a business it is and he’s quickly in over his head. One of the episode’s funniest moments results from an argument with a bootlegger scalping copies of ‘his tape’ and he’s none too pleased by it. It’s unintentionally hilarious to watch, but it’s clear Rand is hurting from his hard work being messed with. As an audience member, you also find yourself drawn into his story and it’s hard to reconcile why he’s involved in such things when he’s clearly not a bad guy, but just someone who is walking the wrong path.

Pam & Tommy, Episode Four ‘The Master Beta’ is a real change-up in style and pace and Bell keeps you pinned to your seat the whole way through. A plethora of emotions is brought to the episode from excitement and love to fear and panic, and it’s a totally wild watch. While we’ve seen Pamela and Tommy live a life of wild excess together it’s also become clear that they’re also desperately in love with one another and their sweet, almost innocent love for one another is about to be tarnished in a very public light. It’s James’ reaction as Pamela to this new viral event where the episode finds its true impact and she’s very real in the anger and hurt that she presents in her reaction to these events.

Pam & Tommy has taken a sudden twist in Episode Four ‘The Masta Beta’ and it all ends in tears. Pamela and Tommy are not only contending with a terrible loss, but a clear violation of their private life and Rand is on the run on account of a very bad decision. And this series is turning into something completely different from what we thought it was going to be.

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Having stumbled on a potential gold mine in the form of Pamela Anderson (Lily James) and Tommy Lee’s (Sebastian Stan) private sex tape, carpenter turned wannabe entrepreneur Rand Gauthier (Seth Rogen) decides to go mainstream with the tape. But it’s not as easy as he thinks. And while Rand is struggling to find a way to distribute his new ill-gotten gains, Pamela and Tommy are both having to deal with their own issues close to home and the glamour isn’t as shiny as we’ve been led to believe. But things take a turn for Rand when he locks on to a brilliant and world-changing idea that could lead him to the future he’s always wanted in the most unexpected way.

Director Craig Gillespie keeps the ball rolling with Pam & Tommy and it’s becoming very clear to audiences that this miniseries is the most addictive show on television. Finding a great mix between the truth, drama and comedy of the events that unfold before our eyes, Gillespie has his eyes on the prize as we move forward in ‘Jane Fonda’ the third episode of Pam & Tommy. With a plan up their sleeves, Rand and Miltie (Nick Offerman) make the rounds of LA’s biggest porn distributors but are quickly turned down over a couple of pesky releases. Perturbed by their lack of possibilities, a chance encounter sends Rand down a rabbit hole that will have world-changing implications for everyone involved.

In ‘Jane Fonda’ we come to meet another of Pam & Tommy’s key characters, Erica Gauthier played by Taylor Schilling. A full-on California porn star and Rand’s ex-wife, whom he still hasn’t quite gotten round to divorcing, and who is now in a lesbian relationship that drives him up the wall. Schilling portrays Erica as a spurned valley girl who has a particular love/hate, emphasis on the hate, relationship with Rand. Completely contemptible of her ex-husband and his failings as a man, Erica is a terrific foil for Rand and it’s interesting to see how Rand’s desire to re-capture their past love spurns his decision making forward.

By happenstance, Schilling’s appearance as Erica also sends Rand on a quest that leads him to the solution for his distribution problem. That solution: the internet. A burgeoning, underground technology in 1995, the world wide web is only just starting to catch on and Rand sees it as the golden opportunity for untapped and anonymous distribution. This decision is lost on Offerman’s Uncle Miltie, and it’s hilarious to see him try to decipher just what the internet is. But in the end, all roads lead online, but also to Mafiosa loanshark ‘Butchie’ (Andrew Dice Clay) who decides to front the operation. Get ready to cue the dial-up because Gillespie takes us back there and it’s hilarious to see it all unfold as Rand and Miltie take a step into the unknown of the wild west of the internet as it existed in the 1990s.

While all of this is going on we also get to see how newlywed lovebirds Pamela and Tommy are going on, and all is not as it seems. While struggling to conceive a child, the couple are also dealing with their own insecurities that are the result of a changing time. Lee might be a rich, impulsive rockstar, but he’s not topping the charts anymore and the new sound of grunge is hitting the airwaves and it’s lost on him. Pamela on the other hand is looking to take the next step in her career and transition into the role of serious actress. Not happy with being a mere sex object and with her superhero blockbuster Barb Wire on the horizon she’s keen for a change and a crack at showing people that she’s more than just a pretty face.

What we see in ‘Jane Fonda’ is the representation of a clear theme of not judging a book by its cover and that’s exactly where this third episode takes us. This is particularly relevant for Lily James’ portrayal of Anderson who in a meeting with her new publicist, the no-nonsense maneater Gail Chwatsky (Mozhan Marnò) makes it clear that she would like to replicate the career of the famed Jane Fonda and be seen in that same light. While she might be the world’s sexiest woman, Pamela is very much an innocent, bubbly, kind-hearted person and someone who’s being taken advantage of by the Hollywood system and not being given the chance to actually show she has more value than her mere appearance. It’s interesting to watch James’ performance of Pamela in this regard and this also plays into the genuine love that is shared between Anderson and Lee in their marriage.

The die is cast for a game-changing moment for the realms of celebrity, technology and sex in ‘Jane Fonda’ and Pam & Tommy is about to get all kinds of interesting as we move forward in the narrative.

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Take a trip back to 1995 and the shock whirlwind wedding of rock star Tommy Lee and sex symbol Pamela Anderson. After a four day courtship of sex, drugs and rock n’roll these two stars tie the knot on a beach in Cancun, Mexico and then dedicated themselves full-time to some full-on lovemaking at its hottest. But this is no sham wedding, and behind closed doors, a quaint and cute romance begins to blossoms between the rebel and the bombshell and the camera is there ready to record all of it.

Craig Gillespie continues his work behind the camera for Episode Two of Pam & Tommy ‘I Love You, Tommy’ and the focus is now clearly on the show’s title characters. Taking audiences inside the uber-glam world of 1990s Hollywood, Gillespie focuses in on the sudden meeting, crazy courtship and immediate wedding of two celebrity wildcards and it’s an incredibly exciting watch. Romance is in the air in Episode Two and Gillespie turns up the dial to 11 and the result is an incredibly sexy watch with plenty of bare flesh. But he doesn’t forget the romance and it’s in ‘I Love You, Tommy’ that we come to see Pamela and Tommy as more than just mere sex objects, but two people who are crazy in love.

While her appearance was only teased in Episode One, ‘Drilling and Pounding’, Lily James is front and centre in ‘I Love You, Tommy’ and she’s an absolute knockout in every way possible. James’ completely transforms herself into Anderson, swapping her status as an English rose for that of a curvaceous, bubbly blonde who is living the Hollywood dream to the fullest. Complete with sun-kissed blonde hair, big doe eyes, full luscious lips, a buxom figure, dainty mannerism, a collection of skimpy dresses and most importantly, spot-on vocals, James is completely Pamela and it’s astounding to watch. A true romantic at heart she makes it clear that she’s ‘done with bad boys’ at the start of the episode until she’s spotted by wild child musician Tommy Lee from across the room and is smitten by his confidence, bravado and total interest in her.

Sebastian Stan continues to flex his bad boy side as Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee in ‘I Love You, Tommy’ and for Stan’s Tommy when it comes to James’ Pamela its love at first sight. What follows is a feverish courtship where he tracks her to Cancun, Mexico, with the two of them partying hard and him declaring himself entirely for her. Things take a turn for the sexy pretty quickly, and they get intimate with one another fast. It’s at this moment that Tommy comes to the realisation that he truly loves this woman. And that realisation includes a conversation with himself, or rightly his conversation with his own erect penis, which has a mind all of its own and it’s a shockingly hilarious scene to witness.

In ‘I Love You, Tommy’ the marriage is quick and the sex is WILD! Neither Lily James nor Sebastian Stan are shy about getting their kit off and they truly are the beautiful people when wearing nothing but their own skin. James is an absolute sex kitten as Pamela, while Stan brings out Tommy’s own machismo cool and when they start getting busy with the lovemaking it gets crazy quickly. The passion is real here the two of them end up doing it everywhere and in every position. It’s steamy and hot to watch, but it’s not for any sort of shock value, but is instead a total representation of two people ravenously in love with one another and who want to give themselves fully to one another in this very special moment. It’s a very brave and authentic thing that Gillespie and his actors chose not to shy away from the full-on sexual nature of these individuals and it makes the experience that much more authentic.

It’s on after the passion has taken over and we see them return to Malibu, California where the romance of their relationship starts to blossom. And it’s incredibly cute to watch. They may have skipped the casual dating stage and gone right to the wedding chapel, but your heart will be in a flutter as you see James and Stan’s Pamela and Tommy get to know one another. These interactions between the on-screen couple are cute and cuddly to watch and there’s a true wholesomeness that we get to see into them that was previously alluded from us in ‘Drilling and Pounding’. It’s in this moment where the camera also comes up and the set-up for what’s to come next in Pam & Tommy takes place.

‘I Love You, Tommy’ is a seriously sexy episode of television and it’s sure to leave the audience a little hot and flustered. The romance is delivered with plenty of spice and it’s the wildest piece of television you’ll see all year.

Pam & Tommy streams every Wednesday on Disney+

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Deadbeat carpenter Rand Gauthier (Seth Rogen) is busy at work on constructing a state of the art love palace for two of Hollywood’s most outrageous and carefree celebrities, Motley Crue bad boy rockstar Tommy Lee (Sebastian Stan) and his new wife and uber babe Pamela Anderson (Lily James). But tiring of Lee’s debauched behaviours and speaking his mind, Rand quickly runs afoul of the celebrity couple and is sent packing. Seething with a burning desire for revenge he plots an elaborate heist that leads him to the discovery of a highly salacious and secret videotape that will set the world on fire!

Noted director Craig Gillespie is ready to bring the sex, drugs and rock n’roll of the early 1990s and the true story of the world’s most infamous sex tape to audiences in the much-hyped television event series Pam & Tommy. And this series is a revelation. Taking audiences back to the start with Episode One, ‘Drilling and Pounding’, Gillespie introduces his characters and sets the stage for an intense and dramatic story of celebrity at its edgiest and the birth of the internet. With a talent for bringing ‘stranger than fiction’ works to the screen such as I, Tonya, Gillespie gets things rolling with Pam & Tommy and those who are prudish should avert their eyes because right from the start the sex and debauchery is out in the open. And it’s LOUD!

Constructed as a story of perspective told from multiple points of view, we are introduced in ‘Drilling and Pounding’ to Seth Rogen’s Rand Gauthier. A schlubby carpenter and one-time pornstar, Rand hasn’t had a great go of life and has been beaten down at multiple turns. He’s a loser with a capital L and while working a job for the infamous Tommy Lee and Pamela Anderson quickly runs afoul of the couple and is sent packing. Rand, who has a keen interest in spirituality seeks to right his own wrongs and sets out down a road of Karma-induced retribution, and it’s here where things get interesting. Rand plays into Rogen’s wheelhouse of characters and the noted actor and comedian finds the right balance between the dramatic and comedic with his performance, and I have a feeling his character journey is going to be an interesting one at that.

While ‘Drilling and Pounding’ may set Rand up as the protagonist (at the moment) of Pam & Tommy, it also clarifies Motley Crue rockstar drummer and Hollywood’s resident bad boy of the 1990s, Tommy Lee as the antagonist and star Sebastian Stan revels in the part. Channelling absolute punk rock, alpha male flair, Stan portrays Lee not unlike a debauched Roman emperor who struts around in a leopard print g-string and seemingly makes Rand’s job difficult at every turn. Sudden fame and money have made him into a complete and utter douchebag and he’s a full-on volatile human being who takes it to Rand every time he can. It’s only our first look at Stan as Tommy Lee in ‘Drilling and Pounding’ but for the moment it’s clear that he’s nailing the character.

Starring as Lee’s sex bomb new wife and Baywatch babe Pamela Anderson is Lily James and this English rose has transformed in unrecognisable fashioned into the famed Anderson. While she’s only seen briefly in Episode One, ‘Drilling and Pounding’ it’s clear that this is Lily James unlike we’ve ever seen her before. But more on Pamela later. Another character of interest also present in ‘Drilling and Pounding’ is Nick Offerman’s Uncle Miltie. As a sleazy, low rent porn director Offerman’s Uncle Miltie is Rand’s hook-up inside the burgeoning California porn scene and you can tell that he and Rand will cook up plenty of trouble together.

‘Drilling and Pounding’ sets the stage for the drama that is to unfold in Pam & Tommy and this all begins with Rand’s plan of ultimate Kharma revenge. That revenge is a hilarious robbery in which he rips Lee of his safe and it’s absolutely hilarious to watch. Gillespie has a good handle over the comedy of the series and it’s extremely funny to see Rogen as Rand go full Mission: Impossible on the Lee’s. It’s in this stroke of intended mischief that Rand robs the Lee’s of a sizeable bounty of goodies and in amongst this stockpile is an innocent-looking videotape that contains a very sordid secret.

Things have kicked off nicely in the first episode of Pam & Tommy and Gillespie has his hands on a very intriguing new series that audiences are going to be keen to get in on.

Pam & Tommy streams every Wednesday on Disney+

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