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Sophie Buchan

Amazon Prime's The Rig divides viewers as people make same complaint

Starring Line of Duty's Martin Compston, The Rig hit TV screens this week and within 24 hours, people were calling for a second series.

But while the show was praised for its strong cast full of talent, others were not so keen.

Taking to social media, people shared their concerns about the six part series - with some saying that they can't remember what the show was actually about after watching it.

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Starring Mark Bonnar (Alwyn Evans), Iain Glen (Magnus MacMillan) and Emily Hampshire (Rose Mason) - to name a few - the series follows a group of people who are in the dangerous waters of the North Sea off the Scottish coast on the Kinloch Bravo oil rig.

During the first episode, and don't worry there are no spoilers, the crew are set to return to the mainland however a "mysterious and all-enveloping fog rolls through and they find themselves cut off from all communication with the shore and the outside world".

As the rig is hit by massive tremors, the crew endeavour to discover what's driving the "unknown force". However in the process "bonds are broken, allegiances formed and generational fault lines exposed."

Throughout the series, the crew "will be driven to the limits of both their loyalties and their endurance, into a confrontation with forces beyond their imagination".

Taking to Twitter one said: "Just finished The Rig on Amazon Prime. Biggest load of p*** I’ve ever seen and had a very good cast as well. Don’t ask me what it’s about because I’m still trying to figure that out."

Another added: "Watching #TheRig into episode 3 and the constant messaging about Climate Change and humanity destroying the planet is ruining a perfectly good horror type programme. Why can’t they give it a rest?"

"This show #therig is ridiculous. The woman can facetime her girlfriend but the captain guy can't contact the coastguard. What a mess of a show" wrote a third.

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